After reading LOTS of opinions and procedures I've settled on the following. I've had no problem with KMC missing links so I use them. Cuz a dat all my chains are easy to remove from the bike. I also keep a couple of rinsed and dried 1 gallon plastic milk bottles on the shelf. I also have one of those long grabber things that you can push on one end and on the other end, about 18 inches away, the three grabby hooks come out and grab whatever. I have two 'split rings' like used car dealers use to connect the key to the info tag.

So I take the chain off the bike. Set the link aside and feed a slip ring thru each end of the chain (ensures that last roller does not fall out of that last link on each end). Put about 1/3 gallon of mineral spirits in a dry milk bottle and cap it. Put Little Feat's "Waiting for Columbus" on the CD player and shake that bottle quite a bit. Stop and do something else for a few minutes while that chain soaks. Repeat 2 or 3 times. Turn the bottle often to flip the chain over and over.

Uncork the bottle and use that long grabber to snag the chain and pull it out. I mop the MS off with a paper towel as I pull the chain up (paper towels go into the wood stove). I hang the chain for a while over a towel to drip dry. I may even take it out on the driveway and sling it around a couple of times letting centrifugal force do it's job. In the winter I'll lay the chain on the wood stove for a bit to bake dry. In the summer I'll set it on the dashboard of my hot car for the same effect.

Then back on the bike and a link by link lube with chain saw bar oil. I know, I know, I know no lube thread please but this is what works best for me. I wap the bung back onto the milk bottle and set it aside for a few weeks. The crud settles out so the MS is almost clear so I reuse 90% of it and what's left also feeds the wood stove - drain it onto a small pile of sawdust then into the stove.