Do you own a Rival Crock Grill, electric counter top grill?
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All-Clad electric (indoor) grill
Comments (5)I saw it featured in the Williams Sonoma catalog that arrived at my home last week and I had to have it! Since I had a $200 gift card to defray the cost, I went for it. Would I have spent my own $300 on it? I'm not so sure...I was also considering the Cuisinart Griddler that I spotted in Costo for $99, which was smaller but more versatile (two sets of removable plates, functioned as contact grill, panini press, and large open grill or griddle). I decided against it after looking at a customer's photo posting on Amazon. It appeared that the grease was collected by two little cups positioned under drip channels and there were grease drippings shown on the counter at the back of the grill. I used the All-Clad for the first time this weekend to grill (huge) duck breasts and fresh plums. I was very satisfied with its performance for both items. As for cleanup, the drippings drain into a removable tray, the chrome backsplash pops out and both are dishwasher safe, so that part of the clean up is great. What I didn't like: the grill plate is fixed, so you have to sweep the debris into the middle slot to fall into the drip tray with the provided brush (easy); then use damp paper towels to clean up the residue between the grids that was not removed with the brush (tedious). It was not difficult, but somewhat annoying. However, I am still pleased with my purchase, as the weather here has been so hideously hot, that I can't imagine going out to the patio to use the outdoor grill!...See MoreOutdoor Grills - DCS vs. American Outdoor Grill
Comments (21)I have cooked on all three and the TEK IR is the only gas grill that cooks as well as charcoal. It's advantages over charcoal are that it is quick to set up, easy to clean up and does an excellent job of creating the charcoal taste. As many here know, the flavor is created by the smoke from the fat striking the hot surface be it charcoal or something else. The higher the IR energy (from gas or charcoal) and the less the flame, the more smoke generated rather than being turned into additional flame. The TEK creates a great deal of smoke because the IR glass sits between the flame and the dripping grease. On older style IR burners there is still an open flame to ignite the grease drippings reducing the amount of smoke to add flavor. With charcoal, once the embers are glowing red, it is emitting a lot of IR and much less to no flame and hence produces a lot of smoke and flavor. I have owned the FireMagic and I would not purchase another. The burners are cast SS but they still do rust over time and the flavor grills wear out too. They are very hard to clean and the heat was not anywhere near as good as the advertisements. If you are the type that never clean a grill and don't mind a gritty looking grill it may not matter. I am the type that wants it to look clean and inviting each time and the self cleaning feature along with the dishwasher removal panels makes the TEK a breeze to clean and keep looking nice. For me that was worth a lot. The more conventional grills like the Firemagic, even with their ceramic infrared burner are not even a close match....See MoreCountertop Electric Grill, do you have one?
Comments (5)Cooks Illustrated just did a testing of a number of them. Issues were accuracy, consistency, cooking surface, cleanup and overall performance. The winner was the Broilking Professional Griddle with Backsplash #PCG-10 for about $100. Their best buy, much less expensive, but with a smaller cooking surface, was West Bend Cool-Touch Nonstick Griddle #76220 for about $50. Here is a link that might be useful: Cooks Illustrated Review of Electric Griddles...See MoreOven Problems! Have You Baked Ham In Counter Top Roaster?
Comments (12)Thanks flwrs! And Cj - Knowing you both had success with using the roaster is reassuring. I use a brown sugar and bourbon glaze and I don�t think anyone will notice the ham isn�t very brown. My biggest worry is that the ham is only 8 pounds and might get too dry. I promise to use my electronic thermometer. Fori, I don�t think I could talk my DH into grilling. Our current forecast is: "Snow beginning around midnight tonight and ending around noon (CST) Friday with 2-4" in most places. Isolated higher amounts are possible near the 5-6" range." He might grill for us if we only get 2 more inches � more than that and you could probably hear him laugh all the way to your house. Beuhl, I am intrigued by the thought of using the slow cooker. I have an older one that has a metal container that sits on a griddle style base. I know the ham would fit nicely in there. I wonder if the glaze would do better in the roaster or the slow cooker. The instruction booklet has been missing for years. As I remember it was only 3 or 4 thin pages with very little real info. Cindy, may I have your apricot, mustard and honey glaze recipe. I promise to wrap that ham in foil before baking. It sounds delicious! I think my brown sugar and bourbon would stick tight to the foil and everyone would be tearing off bits of foil so they could lick the glaze off. I see you are due for a high of 52 degrees tomorrow. I do miss South Carolina winters!! Here in my part of Iowa we are promised a high of 20 tomorrow, which really isn�t too bad. (My southern bones can�t believe I�m saying that.) Northcarolina, I use my roaster to cook 15 to 18 pounds of pork (I also use boston butt) for BBQ all the time. The next time I�m making a smaller amount I will try the slow cooker. Hmmm � New Year�s BBQ. I think I will try your sage and sugar combination with my spices. I have been wanting something with sage lately. I love the aroma of sage cooking. Jakabedy, I like cooking a big turkey in the roaster because it does seem cook up more moist than in the oven. But my old Panasonic convection microwave cooked a very moist turkey in half the time. Thank you all for taking time to reassure me. May all your holiday meals be wonderful!...See More
8 years agoYou brought back a memory of a Farberware indoor grill we received as a gift years ago. As I recall, it did an okay job of cooking whatever we put on it. I can't remember anything about temperature adjustments. However, as you said, cleaning ours was a major production. It's the main reason we got rid of it. Also, at the time we did not have much storage space.
I found a photo online of what ours looked like. Hopefully your Rival Grill is less of a contraption than this one was.
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8 years agoOurs is a Hamilton Beach grill/griddle. We absolutely love it. It has a temperature probe up to 400°F. We love using it out on the balcony
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