Boehm and Johnson brought a JVC camcorder and a sample of the product in bright yellow to the office of Barbara Westfield at Salton, Inc.

The fajita grill had been promoted at industry trade shows in the early 1990s, but garnered little interest.

Salton made several changes to the technical function of the product, removing the four risers meant for the user to lift up the grill, slide in one of the two included trays, and fill taco shells.

The Lean Mean Fat-Reducing Grilling Machine, as it became known, was introduced in 1994 and promoted with distinctive infomercials which featured Foreman.

A combination of his affable personality and the unique features of the product made it a huge success.

[6] The product has a clamshell design that simultaneously heats the top and bottom surfaces of the food, eliminating the need to flip it.

[9] The worldwide popularity of the George Foreman grill has resulted in sales of over 100 million units since it was first launched, a feat that was achieved in a little over 15 years.