Let it drip out (George Foreman 13350)

Member Name: marcellep

Product:	George Foreman 13350
Date:	09/03/09 (331 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Healthy - Less Fat - Cost

Disadvantages: None So Far

New Year - New Healthy you!

I am reviewing one of my George Foreman grills that we use very frequently.
The Range available

There is an extensive range of grills available to suit each and every household. If you're looking for a Foreman grill then you have a lot to consider before buying.

Things to ask yourself:
How many portions will I be cooking on it?
How much space do I have available?
How much money do I have to spend?
Once you have answered these basic questions then it's time to look @ the range of grills available.

Compact Grills - Suitable for 2/3 persons, Not ideal for a large family. Too Small

Family Grills - Suitable for 4/6 persons, this is the baby for the family.

Easy Clean Grills - Suitable for 3/6 persons - These plates can all be removed

Entertaining Grills - Suitable for 7/10 persons - This is ideal for parties

Grill and Melt - Suitable for 3./4 Persons - Ideal for those cheese toasties
Multi Use Grills - Suitable for up to 13 persons - Usually has two sides, griddle and hot plate.
If you're looking too see this range you can either Google George Foreman or surf over to www.georgeforeman.co.uk
The 13350 Model

*In the box

When you first buy your grill, it comes nicely packed in a box with full instructions and a nice recipe book too. The instructions are every easy to follow and I would suggest that you do read them over, especially if this is your first foreman. Also in foreman are your cleaning tool and the drip tray which needs to be cleaned for the first use, warm soapy water is enough.

*The look

Like many of Foreman grills this one is silver on the outside and black in the inside, the digital display eliminates in red and the buttons that you can adjust the settings with are also black. The normal "Lean man Fat........" logo is plastered on the middle of the foreman and not to forget that signature of the main man himself.

*First Use
Using the grill for the first time I would recommend that you wash the grill with warm soapy water this will remove all the new smells from it and make sure it's ready to be used. Once you have washed and dried the grill, make sure it's on a solid flat surface, place the drip tray underneath the grill and switch the power on. With the lid in the closed position, select how many minutes you want the grill on for (Max 30 mins). Don't worry if 30mins is not enough as all you need to do is selected more minutes in a short while.

*Cooking

To give you an idea of size you can fit two slices of bread on this.

I mostly use this grill for toasties and for breakfast items, I can make two toasties on this at one time, each toastie I make has two slices so it's quite thick. The lid easily comes over the top of the bread to toast it all over. My toastie takes just under 10 minutes and it's ready.

My wife has used the grill to cook chicken breasts and not only does all the fat come off the breast but it tastes so much better too.

You will be disgusted if you where to cook the breakfast on it, cooking just one sausage will show you the amount of fat what comes off it. I would now never cook a breakfast in a frying pan as the thought of all that fat makes me feel sick.

The grills are deigned to slope forward to make it easy for all the fat to run down and drip in to the tray below.

I am absolutely delighted with the cooking performance of this machine and the ease of use I would say it's suitable for most people. As this is a cooking item it does get very hot and children should stay well away from it. Another thing to consider is that the drip tray collects all the fat and the fat can be very hot. So teaching a child not to touch that is a good idea.

*Item that I cook on mines and cooking suggestions

Cheese, Ham and bean toasties - Or why not pop some onions in it.

Chicken breasts, Hamburgers, Steaks, Salads and much much more

With a Foreman it's a case of if it can fit in it then I can cook it using my grill.

*Cleaning

Very easy and it always looks like new when you have cleaned it, I always wait to clean the actual grill until after I have eaten the food I have cooked on it as by this time it will be cook. However I always run the cleaning tool over the grills as soon as I have stopped using it. Doing this pushes as much fat and any leftover food in to the drip tray. The drip tray is dishwasher safe but must be placed on the top rack only.

Where can I buy?

There are many retailers that stock an extensive range of Foreman grill, they include:

Argos, Tesco, Amazon and many more places.

Retails value of this item is currently - £32.99 from Amazon. I bought this model 6mths ago from Asda for £27.99

Final Thoughts

Features - Basic, But in my opinion that's all what is needed for this model.
Ease of use- Excellent - It's very straight forward.
Value for money - How much can you put on your health
Cleaning - Easy if you clean it often.
It comes with a one year's manufactory guarantee

This is an ideal product to help with weight loss in my opinion, as the less fat we eat the healthier we will be.

Thanks for reading

Marcellep Dooyoo

*This review is also published on Ciao under Marcellep2 (That's me)

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