Since there are not a lot of reviews or information about this grill yet I thought I would post my first impressions and my thoughts after using this grill.
For the benefit of everyone I would recommend to steer clear of this one! The single major flaw is the intake and the plastic tube that connects to it. The fit of these plastic parts was so poor on mine that it leaked enough air to never allow for control of the temperatures. Even fully closed the temps would continue to rise out of control.
I ended up having to seal it with high temp sealer. It was night and day how much control I then had. However, if I want to grill some steaks and get the grill to searing temperatures I would be very concerned about how the plastic would hold up. When I stoked it up to search off some steaks the bottom of the grill was very hot where the plastic vent pipe connects to the bottom of the grill. I ended up using my trusty Weber kettle grill the next night.
I contacted CharBroil but their customer support was the worst. The person even argued with me over the serial number. I read it exactly as it was on the label and she told me that was not a serial number. I had to send a picture of it to them!
Bottom line, learn from me and save the 300.00.
I think with the other options that are available this one is not worth the price or the time.