If it's OK to say non-paleo brand names, I love Dawn because of all the fat I eat and cook with - it even works as a laundry pre-treat. As far as the stove, I get a kitchen towel wet, and microwave it until it's super hot , then let it sit on the stovetop for a few minutes to cut the grease before attacking it with a scrubby sponge with a big dollop of dawn on it.

I use all cast iron, and cook at medium temp at highest, never have more than wiping to clean the pan, or a minor mess from over stirring.

If you're splattering, maybe turn down the heat?

As for clogging, it's a temperature thing. It's solid at room temp, heat it up to 98deg and it won't be solid...

Edit: wanted to add a cleaning tip.

Step 1:Heat a Rag to Hotter than you can stand it, i.e. dip it in boiling/near boiling water.

Step 2: Use a second rag or silicone hothand, I like using Zoidberg Gloves(not their real name), the Silicone Hothand 2 clawed oven glove. Then use that to hold the super hot rag.

Step 3: No elbow grease required, super easy "wipe on, wipe off" cleanup. Profit.

Yes. Cleaning was simpler when I was a veggie. Grinding and brewing my own coffee also makes the kitchen messier than being caffeine free. I endure--suffering builds character.

I'm in one of those "I cook, you clean" relationships, but have been asked with big blue puppydog eyes to wash the dishes the next time I make beef stock.

I use hot water and sometimes vinegar. Cleaning time has gotten a lot quicker since paleo. I mostly do one pot meals now.

The stove is definitely messier now than in my veggie days. I have resorted to doing a lot of cooking in the oven - bacon, steaks, fish - where things seem to splatter less.

I think that ghee is less splattery than butter. Also, get a splatter shield and turn the heat down a little! And since it's winter time you can make more stews and slow-cooker meals that don't require as much stove-top cooking.

I always wipe out pans with a paper towel before washing. You can get the majority of the grease off this way, which shortens washing time and saves your plumbing.

Really? Both my boyfriend and I have waxed rhapsodic about the reduction in cleaning time since going paleo. When I was using canola and olive for everything I had just as much splatter, but it tended to be way harder for me to get off. Baking soda, vinegar and salt seem to pretty effortlessly clean my surfaces now. Cleaning pans has become a snap for me because things seem to burn on way less often (I'm sure this is also due to cooking meat a lot instead of noodle stirfries and grains and other stubborn things) and saturated fat messes lift out with a little soaking way easier for me than vegetable oil messes ever did for me, the reminders of which are STILL on some of my cookware. Or, in the case of my cast iron, I just wipe out with the swipe of a paper towel for the most part.

I tend to clean with detergent a lot, so I don't notice. I get grease spots on my clothes sometimes, but that's something that's happened pre-animal fats too.

oh yeah!! but it's worth the extra clean up. Vinegar and water will clean the splatters off of most anything.

Yessss. At any given time there is probably at least a few TBSP worth caked on my stovetop. Also, Palm oil is the worst! The red color stains anything it touches.

yeah i cook with mostly lard and my wife hates it!! Anyone have any tips on easy ways to clean fat off the walls:)

Most definitely. Not only my kitchen, but myself also. I have to cook wearing an old shirt. Animal fat was meant to be used outdoors.