Lowest Used Price: USD $88.88
Lowest New Price: USD $90.00
Lowest Refurbished Price: USD $59.95
Features :
- 4-in-1 unit functions as contact grill, panini press, open grill, and griddle
- Brushed stainless-steel housing; indicator lights; sturdy panini-style handle
- Floating hinge adjusts to thickness of food; adjustable temperature controls
- Dishwasher-safe nonstick cooking plates drain grease away from food for healthier cooking
- Measures 16-2/3 by 9-2/3 by 12-2/3 inches; 3-year limited warranty
The Cuisinart Griddler makes "multifunctional" an understatement! Make perfect panini... plus! With four separate cooking options, it can handle everything from pancakes to sausages to grilled cheese to steaks, hamburgers and panini. It helps you prepare more servings of more kinds of food in less time, so you can cook for a crowd -- no one has to wait! Simply change the cooking plates and adjust the floating hinge to use the Griddler as a Contact Grill, a Panini Press, or your choice of an extra-large double Open Grill or Griddle.
Amazon.com Review
A floating hinge and two sets of cooking plates turn this multifunctional unit into a contact grill, panini press, large open grill, or griddle. Made of brushed stainless steel, this four-in-one, space-saving appliance offers cooking options that range from pancakes, sausages, and grilled cheese to fish, hamburgers, and panini. Its floating hinge adjusts to the thickness of food, while adjustable temperature controls ensure food is cooked properly. The unit features a sturdy panini-style handle and convenient indicator lights, as well as nonstick grill and griddle plates that are removable, dishwasher-safe, and designed to drain grease away from food for healthier cooking. Two dishwasher-safe drip cups to collect grease are included, plus a dishwasher-safe scraping tool for easy cleanup. The unit measures 13 by 11-1/4 by 6-1/2 inches and carries a limited three-year warranty. --Catie Unger
Customer Reviews
Superb, just could learn one thing from the Breville. 4.5 Stars! (2010-05-08)
This grill is awesome, that is all I can really say. This one attracted me because it has the flippable cooking plates so that there's lots of versatility. Originally I was looking for a panini grill and an electric griddle, but after investigating electric griddles and using some at friends houses, there just didn't seem to be any good ones out there. Every electric griddle I've seen all just won't cook evenly because they are huge in surface area without having enough heating element coiled underneath to heat the surface properly, but not so with this wonderful machine. I was used to using The Breville BSG520XL Panini Duo 1500-Watt Nonstick Panini Press, which is a great panini press, I'll compare the two for you.
Major Pros:
Temperature control dials:
You get full control of your cooking, unlike the breville machine which simply turns on when you plug it in and must be unplugged to turn off and it set to turn on hot, the Griddler has the ability to cook on low or high. I found this much better for cooking paninis because you can cook them on lower temps to make sure the inside of the sandwich is all hot and the cheese is melted, etc. then you can finish it off on hot to put those nice grill marks on the bread.
The Griddle function:
Not only is this a great panini grill/contact grill, but I'm sure it is the best electric griddle on the market. When you unlatch the top end to make it all lay flat you can fit around 10-12 slices of bacon on the machine or about 8 small pancakes, so it's not a terrible downgrade in size from your average electric griddle. The best part is that IT COOKS EVENLY! Unlike all the other griddles out there that have one big circular coil that leaves the center unheated the Griddler has full coil coverage on both sides for perfect cooking!
Minor Con:
The Lack of a Lock/Adjustment switch on the swing arm:
The only way that the breville out does this machine is that it has a switch that allows the top surface to move and lock into positions that are more accommodating for a variety of sandwich thicknesses. If you cook a thick sandwich with the Griddler it will take a little bit of extra effort to make it turn out perfect, because the griddler will want to squish it a little more on the back side instead of coming at the sandwich from right above.
Also, the same switch on the breville locks the machine shut so that you can pick it up with one hand by the handle and allows it to be stored flat against a cabinet or countertop wall, the Griddler will always have to be moved/stored in it's normal sitting position which takes up more space.
All in all I definitely wouldn't trade my Griddler for any other panini grill or griddle. It's an awesome machine.
Another tough Cuisinart product (2010-05-03)
We use this little performer to cooking eggs, grilled cheeses, sausage & onions at a farmers market using market products. Compact, tough and we particularly love the high capacity drip tray and ease of cleanup. I'll edit this later with a longer-term report.
Panini (2010-04-29)
This panini press/grill/griddler is an awsome machine. I use it at least once or twice a week, sometimes more frequently because of it's versitility. I love the grease catcher which works perfectly. You are also able to 'turn it off' before pulling the plug - so no spark.
Easy and Fun to Use (2010-04-26)
I tried to buy this from Amazon and thought they hadn't shipped it after waiting a very long time for delivery. Amazon did ship it - in fact, twice. It turned to be the post office's fault ENTIRELY for not notifying me for months. Sorry, Amazon. I did buy this locally. Though I like the quality of my Cuisinart Sandwich Grill, it doesn't have the floating top of a panini press, so unlike the Griddler, the Sandwich Grill squashes the sandwiches unevenly. I decided if I was going to buy a panini press, I'd get one with removable plates. The plates on the Griddler are VERY quick and easy to remove and replace. I bought this mainly to make panini sandwiches and it works great! It cooks evenly and is simple to use. Other than grilling sandwiches, I've heated leftover pizza with it. I'm looking forward to grilling portabellos, salmon, quesadillas and more. It helps keep me from being tempted to buy dinner out of the house and doesn't heat up the kitchen, which is a huge plus in the summer.
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