"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On 5/22/2010 10:35 PM, wrote:
>> On May 22, 4:17 pm, > wrote:
>>> On 5/22/2010 10:52 AM, Lew Hodgett wrote:
>>>
>>>> George Foreman Grill
>>>
>>>> Why boither with tha POS?
>>>
>>> It's a fine way to cook items you'd want to grill. The main problem with
>>> these grills is that large amount of counter/storage space it takes. I
>>> used to use a panini maker to grill steaks, it's very fast, no turning,
>>> and you don't get grease splattered all over the place, and it puts out
>>> an attractive product.
>>>
>>> As far as the George Foreman Grill goes, I'd recommend a large panini
>>> grill that's able to put out a lot of watts over the GFGs, which tend to
>>> be expensive and have too small a grilling area. Most of them don't have
>>> any means of varying the temperature except, of course, by unplugging
>>> them.
>>>
>>
>>
>> I disagree. I use a panini grill at work, and that thing is a monster
>> to clean every day. We actually use a chisela and safety goggles to
>> clean it.
>
> Sorry to hear about your troubles in cleaning your grill. Perhaps you
> should replace it with a George Forman Grill or two. As far as I know,
> those don't require chisels and safety goggles to clean. Come to think of
> it, I don't believe I've ever used such things to clean a panini grill -
> or anything else, for that matter.
>
>>
>> At home, I have a George Foreman grill, and I make my own panini at
>> home. It heats up fast, does the sandwich in the same amount of time,
>> and wipes clean with a paper towel. I can even skip the oil on the
>> bread since it doesn't stick on the George Foreman grill.
>>
>> When I travel in hotels without microwaves in the rooms, I take the
>> grill. I can make panini sandwiches, quesadillas, etc. I sometimes buy
>> Chinese food from my favorite restaurant. I use the grill to reheat
>> the spring rolls and almond chicken. A couple times, I have taken the
>> grill and a small skillet and had a nice meal with turkey, mashed
>> potatoes, and gravy. I heated the turkey in the grill and the potatoes
>> and gravy in the skillet.
>>
I have a panini press and a Hamilton Beach grill like Om's. The
panini press is more of a pain to clean. My grill has removeable plates and
cleans up really easy. I put a wet paper towel in it after I take out the
food and close the lid. When we're done supper, I just wipe them in the
sink with a sponge. A couple of days ago I reheated two baked potatoes, a
piece of steak and fresh cooked some asparagus spears and a couple of
sausages. Worked great. The only drawback for me is my small kitchen. I
have it sitting on a wooden cutting board on the side burners of my stove.
I rarely use those two burners anyway. With just two of us it hardly seems
worth opening up and heating the barbeque for some things......Sharon in
Canada