My first batch a couple of months ago was an IPA that was pushing the krausen into the airlock. It was a very aggressive fermentation and I had to clean the airlock the next morning after brewing. I received a frantic call from my wife at work that evening and the lid blew off of my ale pale showering our entire laundry room with krausen and hop residue. She was not happy! The thick layer of krausen protected the beer and the batch utlimately turned out great.
For my second and third batches, I popped out the rubber grommit for the airlock and enlarged the hole to 1". I then went to the HBS and got a spiggot and gasket (the same one used on the ale pail) and 1/2" OD tubing to create a blow off tube. Worked like a charm. Just run the tubing into a bucket of sanitized water and the chances of getting a clogged airlock with that diameter of tubing is slim to none. I like this assembly, because everything can be disassembled and sanitized very easily between batches. Good Luck!