I had to wait for my (much hated) gas grill to die before I could justify buying a replacement. After helping it along a bit I finally able to get my Pit Boss. IT IS AWESOME !!!  I have grilled, roasted, baked  on it and everything has been wonderful. We had a wood cook stove in our kitchen when I was growing up so I had some knowledge of how to cook on on one of these grills, and it is almost like cooking on a wood stove. All in all it was worth the wait and it was worth what I paid for it considering what gas grills cost and how limited cooking on one is. This is one of my few possessions that someone will have to pry out of my cold dead hands when I die.