Can Carbon on cooking equipment be dissolve by just a surfactant in laundry powders?

I found that when you put cooking equipment with high buildup of carbon in a laundry powder and add temperature, that it dissolve the carbonCan Carbon on cooking equipment be dissolve by just a surfactant in laundry powders?
It isn't dissolving the carbon -- it is dissolving the fatty residue that holds the carbon in place. If it works, more power to you.