arkansas girl, my stepmother had one and I remember that it got pretty hot, enough that I was worried that she would burn herself or start a fire with it. It sounds like yours might have a problem with the heating element.

Annie

I bought a package of pork chops and cooked them...I have to say, they were delicious! annie, maybe your mother's got too hot? I think this one is OK. They have no temperature adjustments which I think they should have. The worst part is the clean up though...kind of a pain...HAHA!

You brought back a memory of a Farberware indoor grill we received as a gift years ago. As I recall, it did an okay job of cooking whatever we put on it. I can't remember anything about temperature adjustments. However, as you said, cleaning ours was a major production. It's the main reason we got rid of it. Also, at the time we did not have much storage space.

I found a photo online of what ours looked like. Hopefully your Rival Grill is less of a contraption than this one was.

Goodness, that IS a contraption! HEEHEE! I can't imagine that rotisserie would get hot enough to cook very well. I think these are good for people that can't actually have a grill, like living in an apartment. I am surprised at how yummy those pork chops turned out though!

Ours is a Hamilton Beach grill/griddle. We absolutely love it. It has a temperature probe up to 400°F. We love using it out on the balcony

Huummmm, I actually have something like that in the basement going unused! It has the grill on one side and a griddle on the other. I've only ever used it for the griddle side, it makes fantastic bacon but it's messy. Do you ever cook meat on the grill side?

No crock pot here but i have a Jenn-aire grill/griddle set into my counter top with the down draft fan.....but it's old and the electric element has lots a lot of it's heating capacity....and can't be replaced.
Think that's what was the matter with the garage sale find...the element was worn out.

arkansasgirl, my stepmother's didn't have a temperature adjustment either, but that element heated up quickly and it got hot, much like the electric burner elements do.

I'm glad yours is working for you, whether it's right or not. Sometimes it's better when they don't work right, LOL, like the old crockpots!

Annie

Yeah, I'm thinking that if this one was any hotter, it would cook too fast and not get done inside. It produces enough heat that you can feel the heat coming off of it when you are standing by it. It's not so hot that the counter gets hot though which is a good thing!

Linda, I had a jenn-aire stove that had a grill on top once, I never once used it though. It seemed like it would be a pain to clean if I would have used it. It was in the house when we bought it.