Top 10 Best Contact Grills Reviews – Ultimate Buying Guide 2024

We had the original griddler for at least 10 yrs. It served us well and we used it mostly during late fall and over the winter when BBQing wasn't an option.
When I saw the the new griddler I immediately saw that they had changed some of the features that I didn't like on the original.
1. The plates are now reversible from grill to flat so you don't have to store the extra set of plates.
2. The grease catching system is now enclosed rather than positioning 2 cups near the edges to catch the drips, which was awkward as if they weren't positioned perfectly the grease ended up on the counter and they tipped easily if you accidentally hit them. I used to just place some paper towel on the counter at each corner to catch any drips.
3. the space between the grills is wider allowing for easier clean up and the coating seems better than before.
We use it often, mostly as a grill and panini press but occasionally the flat side for pancakes.
All in all it is a great product and am looking forward to using it for at least another 10 years.

I purchased this Cuisinart Griddler because my husband and I just weren’t happy with our George Foreman Grill George Foreman GRP1060B 4 Serving Removable Plate Grill, Black. It didn't have temperature adjustment, the drip tray would melt every time hot grease would drip in it (or after being put in the top rack of dishwasher), and it just wasn't big enough really. When I came across this one on Amazon with such stellar reviews, I thought this would be the one for us. So I ordered it along with the waffle attachment Cuisinart GR-WAFP Griddler Waffle Plates.

I have used it at least ten times since I received it. So far I have cooked eggs, bacon, pork chops, toast, a Philly steak sandwich, and waffles (with the waffle plates I purchased separately). Everything has turned out great except the first time I cooked eggs on it because I didn't use cooking spray on it beforehand. So keep in mind that you will need to lightly spray the plates with cooking spray or use butter before placing your items on it that may stick.

I love that I have the option of using either the griddle or the grill plates. When you use the Griddle setting you get to select a temperature between 200 up to 425 degrees. If you use the Grill/Panini setting you select your temperature as either warm, low, medium, high, and sear. There are also marks in between those settings so you are able to get a setting of medium-high for example.

The plates (including the waffle plates) are dishwasher safe but after owning the George Foreman for years I am choosing to hand wash my plates on this Cuisinart. When I would put the George Foreman plates in the dishwasher it would never seem to get them very clean. I guess it is just too difficult to cut through all that grease and stuck on food that was burned on. It is super easy to clean the plates on this Cuisinart though. The non-stick plates make it where I can just wipe the mess right up with little to no effort. Very nice.

I like that the drip tray on this grill is attached underneath the unit. That was a big frustration for me with the other grill. To constantly have to place it under the grill in just the right spot, then find something to do with it until it cooled down. I have furbabies so I didn't want to leave it out because they look at it as "oh look, a meal!" Since this drip tray is attached I can pull it out and clean it when I please and then place it right back into the slot. Easy peasy.

I love that I can fold this unit flat and make bacon, eggs, and toast all at the same time. It is wonderful. It is so nice not to have to dirty up a bunch of pots and pans and tun on my range all the time.

Overall I really am proud of this Griddler. It has been a welcome replacement to our old grill and is definitely one of my best Amazon purchases.

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Perfect for our condo balcony. It was tough to give up on our Infrared gas BBQ when we downsized but this unit is quick, clean and cooks incredibly well. Surface is big enough for a small family meal, clean up is simple and fast and the best part is it doesn't smoke up. Best electric BBQ on the market. These units are almost always found in resort condo rentals, or high-end luxury resorts, for all the same reasons. Thanks

It heats up rapidly and has a pretty reliable thermostat. Can be used inside. The grill's black bottom part is made of plastic but nonetheless, it looks pretty well built. The grill seems to be teflon coated. The food doesn't stick to it. I hope this coating will be durable. Please note this is a grill, not a BBQ, but the food almost tastes the same...

We bought this grill, I think around 2005. After two months of loving it I began to worry that it might wear out eventually and we got another. When the original started to wear out, chipped contacts at the plug in connector, I began using the backup in 2018. Mind you, the first was still working, but I thought it's time for retirement.
The second one is in use now, working great, and I got a third one, sits unopened in a box, just in case.
Quick, reliable, easy to use, easy to clean. You can go on low or medium heat for hot dogs or roast, or highest settings for steak.
On the highest heat, after a 5-minute pre-heat, medium rare steaks need 12-14 minutes, the big and thick steaks from Costco.
On thinner meat 4-8 minutes is enough.

