Just made my first meal with it, after the recommended 15 minute break-in period at maximum temp. The grill itself worked quite nicely and assembly was straightforward, albeit a bit involved, The heat produced seems to be a bit lower than the cooking time recommendations for the veggie burgers I was making assumed, but they came out tasty, albeit not as well done as I would have liked. The problem in part appears to be that the temperature controller is obnoxiously hard to read or set - the arc corresponding to the range from 200 F to 425 F extends around about 40% of the dial at most, and is labeled in the form of two arc-shaped blobs, one orange with "200" at one end and "250" at the other and the second, immediately adjacent, red with "300" at one end and "425" at the other - no gradations to indicate intermediate temperatures. Worse, there's no arrow or other mark on the temperature controller body to indicate what point on the dial corresponds to the reference temperature. If you turn it all the way counterclockwise you can probably assume that's 425 F; anything else is pure guesswork...so while I tried to turn it to the recommended 375 it could have been at any setting between that and 300, and that may be why. The logical thing to do, I guess, would be to buy a separate temperature controller, set the grill to 425, and use the controller to turn it on and off to maintain temperature, but it's kind of absurd that one has to go to that length when the manufacturer could have just put a little more effort in.

works well easy to cleans up

This is my fourth grill. I do like them. I replace them after a couple of years as they are inexpensive, and I don't take good care of mine. I just use it. The temperature controls work fine to a point. I usually have mine on high. When the outside temperature is high, and the grill gets hot the controls turn off the heating coils. Then you are screwed. What I do is take the control apart and adjust it so that it is on high when I plug it in and off when I unplug it. Don't YOU do this!

Here's the scoop - you might fall in love with this thing - or not. Read on to see why...

I've had experience with "Indoor Barbecue" type grills. In the end, though these may apply a couple stripes to what you're cooking, they are glorified frying pans. This little grill isn't that - it goes out of its way to work like a charcoal grill, and it smokes like one too. It's the only style I've seen so far that works on few enough watts to accept a sensible extension cord - vital since most folks don't have an outlet right at the spot they want to put a grill. It works well too, albeit a little slowly. It's a bit of a pain to clean thoroughly and fat accumulates beneath its central plate. Many users have drilled a hole to allow it to drain fat out the bottom, but that can get messy. Aluminum foil under the heating element as suggested by others isn't a great answer, because it can shorten the life of the heating element. If you can manage to grill mostly lean meat and veggies, and preheat it well before use to smoke off the last bits of grease from prior efforts, the cleaning is a once in a blue moon thing, but if you grill fatty things with gobs of sugary sauces, you'll have a mess every time and need to take it apart to dispose of the burnt sugars and fat. As I said, it smokes like the real thing - so it isn't for indoors, or anywhere you would not be able to use a gas or charcoal grill. That said, it's convenient, and it's never out of propane, lighter fluid or charcoal briquets.

I decided to go with an electric grill as I'm sick of propane tanks and propane or charcoal grills. Their too much of a hassle for myself any longer. This grill is cute but FYI is rather short, and I'm short. It is rather a pain to put all the small parts together but nothing mind bending. All the wing nuts/washers and bolts were already in place for each piece so I didn't have to sort through a bag of parts. They even give you a few extras in a separate bag. I did as instructed and ran it on high for a bit to get whatever film or coating burned off...P U! That smelled fairly toxic so run away. I have mine out in my sunroom that consists of a bunch of sliding vinyl windows with screens, so I have cross ventilation to use this grill semi indoors. I'm in FL so I don't want this getting funky due to the humidity outside. I don't feel like buying a cover either.
So, I did lay down some heavy duty foil over the very bottom of grill. Not sure I'll keep doing that as I do have a small steamer that really melts any grease residue off easily. Also (and I'm not advising it in any way shape or form) but I didn't attach the heating element to the body with the bolts. Its snug and will not move. This way I can pop it off when things cool down to clean the heat reflector plate, etc. Then just pop it back in/on.

I also have an adj cast iron expandable grate I set on top of the actual cooking grill (it just barely fit). That way my food isn't too close to the heating element to possibly burn. I also plan to get https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LZI4IA3/?coliid=I2UJSEI1IRHQIZ&colid=2X0LH7VPHOCVU&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it and either hang it in from the top vent holes or drill the correct size hole in the grill dome and screw it in place. I want to know what temp is going on inside. It's not all that expensive and I'm a handy type person.

Well for the lower end price (got it on sale) and not having to buy propane any longer I hope this works out as I have no idea on the longevity. I only grill occasionally but if the heating element ever burns out you can hopefully get a replacement, I'll have to look into that. I might use this more for slow roasting once I get a thermometer installed and see if this can keep an even temp. Any severe issues: I normally come back and edit my review. Thanks for reading, hope this helped.