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127 of 127 people found the following review helpful.
Very Pleased
By Richard Keller
I am very pleased with this product. I have the littler Foreman Grill but necessitated something more spectacular and this was it. With removable grills, the clean up was much posing no difficulty than the Foreman grill. Another vantage of this grill over the Foreman grills is the oil drainage trays are built inside and do not just sit on the counter waiting to be knocked over. Make sure to spray the trays with cooking oil prior to using.I have cooked 2-3 lb London Broils, semi boneless steaks, chicken breast and ground beef with this grill and love it. I used it twice just this weekend and am actually pleased.It is not 100% the same as outdoor BBQ grilling but for indoors year round cooking, it is fine.
104 of 105 people found the following review helpful.
Healthy Timesaver – Easy Cleanup
By Elizabeth
I am a countertop appliance freak, and I love this grill! Unlike most of the other grills I’ve used, the plates come off in a snap for easy cleaning. You may soak them in hot sudsy water, or you may put them in the dishwasher. They never need to be scrubbed, because they have a nonstick surface, which is much more lasting than most of the nonstick surfaces I’ve encountered. However, you ought to never use abrasives, you don’t need to because most stuff just rinses right off. When you use the grill, you preheat it with the timer, which is likewise the on/off control for five minutes, so it’s nice and hot when you put the meat, veggies, or chicken on it. It’s outstanding for stir frying, just chop the veggies and spray them with cooking spray and put the lid down for a couple of minutes. If you’re doing meat, fish or chicken with the veggies, put the meat, sprayed with cooking spray, on first, wait a couple minutes and then put the veggies in. The grill is huge sufficient for a lot of food. It does great grilled veggies. And because it’s covered when it cooks on both sides, there is no grease spatter! Nothing messy to clean up afterwards. And, if you pour a little amount of water over the hot grill after removing the food, and use the little grooved paddle supplied with the machine to sweep the drippings into the removable drip tray, (which is share of the appliance and not detached from it unless you want it to be), you have makings for a gravy if you so desire. Since we are calorie concious, we normally pour the drippings into our dog’s arid feed and does he ever love that! He’s smart sufficient to know when we are cooking on the grill, and so he gets all excited! Once in a while we splurge and put it over our rice, and then the poor doggie has none! I may cook two huge whole trouts, seasoned and stuffed with lemon slices in just a few minutes. The timer is a real safety feature, if you get distracted from cooking, rather of burning, your meal mechanically turns off at the time you set and the residuary heat keeps it warm until you are ready to eat it. The assortment of foods you may cook on this machine is amazing! I have cooked hamburgers, eggplant, whole chicken pieces, fish, roasted/grilled vegetables, cut up meats, and seafood for fahitas and stir fry, and bacon and sausage with no spatter, liver and bacon and onions, the list goes on and on and no burning! This is one of those appliances I just couldn’t live without after using it. If it passed from physical life tomorrow I would have to replace it right away, but since it has a 2 year guarantee, no problem. I don’t comprehend the reviewer who said she couldn’t take it detached for cleaning. Maybe she didn’t read the instructions. I have also cooked a great deal of steaks, pork chops, etc with bones with no problems, so I don’t comprehend her review at all.
59 of 60 people found the following review helpful.
Beats the George Foreman Grill, Hands Down!
By Michael Way
I purchased my basi of this grill three years ago by accident. Wanted to replace my sixth (6th) Foreman Grill because the Foreman kept burning out the elements. I saw this Hamilton Beach grill, studied it in the store, and decisive to switch. This grill has outlasted all my Foremen Grills in spades. I use my contact grill at least four out of a seven day week. Often twice on the weekends. Let’s consider in detail the pros: First, the removable plates are worth the price of admittance all by themselves. Second, the drip tray is so much more intelligently designed than the Foreman. Three, when the grill opens up, it has a tang that allows the gravity fed drippings to go into the channel also. Fourth, the timer is marvelous and gives adequate time for most contact grilling (I suggest a five minute pre-heat before actual cooking). Five, the design is sensible and you�ll never have to wash the heating plates in the grill, which was a big hassle with George.
The negatives: one; After three years, the timer knob split at the spine. two; The teflon begun to erode by the end of the second year making it somewhat difficult to clean. three; the spring loaded clip on the lower plate lost it’s coil spring. The good news is that all the elements may be effortlessly substituted by Hamilton Beach.
Finally, when I saw this on Amazon, I almost couldn�t believe the price so I ordered one. It was delivered so fast that I�m ordering a spare, which I�ll store in my pantry just in case Hamilton Beach loses the grill war to George Foreman. Believe you me; this is one grill that you won�t want to be without. It is perfectly the best grill for the money� anywhere. Oh, and one last thing. If you want the drippings to flow faster, just prop the left side on a thin cutting board. Personally, I like it the way it is because the channels are deep sufficient where the juices do not touch the feed but doesn�t run away so fast as to inhibit the wondrous moistures that make your feed tastier, juicer, and more tender. And no, I don�t work for Hamilton Beach; I just know a outstanding product when I use one.
Mike Way
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