What I think is that this design was planned...For example: the first year
the Foreman grills came out, there was no way to alter the temperature
settings and the grids were fixed. The next year, the temperature control
was introduced. Then, the removable grids were introduced. I think this
was planned from the get-go----a sort of "arc" of the lifetime of the grill,
just as TV shows have a development arc of their stories.

Count me as a skeptic...

Pat in TX