It's perfect, not big enough for our family but we like to cook while eating right off the grill so that doesnt bother us. Fun for our kids as well, so easy to use we let them grill their own dinner on it while were there. My mom loves it, she got me to order one for them since itll be the perfect size for them to use to grill their meals instead of using their whole oven. Oh btw, it makes beautiful grill marks!

Excellent product for what it is and how well it REALLY COOKS!
I bought the $75 special refurbished,not pristine in looks- couple of minor dents/binks,cosmetics not an issue for me. Tip No#1: Fill the plastic drip tray with a bit of water,this will help reduce the chance of a meltdown & helps keep the slight smoke to minimum. Tip No#2: The lid doesn't have a "Full motion Hinge". Even though the illustrations might suggest it, You have to lift up and place it back down 90 degree's. I tried to close mine and well....Bakelite's not forgiving & I now have fuller motion- Bugger! 90 or closed 2 option's, Seems some slight lack of printed info here- Anyway I would highly recommend this to apartment/condo dwellers.After all we too enjoy tasty,flavorful grilled food - ENJOY

Below are several reasons I chose this particular grill. I feel each is important which makes this a superior product in my view.
- It sears - does a great job.
- It has actual temperature indicators on the dial, not just low-medium-high settings. The settings are 200, 250, 300, 350, 400 and sear (which is 450). This temperature feature gives you greater control.
- The unit is 1200 watts (not 1800) which would work great in an RV. It only uses 3 volts according to our meter and 10 amps. And it gets VERY hot.
- The lid design is extremely well thought out. First of all - it has one! And with this particular lid design, you will find little difference between this grill and an outdoor grill (other than the quantity of food you can grill at one time on an outdoor grill). In addition to heat retention, the lid is quite high above the grill plate so you don't have to worry about fitting larger, thicker items (such as really large chicken breasts or thick cut steaks and ribs) on the grill. This is the reason I didn't consider the Delonghi Perfecto which received complaints about the lid touching the meat.
- It's not a contact grill. This was important because I want to control the cooking - not be controlled by the grill. I want to turn the meat at my discretion and I like to keep the juices in - not have them squeezed out by the weight of a top plate. Then there's that searing thing again (which is great.)
- The meat doesn't sit in grease while cooking. Since the grill plate is "slatted" and not solid like our old Presto, this is not a concern just as it is not a concern with an outdoor grill - same design. The grease drains off naturally and falls between the grates into the drip tray.
- The heating element is embedded in the grill plate, so no worry about hot and cold spots.
- The cleanup is easy enough.
- Not overly heavy. Easily transportable.
- If important to you, the unit is attractive to leave out on the counter.
I feel there is precious little difference between this grill and an outdoor grill when it comes to both design and performance. As I said this grill is plenty HOT - preheat as directed just as with other grills.
For us this was a great purchase - well pleased.

This is a very nice kitchen appliance. Cooks raw foods perfectly every time. Frozen foods not so much. That said, it warms up fairly quickly, beeps when it’s ready, measures the thickness of your food automatically and starts to cook all in one swift motion. Listen for the next series of beeps and watch for your desired tenderness colour on the led indicator and your food will be juicy inside and nicely grilled outside. I love sausages and this cooks them perfectly with no grease remaining and with no flame there are no nasty flare ups. The grills themselves detach with a push of a button and clean up super quick with a rinse of hot water and the toss them in the dishwasher, come perfectly clean every time. Quality seems top notch, almost restaurant quality. Very happy with this purchase as my apartment does not allow BBQ’s and this fills that need.

Been relying on this grill for a few months now, a few days ago it decided to stop for no reason, sausage button keeps blinking along with an annoying sound, basically it's bricked.

Tefals website is outdated and there's no information about local centers, their support didn't pickup the line after being on hold for an hour. Think about that before buying

Update 1/14/2017!!

