Sannyshka, Victoria, good evening!
The question is difficult, but I will try to answer succinctly and based on my little experience.
If I had two grills, I'd go for Delonge.Well, if only because they are now in one place for me, and it was Delonge who was constantly registered on the table, and I would recommend it to my son.
Still, the main task of grilling is to fry meat, quickly and at high temperature. And if Delonge fries four large steaks in 3-4 minutes maximum, while heats up to working condition much faster than Tefal, then Tefal only two, and then wipe the hot ones !! panels or wash, then wait again, heat. And what will the guests do at this time? Watching someone already munch on steaks? With Delongy I don't even have time to prepare the steaks, but I have to lay them out on the panels. Plus, due to the fact that there is no rolling down due to the visible inclination of the panels, the vegetables fit almost twice as much. They fry faster.
The ability to regulate the temperature turned out to be a big plus for me. In fact, almost everything there is fried at 230 C.
You can expand and get a large area for cooking the same burgers or pancakes, pancakes.
Delongy has very simple controls, which means, as expected, there are less chances of breakdowns, and repairs are easier.
You can cook or reheat by lifting the top panel, that is, the top will not come in contact with, for example, a heated cheese pie or open pies. In a frying pan, such pies cannot be heated on both sides, but here there is a crust on the edges and a pleasant crust on the bottom. Every day, the husband warms something up in this way, since there is always a supply of pies in the refrigerator. Reheat buns well.
Fry eggs in tins. Cheese with tomatoes in molds, well, as shown above, such silicone limiters without a bottom. You can set the height of the top panel overhang, that is, heat non-contact high rolls.
In Tefali, Optigril (Nordica) is only contactable on both sides, or put something. But I'm afraid that suddenly the cooking readiness sensor will go crazy.
Delonge is not much larger in size. Well, I also like that you can press the product a little for more contact, which cannot be done in Tefali, again because of the sensor. By the way, Tefalka was already buggy a couple of times, I had to fry it by eye after the glitch.
Tefali has a tray in front of it, more and more liquid flows down and the liquid released by the product flows down faster. But I watched here and realized that Delonge has less drainage, because more evaporates immediately due to the higher temperature and heavier panels. That is, the product is immediately fried, not boiled, then fried. This can be seen when you stuff a lot of everything into Tefal at once. Well, I want to fry more vegetables right away, especially if it concerns the workpieces - eggplants, peppers, zucchini, onions, and so on.
The front panel gets a little more dirty in Delonge. The panels are equally easy to remove and install, as well as wash.
Delogi has a tray on the back, it is smaller in size, just attached and slides in a little, there are no problems with either one.
Tefali has a larger tray and is located in the front. You can immediately pour a little more hot water over the panel to make it easier to clean under the tap. Delongy can do that too.
Plus, Delonga has a large number of recipes that can be downloaded in their program to the phone, I don't use this much, but here I am imbued.
Waffles are still better in Tefali, but the size is huge, not portioned, I would say so if I mean for guests.
Tefali is very fond of chicken. In comparison in Kuzina - no worse and faster, but in pieces, or spread and beat. Very tasty potatoes, just like from the oven! Precisely baked, not fries.
I baked the pies twice, not from yeast dough, normal, nothing more, but convenient. But if you do not calculate the thickness of the dough and filling, then the top will burn.
As for pies and pizza made from yeast dough, then I pass. I generally admit yeast baked goods and especially bread only from the oven. By the way, this also applies to cupcakes. All appliances that have little space on top, and the top heats up, prevent the dough not only from rising, but also from opening in a normal way. Of these devices, I don't like the crumb structure. Do not compare this crust from the oven, this crumb and airiness.And so there are countless cupcakes - I rarely use them for other purposes.
Someone will be satisfied with such versatility, but now I rarely bake, and I want, of course, to get the highest class out of the oven.
Although I have not tried the biscuit from Optigril yet, in Kalorik it turns out normal, but not high.
I will take Tefal with me to the South and leave it in a city apartment. It is lighter, the panels are also lighter. She has working programs, there is a manual selection, but there is no temperature selection.
If for steaks and vegetables, Delonge is still bigger, faster and better. It is too early to talk and compare about the durability of the panels.
But Tefalka is also not bad, it has a slightly different coating, but if the panels were heavier and the slope was less so that mushrooms, for example, or shrimps would not slide, and the size for four full-fledged large steaks, then there would be no price.
But for a man, if he uses it, the better is Delonge, he is a more masculine solid device, simple, with easy controls and panels with built-in shades. It is these tendes that beat Tefali when frying meat. On fish and chicken, it is not so critical. This is my husband's opinion. I agree!
Well, I also use the ability to turn off one of the panels, and why bother driving both if you only need one for frying, for example, pancakes! Savings, however! And you can set DIFFERENT temperature of the top and bottom panels with one light rotation of the rotary knobs.
When you buy any of these grills, do not skimp on expensive imported beef steak, fry it according to all the rules. That is, first let it heat up after the refrigerator at room temperature, then dry well with napkins. Sealed steaks, to which the film adheres tightly, do not need to be washed if the shelf life is normal.
Although I like to wash meat myself, it's better to hold back here if it smells normal.
In all grill restaurants in Europe, meat is not salted before frying. Then you can sprinkle with aromatic salt. Drizzle with balsamic, brush with olive. oil. For flavor, you can put sprigs of myrtle or rosemary on each steak and fry right with them. Or then sprinkle with them or fragrant fresh herbs for the time of "rest" of the steaks after frying.
Then you will surely love steaks! Hope I helped you!