I replaced my old one of these and eventually threw it away. We took it traveling in our Westfalia and the compactness and quality of grilling was great. I loved my old one. One benefit of the flavor bar is most of the drips ended up as smoke off the bar. This new one they just end up in the bottom in a nasty, greasy mess. It needs a way to catch the grease in the worst way - is just a disgusting mess to clean and you need to do it often.