This is really easy to take apart to clean.  This was a great idea as it was always hard to clean my older grill trying not to get everything wet.   The plates come right off so easy and they are nonstick.  I cooked chicken but it wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be to clean it off.  I had to scrub to get the chicken remnants off of the grills.   They did come clean I just thought it was be easier like my nonstick pans.   I do love the grill lines.