Trouble is when you got a shiny new latch and the rest of the KK don't match, you begin to feel guilty that a long overdue wash and wipe has to done. That was the plan, put on some Delbert McClinton, lit up a stogie, broke out the heavy duty industrial citrus smellin Zep and polished him up. Have to say it, I'm satisfied. Now I used with this a small brass brush around all the stainless, you want to use a softer metal brush so that you don't scratch the work. It's a all about density of the metals, so brass is fine and does a great job on the tough spots, especially up top around the dome. Down below around the doors grease builds up, in cold climates below 32 it will freeze your adjustments requiring the use of a torch to free it up. Every season I remove the doors and spray it all down to dissolve the grease and polish it up. No catch pans for me, I let all drip down and come back up as flavor and haven't lost a fire as a result or suffered any temp loss either. Looks "'almost" as good as it was when he rolled out of the box, now what other kind of BBQ can claim the same.....not many. This particular concentrate Zep if you can find it will clean your grates, stovetops, engineblocks, and other things, leave it on a minute and brush, works well...then rinse and wipe. All done for another year, your turn.