You will need something to use as a 1-1/2" spacer in the recalibration process. An oven mitt or hot pad, a rolled length of aluminum foil, or even a wooden spoon can serve as this spacer. The height of the spacer needs to be at least 1-1/2" and no more than 2" to properly align the plates:

For model GC702

Like many other reviews we have been plagued with the stuck in manual mode problem, this presents as one of the following:
1. When powering on the grill, the automatic cook mode lights flash letting us know we can select one. After a moment of flashing they stop, and it goes straight into manual mode with no option to select an automatic cook mode.
2. When using the automatic cook mode, after a few minutes of preheating the indicator turns red and has switched to manual mode.

We have also encountered a third issue, where a steak was cooked to past well done when the indicator only said it had just reached medium.

I believe all three of these issues are related to the units sensors, there are steps in the reviews to recalibrate the unit - but they DO NOT WORK for the OptiGrill Plus XL model. After calling T-Fal and receiving a different set of recalibration instructions, that failed to recalibrate the unit I was advised to exchange the unit.

When it does work in automatic mode (four times out of more than eight attempts in the last week) we had mostly positive results: amazing hot dogs, the best hamburgers we've ever had, juicy pork chops, and a very overcooked steak.

My hope is that we just received a lemon, the concept behind this product is great and as I mentioned it cooked the best hamburgers we've ever had - a blessing for someone that is very uncomfortable in the kitchen but wants to save money normally spent on eating out, and to start eating healthier.

Excellent for families of four or more. Recipe booklet very accurate to cook different type of meats and vegetables.
Very good price. Recommend to use it below range hood as some smoke release, but nothing serious. Very Happy as we can have barbecued steaks during winter time.

We are really enjoying being able to BBQ and be able to clean up so easily afterwards.
The cooking directions are spot-on so far with beautiful grill marks always on the food. We have not bothered using the dishwasher. A friend mentioned she found it easier to clean once they stopped using the dishwasher.
The grill is large enough to cook for a family of 4 easily and probably more.

GREAT INDOOR GRILL Good grill marks on the meat, well barbequed, big (192 sq. inches), 5 minutes to clean, built like a truck. A couple of comments:
1.Contrary to instructions, COOK ON 5, do not lower temp. 2. Contrary to instructions, COVER WHILE COOKING so the meat will be hot. 3. USE TEFLON COOKING TOOLS, like a spatula. 4. DO NOT POKE OR CUT MEAT ON THE GRILL. Do not use any sharp utensils. 5. Take glass cover off before carrying or moving. It’s a loose fit. Works fine when cooking. 6. COVER DRIP TRAY WITH ALUMINUM FOIL. That will save 30 minutes of cleaning. 7. Rinse grill, then clean with a “doby” like sponge—nylon on outside with lots of bumps. Takes me 5 minutes. HAVE FUN.

Cooks well and cleanly. However, be mindful that you need to allow just a little bit of time between taking out the fresh cooked waffle and putting in new batter to cook. If you start the process too quickly, you can get an undone center and the outsides will be done as intended. Also I found that when it cools down I can wrap the cord around the bottom half and put the cord in that small groove and lock it in with the plug in on the other side. I use a large pan under it to catch any overage-spill from baking. I have put too much batter in and had it ooze out the sides and drip onto that pan. It breaks right off from the waffle iron when done, and I can easily clean up the drip on the pan underneath. Use aluminum foil and merely dispose of the foil when done. I used NO spray, but relied on the oil I have in my waffle recipe (home style recipe). I wish there were a cross-element of coiled heating wire to get the centers of the grill more even, rather than the solid heating element. However, this type of element will be a lot harder to damage or burn out later on.

So I've had this for over a year and it's well loved and well used. I tend to use the waffle side more than the griddle plates because it's what I bought it for.

Cooks evenly, no hot spots (which is surprising) obviously protect your hands and don't touch anything metal while this is on or has been recently on. It's the old fashioned kind, it's not encased in plastic, it's metal. Don't forget this or you're gonna burn yourself and blame the machine which is unfair to the machine.

I've used the griddle open faced I've pressed sandwiched in it like a panini press but my favorite and predominant use is the waffle iron.

