Yeah, I squeezed an extra few years out of the life of our grill by giving it a good, thorough cleaning and adjusting my expectations for preheating and cooking times. It's now at the point where I'd have to start replacing parts, so I'm glad I found something that seems like it'll last without breaking the bank. (Not that $1400 for a gas grill is anything to sneeze at, but the market a few years ago looked like I was going to have to shell out twice that to get an infrared grill with all-stainless construction.)