contrary to some customers reviews I have to write that the grill heats absolute class ist.Er very fast (ready in our test already after 4 minutes) and the barbecued food is unjustifiable fast and even! We have him weather-ding in the kitchen used and had neither smoke nor excessive odors. It smelled wonderfully of crickets. It fit 8 sausages (all uniformly brown and even were) in the first pass and 6 medium Kottlets (all uniformly brown and cooked) on the grate. Also the lack of thermostat is not a problem because we had at our age Grill with thermostat knob to the highest level ever. Cleaning is absolutely unproblematic and goes very quickly. Unlike our contact grill substantial elaboration Ster lighterage. Our conclusion: for the money and the power, a top product!