Side by Side Comparison of: Cuisinart vs OXO vs Harvard Common Press vs Amazon vs Seventh Generation

plates easily pop off for cleaning or flipping. Temp knobs glow two colors getting to desired temp and holding desired temp. Both drain to the rear tray. Burgers remain juicy while cooking. French fries don't take as long to cook in close quarters. Non-stick plates easy to clean. Open all the way for large dual heating surfaces. Flat or grooves up.

Can't say enough about it! I love the reversible, removable plates. Dual side, adjustable heating option is a great feature. I can even open the top under the cabinets. Amazing upgrade from the cheaper ones I have used (and worn out) over the years. It stays on the counter all the time. Note: the edges of the plates get hot too, I'm a klutz & keep brushing against them.

I have used another indoor grill for several years and saw an earlier Cuisinart Griddler and decided to buy it when my old grill quit. In the meantime, I've watched the evolution of these grills. Ideally, I'd like a smaller version with the exact features. Yes sometimes this is the perfect size, but having a smaller size would be more convenient to store and take in and out of the cabinet. I use it almost daily, but always put it away because it takes up too much room to leave out (a smaller version would live on my counter.) The floating lid and separately adjustable temperature for upper and lower grill is what sold me. I'd buy a waffle plate set in a minute if one becomes available. And having a timer would be convenient (there's always the range/oven timer or my phone but I tend to start and then walk away without remembering to check the time or set a timer.) The plates are much lighter than my old grill and much easier to clean. I can grill a pork tenderloin in under 20 minutes from preheat to done. My oven takes longer to preheat and then takes 30-40 minutes to cook after I sear the outside on top of the range. This saves a lot of energy especially during our long Texas summers. My old grill still works, just couldn't wait any longer for the convenience of the features on this one. I've cooked many pork tenderloins on the old grill but, because it predated adjustable temperature, all but the smallest tenderloins get too crusty before the middle is done.

This is a great appliance. We have used it almost every night since we got it and are very pleased. It seems to do everything that is claimed, and it does a great job of it. I like that you can easily fit two, and maybe even three sandwiches on it at once. I was concerned that the plates might have cold spots, but I grill a lot of vegetables and temperature seems even. I really like the dual controls and the versatility of the two-sided plates. The one thing this is missing is waffle plates. I like that the top can hover so you can melt cheese on an open-faced sandwich. My husband figured out a way to use it as a warmer too. Once your food is cooked, wrap it in a foil packet and put the packet back on the grill set on a low temperature. Close the lid and have it just hover over the packet. The only con is that it is somewhat time consuming to clean. You DO have to use some kind of oil or your food will stick. I never use regular cooking oil or spray on the plates because in time they would become sticky and really impossible to clean. We only use coconut oil and it cleans up nicely. That being said, it is still a bit of work to clean the ridged plates to my satisfaction. (I would never run the plates through a dishwasher even though the instructions say you could.) I use the tool that came with it, then I also use a plastic scrubber (because the tool only gets so much). I follow that with a paper towel along all of the ridges. The flat side is a breeze to clean and I find I am using it more than the other side. I can forgo the grill marks to make clean-up easier. ;-)

I normally don't do reviews but this product deserves one. Everything I was missing in my old griddle came true here. The detachable and dishwasher safe plates are awesome, so is the temperature control knobs with light indicator that goes green when set temperature is met. The size is small enough to fit in my kitchen space, yet expands to have two griddlers space. I can't think of any negative about this griddle. Absolutely, superior product to my old George forman.

I live in an apartment and only cook for myself, I haven't used the stove since I received the griddler. I have prepared 1" steaks to perfection, hamburgers, pork chops, chicken, and even pancakes with delicious results. The temperature control allows me to time how long to leave the food on the griddler without burning or guessing. The sear function provides a beautiful grill sear that competes with even the best steak houses. The adjustable height allows me to set the top grill just on top of the food without squishing out all of the juice leaving me with great tasting and juicy burgers. I also like how the top "floats" on the food so it cooks the top evenly. When you flip the grill grate to the other side you have a nice griddle that works perfect for pancakes, eggs, and fish.The price for the unit seemed a little high but I'm very pleased that I decided to spend the extra. The construction of the unit is very sturdy. The plates attach/detach very easily. It has stood up to my daily use and I believe will continue to for awhile.TLDR; Expensive but a great buy!