I'm a kitchen gizmo person. I know I can do most things without them but why when there's a gizmo and gadget for it? More specifically though I bought this because I wanted something other than Belgian waffles and I remembered that my grandmother had a waffle iron that looked dead on this though I cannot remember if her plates were removable.

Great product. Had the smaller Cuisinart that had a diff temp between top and bottom cooking grids, single temp control for both. Replaced with this Deluxe model. It is classy looking as others posted. Functions I appreciate are: 6 position Adjustable floating lid, separate temp controls for top and bottom. Range from 200 Warm to 450 High + 500 Sear mode. Higher watts in this model made a big difference and so far, temps are equal with both controls on same temp. Lid locks closed where smaller model did not lock closed when storing. Larger cooking area, even for 2 people. Now can make full sized sandwiches with large sourdough bread. Improved drip tray runs along rear of griddle. Angled in open position so grease flows to back and into drip tray. Also grids have angles at rear to guide flow of liquid into channel for drip tray. Other models lack that angle in grids and others reported grease running off back of grids onto counter. Also like that I can preheat for cooking @ 350. Then push top, bottom or both sear buttons. Red light comes on until reaches 500 degrees, then flashes green 10 seconds (time to put meat on), then 2 minute sear and shuts off sear temp. Then returns to original preset cooking temp. Much better design and function than the GN4N smaller model. If you are looking to use it to cook, grill and make great sandwiches on a lot, pay the extra money and get this model. They also make the Elite which is more money and has LCD panel, same functions as this model. I am very pleased with this model and look forward to using it for tomorrow nights steak dinner.

UPDATE! Used my new GR-150 to cook burgers and last night, New York Steaks, came out wonderful. I am real picky about meat and this gem does not cook out the flavor like some indoor cookers tend to do. Purchased a 2nd one today as a surprise gift for daughter and son-in-law. They have an old Cuisinart just plug it in, one temp, no reversable plates. Did not include a msg on the gift card. So they will one by one call every person in their large fam to see who to thank! Of course, I am the only one who knows, even my wife will not know. Eventually she will put two and two together when she sees they received identical as my new one. Last comment the separate temp controls are the way to go and my model heats evenly between top and bottom when on same temp setting. Last tip since it is stainless top. When you remove the long sticker on the top, it will leave an imprint of where the sticker was. You will not feel glue but will see the square where it was. Took me awhile to get rid of it! Did like I do on my stainless bbq hood. Put small amount of Goop Off Liquid on paper towel or soft rag. Lightly rub with grain of stainless. Then final dry wipe down with clean lint free rag along grain. The obvious square will be gone forever. If you clean the top and get water spots, etc. A little goop off as a final rub will remove all of the above.

