do you own a george foreman grill?
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I have a small knock off version, works good for two burgers at a time, or two chicken breasts at a time that is it. Works pretty well though.
smoke king
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I got one as a gift a few years ago, and it sat on a shelf for the longest time-I kinda forgot that I even had it. Then for whatever reason, I got it out one day to try it, and I've been using it ever since! Comes in real handy!
larry_stewart
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I had one for awhile, but the grilled veggies just taste getter to me on a regular grill. Hadnt used it for a period of time. Then tried to give it a second chance and it crapped out on me. So I got a Panini maker which is kind of a dual functioning thing, and that I use about once every other week. Love paninis...
larry_stewart
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My wife complains about the same thing. She hates cleaning it up. I try to, but apparently my standards of " clean" are not as high as her standards..
simplicity
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I don't own one. I know myself. I'd use it several times, then store it in the pantry where it would take up space and collect dust for several months, if not years. I'm trying to declutter. Sometimes I'm more successful than other times.
Still...people that have them seem to enjoy them...No, I don't even want to think about it.
Still...people that have them seem to enjoy them...No, I don't even want to think about it.
DW is a clean freak. I'm very neat myself (everything has to have its place), but she takes cleaning to a whole new level. It’s a freaking hobby for her. She’s the only person I know that gets excited about a new fragrance in a cleaning product!
Makes life a lot easier on me until she waxes the kitchen floor and I walk through in my socks. I swear she’s trying to get at my life insurance!
About the only reason I use the Foremans anymore is because she says she doesn’t mind cleaning them.
larry_stewart
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Yeah, for me, cleaning my knife is licking what was on it off, drying it on my sleeve, then putting it back, but dont tell her ..
Not me. But my son at school has one and loves it. I've never been impressed.
PanchoHambre
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Nope I have several CI grillpans enameled and raw if I am doing indoor "grilling" they are a PITA to clean too.
My dad and his wife love theirs for chicken.. they are both good cooks but like quick and easy
Mom & step-dad would never allow such a thing in the house they're old school about food.
my kid brother used one extensively in college though.... ugh judging from the rest of his frat house I can't imagine what that thing looked like (what's cleaning?)
My dad and his wife love theirs for chicken.. they are both good cooks but like quick and easy
Mom & step-dad would never allow such a thing in the house they're old school about food.
my kid brother used one extensively in college though.... ugh judging from the rest of his frat house I can't imagine what that thing looked like (what's cleaning?)
I’ve got two of the clamshell models (kitchen toys!), but DW found this one at a yard sell a few years back.
http://www.amazon.com/George-Foreman-GR70WHT-Infusion-Grill/dp/B00004R942
I used it a few times, and it made some great food, but it was a bit bulky. We ended up getting rid of it during a spring cleaning. I had no idea how much that thing costs until I just now goggled it. Maybe I should have kept it????
http://www.amazon.com/George-Foreman-GR70WHT-Infusion-Grill/dp/B00004R942
I used it a few times, and it made some great food, but it was a bit bulky. We ended up getting rid of it during a spring cleaning. I had no idea how much that thing costs until I just now goggled it. Maybe I should have kept it????
Hmm well, like Lefty, I have a panini press, but I said "yes". 
I DID have a Forman, but gave it away when I got my Griddler.
I use it every couple of months, either to grill paninis or grill chicken breasts. It's GREAT for quickly cooking chicken - you can get a lot of chicken breast in there and in 5 minutes, BOOM, done! Tender and juicy.
Lee
I DID have a Forman, but gave it away when I got my Griddler.
I use it every couple of months, either to grill paninis or grill chicken breasts. It's GREAT for quickly cooking chicken - you can get a lot of chicken breast in there and in 5 minutes, BOOM, done! Tender and juicy.
Lee
homecook
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I've got one and have had it over a year. Dh got it as a promotion from something or other. I think I've used it three times. lol It's in the pantry and I tend to forget it's there. I don't know if I would use it if it was in plain site. I'll have to get it out and try it.
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AllenOK
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I have two. They're from when I was single. For a single person, or a couple, living in an apartment, with little or no space for a proper charcoal grill, these things are great. During the summer, I would use mine constantly. Fajitas, Quesadillas, burgers, the occasional steak, yummy.
I haven't used ours in years. Heck, I don't even know if we still have them! Much less where they would be stored.
I haven't used ours in years. Heck, I don't even know if we still have them! Much less where they would be stored.
smoke king
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That is a very good point Keltin. That fact that the grates aren't removable always seemed like an engineering oversight to me too.
+1 Exactly. I have two as well. I love them but I hate to clean them up. It is why I don't use it often but I would rather clean it than a broiler pan. I don't use my broiler pan that much either for the same reason.
I guess, I really am a baker at heart. I make a mean steak dinner and great soups but I find baking so much more satisfying.
By the way, the George Foreman chicken roaster is awful. We bought one for my mom after she tore her rotater cuff thinking it would make things easier on her but it doesn't brown the bird and we didn't like it.
homecook
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It does have the removable plates.
I have a huge one that I drag out sometimes when I'm doing a bunch of chicken breasts and I've just cleaned the stove. But mine doesn't have the removable grill plates either and it's a pain to clean. It's pretty good for sandwiches, too.
Actually, I bought it before I learned to cook and I was really bad with meat. I thought maybe it would help me not make rubber chicken and shoe leather beef. It was an improvement but now, it's easier for me to do it in my grill pan on the stove.
Actually, I bought it before I learned to cook and I was really bad with meat. I thought maybe it would help me not make rubber chicken and shoe leather beef. It was an improvement but now, it's easier for me to do it in my grill pan on the stove.