This brush is one of my favorite cleaning tools! It is handy for a lot of projects. It is great for cleaning the prongs from a rotisserie grill, running shoes, tricky bathroom crevices, crusty pots etc. The size and weight make it easy to use. The bristles are not soft and they are not stiff like a wire brush. Goes in the dishwasher.

I bought this product for my George Foreman Grill and it does a fantastic job at cleaning. I found that I use it even more though in my pots and pans that need to avoid abrasive cleaning and it excels here as well. Together with the reasonable price I'd have no problem buying it again if it ever wears out.

This is an absolute necessity for the new ceramic plates. The wet paper towel is also a good asset for these plates (back to basics). I also try to cook at at lower temps where possible, mostly 325 to 350.

Soft enough to clean your grill without scratching it but durable enough to withstand any harden food even at high temperatures

I use this to clean my Secura grill. Cleans it totally! Easy clean-up! Brush is sturdy and doesn't loose shape while using pressure while cleaning.Fits into all spaces.

Very good and stiffer than some reviews say. Useful tool to remove the gritty stuff stuck to the grill but naturally the greese still needs to be cleaned off. Used unded the faucet with a few drops of liquid soap, fantastic.

We like this for the paninis and the griddle but it also seems good on proteins (and also is good to grill veggies, which we like much better on this vs an outdoor grill). At some point if you have a stove and an outdoor barbecue this is not necessary, still I think it is well made and at least ours seems to work properly. The comments by purchasers that their unit did not work correctly is concerning as this is not cheap and Amazon only protects you for 30 days. I am trying to use mine often during this 30 days so if it is defective I can return it. So far so good.

I like this grill. It heats up well. I actually don't need to sear. I just cook it at the proper temp and it sears well. It's easy to clean I wash with soap and water while the grill it still warm, so it's easier to remove the char. What I don't like is that it takes a little too long to heat up. It should be faster at heating up. Overall, it's a good grill.

The griddler offers an easy method of cooking, though a bit messy around the appliance. It is easy to use, and the grill plates are easy to clean. At first look, it appears to be cheap for the price; so far it has worked without any problems. We have put it on a rigorous test of cooking with the griddler for over a week. The only incomplete part of this is one of the reason we bought it and that is for pancakes and french toast.We have made paninis, grilled chicken breast, grilled chicken strips, fish, hamburgers, grilled cheese, grilled vegetables, and a few other food items. At this point, everything has worked well. Be careful with overcooking food items for it is dependent upon the food thickness. You can only cook two chicken breasts (pounded out) at a time. Four hamburgers can be made with easy.Pros:- The food has cooked as advertised.- Grill plates are easy to remove and attached.- Grill plates are easy to clean.- Faster cooking.Cons:- The surrounding area can be sprayed with grease splatter. Recommend covering area.- The grease splatter covers the appliance.- It doesn't taste like it was on a grill (Miss that carcinogen flavour).- Can create a lot of smoke (You're grilling indoors after all).- I would like a waffle plate, but it is not a killer.- The user's manual isn't the clearest. I'm still not sure that I'm using the top section correctly. When I'm cooking on top and bottom, the back end tends to rest higher up than the front.- The adjustment feature is nice, but you must be careful when adjusting for you risk being burned especially when your tried to set the top part when it pops out or needs popped in. (If you buy it, you'll understand what I mean by "pop".)Okay, I happen to like this. On the list for cooking are pizza, steak, eggs, pancakes, and french toast.When heating the appliance, the top reaches the peak temperature first. I haven't tried the searing, yet.Overall, after a few weeks of use, I would recommend this product.