UPDATE: Cooked steaks on griddler, came out perfect (used meat thermo). But some splatter on sides from gap between plates. Lifted bottom plates off and placed aluminum foil along edge and down sides, then put grill plate back on. Also draped aluminum along front as prev steak had grease splatter on controls. See photo as the foil trick did the job! No grease spatter to clean off griddler! Also made our first McMuffin today. Poached eggs first with pancake ring on griddle smooth plate side. Wiped off and built our English muffin, poached egg, Canadian bacon, topped with sliced medium cheddar. Preheated grill plates closed @400 degrees. When green light came on, sandwiches onto griddle plate. Then floated adjustable lid to contact top bun. Did not put anything onto bun inside or out. Let is cook at 400 until good cheese melt, 5 minutes. Then turned off and let sit with lid closed another 2 min. Removed and served wonderful McD's style breakfast. Was so easy and tasty, not dry and buns were lightly crisp but not browned like when using oil on top bottom. Wife loved hers and I added small amount of black raspberry all fruit to the inside top bun, yummy! See photos. Purchased 2 more of these for our children and small family. Like product the more I use it! Worth the extra $$ compared to smaller unit with much less features. I use a meat thermometer when cooking meat on grill. Takes guesswork out of when its done! I like my steak medium rare, wife prefers medium well. Problem when on same grill in closed position. Problem solved! I use the ThermoPro TC-10 meat thermometer, which has meat type presets (or you can program specific temp if you wish). I preheat griddler @ 450 closed position. After 8min preheat, I press the two sear buttons, which turn red. After 3-4min they flash green, which gives me 10 seconds to place meat on grill, then light turns solid green (sear) for 2 minutes. After 2 min, sear light turns off and top and bottom temp control lights come back on green (they turn off during sear mode). Quickly, I lift top 1/3 open and with oven mitt, push down on front to unlock swivel. Then slide side height slide adjuster to 3rd click and immediately close lid onto steaks. Sounds like a lot but after couple times you'll be quick at the routine. The 3rd click will work great for most of my closed cooking, with burger patties and steaks up to 1" thick. Finally insert wireless temp probe into side of meat thru space between plates and turn onto desired setting. Set it at Beef, Medium (for wife). With the Thermo Pro, it flashes blue when probe above 50, then when within 10 degrees of cooked temp, flashes green. I then pull my steak off quickly and close lid to finish wifes steak. When cooked medium, unity will flash Red and beep. Hers is now cooked the way she likes it and mine is not overcooked. Used the ThermoPro to cook hamburgers, selected ground beef on menu. Did the blue, green and red cycles. Removed hamb patties right away and set aside for 5min rest. They were cooked medium, no pink, juicy and tasty. No more greasy in the skillet meat for us! ThermoPro also makes the TC-11 which has a wireless remote! One piece is probe which displays meat temp on unit base. Wireless remote is where you program easy menu and get the temp + color screens. I have one of each. Quick hamburger, I use the TC-10 without remote. If cooking something slower and lazy, I use the wireless remote model so can monitor while watching TV. Both models work great and I have found them very usefull when cooking meat on this griddler. Especially not having to guess the proper cooking temps. Just pick the meat type and the ThermoPro does the rest. There are things which are not in the book that I found out by trial and error. For example, my other recent lower priced and smaller Cuisinart was double adjusters for temp but basically did same. 1 temp for top and bottom. This model cooks perfect with same temp but adjustable! So, top bottom cooking, both knobs go on same temp. If I want to turn top or bottom off, have that option. Or turn 1 higher lower than other. The prev model did not mention that sear only stays on for 2 min and shuts off. When I contacted Mfg, they had not a clue and said defective, pay $12 ship and $12 return for exchange, I think not! Turns out this model explains that the sear mode works 2min and shuts off as it is designed! Other was not defective after all! What really makes this model stand out is with most of their other models, the set temp will turn on for awhile, then turn off, sometimes for to long, then cycle back on. Have counted as high as 12 min between cycles! So food temp goes up and down with the plate temps. This model DOES NOT CYCLE and I thought at first defective. Contacted mfg and at least they knew this one is designed to maintain constant temp! So green light on knobs will not turn on off on this unit which is IDEAL! Constant cooking temp is the safe and effective way to cook! We have a flattop elec stove does same thing! Burner gets hot, cycles on and off, cannot keep constant temp, very aggravating. I will be using this more and more to cook with. Hope you enjoy my photos

This is definitely a good upgrade from your standard George Foreman grills.
I've used it about a dozen times already in the couple weeks I've had it - done fish, burgers, chicken, steak.

Pros -
I was impressed by the warmup time, and how it could maintain that temperature through the cooking process - something my old GF grill could not do. Cleanup is easy too so far.

Cons -
My main complaint is that when you have the top plate floating in the closed position, and then you open it... the top plate will be positioned such that junk will drip down onto your countertop, not the drip tray. You also should make sure it doesn't trip hot grease onto the power cable. See my attached picture. You can avoid this by locking the top plate everytime you open it.

Since I am trying to do more cooking at home and not eating out a lot, I love Korean cuisine. This was one of the best things I have bought. It heats up quick and the temperature doesn't change, unless you manually do it. We have cooked Bulgogi, Kalbi and veggies and it cooked perfectly. It's much lighter than it looks. Cleaning was easy. I was a little worried from the Korean sauce when it cooks and sticks to the grill. We set up our dining table as if we are having dinner at a Korean restaurant with all the meats and banchan.

