How do YOU clean your Egg?

Judging from the XL I saw that is used every day, they never need to be cleaned LOL. It was 'well seasoned" to say the least. I have had one of my Webers for 12 years and have never cleaned it. WHen it needs cleaning, it flames up a bit and cleans on it's own.  I saw let it ride!

Cook some pizza and fire up a wok every now and then. I have yet to burn lump just to clean my egg.

With the XL and Wicked Good, I'd clean it out once a bag.  Occasionally I'll clean out before a long low and slow.  I have spread the ashes around w/o emptying just because they tend to pile up more in the center.  I haven't felt the need to do a high temp burn yet, but if you have grease build up, that's the way to clean it out.

I'm in the "all effort into the preps", once on the BGE-no worries.  So, I don't do a scheduled or planned clean/burn  from a carbon build-up perspective.  But am fairly meticulous about the ash and air-flow needs so if that's a clean then I fall into the too frequent camp.

I use a shop vac on the ashes every 3-4 cooks. Otherwise, no cleaning has been necessary. I do wipe down the outside with a little hot water when a bird decides that the egg is a good place to use as a crapper.

If I'm doing a long cook I take it apart and shop vac the ash out. The other night I decided to do a clean burn since I was getting ready to do a low and slow. I've heard if you get it hot enough everything turns white. Well I had enough ash build up and very little lump so only got to about 600 degrees but I have to say the firebox, ring, and plate setter are white again. I've had my egg for about a year and half, and that's the first time I've done a clean burn. I don't think I would do a dedicated burn, but I wanted to use the leftover lump.

I have an ash vac for my pellet stove. I just got my egg, so that will be my method before the memorial day cooks!

I never clean.  I scrape out most of the ash when necessary, and never use a vacuum.

I'm in that same group, but I'm lazy. I think in time I've had mine, I've taken the innards out twice to clean it.

Mines blacker than hell inside, guess I should burn it out one of these days. But Each time I fill it up with charcoal I start fresh. Scoop out all the old stuff and give it a blast with the shop vac. Fill it up, when that lumps basically depleted I do it again. If the grates have some stubborn gunk on them I blast them with the weed burner quick, in a real dirty situation they'll go in the slop sink and get hit with brillo.

burr baby, I may take the fire box out every 2-3 years and if I do, I'll of course get the ash around the sides, but when I scrape ash out, i reach down the sides as far as the tool will go and get some of that  out, but I've not had any airflow problems.