There is so much down time while brewing that it makes it easy to clean as you go. The first brew day the brew is in the fermenter in ~7 hours, the second brew day the obligatory brew cart updates are done and everything is packed away in around 2 hours. The elephant in this discussion is the other brew day, kegging, which of course includes fermenter cleaning and keg cleaning adding another 4 hours. So that's it, three days about 13 hours every 6 weeks costing $50 to $75 for 10 gallons of delicious homebrew. Only wish I could drink more!