Hi, Take it from a guy who can't have any kind of flames. This electric grill is perfect for me. It gets plenty HOT (700°F) in 15min. which is no problem for me, I can find plenty to do in a short 15 minutes. So far I've grilled chicken, burgers, links of all sorts, salmon and nice thick steaks (Rib Eye and New York) which were AWESOME. Maintaining is a breeze with the self-cleaning option. I've grilled with charcoal and gas grills and man, I think I may prefer this if I had a choice because of the lack of mess and ease of use and no fuss with lighter fluid/propane and an abundance of ashes..... Highly recommended. :) 

The only negative I guess I could say is it is a little expensive, but no more then a decent charcoal/propane grill and BTW I think it would beat the pants off of you know what competitor...W..... which I looked at a lot. Took me months to make my decision.