How do you clean...

I scrub mines with a regular soapy sponge. Then I hold it open and wash it off with water. I don't let the water touch any other part of the grill. Then I grab some paper towel and dry it up completely. There you go a sparkly clean George Foreman grill.

You have to clean it while its still hot (warm to the touch with bare hand). If you do that you should be able to get it clean without that sponge as Em said. If not, you are screwed.

I haven't used one of those in a long time but I think we would throw some water on it while still hot to kind of steam clean it and loosen stuck food. I still do with with my frying pan. Works well.

Use a stiff brush made with a synthetic material--not wire bristles. A brush like that also works on the old cast iron skillets, etc., that should never be cleaned with soap.

VoodooNYC wrote: Shamwow?

seriously. if that thing works, I'll buy it. I just went to Bed, Bath and Beyond in suburbia and saw it there. That said, I'm not buying a fucking Snuggly, no matter what.

Flexi, I soak the plates and then just scrub them good with the rough side of a scrubby sponge. The sponges made specifically for the grill work best, but, soaking and scrubbing work also.