George Foreman grill

15 years ago

A friend gave me her grill. She couldn't find the book that came with it, and I've searched online, but I'd like YOUR recipes. Have you ever done corn on the cob on it??

Thanks!

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monica_pa Grieves
15 years ago
No...tossed out 2 of those grills. They are horrid...steam the meat instead of grilling.
OklaMoni
15 years ago
I on the other hand have no problem with mine.

I grill chicken breasts for about 10 minutes, and salmon for 11 minutes. No idea where the book is...

I line mine with tin foil, and thus, have an easy clean up.

Moni
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Mickey15
15 years ago
I love ours. We are on our 3rd or 4th one, we wear them out. My husband likes his hamnburgers done in them, but I also like hotdogs, and grilled cheese. Oh, also, what my whole family loves is this: get boneless pork chops, coat them with cajun seasoning (you can get it for 50 cents at Dollar General) then cook them george formean grill....very very yummy.
socks
15 years ago
I am in the same situation--grill but no book. I've done chicken breasts, and a few other things. I do believe it tends to steam more than grill, but it's handy and hepful. I don't think you could put corn on the cob in there. It's too fat.
wildchild
15 years ago
I didn't like the concept and avoid non stick as often as possible but I saw a little one for around 15 dollars so decided to give it a try. I don't do steak in mine but I keep pork chops,chicken and lamb chops in the freezer for lunches. Now I can make a quick lunch in around 5 minutes.

The secret to avoid the steamed effect is to let the grill preheat completely before you add your food. I plug mine in before getting the rest of my meal out.

I love to do hot dogs,polish sausage and linguica on it. Brown and serve breakfast sausage comes out nice and brown and crisp.

For easy clean up I just unplug and put a wet paper towel to set while I'm eating. then I come back and everything just wipes right off.
yayagal
15 years ago
Sword fish and salmon come out fabulous, just sprinkle a little breadcrumbs in butter at the end of the cooking and you have a delicious entree.
User
15 years ago
Here is a manual. I never did corn on the grill. Can't hurt to try it. I usually only did chicken tenders (8 min)or burgers

Here is a link that might be useful: Manual
cwnev
15 years ago
I see cookbooks for it in thrift stores all the time. You can also find one on amazon.com Lots of different ones.
wantoretire_did
15 years ago
Try the library :-) Our used book store in the library has hundreds of cookbooks and diet books and diet cookbooks.
maire_cate
15 years ago
We gave ours to one of the kids because even when fully preheated ours did steam the meat since it didn't have a floating hinge.

We replaced it with a Cuisinart model with a floating hinge and the heating plates are reversible- one side is ridges the other flat. The plates can go in the DW but I think that's too harsh and just wash them in the sink.
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
15 years ago
I have the cuisinart Griddler and LOVE it, had a G.Foreman and gave it away.
Not sure how you would do corn on the cob, even things with a big bone in them are difficult to do.
I roast corn on the cob in the oven, leave in husks as it comes, wrap in foil, put in 450 oven for an hour, awesome.

usually if you google the model number you will find access to manuals or go to their website and search there.
elisabeth_rose
15 years ago
We love ours and use it several times a week during the winter months when we can't grill outside. It is very important to let it fully heat up before adding the food, in order to keep it from steaming. We have used it for everything from steaks to fish, and even vegetables.

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cynic
15 years ago
I can't imagine cob corn in a Foreman short of slicing them into halves or even fourths, unless you cut them into little disks which, eh. Seems like it'd take forever with dubious results trying to do it whole.

I've thought a few times about a Foreman and nearly bought one with the removable plates that was on clearance but really couldn't justify it. Between an electric frypan the Nesco and the glass bowl convection oven, I'm not sure that it can do much for me in addition to what I have except 2 sided frying for burgers and such and actually the convection does almost the same.

Plus I hear such mixed results with users. Guess it's a love it or don't even want it appliance. My biggest problem is the grease dripping into the tray. Not sure I'd want to deal with that.
arkansas girl
15 years ago
I have one that steams the meat. I've let it heat for 20 minutes before putting a steak on it but still didn't get hot enough. It's OK for some things but not a good steak. Should have returned it but it was from Amazon and would have been a pain to return.

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