Choosing a contact grill

Now I was puzzled by the choice of a contact grill, I tend to something cast-iron, like a gastrorag ... but I came across a glass-ceramic Starfood FC-1 ... can anyone have experience of using it ???
the same question about atesi maestro gk1 with stainless steel plates, here the truth confuses the power of 1.55kW

[oper292]

oper292,
you need to read the paragraph about the heat capacity of the plates and how it helps to cook.
You are starting from kW. What toko prevents you from making a choice.
At the beginning of my selection, I described the dependence of heat capacity on product quality.

so here the question arose ... I am well acquainted with the properties of cast iron, for me the only drawback is the long heating, because it is planned 1-2 times a day, mainly meat, fish, vegetables ... theory, glass ceramics and steel should warm up faster, but will this greatly affect the quality of roasting and non-stick properties ... well, or some other pitfalls ..

Alexey, what kind of stove do you have in your house?

[oper292]

oper292, heating takes 1-2 minutes. up to 200 degrees.
for other alloys you will have to research yourself.
Kara, I do not have a sense of the stove 0 with existing electrical appliances with timers.

I asked for a reason. If the surface of the grill and the glass-ceramic hob are similar (and I have no doubt about it), then you will be worried about washing the panels. I have a glass-ceramic electrolux, even when something dripped, only a scraper will help. And if you fry meat on it

[Kara]

Kara, Irina, and is the glass-ceramic poorly cleaned with a steam cleaner?

I have an induction cooker, there are no problems with cleaning at all, since my wife cleans))))) ... although, theoretically, everything should go away from a smooth surface with a scraper easier than from corrugated cast iron (but I will not argue) ... alexeik well, once 1-2 minutes heats up to 200, which means that up to 250 (three-minute steak) should be heated in 3 minutes ... then definitely cast iron !!!! still a small question, with electrical safety like a gastroorg? does not bite periodically?

Kara, Irina, is glass-ceramics poorly cleaned with a steam cleaner?

Olya, looking at what is spilled on her. And yes, burnt fat cannot be washed off with any steam cleaner, only with a scraper.

there are no problems with cleaning at all, since the wife cleans))))

iron argument

than from corrugated cast iron

I have non-stick die-cast aluminum corrugated panels. It is enough to walk with a wet sponge, everything goes away at once. Also at one time I was looking at Gastrorag.
Here is the torment of choice Choosing a contact grill # 199
Grill in constant use, at least 4 times a week, fish, meat, poultry, vegetables, everything turns out perfectly. The panels in the PM are not mine, although the instructions are allowed, with a coating so far everything is ok

[Irina]

Irina, understandably. I just cleared the burnt fat from the waffle iron very quickly yesterday, I thought that glass ceramics would clean up just as well. Although I used a brush there, but here scratches may appear

That's it! An iron brush can be used to cut walls, but the surface deteriorates irrevocably

That's it! An iron brush can be used to cut the walls, but the surface deteriorates irrevocably

that's why cast iron drives, even though they drank it with a grinder)) and materials with a non-stick coating cannot be overheated ...

Does a steam cleaner clean glass ceramics poorly?

I transferred my answer to the topic about steam cleaners here.

I have an induction cooker, there are no problems with cleaning at all,

induction and glass ceramics are completely different and it is not worth comparing them, especially in terms of washing, it sometimes sticks tightly to glass ceramics (and rightly so - only a metal scraper helps), and the induction surface does not heat up, if something gets in, it just wiped ... I personally, too, cannot imagine a glass-ceramic grill in work (for testing, if you have such a stove at home, you can try to cook it on it,

In, I give!
I have a white one, which I took to the "steam cleaners", just induction.But the surface is also glass-ceramic, isn't it? I'll google it.

But the surface is also glass-ceramic

yes, but there the principle of operation is a completely different surface does not heat up, special dishes are needed for it (I have a small one, experimented, tried to cheat ... not a fig, and induction machines come with a fan, you can hear it when you turn it on ... there you don't have to bother at all put paper on the tile and cook right on it, then removed and that's it ... with glass ceramics, this trick will not work

[oper292]

oper292,

still a small question, with electrical safety like a gastroorg? does not bite periodically?

Well, this cannot be in principle. An electric shock can bite if you touch the switched on devices in which the case is made of iron. Grill + wash type. the included machine can make a potential difference if they do not have a common ground in the outlet.
Otherwise, even static electricity is 0 on the grill surface.

