Please forgive my beginner question, Kevin, but as I cooked my first ribs this weekend, and experienced the promised "gunk", I ask this:
when you say "break down the WSM into its component parts" do you mean everything but the charcoal grate, to include the middle section inside and out, the access door, the bottom section inside, the top section inside and out, and the grill grates?
The perfectionist side of me would love everything to shine every time I cook, but I seriously don't want to damage this new cooking toy of mine. Thanks for tolerating my simplistic question.