The grill pan is great!!! I cooked 1" pork chops on it for 10 minutes (turn over after 5 minutes) and they came out juicy and tender. Now I use the grill pan for everything I would normally grill on the stove.
I noticed in other reviews that some people were experiencing white smoke when grilling greasy or oily items. I found a way to avoid all that!
I put a thin layer of rock salt in the bottom of the drip pan. The grease goes below the rock salt and won't become airborne. It has to be rock salt because it needs to be heavy enough to not get blown around by the moving air in the fryer. And it's cheap enough to use all the time! Sometimes it's called Ice Maker Salt or Ice Cream Salt. It works!!!
I bought this for my wife as a combination valentines day/anniversary gift and she got very angry. I would not recommend this item based on that. just kidding - needed to reach 50 characters... we used this item to grill fish and veggies and it worked great. highly recommended!