Heats pretty evenly near the middle, but the outer edges are still a few degrees lower. I wish there's a cover for it (not the travel protector cover, but when I'm not using the grill and I don't have it folded it'll be nice to have it covered. Also, cleaning the bottom part of the grill right before storing the grill is hard, so storing it vertically will always be a pain, because debris from inside the grill will just fall when it is standing vertically.