Since I am trying to do more cooking at home and not eating out a lot, I love Korean cuisine. This was one of the best things I have bought. It heats up quick and the temperature doesn't change, unless you manually do it. We have cooked Bulgogi, Kalbi and veggies and it cooked perfectly. It's much lighter than it looks. Cleaning was easy. I was a little worried from the Korean sauce when it cooks and sticks to the grill. We set up our dining table as if we are having dinner at a Korean restaurant with all the meats and banchan.

Hey... just plug it in, wait till it displays green light, and grill. We love the removable grill plates. Easy to clean, and grease tray readily accessible. We've grilled ham slices, asparagus, hamburgers, sliced chicken tenders and steaks. Just need to learn how long to properly grill each. The grill plates are not huge but suffice for two BIG burgers or a one good size steak. Have found out that meats less than 1 inch and boneless works best, otherwise lid rests ajar and won't produce even grill marks. One of our favorite uses is recooking tri-tip that we previously cooked to very rare state. Simply refrigerate, then slice off (across grain) to desired thickness and finish off on our little grill. MmmMmm.

This is my third panini press purchase over the last 5 years. I have purchased two other panini products that did not have removable plates and were very difficult to clean. After a period of time I had to dispose of both because the food/grease buildup became excessive in spite of regular wiping down, scraping, and all other 'dry' methods of cleaning. This panini press heats up quickly, fits 2 sandwiches, and cleans thoroughly with both plates popping out with ease. My only complaint (and this has been an issue with all the panini presses I have owned) is that they heat at a higher rate in the back of the press so I have to flip the sandwiches for even cooking.

I highly recommend this product and will only buy removable plate products in the future!

Eeveryone today I'll be reviewing the super versatile kitchen appliance this is the five-in-one griddler the gr4 and one of the baseline models from Cuisinart for their five and one griddler systems I bought it because it was at a good value around $50 on Amazon and with it I'm able to grill me cook some vegetables make pancakes you name it the key design element here are these removable and reversible grilling plates so one side has the grilling side the other one is the griddle so it has the flat surface.

That you can use for cooking vegetables and pancakes and stuff like that so using the hinge in the two halves you can use it as a panini press or as a contact grill using it is very straightforward if you only need to use one plates they recommend to use the bottom one because say it's able to heat up higher and faster and then if you needed to use both plates at the same time all you have to do is press this little lever on the side here and it allowed the hinge to fold out flat so both plates can be used and depending on what kind of surface you want to use whether the flat side or the grill side you can easily remove the plates by pressing this button on the side here and it will pop it out of its brackets to get started you have to plug this into your typical wall outlet that's how it receives power the attached power cable is on the short side so I can imagine you will probably need to make use of an extension cord and then to turn it on you choose the center knob here and you turn it to the left if you only need to use the bottom grill and then you turn it to the right if you want to utilize both hot plates the knob on the Left controls the heat for just the bottom plate if you only were to use the bottom plate by itself and then the rightmost knob controls both heating plates.

If you were to use them both at the same time it was a little bit confusing at first because the temperature or heating ranges on the knobs were different for the left and right so it may be a little confused on what exactly am I trying to get at is high mean a different temperature than you know 400 degrees Fahrenheit and unfortunately the instruction manual was any clearer after a quick trial and error it was pretty obvious that the right knob was the one that was controlling the temperature when you were in the grill and panini mode as in you're using both plates at the same time and then the leftmost knob were just not light up at all so whichever mode that you're on eventually the LED on that particular knob is controlling the heating range will turn green to indicate that it has reached that temperature and is ready to put on your raw food however just a heads up that the light may go in and out from being green to red to not on just because the temperature may fluctuate as you are cooking your food particularly if you are using both plates exposed to the air at the same time that light may go on and off just because it's gonna be slight temperature fluctuations I wish I would have been a little bit easier to tell what the light actually meant but bottom line as long as when you're heating it up you see the green light then you just know that it has reached that temperature and there will be some fluctuations where you're cooking it.

