Blackstone 22-Inch Electric Griddle

[Hatchdog]

I like the see thru top on your Blackstone, nice to see the food if you decide to griddle with the top down.

Here’s my Weber Q1000 grill with the griddle on one side. I could put a griddle on the other side for more area but Weber recommends not doing so as the heat will build up without a grate to let some escape.


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Put some bacon in those pancakes Hatch

Not inside but right next door

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[JEBar]

Here’s my Weber Q1000 grill with the griddle on one side

over time we've seen many of them in use by folks as we were traveling in our camper .... I don't ever recall hearing any negative comments

[daytime dave]

I like the looks of your new grill Jim. I don't think it would work for me as I want something for the deck outdoors.

[DsGrouse]

I put one in the cart. We'll see if it passes the wife test.

[JEBar]

I like the looks of your new grill Jim. I don't think it would work for me as I want something for the deck outdoors.

all too well understood .... our Ninja grill sits outside on our deck or by the camper when we are in South Dakota, under its waterproof cover .... I actually have 2 covers .... one for just the grill and one covers both the grill and the cart it sits on .... that way its ready to go when needed .... my plan is to do the same with the new griddle

[JEBar]

just finished our first meal cooked entirely on our new griddle .... first and second pictures show the veggies .... last couple show the sirloin .... learned a bunch, for one thing, too many veggies .... while I did cook on a griddle while working my way through college, fixing a regular meal was outside my wheelhouse .... I was a short order cook, burgers and other hot sandwiches .... in addition, fried/scrambled eggs along with bacon/sausage for breakfast

[Hatchdog]

Yum yum yum….

[JEBar]

yep, its snowing outside and the weather isn't supposed to get better until Friday or Saturday .. .. what better time to put our new E-Griddle to work .. .. right now we are planning to cook some thick pork chops and bake potatoes tonight .... tomorrow nigh Hawaiian burgers and hash browns .... looking forward to both

[daytime dave]

Looks like you are going to like that one Jim.

[Hatchdog]

I did burger patties on mine a couple of nights ago, should have taken a pic. Nice and crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside. I didn’t smash them but made thin patties to start and it worked great.

[JEBar]

I did burger patties on mine a couple of nights ago,

our plan is to do Hawaiian Burgers on ours tonight .... this will be our first for beef burgers .... I've take a look at bunches of YouTube videos on smash burgers and I'm sure sooner or later will give them a try .... that said, classic thick burgers are my favorite .... for the burgers we are going to fix tonight, we will take the juice from a can of pineapple slices and blend it in with 93/7 ground beef .... we will caramelize a few slices of the pineapple to put on the burgers .... its a pretty simple process that is a longstanding family favorite

[JEBar]

the Hawaiian Burgers pretty dang good .... since we had it going we decided to cook up a full pack of bacon to use for breakfast and a couple of other dishes we have on tap

[Sir Henry]

I’m hungry.

[JEBar]

I was

[JEBar]

tonight we had our first attempt at chicken wings with mushrooms as a side dish .... not bad at all .... while they looked crunchy, next time we'll up the grilling temp to increase the crunch

[JEBar]

10 DAY IMPRESSIONS :

POSITIVE :
cleaning after use is simple and easy .... the cooking surface is easy to remove for cleaning .... its (literally) requires little more than wiping with a damp rag/paper towel followed by wiping it dry .... no scraping

it can drastically reduce the number pots and/or pans needed to prepare a meal

being electric (like our other grills and smokers) no propane required

for me, its fun to use


NEGATIVE :
its size requires considerable counter space when used inside .... storage when not in use needs to be planned for .... this same issue needs to be planned for when used while traveling/camping ....

as with other cooking appliances there is definitely a learning curve in using it .... YouTube videos are plentiful and as with it on other subjects, they may or may not be helpful helpful

for only a couple of folks there are much simpler forms of cooking

[Sir Henry]

I may get one for the house as a dedicated pancake griddle. I have enough cast iron skillets for other items.

[daytime dave]

I like your ten day assessment Jim. Fair and honest.

[JEBar]

one of our motivations for purchasing a griddle is to cook sausage that we purchase locally and can't find anywhere else .... after being cooked we vacuum seal and freeze the links/patties that we will use at home; as well as, to take with us when we are on the road

[JEBar]

we purchase sausage (bulk and link) from a local abattoir (AKA : slaughterhouse) .... we buy both in (roughly) one pound packages .... we freeze it and later take out three or so packs at a time and process/cook them .... today we cooked and repackaged three of each .... I prefer the link sausage to hotdogs so we cut ours to roughly 6" lengths .... the bulk is formed into quarter pound patties .... having them frozen and ready to heat saves Maureen time at breakfast .... as can be seen our E-Series Blackstone Griddle really works well .... with it, we can quickly and easily handle the sausage .... couldn't resist throwing in three thick pork chops that will be reheated for tonight's meal