I've had a couple of gas grills before that were cheaper and then I made the move to charcoal for quite a few years. Then realized how much more convenient gas was and that I wasn't really going to miss out on much with going back to gas. This has been the best grill I've ever used. You can tell the quality is significantly better than any of my previous grills plus I get a much better sear on this than any gas grill I've used in the past. I can fire this thing up and start searing a steak in less than 15 minutes (the manual says to wait 10-15 mins for it to heat up, otherwise I would start searing much quicker). This has been a game changer for me and now I try to make every single meal on it because it's such an amazing grill to use.