This is advertised as non stick, this is true but not very effective. Toast and panini are good, anything else such as glazed steak, sticky ribs, tomatoes, chicken breast etc, not so good as the glaze or whatever stick and burns to the top grill; just a wipe as stated will not clean it. I have used this grill twice and cannot remove the carbonation on the top plate. My opinion is the non stick is not up to scratch if it is used for anything other than toast or panini.