Challenging myself for fun

So I have been cleaning my house from top to bottom. My husband loves following the 1,000 awesome things blog. He shares each one with me every day. This has inspired me to start posting things I hate to clean, to see how many I can find. This list is growing day by day. Today's winner is the vent on the top of the microwave. It was so full of grease that it almost brought me to tears. I tried everything I could think of to try to clean this, from a scouring pad to a toothbrush. About 30 minutes into the job my husband suggested trying the Easy-off grease remover that he uses on the stove. (Yes, he is in charge of cleaning the burners on the stove). It worked like a charm. I would caution that it is a strong chemical and he ended up doing two sprays, one for the front and one for the back.(The smell kills me and I cannot even be near the stuff) The grease washed right off. I don't even know if anybody else even cleans the outside vent of their microwaves. In my next house the microwave will NOT be over the stove.