[oper292]

Burners and their types Choosing a stove (glass ceramics), you should take a close look at the various types of burners. There are three main groups that modern glass-ceramic kitchen hobs are equipped with: rapid, halogen and induction. Rapid heating is carried out by heating the spiral. Halogen lamps are heated by special halogen lamps. And induction becomes hot due to the action of fields of electromagnetic origin. They are the most advanced today. If the stove is equipped with induction burners, then use it only with special cookware with a magnetizable bottom. - Read more at 🔗

Yes, everything is clear about the heating mechanism, it was just about the surface material. I think and oper292 about the same, besides, he was joking
The surface, of course, also heats up - removing the pan, you cannot lean on it with your hand, you will burn yourself. It's just not up to those temperatures that glass ceramics with other burners + cools down quickly.
You can guess her, over time, the fat will polymerize even without heating, just in the air. And "just erased" - it works for any stove, if immediately washed after getting dirty.
While reading about stoves, I came across:

under the number 4 about the material of the plates - just infa, what is the sea in the Internet: 🔗

Special dishes are a horror story. Ordinary Soviet enamel pans work with a bang! Unlike some newfangled stainless steel (not that alloy). After the move, I had to change all the pans, except one, and remove all the stainless steel, because the alloy was not the same in the pots. It is good that a pair of enameled pots miraculously survived, and they helped out.

And "just erased" - it works for any stove

Well, everything is not simple here, if something escaped, then the simple instantly sticks to the glass ceramics ... and you just won't be able to wipe it off
about dishes, well, yes, any that magnetically, enameled, no one crossed out (but modern, especially pans (I have not met enameled

I had one of all the pans on induction - with a ceramic coating, bought for trial and unloved, which I did not use at all. And then I had to several times, until I got out for new ones. The joke of the universe.

something we have moved away from the topic ... a week to the salary, we need to make a choice during this time ... while the cast-iron gastroragum is leading by a large margin ... but maybe there is one among us who has used glass ceramics in practice, or steel without cover, I would very much like to hear an opinion)))

And someone compared the taste of food prepared on a contact grill and on a street (wood) grill? Well, for example, if you take a steak. It's just that at the dacha it turns out so yummy (we have stationary Lappigril there, if it's important) that I want to try it at home too. But I'm afraid of disappointment. Is a grill pan not the same? But what about the juiciness, if he “flattens” everything?

[vpoperechniy]

vpoperechniy,
need to clarify food.
you're essentially suggesting an argument about tastes.

And someone compared the taste of food prepared on a contact grill and on a street (wood) grill?

A very strange and, I apologize, absurd question ... any dish cooked on the street on a fire and similar indoors - at the exit they are different dishes (this is how tastier it is already individual preferences, how many people - so many opinions.

Is a grill pan not the same?

no, not the same, it can be compared to just a grill, but not a contact one., even if you put a steak in a pan and fry it under pressure, the output is different. At the contact grill, both panels are hot, and the pan is only the bottom, (just the other day I tested steaks on a grill pan using a press
Until you experience everything yourself, you will not understand which unit you need. Here the topic is specifically about contact grills and I think people, having come here, decide what to look for and which model to buy, and not return to the starting point of choice

[pros]

It seems that I am the only owner of the Delonghj cgh1012d multigrill. Therefore, I will bring my own five cents))) We bought the grill quite spontaneously (I had no agony of choice).
But he is the best grill for me)
pros
-power 2000 W
- removable interchangeable panels with built-in heating element, with non-stick coating
-panels are different (one flat and one corrugated)
-panels can be purchased in addition (for waffles and also a flat + corrugated set), they are freely sold in the official internet store
-the plates are easy to clean (can be washed in PM)
- the grill has several cooking modes:
Normal position with lid closed
In the open position (180 degrees)
In pizza and sandwich position 4 different heights
-separately adjustable heating of each of the plates
- temperature adjustment from 60 to 230 degrees.
-timer
- sound signals of warming up and end of the timer program
-heating to operating temperature in 4-5 minutes
-application in Russian with recipes
-includes a spatula for cleaning panels and a container for collecting fat

Minuses
- when cooking, grease is sprayed around the grill and it gets dirty
- the bottom plate heats up more slowly than the top

But these disadvantages overlap the delicious dishes cooked on this grill.

[Olga]

Olga, Thanks for the review, cute model, interesting opportunities, my husband wanted to grab this in the store (for a promotion) I rejected

[Svetlana777]

Svetlana777, my husband just confronted me with the fact that he bought a grill (for a promotion) So that I would cook him sweets)))

[Antonella]

Antonella, how long have you had it? I've been looking at grills from Delonga for a long time, I really like that the panels are removable. But until she decided something, what is the impression of its coverage?

[Brown-eyed]

Brown-eyed, not very long ago, this is a new model. But so far I like the coverage. Easy to clean. Moreover, we took it at a good discount. I ordered panels for waffles for him.

yeah, thanks, I will also want and wait for the discount delicious

We took in the Okey hypermarket for 9990. I have never seen cheaper.

Additional wafer panels arrived today. I ordered it from the official DeLonghi store. They arrived well packed in a branded box wrapped in thick cardboard. The parcel arrived very quickly, however, not to the point of issue that it indicated. Now I will pamper my boys with soft waffles.

my precious))))))



In general, my epic with the choice of the grill ended, when I was about to go to the store for a gastroragon OM, a notification came to the phone about the sale of this miracle (photo above) ... I took it without thinking, since the price was 5t. R. for a completely new device)))



model SMEG PGF30B .... cast-iron grate, although there were no stones in the kit, I had to pick up on the pond)))

Uh, shaitan machine

beast-machines))

model SMEG PGF30B .... cast-iron grate, although there were no stones in the kit, I had to pick up on the pond)))

so that liquids from the products drain onto the shades?

