# The George Foreman Grill **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 4, 2007, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-george-foreman-grill/418026 "2007-09-04T18:39:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-george-foreman-grill/418026/41 "2007-09-05T04:04:19Z")
Mr. Scott? Is that you? Yep, it’s the roommates, not the grill. Throw a wet paper towel on the thing and wipe it all off when it’s cooled down enough to touch, put away. Don’t use it until they’ve gotten ALL the foot off. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-george-foreman-grill/418026/42 "2007-09-05T12:26:55Z")
Damn, that just reminds me of the wanky shit eating housemate who was most probably the one who lifted mine when I couldn’t pay out the entire amount of money he needed for a bill. Since he was happy to take something worth a fraction of the bill, I left him with it. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-george-foreman-grill/418026/43 "2007-09-05T13:22:45Z")
[QUOTE=Mehitabel] Don’t use it until they’ve gotten ALL the foot off. [/QUOTE] Caution: The George Foreman Grill is not intended to be used as a foot warmer. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-george-foreman-grill/418026/44 "2007-09-05T13:35:54Z")
I hate the frick’n things. No temp control, and they make a lot more mess to clean up. You can’t make a cheese burger either, so it’s a worthless counter hogging waste of space. A non stick pan and lid clean up faster, and I can make a cheese burger, after having toasted the bun in the pan first. All the stuff fully cleans up in less than a minute, before I eat my meal. You can’t make a sauce in one of them either. The pan let’s you make the sauce or gravy for your meat. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-george-foreman-grill/418026/45 "2007-09-05T18:42:05Z")
[QUOTE=BiblioCat] I had one - it was a giant PITA to use. My soon-to-be-ex thought it was great and couldn’t understand why I prefered the oven and a pizza stone for making pizza. Yes, it’s a uni-tasker and takes up an ungodly amount of storage space. I never quite got the concept of having just a third of the pizza exposed to the heat source at a time. It was one of the things I tossed out the door behind him when I kicked out said soon-to-be-ex. 😉 [/QUOTE] I won’t debate the storage space statement, but I can’t see where you get PITA to use. And really no more a uni-tasker than a toaster oven. Well, maybe a little PITA, but that was before I started covering the pan with aluminum foil. (Pay attention beetches, it’s _aluminum_ foil 😛 ) **dnooman** : No special instructions required for using it. Just put it on for the same time as you would in the oven. And with it on a timer, it’s impossible to forget you’re cooking something and burn it to a crisp. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-george-foreman-grill/418026/46 "2007-09-05T18:55:14Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord] You can’t make a cheese burger either, so it’s a worthless counter hogging waste of space. [/QUOTE] 😕 I make cheese burgers on a GF grill. Wait till the burger’s almost done, add a slice of cheese and lower the lid _almost_ all the way down and hold it there a few seconds. It melts the cheese perfectly. As for the Presto Pizza thing, it takes up more room than a toaster oven, and only makes pizza. IMO, it’s a uni-tasker. A toaster over can be used to make lots of things. Okay, I can see where you can use the Presto thing to heat up Hot Pockets and stuff like that, but only about a third of the food on the pan is exposed to the heat at a time, as it turns. It seems like it would take longer. A toaster oven is more uniform and efficient. All toaster ovens I’ve had have timers, so nothing would burn anyway. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-george-foreman-grill/418026/47 "2007-09-06T11:29:11Z")
You know, George Foreman has no fingerprints. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-george-foreman-grill/418026/48 "2007-09-06T12:29:56Z")
Uni-task = Presto Pizza Multi-task = workshop heat gun ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-george-foreman-grill/418026/49 "2007-09-06T20:43:21Z")
[QUOTE=Girl Next Door] Female and forty, here. You’ll get my George Foreman grill when you pry it from my cold, dead hands. [/QUOTE] Aye, aye! I’m going to have mine bronzed. ---
**Author:** ![Cemetery\_Savior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Cemetery\_Savior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cemetery_Savior)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-george-foreman-grill/418026/50 "2007-09-06T20:57:08Z")
Add me to the “loving the GFG” list! I’m not a vegetarian, but I do love Tofu steaks from time to time. The GFG allows me to press down the Tofu steaks, getting some of that water out during the cooking. It gives them a nice, crisp outer edge…perfect! I also think it’s great for brats. -Cem ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-george-foreman-grill/418026/51 "2007-09-07T15:30:43Z")
My GF Grill has a temperature selector and it works fine too. I did notice last night that the non-stick is peeling in a few spots, so I’ll be looking for a replacement sometime soon. Do none of the new models have a temperature control? Mine doesn’t have the removable plates and I think those would be an improvement. I grilled a flat iron steak last night and it was great! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-george-foreman-grill/418026.md?page=2)