So you might not know what a flat top grill is compared to many of the other grills on the market right?
Let’s dispel the myth of the grill and get to what it really is.
Just so you are not confused anymore.
The Difference Between a Flat Top Grill and a Griddle?
There are some people out there who do not know the difference between a flat top grill and a griddle.
Now I used to be one of them, so if I did not know I am sure there are other people who are just like me and would like to know the difference.
Now…
Where a flat top grill has multiple round heat elements underneath it.
So really there is not that much difference, basically, it is an ordinary range top with individual burners and has a continuous flat cooking surface over the burners.
That’s the heat…
The burners I mean.
Now you are going to ask Me:
Are Flat Top Grills Worth it
The flat top grill has the versatility that other grills do not.
For example…
The Versatility for starters.
You see…
The flat top grill gives you a lot of cooking choices that other grills do not.
Let’s think about the egg.
That’s right the egg… From a chicken.
Say you would like to grill an egg, or many eggs come to think of it.
What happens if you put your egg on a grill, you know the ones…
Those thin bars that fit above your flame.
Well, once the egg hits the grill your smile will be bone as the egg slides its way straight through the bars right into the fire.
So the fire gets the egg and you.
Well…
You DON’T!
That is where the flat top grill comes in. It is solid in stricture and that egg is going now where except into your mouth.
There are no bars to let that slippery sucker fall right into the flames
In fact…
You can cook many more types of food than would typically work on a traditional grill.
Since the flat top grill is literally what it says, flat top.
A solid flat top that is…
Now you can let your imagination go wild and start mixing up those pancakes, and while you are at it what about that fried rice that you had left over from the takeaway the other night?
Yes, you too can just throw it on the flat top grill and flip away…
But!
And there is a BUT…
As everything is not going to slide its way into the fire, this also means Grease!
Yes.
With flat top grills being, well… Flat.
The grease is also not going anywhere even though you wish it did.
So flat top grill holds grease on the cooking surface, where yes it can build up.
So you do need to clean your grills to keep them ready nice and clean for the next cook-up.
And when it comes to seasoning these flat top grills.
Yes, you will have to do that as well.
After all…
You do not want all your food sticking to the surface, do you?
Apart from these few issues, this is what comes with having a flat top grill.
Does it change your decision to have one?
It shouldn’t as you can do so much more with these grills right?
So do think of the flat top grill when you get the urge to have a smoky meal.