Method of cleaning an ice machine

A method of using an ice maker, the method comprising:

• forming ice on an evaporator of the ice maker, the evaporator housed inside an evaporator case of the ice maker;
• harvesting the ice from the evaporator;
• and
• performing an overall cleaning procedure on the ice maker, the overall cleaning procedure comprising:
• a first manual intervention comprising activating a switch of the ice maker, activating the switch of the ice maker comprising initiating the overall cleaning procedure;
• a first automatic step comprising signaling to a user that a second manual intervention comprising pouring one of a cleaning fluid and a sanitizing fluid into a tank of the evaporator case is required;
• the second manual intervention comprising pouring the one of the cleaning fluid and the sanitizing fluid into the tank;
• and
• a second automatic step comprising automatically initiating and completing at least one of a cleaning stage and a sanitizing stage upon completion of the second manual intervention, automatically initiating the at least one of the cleaning stage and the sanitizing stage comprising operating a cleaning valve of a water circuit of the ice maker by a main controller of the ice maker.