George Foreman GR10AWHT Champ Grill

I bought the George Foreman grill as a joke for my husband (it DOES say "Lean Mean Fat-Reducing Grilling Machine" on it), but we used it for three weeks solid after it arrived. The reason? It's EASY, and the food turns out really tasty! This particular model is big enough only for two hamburgers (if you make them to fit... pre-frozen patties are too big and have to be cooked one at a time). More often, you have to cook one portion of meat at a time. The grill is tilted and comes with a trough so that all excess fat is drained away from your food. Pretty nifty! It's also fairly easy to clean up -- you just wipe down the grill and throw the trough in the dishwasher. We've used the grill for chicken breasts, Boca Burgers, regular burgers, pork chops, steaks, and even bacon strips (it's GREAT for avoiding a bunch of messy bacon grease). It cooks even frozen meat in a relatively short period of time, and it cooks it thoroughly. It's easy to throw something on the grill, sprinkle some seasonings on it (BAM!), and let it cook for a few minutes while you fix the rest of the meal. It is hard to overcook things, and it's fun to have grill-lines on your food. It was hard for me to believe the hype about the George Foreman Grills, but they are easy to use and deliver good results. In fact, this might be a good way to introduce your older children (12 and up) to rudimentary cooking. The George Foreman grill would be great for people who don't have a lot of time to cook & clean, who aren't yet confident cooks or don't have a lot of cooking experience. This small model would work in a dorm suite, a bachelor pad, for newlyweds, or anyone who doesn't want to feed a crowd (although you could do it with this one, it would just take awhile).

And I mean that. I love cooking my own food, but at the same time I hate it. Mainly because it's time consuming and also there are a lot of dishes like pots and pans that need to be cleaned up afterwards. Also with certain foods like chicken I'm always cutting into it while it's cooking to make sure its done or not. Not with the Foreman though. This thing is just incredible. I've had mine for about 3 months now and I'm extremely happy with it. I can cook a big meal for myself in about 10 minutes and have nothing to wash except for the plate I ate off. Chicken comes out so perfect and juicy. My salmon is incredible. Burgers, Steak Strips, BEEF BEEF BEEF....everything comes out perfect. Foreman made cooking food much more fun, much more easy, and much more tasty. So far my plastic drip dish hasn't melted at all and doesn't look like it will. The plastic fork I use just to take the food off the grill and it works great since it's grooved just right to fit the ridges in the grill. Some people complain about the grill not closing all the way, but that really does not hinder the food cooking at all. I put a 2 inch piece of chicken on the grill and it fit perfect because the grill doesn't have to close all the way. And the chicken cooked just fine amd juicy. Cleaning the grill is really easier than most people are making it sound. You dont even need to have the grill heated up. I just take a sponge with hot water and everything comes off easy as pie. Really people..it's a snap. Also when I first bought it, my roommate laughed at me and said that it would be a waste. 3 months later after using it a bunch of times...he's converted. Just tonight he started yelling from the kitchen how we need to have 4 of these in the house instead of just one. This was a STEAL for 10 bucks (some Friday Amazon sale). I would've happily paid 25 bucks for this...if not more.

I ordered one for my kitchen, and we use it all the time. It's great for a couple, and though it is small, you can still cook two burgers on it at once (or if you want to pig out on huge juicy ones, it takes very little time to do them one at a time. By the time one person has added all the fixings to their bun, the second burger will be just about done). It's also great for steak and chicken, and the flavour of hotdogs is ten times better that just zapping them in the microwave, which is what we did before. I liked mine so much that I bought one for my teenage brother for the holidays. He was ecstatic. It's given him more freedom in the kitchen to make all the things that teen boys like to eat, but has cut back on the fattiness without him even noticing. This is a fantastic present for a single person, a young couple, or a university student just starting to put together a functional kitchen space. You may also want to think about getting the grills with the bun warmers, but really, this basic model is *so* cheap and *so* useful that you probably won't even care about the extras on other units. It stays on our counter, taking up very little space but adds a tonne of convenience and tasty food to our lives. When we have more money, I am looking forward to upgrading to a larger grill, but for now, I am very pleased with this product. Despite all the good, I'm giving it 4 stars because it can be a really big pain to clean. And because you have to plug it in to turn it on. But for the price, it's a fantastic tool. Just make sure you clean it as soon as it has cooled, it's a total pain to deal with cleanup if you leave it overnight...

