When you hear of an electric grill, you think of the terrible one that you had in your college dorm that could barely cook hotdogs. The Optigrill is far from that. With pre built cooking settings for 6 different meals, you pretty much turn it on, put the meat on and then wait for the light to change. This was the easiest electric grill that I have ever had. I definitely see myself eating in more often now that I have this.