rwalters
Senior Member

Thanks Scooter. Weird how some people like us care greatly about keeping our stuff in tip top shape, and others couldn't care less. Sometimes I wish I could be a bit more relaxed with things like this... Personally, the powder coat is one thing I love about the 1 Star... easy peasy to wipe down after each cook!

I have #28 which is the 3rd production 2 Star off the line. Keeping the stainless looking good takes some effort but it's worth it. I like to keep it clean and shining. My #28 has kept looking great with a minimum of battle scars on the SS until I got the 2015 prototype. In giving #28 a thorough cleaning I took off the lid and put it on my wood deck pretty SS side down. Big mistake! I've kept that lid looking fantastic for 6 years and when I go to clean it one last time I get a series of scratches along the top of the lid.....Heartbroken.
Shining SS looks great but can be a heartbreaker when it gets scratched and it's easy to scratch and no easy task to remove scratches. So my friend, beautiful SS is a blessing and a curse.