[oper292]

oper292, Alexei, Congratulations on your purchase, (((an interesting grill, such a ... male, - solid, reliable, huge ... the price is of course fabulous, though in a city apartment I can't imagine this miracle

[oper292]

so that liquids from the products drain onto the shades?

well, they flow down loudly ... so they drip on little things, on the stones under the shadows ... but due to this, the effect of "barbecue on the grill" is obtained ... I made pork, those who tried it were completely sure that they were eating cooked meat at the stake)))

oper292, Alexei, Congratulations on your purchase, (((an interesting grill, such a ... male, - solid, reliable, huge ... the price is of course fabulous, though in a city apartment I can't imagine this miracle

yes, in a city apartment I have it)) there is no splashing at all, it smokes a bit, of course (but no more than when you cook a steak in a frying pan), the issue is solved, either by a good hood, or, like me, by installing it on the balcony)))




by the way, and the aforementioned barbecue)))

[oper292]

oper292, well, this is already a full-fledged hob (frying?) panel, beauty I don't even know - if I had redesigned the kitchen now, I would have thought of this. For 5 thousand - generally a gift

Can I also sign off here on a contactless grill with heating elements on which it drips? This is Travola FL 2029



Of course, it cannot be compared with a shish kebab on a fire, but it is already approaching. Under the hood in the kitchen there are no annoying odors at all, just wash a lot of all surfaces, and it is better to put foil on it.

[Kubeba1]

Kubeba1, Natalia, about! I have the same! I fried something on it 2-3 times, not on open shades, and ... put it aside. I think that it's not my igruha, I'm ready to get rid of it. How often do you use it?

I have the same!

Yeah, on whose tip I got it?

I use it infrequently, because I am too lazy to collect, put up under the hood, wash the grates (and especially the bowls under the heating elements, they were specially made of rough aluminum, or what? They definitely need foil there!) And I didn't do anything on the pans.
But I really like the result that is obtained with open heating elements, even in a vertical position, even in a horizontal one. Dripping, so that before combustion, a little, by the way.

[Kubeba1]

Kubeba1, Natasha, I already remembered, in some topic we talked about this topic. I don’t know what I wanted it SO then! Most likely, you just need to get used to it. Probably, different baking positions spurred me on. I liked vertical frying because all the fat I don't need flows into the tray in the middle. But I realized that not only fat flows there, but all the juice. Therefore, you need to fry quickly, but you can only fry fish quickly. Found a photo, but the topic is not for him ... or will they forgive? I made pork steaks and marinated chicken breast, I will bring schazzz



Kubeba1, Natalia, it's not me, it's internetsuch an infection disappeared, only brought the pictures, painted everything, and ... oops, no connection
I show everything again. This is pork on a tray:


This is chicken in pieces in a vertical grill, I decided to fry the wings, the backs - to gnaw the bones (I liked it):


This is chicken breast marinated in soy sauce with spices:




In principle, in terms of readiness and taste, I liked everything, but here is the appratic on the sidelines, I don’t know why, after all, every “caste”, except “I want to play”, needs a habit. She didn’t fry anything out of her convictions in the open shade. I probably need to buy a marinator, then the grill will not get bored. It is necessary to rehabilitate him, after all, a very good igruha.

Girls! Help!
I want Steba FG 56, but I don’t know which pieces can be fried in thickness? And is the distance between the plates adjustable?



And you need to think right now urgently. So I appeal to the public mind

[vedmacck]

vedmacck, Tatyanacome here https://Mcooker-enn.tomathouse.com/in...on=com_smf&topic=304428.0 , there is specifically about Steba, of course there are a lot of pages, but Maria, in my opinion, spoke of 56 as good, you see the owners will respond

[Svetlana777]

Svetlana777, was, went. I did not find this information. Masha also did not answer specifically.

[vedmacck]

vedmacck, Tatyana, look in Temko which of the girls has it, for example, Olga Contact grill Steba # 2353 , there are still owners, just write in a personal I think they will answer

[vedmacck]

vedmacck, Tatyana, you can put any pieces, you lower the lid - that's all.Nothing is regulated there, and there are only two positions - the usual one and opens up to 180 degrees. When I fry the fish on parchment, I close the lid and put something on it - a Barrier filter, for example, with water. Just to get a better hold.

[anavi]

anavi, Olga, and I just sent her to you

and I just sent her to you

Yes, Svetlana, and I just saw it!

[anavi]

anavi, pancake! And I already paid for it. Masha said that it is regulated

[vedmacck]

vedmacck, and what needs to be regulated? The grill is like a grill, the plates are awesome - nothing sticks! Washed at once, removable!