<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Phil Perrin:
Clean out the ashes after they cool,then while the grill is heating up the next time,scrub the grate. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
I have lately begun using a wet rag and bbq gloves to wipe down the outside of the lid and then use the steam to clean off the side table of my performer and/or my work table. Every blue moon, I'll clean out the inside if it get really gunky (I do all my slow and slow in my kettle so that happens sometimes) but that's typically just scrubbing it into the ash catcher with a grill brush. I do that maybe twice a year.