Electric Griddle Product

Overview

An electric griddle is a large flat open cooking surface for foods that want room to spread out: pancakes, eggs, bacon, smash burgers, grilled sandwiches. Where a skillet has walls, a griddle is an unbounded plate, and where a stovetop heats a ring, the griddle heats its whole area evenly from a single embedded element. The Cooking Plate is a heavy cast-aluminium slab with that element cast underneath, tilted a few degrees so rendered fat runs off rather than pooling. Heat is set on the removable Temperature-Probe Control, grease is carried away by the Grease Tray System system, and two Side Handle grips and four Heat-Resistant Foot supports complete the appliance.

How it works

The tubular element in the Cooking Plate runs in series with the Bimetal Thermostat in the detachable control and with a one-shot thermal fuse. The bimetal thermostat senses plate temperature through the probe pins; past the temperature set on the Temperature Dial it snaps open to cut the element and closes again as the plate cools, cycling the surface around the setpoint, with the Indicator Light lamp marking when current is flowing. As with most immersible griddles, the control unplugs at the Probe Socket: with it removed there is no live wiring left in the plate, so the whole cooking surface can be washed.

The heavy casting matters as much as the element. Its mass evens out the cycling so the surface holds a steady temperature across its full area instead of swinging with the thermostat, and its thickness resists the cold spots a thin plate shows when a batch of food is dropped on. The plate's gentle slope feeds the Grease Tray System path: fat drains down to the low edge, over the Grease Spout, and into the slide-out Catch Tray, which can be emptied without disturbing the cook. Should the thermostat ever weld shut and the plate begin to overheat, the thermal fuse opens for good and protects the nonstick coating and the user.