This probably won't be much help because my cooktop grill experience was years ago with a Jenn-Air. It was awful to clean and I would never ever again have one. Wolf may or may not be a different story, but I'm sure others will chime in. If you are going to mainly use it for quick extra meals, a burger or 2, a small steak I would just get a separate grill pan. I have an All-Clad and love it! Use it constantly, easy to clean in the sink, and one of the best purchases I have ever made. There is just the 2 of us and we now rarely use our outdoor grill- steaks, chicken, veggies, burgers all come off the grill pan with a nice sear and are delicious. My mind still boggles at the thought of cleaning that Jenn-Air built-in grill.

Paint one side and then paint the other side. I would use something with some sheen so that when you paint the other side you can easily clean off the oops from the paint leaking over the edge. When you paint the final side, use a good brush and brush away from the edge to minimize getting paint on the finished side. Honestly, grill painting with 2 colors is not a fun job, even for a pro.

First off, Kat all the directions came with a book in English and one in Mexican, except the one regarding seasoning! The English version isn't here LOL Dee thanks so much, and I may need help along the way! I plan on starting the process tomorrow. I do have one question. It came with a wire holder for a grease catcher, but it doesn't come with the grease catcher LOL. Plus it doesn't tell me what to do with the wire holder either. My neighbor said I could buy the catcher at Lowes, but then what? LOL Seems like I need this attached before I start the seasoning to avoid grease all over the patio. No it didn't come with the side smoker box, but it's something I can add later. It did come with a cover though.

Now Sherry, how can you say you are not skilled with the grill. 50 years of grilling must mean you seriously know what you are doing. Thanks for the tip about the cooking outdoors thread and the other cooking thread you have mentioned. I agree with you about the lighter fluid. I used a chimney and it worked great, with just a match, some normal paper and with a little sunflower oil. The weber briquettes were excellent. I don't know if Weber is good, but they are claimed to be natural and they seemed to work perfectly. Thanks Ken for the pics. You must be a kind of barbeque king! And barbeque in a Michigan winter! Oh boy. At least next to that grill there is no risk of freezing. Thanks for all of those chicken ideas. The series of pics you sent looks delicious and are inspiring. Yeah, my Activa is a two wheel set. And we have got winds here, so I am going to keep in mind what you are saying. There are so many ideas here, I will probably have to print them all! So, is someone addressed this earlier, please forgive me. But let us say that I will use a wooden scraper on the grill grate while they are still hot (at the end of the cookout), will the grates be so clean that rust can attack the grate if I don't use it again for a week or two, or all winter? Or is there still so much oil on there from cooking that a good scrape still leaves plent of oil to preven rust? If I am not going to barbeque for a while, is it a good idea to paint on some oil to the grates? Thanks again! Kerry