I have cooked on gas grills my entire life and have used a charcoal grill a couple of times, but was never really impressed with charcoal grills. I have had a Weber gas grill for 20 years and thought it was the only grill I ever needed. When I bought the Performer Deluxe Charcoal Grill I thought it would be fun to have something different to cook on once in a while beside my gas grill and my smoker. I have had the Performer for 4 month's and I haven't cooked on anything else since, the ease of operation, flavor it adds to food and fantastic job it does cooking is incredible.