I bought one of these appliances for my son at Christmas as a subtle hint that he was turning into a fat git.
On his recommendation I bought one myself today.
I kid you not, this is one of the best buys ever. I just had a couple of burgers and the fat that poured into the drip tray was staggering, and I’ve been eating that:eek: in the past.
It’s easy to clean and a piece of cake to use, if you aint got one, you need one, believe me
We are on our 4th one. if it does not come apart ,it is a pain to clean. But bacon comes out very good on it too.
They are great for quickly throwing some things together. I’d say the best thing I discovered off the grill is hot dogs- seriously, they taste exactly like ones cooked up on the BBQ. Well, to me at least.
I went back to one that doesn’t come apart after I found it more difficult to clean. It’s easy with a bit of water and a paper towel.
Very, very, very easy to use. I wouldn’t be without one. (I’ll never boil a hot dog again.)
We have a Hamilton Beach grill with removable plates. Use it for turkey burgers and chicken often. Got my bf a small Foreman for Christmas so he can more easily make good food in the winter when he can’t grill outside. Even turkey burgers create some nasty drippings in the tray. But they are delicious on the grill.
I do like my foreman grill. I’m sure it cuts down on fat but when I fried hamburgers, I lifted them out of the grease, I didn’t drink it.
I got the fancy Cuisinart one that’s jointed to make panini’s 
Other than that it is good for healthy cooking *
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Nor did I.
But lots of grease were still in the burger when you ate it, with the Foreman there is very very little
We wore out our Foreman brand, and the only thing I didn’t like about it was non-removable plates. Last Christmas (2007, not whut just passed), I bought a Food Network Foreman knockoff grill. It’s the size I want (about 4 good sized burgers), at the price I wanted to pay ($99), and has removable plates.
The quality isn’t as good, because the latches are nearly broken, but we use it for just about everything. It came with the regular linear plates for meat, but also flat plates for pancakes or grilled cheese, and waffle plates. Plus it lays open flat so the top and bottom can be used separately. I couldn’t do that with my old Foreman grill.
If this one lasts another year, I’ll be pretty happy.
I’ve fried hamburgers and made the mistake of not turning off the heat and leaving the pan there for a while. The grease “reduces” to a relatively nasty film on the bottom of the pan. The foreman grills, with their tilt, drain that off before it can reduce. I wonder how much of the fat that we supposedly avoided eating is really just from that. I don’t think that fat is removed from the meat more, it is just an issue of what happens to the fat afterwards. Normal draining after removal from a pan (perhaps on a paper towel) will get close to the what the forman removes.
I think the selling point is the convenience and clean up versus the fat reduction. The fat removal is overstated in the commercials.
Once I realized that I could take a boneless chicken breast straight out of the freezer, clack it rock-solid on the grill, and have perfectly cooked chicken in 10-12 minutes, I use my Foreman grill about 4 times a week. I also use it to press sandwiches now and then.
Mine was given to me at Christmas 1998 and still works like a charm, although there was a plastic lid thingy that was a bun-warmer or something that I did accidentally break, but I didn’t use that for anything, anyway.
The outside of the chicken cutlet doesn’t get all dry and stringy while the insides are still defrosting? I find you have to closely watch cutlets on the Foreman even when they’re fully thawed, because they dry out about two microseconds after they’re done through.
How so? It applies heat no differently from any number of cooking devices, it simply provides a place for the fat to drain off. Much like any grill or oven rack.
I’m not dogging on the device, as I know several people with more cooking chops than anyone on this board who say they certainly have their place. It just seems as though many people overestimate the ability of the GFG.
GilaB, no they don’t seem to. I’ve had that happen a few times, if I got distracted, but usually they are cooked perfectly on the outside and throughout.
I use a thermometer to temp the thickest part of the breast. When it gets to 160, I pull it from the heat and let it rest while I fix the rest of my plate. Perfect! What I especially like is not having to plan ahead and defrost anything.
I’ve also done the same with thin-cut pork chops, and they’re good, too. In a pinch, I once did a frozen steak and it was OK, but of course not nearly as good as when thawed, first.
We got one as a throw-in with our microwave oven and were surprised how useful it was. That’s when I discovered they were manufactured by Salton, who made quality appliances instead of junk (my mother still uses a 40-year-old Salton Hotray).
We like the way it cooks and doesn’t make the kitchen smell like cooking.