Cuisinart GR-4 Griddler
The Cuisinart Griddler is a great way to build the perfect panini, grill up some chicken breasts for dinner, fry up some eggs for breakfast and reheat the leftovers from last nights dinner. The Griddler is very easy to use and comes ready to go out of the box with drips cups, a dishwasher safe scraping tool and four plates, to flat and two ridged. The two seperate styles of plates can turn the Griddler into a panini press, open grill, contact grill, or griddle.
The secret to a good panini is to toast the sandwich evenly top to bottom with even grill marks. The floating hinge on the Griddler is perfect for doing just that. When you press down on the top the lid swings into place. If you are building a large dagwood sandwich then you may have to manually adjust the lid to cover the sandwich, perhaps a heavier lid on future models will compensate for the manual adjustment. Even though you have to adjust the lid at times the end result is a perfectly grilled sandwich. Simply adjust the temperature controls to your specific needs and you are off and running!
The open griddle feature self levels the Griddler so you can cook bacon on one side and eggs on the other without combining them together on the same side. Every breakfast item is a snap from grilled ham to french toast, just remove the ridged plates and lock in the flat plates and you are ready to go. The easiest part of all is the fast clean up due to the high quality dishwasher safe non stick cooking plates. Food slides right off and if by chance some cheese or egg gets stuck on the plate, simply scrape it off with the dishwasher safe scraping tool or by placing in the dishwasher.
It’s more versatile than a George Foreman Grill and is just as healthy by draining the grease away from your food, channeling it into the included grease drip cups. The convenient cord storage is great and keeps the cord out of the way and makes storage easy. If you’re looking for a multi-purpose panini grill that’s easy to cleanup then this is the item for you.
