The griddle has been a nice change for us over the grates. I purchased several things at the exact same time, as a "package" (like the cover for this griddle). It's interesting that each item was shipped separately by the same warehouse and all items arrived at a different time. Being in ecommerce myself, we try hard to ship items together to save the company shipping costs... weird. I'll update this as we continue to use the griddle over the next few hot summer months if anything else changes.
We like not having burnt food (which the grates would cause dried up burgers or whatever). The griddle does a lot better!