A health grill can cook beautiful food a lot quicker than conventional grilling. It doesn't matter what you are cooking, anything from vegetables through to steaks, the health grill will become in indispensible part of your kitchen. George Foreman is the most popular brand of health grill, but it is by no means the only brand available. There are several others including some from all of the major kitchen appliance manufacturers.
In their most basic form, health grills are a pair of heated ridged metal plates which press down and cook the food from both the top and the bottom at the same time, not only cooking the food quicker but also more evenly. Part of what makes the food healthier and tastier is the fact that the bottom plate is angled towards the front of the machine. This means that the juices and the fat drip away from food and is caught in the drip tray.
There is a huge variety of health grills available on the market, every one is different, varying in both size and functionality, from the basic 2 portion grills to giant family grills. There are loads of different extra features available on select grills including floating hinges, removable plates and even a bun warmer!
The grill can be used for cooking all sorts of food including boneless meats such as bacon, burgers, sausage, steaks and chicken fillets, fish, vegetables...pretty much anything which can be cooked on a conventional grill! It is not recommended that you cook any meat which contains bones or meat that is thicker than 3cm.
Selected grills feature a floating hinge which makes it ideal for cooking thicker meat, melting food or creating toasted sandwiches and paninis. The floating hinge also allows you to cook everything from thin sliced bacon through to thicker chops and and large burgers.
The food is much healthier due to the way the food is cooked and also the fact that that plates are angled which causes the fat to drip away. So the food is healthier, but not only that, it cooks much quicker, looks better and best of all tastes far better than traditional cooking.
As a health grill can easily be stored away in a cupboard or large draw it makes them an extremely convenient way of cooking. It can be cleaned very easily, especially the grills with removable plates which allows the plates to be removed and put in the dishwasher. If you purchase a grill which doesnt have removable plates you can use a specially designed scraper to remove left over food and then a ridged sponge to clean them properly. Removable plates do make cleaning a lot easier, however they have a downside as well in that the food can take longer to cook and does not cook evenly across the plates.
Making the decision on which health grill you should be is not easy. The first consideration will always be how much food you need to cook at once. This will dictate the size of the grill you need. The second most important feature will be if you want removable plates or not. By now you should have a few grills to chose from. You can pick your perfect grill from these by looking at the extra features, brand name and value for money.
In their most basic form, health grills are a pair of heated ridged metal plates which press down and cook the food from both the top and the bottom at the same time, not only cooking the food quicker but also more evenly. Part of what makes the food healthier and tastier is the fact that the bottom plate is angled towards the front of the machine. This means that the juices and the fat drip away from food and is caught in the drip tray.
There is a huge variety of health grills available on the market, every one is different, varying in both size and functionality, from the basic 2 portion grills to giant family grills. There are loads of different extra features available on select grills including floating hinges, removable plates and even a bun warmer!
The grill can be used for cooking all sorts of food including boneless meats such as bacon, burgers, sausage, steaks and chicken fillets, fish, vegetables...pretty much anything which can be cooked on a conventional grill! It is not recommended that you cook any meat which contains bones or meat that is thicker than 3cm.
Selected grills feature a floating hinge which makes it ideal for cooking thicker meat, melting food or creating toasted sandwiches and paninis. The floating hinge also allows you to cook everything from thin sliced bacon through to thicker chops and and large burgers.
The food is much healthier due to the way the food is cooked and also the fact that that plates are angled which causes the fat to drip away. So the food is healthier, but not only that, it cooks much quicker, looks better and best of all tastes far better than traditional cooking.
As a health grill can easily be stored away in a cupboard or large draw it makes them an extremely convenient way of cooking. It can be cleaned very easily, especially the grills with removable plates which allows the plates to be removed and put in the dishwasher. If you purchase a grill which doesnt have removable plates you can use a specially designed scraper to remove left over food and then a ridged sponge to clean them properly. Removable plates do make cleaning a lot easier, however they have a downside as well in that the food can take longer to cook and does not cook evenly across the plates.
Making the decision on which health grill you should be is not easy. The first consideration will always be how much food you need to cook at once. This will dictate the size of the grill you need. The second most important feature will be if you want removable plates or not. By now you should have a few grills to chose from. You can pick your perfect grill from these by looking at the extra features, brand name and value for money.
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