There is a learning curve if you are coming from gas grilling, but you are in for a great experience!! The taste of the food is head and shoulders above anything we have had before, and the heat this grill can generate is unreal, searing a steak in just a couple minutes. Wonderful wood flavour in chicken and seafood! Highly recommend!!! (Hint: Lubricate the hinge,ours was binding when we first got it, a little oil and full operation.