Boehm was not involved in teaming up the grill and Foreman. After one year, and several trade shows, Salton sent samples of the grill to George Foreman's colleagues, who then sent the grill to Foreman to test. The slanted grill concept was pitched by Tsann Kuen to Salton Inc. The fajita grill had been promoted at industry trade shows in the early 1990s, but received little interest.
They presented the product as "The Fajita Express". The video was played, showing fat dripping from the grill into the collection tray. 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. Engineering work was performed by Bob Johnson. Michael Boehm designed the product with a floating hinge and slanted grilling surface to accommodate foods of different thicknesses and drain fat away from the food. A second key benefit was to reduce the fat content of hamburgers and other meats by draining away the fat into a separate reservoir. The original intention was to create an indoor grill that would provide a unique benefit of cooking on both sides at once. The concept for the grill was created by Michael Boehm of Batavia, Illinois. Which would make perfect sense if he hadn't in fact filmed a whole infomercial for the grill. He could do a Hogan whatever it’d Fly, cause I’d buy.” He said: “The real story is Hulk Hogan is about the best friend I ever had. When asked for clarity on the different versions of events by a fan on Twitter, Foreman gave a classy response “So basically, $550 million later, George got the ‘Lean, Mean Grilling Machine’ and I got a blender that when you put double-AA batteries in, it would fart and then turn off.” “I wasn’t there to answer the call, so when I call Sam back he said George took the grill. “Then I get home and press the old school voicemail recorder machine and it says, ‘Hey Hulk, this is Sam Perlmutter, I’ve got a grill and I’ve got a blender and I’m going to call you and George to see who wants it. “So I said ‘I’m going to beat all these soccer moms today’, and went to McDonalds, got a cooler, had everything ready, and got to the school at like 2:30pm, instead of 3:30pm, and now I’ve finally got all the soccer moms behind me and my kids excited I got there early. When asked if he passed up on the George Foreman Grill, the former WWE world champion said: “Stop, that’s not true! My kids were upset because I was always picking them up late from school.
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