We have had this grill for a year. My wife does carnivore diet and I mostly eat meat as well. We have used the holy crap out this thing sometimes it gets used twice a day even. Clean up is easy. The plates have become a little discolored as a result of the daily use but still work fine. The food cooked on this thing tastes great. The automatic cook function on this thing is spot on for most things it's amazing really like magic. It will cook a inch plus thick 1.5lb ribeye in approximately 6 minutes. Hamburger's 1/3lb x6 in 4 minutes. Lay it flat cook twice as much but cook time will be extended and turning required. I have used it for panini's and it was awesome at that to. 4 stars instead of 5 as nothing in life is perfect.