Here is another idea: Scrubbing is a pain for anyone. This is what I do:
I know I am abescent minded and burn food often. I am also a messy griller with BBQ baked on grates.
So I have a good size plastic bin outside the house. The bin is filled with water and the water has a few table spoons of sodium hydroxide (Amazon, cheap) dissolved in it. Any cookware with thick grease, burnt on food gets thrown into the sodium hydroxide solution. The next day I can just wash the baked on stuff away with a garden hose. No scrubbing needed.
Of course I make sure to wear rubber gloves and eye protection to do this.
Also, you cannot do this to aluminum cookware.
dcarch
Note: Sodium hydroxide (what makes Liquid Plumber work) is highly corrosive. It's powerful enough to clear clotted plumbing lines. Do not have around if you have children in the house.