This is much bigger than the standard griddler. Got over the holidays and we used a lot to make sandwiches from leftovers. temperature evenness on upper griddle is not perfect but good enough. You can do anything with this - panini, pizza (yes frozen pizza works well), pancakes, bacon (panini side puts grill marks on your bacon!), etc. No waffle plates available but that's OK I have a round hotel-style belgian waffle iron.

This is definitely a good upgrade from your standard George Foreman grills.I've used it about a dozen times already in the couple weeks I've had it - done fish, burgers, chicken, steak.Pros -I was impressed by the warmup time, and how it could maintain that temperature through the cooking process - something my old GF grill could not do. Cleanup is easy too so far.Cons -My main complaint is that when you have the top plate floating in the closed position, and then you open it... the top plate will be positioned such that junk will drip down onto your countertop, not the drip tray. You also should make sure it doesn't trip hot grease onto the power cable. See my attached picture. You can avoid this by locking the top plate everytime you open it.Tip -Make sure your meat is pretty dry if you want it to get browned. If you slop a soaking wet piece of marinated meat on there, you can't expect it to brown - it will just be sitting in a puddle of liquid and won't brown. The slots on the plates aren't too tall.In summary - great, but not perfect. It seems like a quality appliance. I expect it to last a long time.

I have had my griddler for about thee weeks now and it has been a great purchase . I have used it every day for lunch and dinner to grill paninies, Fresh veggies, hamburgers , chicken, fresh and frozen, fish, pizzas and fruits. I have not had to clean my stove top for weeks, which was my incentive for buying the griddler. I have had to experiment with cooking times and can easily grill a burger on the sear feature in two minutes. An easy way to clean the griddler is to place dampened paper towels between the warm plates for five or ten minutes and the n remove and rinse plates.I have only used the flat plates a few times and realize that I will have to experiment with them for a while. The reason for the four stars is because I have found that some staining has occurred on the outside stainless that has been impossible to clean. We are just two people eating every day and this product is just making my life much easier and my cooking a whole lot healthier. I highly recommend the griddler deluxe !

Works well as the initial "scrub" on our George Foreman 15-serving BBQ grill. After soaking the grill plate surface with water for a few minutes, this got much of the most stuck stuff loosened and off. I then finished things up with the George Foreman Grill Sponge.

Does a decent job helping clean out waffle iron after making cinnamon rolls.

without damaging the grill. Not a whole lot more to say about this...it's does what it is suppose to do!

Great brush for the Foreman grill; only thing I'd like is having the ability to have some soap in the handle as some OXO brushes do.

I bought the OXO Good Grips Electric Grill Brush for our indoor table top grill.It has worked well on the grill grooves to remove food residue.I hope it stands up to it's name and we get long term and many successful uses from the OXO Grill Brush.It appears to be well made and am very pleased with this purchase so far.

I am giving this a four for use on a true, cast iron grill pan. This brush does a valiant job, working as hard as it can to clean up the burnt bits and bobs that stick to the pan. Since this brush is really designed for coated pans, the bristles are not quite stiff and "wiry" enough to do a perfect job.But, on my ceramic lined grill pan, the smaller square ones, this brush is perfect and would receive a full five stars.I suspect that this is a tool that will need to be replaced regularly, just like a dobie or sponge since the bristles are already getting softer.

Our lower tray did not heat as fast as the upper tray. We followed all the trouble shooting in the manual to no avail. Takes well over 20 minutes to heat up. I have cooked an entire meal on the upper tray before the lower tray heats up.

We use this griddler mainly for waffles. I gave it 3 stars because the top dosen't heat as well as the bottom.

This is my second GR-150 it cooks great.But grease puddles under bottom plate and sticks to the unit and the plates non-stick coating wears off after 3 months and the replacementsare $65.95..

There's a lot to like about this appliance, but also some things that don't work as well as I'd like. So far, I've tried pancakes, flatbreads, pizza and panini in this grill. By far, the best has been panini. Pros: Size, quick pre-heat time, removeable plates Cons: One of the plates never wants to snap into place under both clips and I have to struggle with it while the other side has no problems. The two sides don't seem to heat the same when on the same temperature setting, pancakes take much longer to cook than on the stove top and the connection that allows the lid to float is so loose that it comes apart when I don't want it to. While I like the appliance, I don't think I'd get another one if something happened to this one.

