It was not as sturdy as I thought it might be. The splash guard just kind of hangs on the back of the unit. It does not heat up very fast. I cooked bacon and the grease seemed to stay on the surface instead of running down into the trap. The trap is like all of the ones I have seen very small. If you cook a lot of greasy things it can fill up and then you have to deal with a hot trap full of grease not to mention grease dripping from the hole as you empty the trap. For someone not planning to cook a lot at one time it would be fine - even though it is over priced. Last thing is the legs tend to slip around what ever surface you are setting it on.