Most Japanese homes have a fish grill under their burners on their stove (in lieu of a large oven). Our home does not have that so we went out and purchased this electric fish grill. We have had great results and will think about getting one of these when we go back to NYC. There are burners on both the top and bottom so the fish is cooked on both sides. It is easy to grill it to a nice color. We put a little bit of water in the bottom of the pan to help with cleaning as fatty fish will give off a lot of oil as it grills.