 Usually when people look at it, I like to walk over there and show them what it does. Because like you were saying, you can turn it upside down and use the lid as a skillet. You just need the charcoal tray. You slide it under there. You can cook your eggs or bacon or maybe even make a pancake. And I've also heard of people, when the lid's upside down like a skillet, they'll make a pizza on it and then just put the oven on top of that to form a dome like a little oven.