Just as a comparison, my other air fryer my basket is removable and is scrapes the bottom of the actual pan that I had to put a piece of silicon down to keep it from scraping. Cleanup really was very simple and easy. Oh, one last thing is that the basket and components are dishwasher safe. So, that is an easy cleanup. Sometimes I'm lazy to even put it in the dish washer and using a damp cloth will also wipe the tray just fine leaving no residue behind. I had no idea what to even attempt to make in this air fryer except what I am already used to and before I even thought about checking on google to search for sites, I can appreciate the free recipe book provided giving me a lot more options for my meals as well as it comes with a helpful suggestions list of what is recommended timing and heating temp for certain meats.