Let's talk flat top griddles

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by Chief Pagan

If you are only cooking for one, take your cast iron skillet and put it on your gas grill to get the grease splatters out of your kitchen. Works for bacon also.

Infrared thermometer is recommended for checking temperatures. They are useful anyway.

If you're cooking for two, the $70 griddle that goes over the gas grill works pretty well for a cheap way to go.

I used to only cook meat over gas or charcoal but now I sous vide a lot of meat and finish it on the cast iron.

Yeah, I didn't replace my gas grill when it ate shit thinking my rec-tec could do it. It doesn't do that well at grilling, I always missed the char from a high heat. That's where the Blackstone comes in. It's really easy to use and clean up, and does a good job of getting me a hot surface.

A griddle over a gas grill would be a good and admittedly much cheaper option, but even when I cook for myself, I almost always do an onion and peppers anyway, and most of the time some sort of vegetable, broccoli or sweet potatoes and corn or something. (Potatoes are better, but I'm trying to eat better) So I'm typically using more than a pan could use. It really does a pretty good job of improving efficiency. Start the thing and go prep your food, and it's there when you're ready.

Coincidentally, I went the other way on Sous Vide. If I'm just doing chicken or whatever, it goes into a pan or blackstone, but if I'm doing steaks (or some non-smash burgers without the sous vide), I bought this little tiny cheap ass charcoal grill and I chimney up some hot ass coals, and do one steak at a time, and get the sear I want. Is it reeruned and inefficient as all hell? Yes. Do I do it? Yes. I needed some good charcoal sear on beef in my life, so I went and got it.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by Fish

I got this little fella specifically for camping and tailgating, and I've been really happy with it so far. Does well away from home.

https://www.amazon.com/Char-Griller-.../dp/B084DVWPBX

Nice. Uses those little green cans?

[Boise_Chief]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

Nice. Uses those little green cans?

Yeah I have blackstone version for camping also. Makes breakfast camping easy.

[cabletech94]

If you’re worried about the cost, fb marketplace has them listed sll over. Of course some of them are pieces of shit and people are too. I found one for my friends fiancé for under $250 still in the box. If I have anything negative to complain about, I think I’d be happier with the 36” verses the 28” that I was gifted. First world problems.

[493rd]

Blackstone rules…use mine 3 times a week.

[Monticore]

Just mostly saw them as giant frying pans so probably not for m

[Boise_Chief]

Mine had paid for itself in hibachi/teppanyaki whatever you call it. Plus you get to learn to throw food and make cool onion volcanoes.

[mr. tegu]

I have the 36 inch Blackstone and love it. It’s perfect for certain things but it’s definitely not a grill replacement. It’s honestly much more of a stove top replacement. It’s so much easier to cook breakfast on, for fajita meat, veggies, etc. Things that need multiple pans or take longer because you can only do things like one omelet at a time are way better on the griddle.

[mr. tegu]

I saw yesterday Costco has a 36 inch Blackstone for $370 in store. That’s a really good deal.

[Titty Meat]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

I saw yesterday Costco has a 36 inch Blackstone for $370 in store. That’s a really good deal.

Yeah I've seen that at my Costco too. That's what I was thinking I would go with

[RedandGold]

Originally Posted by Titty Meat

Yeah I've seen that at my Costco too. That's what I was thinking I would go with

Several reviews of that one pointing to paint and rust issues, so I hope you get a good one if you go that route. On paper, it looks like a good value.

[Titty Meat]

Originally Posted by RedandGold

Several reviews of that one pointing to paint and rust issues, so I hope you get a good one if you go that route. On paper, it looks like a good value.

Rust adds to the flavor

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by Titty Meat

Rust adds to the flavor

When you're in for your next covid booster just have them give you a tetanus shot

[Pepe Silvia]

Originally Posted by Titty Meat

Rust adds to the flavor

Al Bundy agrees with you.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

I saw yesterday Costco has a 36 inch Blackstone for $370 in store. That’s a really good deal.

Ours was originally $400+ but we got it for $125 at the end of the season. It was a no-brainer at that point.