Even after pre-heating for 10 minutes it's just not hot enough.

I still smelled that weird smell when the plates heated up

My old George Foreman grill finally died after 10 years of faithful service (at the end would only come to lukewarm heat)

Some other observations: the heat isn't quite as uniform as the old sealed plate style, but it's not bad, and probably can't be much better, given the "removable" plate design

but when I turned it on there was this terrible heated plastic smell to it.

As noted previously, it doesn’t get hot enough to act as a grill (i.e., no searing) and, despite its size, heats only towards the center making it usable less than its size would suggest

There lies the problem, the heat transfers poorly through all that metal and by the time it gets to your steak, it is not hot enough

Easy to clean but could get heat hotter and faster

Now the bad; First and formost for the first few times and a little bit now when the grill heats up it really smells bad.

the element stays on to bring it back to temp and because (my guess I am not a product designer) of a poor heat shield or lack of one, the top of the grill (the surface that is exposed) begin to buckle, melt, smoke, and in my case got so

They are so totally different, I am fearful that the heat will not hold or that the coating will simply fall off

Since it was heated up to 425 degrees, there have been quite a few burns, and a couple of close calls with it landing nearly on top of my bare feet

Very slow heat up will not stay at a consistent hot temp slow cooking

HEATING: decent performance but can OVER-heat and ruin a mealThis grill has a "variable" temperature setting

This could cause issues with uneven heating because of poor contact between the plates and the surface over the heating element

Dissapointed from day one, slow heating, uneven grilling,poor tasting meat and fish, burned in (I assume plastic) cover

This product had a defective heating element and had to be returned.

Some people have mentioned that the heating is uneven and it takes longer to warm up.

The reduced heat is not a deal killer for me.

I like that the grill plates come out, but poor heating is the price to pay for easier cleaning, I will take the old style hands down

I still smelled that weird smell when the plates heated up

When I put the meat on the grill, the grill loses heat and stops cooking almost immediately.

The heating is inconsistent and the lighted timer quit working.

It's a huge improvement for cleaning, and well worth the trade-off of somewhat uneven heating

So I called customer service for Foreman grills and their solution was to e-mail the sheet(worthless

Look great on the kitchen counter as well as it matches my stainless steel appliances.

When we got it, it had taken forever to heat up and wouldn't get nearly as hot as our old one we got in 2007 as a wedding gift.(different style) and now we just tried using it and it barely gets warm

I've been using it for 2 years now and it cooks as well as when I first tried it.

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