When designing the grill, we thought how can we make our face as clean as possible?? One cnontributin factor was to hide the drip tray behind the doors. The residue tray remains fully accessible as needed to clean by simply opening the double doors below the control panel. When not needed it remains tucked away out of site.
The side panels and side shelves received the same treatment as our face.We eliminated the bulbous front end seen on all other grills and contiuned that through to the side panels. They sit nicely tucked away until you need them.
Since the shelves are recessed, our 27" grill offers more grilling space in a smaller footprint then smaller with 24"-27" girlls.Similarly it offers equally as much grilling area as larger 30" grills wit5h a much smaller footprint.
Dont't let the size of the shelves fool you. They are built to support over 25 lbs per shelf which is more than enough to support your largest platter of food.