Griddle Me This...

[gary_in_neenah]

I've been considering adding a griddle to our outdoor patio area and I'm curious to the pros and cons of having one. What's the advantage of a griddle outdoors? Less mess? Taste? An excuse to drink beer at all hours of the day? Currently we have the family of a Weber Gas Grill and Charcoal Smoker, what am I missing?

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[russholio]

We love our griddle! It can do just about everything a grill can do. Anything you can cook in a frying pan, you can do on a griddle (breakfast!) with the benefit of not splattering grease in your kitchen and on your stove. One down side is, cleanup is a little more involved, so we don't use it often in the winter (used our grill much more in the winter when we had it).
I would say a griddle is more versatile - - you can do more with it (even popcorn!).

 

[skiroule]

Can't answer your question Gary but I can tell you from my experience at the hardware store, they're becoming hugely popular. Used to have maybe one or two on display, in addition to the grills, now half our display models are griddles. Seems like it would be a nice option to have both. You could have a "bar burger" and a beer right in your backyard.

 

[wiscrev]

I love my Blackstone. It's really great when you have a lot of family in. Basically you can cook a full breakfast for 8-12 in ten minutes. Gives you more time for family stuff.

 

[fishcrib]

Have Blackstone griddle, really happy I bought it. Smash burgers, tacos (can heat all tortillas at once) ,ect.

Need to keep it oiled or it will rust.

I hear the weber griddles don't rust, not sure though

 

[russholio]

Have Blackstone griddle, really happy I bought it. Smash burgers, tacos (can heat all tortillas at once) ,ect.

Need to keep it oiled or it will rust.

I hear the weber griddles don't rust, not sue though

Some griddles in the Blackstone lineup use aluminum, maybe that's the case here? I don't know. Personally, we're trying to get away from using aluminum.

 

[wiscrev]

Some griddles in the Blackstone lineup use aluminum, maybe that's the case here? I don't know. Personally, we're trying to get away from using aluminum.

I have the larger Blackstone and it's cast iron. Heavy.

 

[united]

Smash burgers. Pancakes. Bacon.

 

[russholio]

I have the larger Blackstone and it's cast iron. Heavy.

Ours are steel. But their portable camping models (they pack up similar to a Coleman stove) use aluminum with a non-stick surface, which helped me decide to not get one.

EDIT: They are also cold-rolled steel, but they do have a non-stick surface.

 

[Tuck]

griddle take a little more effort to take care of as mentioned above already, but the amount of food you can do on it at once is great. One of my favorites is stir fry. It is a time saver and keeps the mess outside and you get to act like the griddle guy at a diner. I have not even entertained using it during winter weather, grills only this time of year.

 

[russholio]

Philly cheese steak is another good one.

 

[gary_in_neenah]

You guys sound passionate about your griddles and you had me right up to "zucchinni" but everything else sounds great!

Thanks for the input, we'll be looking into this further.

Gary

 

[russholio]

As a bonus, you can do French fries on it, too!