But that's not a concern however the heat up the plates faster it is recommended that you keep the lid closed while I was heating up until you see that green LED but actually when I first tried it out I found that the upper hinge wasn't locking in place properly and as a result it was having difficulties sitting flush when I tried to open the place fully out to have it completely horizontal and at first I thought maybe I was doing something wrong but then I read online that several other users had also experienced this issue so I returned that first one and it got a replacement and that's the one I'm currently reviewing now which no longer has that hinge issue so I recommend that if you do end up buying this and you also run into that same issue that I had to go ahead and return it and order a replacement because this is definitely unknown issue but the one I'm using now is working flawlessly I've been able to cook meals really fast now because of this thing and cleanup is also just as fast you just need a way for the hot place to cool down enough so you can touch it with your bare hands you can either remove them completely and then just wash you normally with some dish soap in a sponge or if you're particular concern with maintaining the nonstick surface of these plates what you can do is while the plates are still warm to pour some water mix in with some baking soda and then just gently rub the hot place until the gunk is removed if there are some fairly big chunks left on the hot place.

You can use the included scraper that it comes with the first remove the big pieces and then you can go ahead and proceed with the baking soda mixture to remove the rest of it and then you want to clean out the catch pan here which you just slide out here from the side this drain pan or degrees pan just collects all the grease and extra overflow from the hot place you can see towards the center there's actually a little tiny openings that sloped downwards that would go into this drain pan this design prevents any grease that may overflow to not get stuck in between the plate and the actual heating coils of this device I have read some reviews that people said this doesn't work very effectively but I think they just have the place not properly situated an easy way to make sure that your plates sit properly is that when you're placing it back into the griddler that the place are situated right between those mounting brackets in the center with the plates back in and also the catch basin you can easily put down the lid and then just store it away and it has a relatively small footprint so I was able to put it on a shelf for example I do have two small suggestions to make it a little bit easier to carry around I can imagine that people may want to take this as a portable item it's the first have a retractable power cable and second to have actual handles that you can use to carry on the side of this thing because this big handle at the top here is really just TP used to open and close this thing and to be obviously used as a grill or a panini press but besides those mentioned nuance issues I really do love this gorilla it has been a lifesaver for preparing meals in a very short period of time within a few minutes plus with their two removable hot plate design it means I can avoid contamination of raw meat with other items I can also choose to have one side to have the grilling service and the other side to be flat which allows for countless other ways to cook food making this a great kitchen appliance whether you are a college student or living by yourself in an apartment or you have a large family and want to be able to cook different items in different places and be able to have something that's portable as this this is a really great buy as usual I'll put the power of link into the description so you guys can pick this up for yourselves