Mechanically there have been no problems with the Cuisinart but I'm disappointed with the searing feature. I paid extra for this and while it does an OK job of cooking steaks and hamburgers very quickly there is really no searing to it. Meats come out looking anemic and pale. Oh, they're cooked all the way through but don't have anywhere close to a seared outside. It's also terrible for cooking pancakes on. The griddle simply doesn't get hot enough quickly. It takes forever to cook them. If your main interest is to have your food cooked in 5 minutes or less and don't really want to ever cook pancakes or anything like pancakes then you may be happy with this. I'm not all that thrilled. But I will say clean up is easy.

This larger Cuisinart Griddler is much more convenient to use than our previous smaller one, so we just gave the old one away. The cooking surface is bigger enough to make a couple extra servings of the food I'm grilling, without the machine taking up too much more counter space. The temperature controls seem to be more precise and can be independently set for the two grilling plates. And the drip pan in the back is especially nice to catch not only liquid fat flowing off the lower plate, but also any stuff falling off the top plate, which always fell on the countertop with the smaller grill. The rear drip pan slides out easily for cleaning in a dishwasher. I highly recommend this machine.This was a super machine but after a couple uses the upper plate started working intermittently and now two months later it has completely stopped working. From the beginning the control knob for the upper plate has been much looser than the control for the lower plate, so the problem seems to be there. I spoke with Cuisinart customer service today and they will be sending out a new one, but I will have to pay to box up and mail back the old one. They say it will take a few weeks to get the new one since they are backordered.

Not really needed with how easy the plates are to clean

This does have a groove that helps in the grill that I have, but the grease/food particles stick to it and makes a mess to try and remove

Cleans nicely

This didn't do anything special to help clean a panini maker or grill pan, but it is a little firmer bristle than our ordinary sink brush.

Ok, bristles are not firm, but appear soft enough not to scratch the surface.

Not a terribly big fan of this. It cleans but you have to go back after the fact and clean the grill down. Seems it almost spreads it more than helps.

Plates definitely do not snap in properly without some adjustment to the flimsy brackets holding them in. Top plate likes to fall out. The only way I was ever able to get it to stay in was to open the griddle flat. Levers operating the various positions are clunky. Plates don't contact well enough for a proper grilled cheese. Heating elements are not built in, so heating is uneven top and bottom.I've already given this away. Quality seems inferior for the name "Cuisinart."

Top plate reaches 400 in about five minutes or less. Bottom plate takes about 40. Other than that I like it. Once this issue is resolved I will edit my review.

We got this specifically because we thought it would be easy to clean. That definitely isn't the case and if you put it in the dishwasher you have to wash it by itself so your other dishes don't get flithly.

Not getting the results I was hoping for with this. It kind of steams the meat which isn't at all like grilling. I've had it too long to return otherwise I would.

The Amazon shipping box was undamaged. The Griddler box it contained had been been torn open and crudely taped back together. The contents had been messily repackaged.The unit itself appeared unused and undamaged. I set up it up to verify that it worked - it did.I was going to gift this and now have to find a new box for it. Not happy.

Its a waste of money this grille doesn't get hot enough to cook a steak and that's why I bought it in the first place, to keep from always having to use my outside gas grille.

This product advertized that you could use it for indoor non-stick grills without having the surface stripped. Upon my very first use, it stripped the black coating right off the middle of thr grill! Ive had this grill for years, so it was a real bummer.The scrubber DID however become useful as a heavy duty scraper fir mu cats food bowl when small bits get stale and ruin sponges trying to remove. Wouldn't have bought it if I knew it was going to ruin my grill, but I'm glad it was useful for something else!

THE BRISTLES ARE TOO SOFT AND THE SILICONE SCRAPER DOES NOT FIT THE GROOVES OF MY PANINI MAKER.

doesnt easily remove buildup, bristles too flexable

Its not cleaning the curvature part of the pan because of the over bite with the rubber at the top, also the bristles(?) need to be a little tougher for cleaning.

