George Foreman grills

celestial

Guys do any of you use George Foreman grills? Have you found them good/bad? Food taste good on em? I'm thinking of getting one and have heard good things. The grill I have at home here ain't the best and want to save some calories by not frying.

If I don't get one I'll get a steamer methinks.

FunkZ

They're best thing since sliced bread and all and anyways man.

Just get one where you can take the plates off to clean!

Esse85

Their handy alrite, they can dry out food so i wrap the food in tin foil now to keep it nice and moist.

BrianD3

If you're getting one get the one with the grill and griddle parts. Slightly more expensive but more versatile than the ones with just a grill part. I do eggs on the griddle part of mine and use the grill for rasher and sausages etc. I try to use it at most once per week as i think cured meats such as rashers aren't too healthy (even when grilled) and who knows what sort of crap is in sausages.

littlefriend

yeah they are great but a pain in the ass to clean - although mine is a couple of years old there may be a newer model now.
Anyway, I wouldn't cook chicken on them as there is f all fat in that anyway.
But for things like homemade burgers or sausages for example they are peach

celestial

yea seems to be more for cooking bacon - sausages eggs and stuff?

what about chicken, pork, lamb, steak?

xebec

I use one a lot too, very handy. I don't have any real problems with food drying out, just avoid overcooking... Adding some kind of sauce to chicken or steak done on them can help, otherwise it can taste quite bland. Real bitch to clean though...

Zzippy

Brilliant for steak. 3 minutes at 2/3 heat on mine and its the perfect medium steak... just brush a bit of olive oil on first and rub in whatever pepper/seasoning you want. Mmmmmm.......

Mint Sauce

celestial wrote: »

what about chicken, pork, lamb, steak?

have tried all of the above on it, enjoyed all apart from the steak, steaks still alot better done on a gridle pan on your hob, alot nicer in its jucies, the GF tends to dry it out abit much for my liking

Brian?

FunkZ wrote: »

They're best thing since sliced bread and all and anyways man.

Just get one where you can take the plates off to clean!

+1

Had one that the plates didn't come off, threw it out after about a year. Replaced it with one the plates come off 2 years ago, still good as new.

Pj!

Great job altogether!
Cleaning is the only issue. I just pour water on the grill when its still at full temp and clean it with paper towels. Letting it cool when dirty is not a good thing! The new ones will have the removable grill plates, which I suppose would make things easier but I'd probably stick to the water method. Plug it out first of course or the safety people will be angry.

rubadub

There are other great brands too. I have used one that is sprung, so the hot plates are actively forced against the food, fits really thin or thick stuff well. The plates are interchangeable, they can be sandwich toasters or regular bumpy plates. The george foreman ridges are way too deep for my liking, cooks slower and harder to clean. These removable one are way better.

Not sure of the brand, might be Breville.

celestial

Am undecided whether to get a steamer or GF grill - I've heard that steamers preserve the taste of meat really well - better than a GF - would imagine they are a LOT easier to clean too..?

rubadub

2 very different things IMO. I would get a pressure cooker before a steamer, since it can do the steaming for you and is very useful for other things.

Canis Lupus

Cooking boned stuff can be an issue in them. particularly lamb chops cos the bone prevents the plates from contacting with alot of the meat.

It's hardly the end of the world stuff but just thought I'd mention.

On the other hand they're great for whacking in pork or chicken and having it cook in a few minutes.

Like others have said though they are a complete pain in the bumhole to clean and their large footprint takes up a decent bit of counter space so I find myself using it less and less recently simply cos it's easier cooking in other ways.

davyjose

Apparently barbecueing meat is the best way to cook for draining away fat. It's also the tastiest IMO. If you have one, just pop out the back garden, cook your meat, and bring it inside. I use mine at least 3 times a week, mainly for the taste.