The Lotus Grill is a charcoal grill, which is not in front of the large grill's hide must. It consists of several individual parts, which are, however, assembled. Do Not Worry. It just makes cleaning after use. I use the grill since the summer of 2012 and am thrilled. He needs little coal approximately 150-250 gr and therefore can take up to 90 minutes are grilled. The strength of the embers or heat can be regulated by the Vertilator inside of the grill, which is powered by batteries. The cleaning of the grill's is easy. The charcoal filter is dark by the heat, but the benefit does not diminish. Definitely you have to eventually buy a new tank, but everything goes sometimes broken at some point. If you want to broil longer, you should anyway have 2 charcoal filter to share them so that you can continue grilling. But careful, that is a hot issue. Serves 4 a tank and the grill is completely adequate. The grill is fixed and therefore can not easily fall over and cause damage, like other BBQ's. It is available in various colors and bigger now also a number, but also affects the price. The price is very high, but it was worth it completely. What I can not say, is that you can grill in the apartment or house so. Even if the fat does not come to the glow, there is plenty of smoke. Because it drips anyway what down into the collection container and squirts on the charcoal basket while then creates smoke. Still, I can absolutely recommend the Lotus Grill. It's worth every cent.