I have used this machine a couple dozen times now, and with great success. Fish, burgers, egglplant, greenbeans, chicken breast... -- Meat, cooked from both sides, is done very quickly (Ignore the hamburger packaging that tells you to cook for ten minutes) -- You'll enjoy watching the excess fat drip into the small drip-tray instead of sticking to a metal cooking pot that you'd have to scrub clean later. -- Eggplant came out soft and delicious. Green beans were crispy and juicy. -- There are no temperature settings. There is not even an on/off switch. Plug it in to pre-heat & cook, unplug it when you're finished. The only thing you need to control is the timer on your microwave. (I overcooked tuna steaks when I first got this grill, so that they were a little dry. Since then, I have learned to shorten the cooking time). -- Cleanup: the best part. Clean with a wet paper towel or damp sponge. Especially easy while still warm. Use NO abrasives. (I use nothing other than the water that dampens the paper towel. -- Smoke: Yes, there is a bit of smoke and steam that escapes, especially when I'm cooking beef & I lift the grilltop to add more seasoning. I usually grill by the window, so it's not a problem. -- Size: the one drawback. If you're cooking for two, it's not easy to cram more than hamburger patty on this thing. Consider a larger one. -- Price: note that there's a special shipping fee. The total price was still lower than that offered at my local store, though.

I bought four of these grills -- three for gifts and one for me. We all like the GF grill very much and for different reasons. My husband likes our grill because he can make a grilled cheese sandwich in two minutes and with no mess. Prior to purchasing this grill, he could not make a grilled cheese sandwich. I made grilled cheese sandwiches by buttering the outside of the bread slices and melting the cheese/bread in a frying pan on the top of the stove. This procedure took about 10 minutes and the added butter made the bread greasy. Now we make the grilled cheese sandwich in the GF grill with NO butter and it's just as toasty and the cheese melts and it takes two minutes. Furthermore, the grill is easy to clean. We simply wipe it out with a paper towel. We've also cooked filet mignon steaks on the grill and my husband says they taste as good as they did when he grilled them on the out-door grill. I place the GF grill on the stove top so the fumes are sucked up the exhaust fan. It takes about 6-7 minutes because both sides cook simultaneously. My daughter loves the grill because it's easy enough for the kids to use and it only takes five minutes to grill a hamburger. This is a nifty little grill and I am pleased to say it lives up to the advertisement I saw. No kitchen should be without it.

Even grizzled old mountain men like me get tired of a steady diet of squirrel stew. So, on those increasingly frequent occasions that I can rustle up some lean hamburger that my significant friend buys at the supermarket on her way home from work, I whip out this handy and quite simple device and in a presto second or so have four big burgers to stave off that ravenous hunger we mountain men are famous for. I even share the burgers with the lady in question, although I suspect she likes the fact that even I can't screw them up, and that I can also quickly clean up the grill and put it away, all by myself! Just like an adult! And like the reviewer below, she has found a lot of innovative ways to rustle up a variety of dishes using this, and we have worked our grill with monotonous regularity for several months and have already more than made up for the thirty or so bucks we paid for it. Meanwhile, it shows no signs of wearing out, and seems to be as handy as the day we ordered it. Now I even keep some of those pre-packed hamburger patties in the freezer for emergencies, and as long as I get a warning call a few hours before I need them, the patties are thawed and ready to throw into this infernal machine. Gee, ain't technology great! It is a great product and I highly recommend it, even for history buffs like me!

This is the ONLY kitchen appliance that never gets put away...because it's used so often. The grilling area is the perfect size for one burger, one chicken breast, two hash brown patties or two large sausage links at a time. If you need to cook more, get a bigger grill. I've even grilled two slices of Pepperidge Farm french toast and warmed vegtables wrapped in foil!! It cooks thoroughly and quickly. The center of the grill surface is hotter than the outer edges, but that hasn't been a problem. The grill's small size makes it easy to pack on camping trips (because I hate dirty propane grills) or on vacation. Just place a cello sponge between the grilling plates so the non-stick surface isn't damaged. Speaking of non-stick...it's fantastic. Just use the included spatula to gently scrape the cooking surface between burgers, and you'll have very little mess to clean up afterwards. The grill takes about 3 minutes to heat up, and it cycles off/on to maintain a preset temperature. The little indicator light stopped working after about 3 months, but that hasn't affected the grill's performance. Let frozen foods thaw thoroughly or they will be overcooked before the inside is cooked. Thawed chicken cooks up tender and delicious. Burgers are a snap. The hash browns take about 10 minutes to get crispy.

I bought this item back in 2004 and it lasted several years. I remember it being one of the "original" variations of the George Foreman Grill. It definitely worked like it was intended and the grease drained into the catch pan. In the years since I bought this item, I've had several different newer forms of the George Foreman Grill. If you want to eat healthy and get ride of the fat, this is the product for you. The only issue I remember with this item is that no matter how well you think you'd cleaned the grill, there would still be grease that gets into the hinge that opens and closes the grill. For what I paid for the grill in 2004, it was worth the money. I'm not sure if the current price is worth it. You can find newer variations of the George Foreman grill for likely cheaper.