Hey pitmasters what is up today I'm going to tell you the truth about my dirty grills a lot of you guys been asking me about my grills and how do you clean them how do you make them look so shiny and really good-looking the truth this and not that good-looking at all well the girls look good but they're dirty they're filthy let me show you what it really looks like a sir I cooked in them for instance this is my Napoleon look in the outside there's a lot of grease on there a lot of dust a lot of specks on the dial and when we open them up you get a real dirty truth then they're still even a pan in there the cast iron pan if you take it closer look at the cast iron pan look at that old grease let's put an X in there look at that bit master X back but it looks so dirty it's old grease but the good thing is there's no rust in here so the pan is protected by the grease and that's the big difference what I want to show you guys today cleaning your grill like a pro or cleaning your grill like a rookie if you take a look at this top rack it's all dirty there's a lot of fat and grease on there and then look in here inside here there's molten cheese it's burned and it's sticking to the side oh we also have a lot of burns fat on the top of our flavour eyes and bars oh and take a look in there it's even worse it's almost just as dirty as marks on this camera the last time I use this grill is a week ago and we use it very intensively so that's why it's real dirty normally I would just fire up the grill burn off the ashes and then scrape it off with a brush as ready to go but now we've build up so much fat it's time to take it apart clean it up so I got a bucket of water with a little bit of soap the most important thing that you don't want to do as a professional is use chemicals heavy chemicals that will stick to your grill and make it look shiny but in reality it will dirty up your grill with chemicals and you want to stay away from that I'm just gonna stick in my girl grades marce and I tested a lot of soap but you just want to use the ordinary dishwasher showed that you use for cleaning your plates and stuff like that but here's a good brand and just a little bit of elbow grease oh good you see how easy that was a little bit of water a little bit of soap and elbow grease and look at that thing it starts to shine already put on a little bit of song it'll be a cleaning song you don't have the rights of course you do I pay a lot of money for your music okay actually I don't I forgot about this I'm typical Dutch I always think I paid too much and we'll do the same thing for our stainless steel grill grates don't mess them up with all kinds of chemicals look at how they come out a little bit of discoloration from the heat on the mill but that's just fine it doesn't affect the way we cook on this grill absolutely beautiful and of course we're going to clean the back burner as well and the reason why I want to clean my back burner is because all the dirt on there it's going to give off this nasty smoke that we want to prevent from getting and how clean is becoming so we clean the grill grates and we clean them the back burner time to focus on the inside of the grill so if you take a look at this diffuser plates I want to take a big strong spatula and we'll scrape off the big chunks of grease and dirt that's on there we're also gonna clean this with a little bit of water and soap and this is clean enough all the heavy dirts off it's a little bit of a discoloration still on the middle but that doesn't matter okay now put it back in the grill except for it being in dirty greasy pits to be piqué piqué now the important part is to inspect the burners the gas goes through the pipe comes out in the holes and they have to be open all of them you can't have any debris or dirt sitting on top of that or being in there and we're looking good all holes are clear and the burner is firing as its host it now with a special eye we're going to clean up all the rest of the chunks and debris that's in there I think so too this is the cheese this is the cheese the cheese where the steak fell off on and it exploded and went all down in the grill wait what what happened here there's a beer hope beard cap bottle cap in the grill it's not supposed to be in there this must be you I never do this I dream more no I cleaned out all the big chunks I don't want to bother with the small stuff I don't want to clean all of that out we're just gonna burn it off and it won't be ash fall down but we need to get rid of all this dirty stuff let me show you the cool thing about a gas grill I'm gonna just remove the debris with a draw now you can even line this with tinfoil and we're just gonna scrape this out now the drawer is clean as well I'm going to take out our grease pan and this is some scary stuff look at it the amount of grease that's in there now I just want to clean the top edge with a little bit of water and soap and now the grill is clean again it looks good and as you might notice the inside here it's not clean it doesn't look brand spanking new but this is good enough this is the way a pro green cleans his grill he doesn't need to have that fancy shine on the inside he just needs the fancy shine on the outside and the inside clean and good for grilling now I'm just going to use a wet towel and clean out the outside and we're done with the categorical cleaning it's a little bit easier you don't have burners inside your grill they're not as many elements in there as you have with a gas grill so all we need to do is take out the ash and the debris and clean the grill grate and here's a trick to clean your lid take a little bit of aluminum foil wrap it up and remove all the little particles that are on top of the lid why the importance of cleaning the lid like that is that you don't have this degree falling down on your meat while you're cooking you don't need to clean it any further than it already is just scrape it off a little bit and you're ready to go again wow look at how shiny this is haha almost like new with water and soap now all that's left to do is scrape out the ash and the fat and the grill is clean one I think this is the one of the the least fun we had ever making a barbecue video I can imagine people don't like to barbecue because of the cleaning part so let's get this cleaning video over with the last grill that we're looking at is a ceramic grill and here it is the same thing as the gas grill you gotta take everything out scrape the debris out and make sure that there's not any dust underneath a little pro tip when you're taking out your ash never throw it directly in the bin make sure you have something like an ash pan where you can keep it for a day or two so it's surely not still glowing and not still burning so in case of the commodity oh I'm taking off the outside ring and make sure that every three months or so I take out all of the ash this is a little bit of a deception MRSA there's nothing in there there's nothing to clean no ashes normally there's a little bit of ash bill off on the back but there's nothing there but you got to make sure that it's clean and that the air can still flow around I'm clean cook or should be using this grill more when I cook something start cooking no it's horrible we'll never do a cleaning video ever again but now I made one now I don't have to do it anymore this is the first cleaning video after 600 videos more than once every why you got to go in put that deep clean once every three months or so but you got so many grill standing around like I do we got them cleaned up and we were ready to cook on them for another three months without doing that deep clean and just brushing it off because that's what I do normally just put on the burner burn off all the debris brush it off and you're ready to go yeah see you guys next time until then it's Margaret keep on grilling and big thank you to our YouTube and patrons Marshall did 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