How do I clean the warmer on a drip coffee maker?

Kathy Bourgot
by Kathy Bourgot

The warming plate where my coffee pot sits gets so grungy with (burnt?) coffee build up, no amount of scrubbing

takes it off. I tried scraping one time and that was definitely wrong. I soaked with vinegar and that did not help. Please help! I hate looking at this crud!

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