The Waring Pro Grill and Griddle makes multifunctional an understatement! It can make perfect Panini plus lots more. With four separate cooking options, it handles everything from pancakes to sausages to grilled cheese to steaks to hamburgers to Pan ...
Customer Reviews
Great Product and Great Price (2010-06-20)
I had been researching indoor grills and was going to get a George Foreman. I visited Amazon and QVC to read other people's reviews of the indoor grills. I came across this grill and it had better ratings than the George Foreman's did. I saved over $60 by purchasing on Amazon compared to QVC and got the color I wanted. I have grilled hamburgers, thin chicken breasts, steaks and cuban sandwiches. I have not tried the griddle yet. It is amazing how quick it cooks. I learned that you need to have all your side dishes and condiments ready to go before you put the meat on the grill. If you use pre-made hamburger patties, they will be done in less than three minutes. As far as clean up goes, I find that once I'm done eating, the grill plates are still warm, but not too hot to handle. It is way easier to clean when they are still warm than when they are cold. Also, the grill marks on the top plate are not as deep as the bottom, so I now just put the seasonings on the top of the meat for easier clean up. Since the food cooks so quick, I have yet to have any grease go into the cup. The meat comes out so juicy since it cooks so quickly. My only complaint would be the amount of smoke if you use any type of marinades. I usually have to turn on my stove vent. The top is hinged so it can adjust to the thickness of whatever you are cooking. You will need to have a spatula to push the back of it up so that it does adjust to the thickness of whatever you are cooking. I almost lost my cuban sandwich when I pressed down because it did not automatically adjust like I thought it would do. Overall I am very pleased with it. I am using it a couple times a week.
I love it! (2010-03-25)
I have been using this grill since December. I had a Foreman, but hated to use it because it was such a pain to clean. Had to kind of hold it on the edge of the sink to wash the non-removable plates. I ordered the Waring and wondered why I waited so long to replace the Foreman! It is so easy to cook burgers, steak, pancakes. . . And, even better, it is a breeze to clean. The plates are removable--even supposed to be dishwasher-safe although I have only washed them by hand. Just let them soak a little, then pretty much just wipe clean! I like the heat settings and ability to cook so many foods on it with the hinged lid and different plates. No complaints whatsoever!
Love It!! (2010-02-20)
This is our first indoor grill so I can't compare it to any other brand.
Suffice to say we are finding it to be both convenient and easy to use.
We have cooked the usual burgers and steak along with asparagus and broccoli.
Everything cooks up quickly. I love the red color too. The only real drawback
is the top lid rests on the meat and the grease splatters on the counter top. Putting a
cup towel underneath has solved this problem. Other than that, we use it several
times a week and love everything else about it. I would still recommend it to
anyone considering whether or not to purchase. Just wish I had bought it sooner!
Works well, albeit very messily (2010-02-07)
Our faithful little George Foreman grill was ailing. The nonstick plates stuck; it didn't seem to get as hot as it did before. As though reading my mind, Amazon brings up this Waring grill in the gold box, and I decide to give it a chance.
Does it work? Yes! Are the nonstick plates suitably slippery? Yes. Does it cook the food properly? Absolutely. Is the adjustable temperature a neat feature? Sure, although it's not that big of a deal. Does it do a good job grilling things like chicken breasts, sliced eggplant, and other low-fat entrees? Mmmm, indeed it does.
Does it create an incredible mess on those occasions when you want to cook thicker, inherently greasier entrees, like bratwurst? And how.
One of the advantages of the Foreman series is the way the whole cooking surface slopes gently downward. This results in any grease and oil running quickly and efficiently off the cooking surface and into the waiting container.
The Waring features a completely level cooking surface, with just a notch cut in one corner that allows the oil to drip out into the cup. Thus, as fat liquefies and leaves the food, it tends to stay where it dripped, rather than run in any particular direction. Of course, since it's a very hot cooking surface, the oil bubbles, hisses, spits, and sends out a 360-degree spray of greasy spatters. And since your meat is, by design, propping the grill open, those spatters have absolutely nothing stopping them from coating your surrounding counter top, and oftentimes the nearby floor. Cleanup is made easier if you cover the counter with paper towels beforehand, but that's kind of a wasteful hassle.
So, honestly, we'll probably get rid of this messy thing and look into another Foreman. That slope makes a heck of a difference.