I bought this to use on my George Foreman grill. A dish rag does a better job of cleaning than this does. The key to keeping any electric grill in top shape, is to clean it immediately after cooking (while its still hot). After using the brush, you still have to use a rag to clean it. It defeats the purpose of having the brush. Also it is pretty difficult to get the food particles out of the brush bristles. Stick to a dish rag!

Theoretically this brush should be useful. It looks well-designed. In actual use it is not. Cleaning grills is no fun. While the bristles seemed stiff enough, it doesn't clean very well. The rubber edge scrapper does not scrape anything off. Soaking the grill overnight is mandatory. The hole in the handle is ill-designed, and cannot be hung on any curved hook other than a straight nail.

Cuisanart elite. How can you go through the entire process of developing a product and not confirm it works as intended? The bottom plate would not preheat to 350°f after an hour on the flat top. The bottom would preheat to 350°f on the grill side up in 10 minutes. This is obviously a faulty item that should have never been produced or should have been recalled. Please know you have 30 days to return the product so you do not lose money. If it does work I recommend buying insurance on it

Actually, I loved it and this would be a five-star review if it hadn't quit working. It was delivered December 12, 2016. Used it a total of seven times and it quit working -- that was January 6, 2017. Getting in touch with support so far has proved impossible. They are too busy with a blender recall to help in the near future. So far, have not been able to find any local repair shop. If this had worked a year or so, I'd just throw it away but it's still brand new and I may have to throw it away or try to repair it myself. The seven times it worked, it was great.

I've had this griddle for a few months now, it works alright. Takes a while to get to sear temps, but that's no biggie. Unfortunately it's already crapped on me and it hasn't been more than 4 months. Will call customer service when I can to see how that experience is so everyone can know.EDIT: So I contacted support which wasn't too bad but they want me to pay to send it back...smh. Your product crapped out on me and I have to pay for its unreliability? I recommend going for a different brand with better support

Used this product only 3 times and now the unit will not power up. Amazon says they will not take it back. I'm done with Cuisinart and Amazon.

I actually loved it but it broke! I have only had it since Oct 2015 (four months), and one of the prongs to the upper plate came off with the plate????? Very shoddy for a lot of $$$$$ Also I emailed the pics and a request for contact and they never called or responded. However I did calll them Monday only to have someone tell me I would be charged shipping both ways for them to honor their warranty. REALLY? When I asked I was told it states this on their warranty that I am responsible for shipping. This item is heavy so think twice, then go buy a Foreman grill or any other Brand!Also rethink the Canopy warranty they are no help, you pay for two years but the first year is covered by Cuisinart so you only really get one year coverage. I am still trying to reach Cuisinart to get this resolved.

returned takes up too much space.

Doesn't work.

Melted in the first day

Do Not Buy! I have an expensive, no-stick grill pan that we use ~3 nights a week and would normally clean it with a paper towel and it would clean perfectly easily yet just felt like more work than i wanted to do--I thought there must be a better way and searched and found this brush. However, after using it just 2x, it has completely ruined the non-stick surface on my pan (despite saying it is for non-stick surfaces) and now meats are sticking to the pan and it will not clean at all. Plus, it was definitely not better than simply using a paper towel and my fingernail. I could live with the fact that the product didn't work and would deal with throwing away the $10 i spent on it, HOWEVER, i am absolutely livid that this has ruined the surface of my $130 non-stick pan! OXO, shame on you--this really sucks!!

This is the replacement for the cast iron brush and it's terrible compared to the old one. The bristles are too soft!

Bought the brush to clean cast iron pans. Works OK for the middle of the pan but due to the wide gray rim around the bristles, I couldn't clean the edges of the pan.

Bristlesare very soft. I was expecting a firmer bristle considering how short the handle is. It does not scrub very well on burt items in a cast iron skillet or other non stick surfaces (no I don't use soap on my cast iron).