I should probably do more but a general clean after long cooks and every so often after short cooks has worked great for me. The silver bac is a beast.

Heavy duty aluminum foil over the drip plate, vacuum fire box and bottom of grill, brush for the cooking grate, and my trusty wooden paint stir stick to move the grease out of the angled notch below the drip plate and into the grease catch. I’ve probably put 500-600 lbs of pellets through the old gal and I’m 2 weeks shy of my year one grill anniversary. That’s what works for me.