For my 1st try on this grill i only made the potatoes in the recipe book and my own grilled cheese. The information in the book in not accurate - the potato recipe called for the grill to heat up to orange and to only cut the potatoes in 1/2. I had messed up cutting them too thin but am actually glad I did. I needed to turn the grill up to red and they had to cook 2x's as long as the book calls for. I cannot blame the grill for this - the grill is great, the instructions and recipes should be re-reviewed. I also made my own form of grilled cheese which came out totally amazing!!! I plan to make pork chops tonight - I hope they turn out great too!