come to the conclusion that those who say it dries the meat up are CRAP cooks, at least katex admits it, machines do not dry meat up- people do,as they do under the oven grill also.anyone can destroy food me late mam was a classic example. i am also the worlds worst cook, but have never had dry meat from a george foreman grill saying that i dont use it the boss does. so i think they are worth a punt mick, unless annes a crap cook.