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Seafood feast! (lemmy.world)
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I hope this is ok to post: cast iron adjacent and has not better home on Lemmy ….

Seafood feast I made for the kids last night. That fried rice started as 2c dry rice and would have been tough to make without the space of this griddle top! Or maybe it’s just me, I can’t seem to make it without spreading out and making a mess

It’s all an experiment

  • only the second time cooking tuna steak
  • only a few times trying to sear shrimp
  • fried rice - ok, hot sesame oil was new, gave it a nice kick without being hot

Probably use it for a massive number of pancakes tomorrow

So this is also a cry for help: what can I replace this with?

  • I’m getting an induction glass top, which doesn’t support griddles of any kind
  • I don’t want to go back to Teflon, that all stand-alone electric griddles seem to be
  • I don’t know how big to consider: during the week it’s just me and a skillet is sufficient, but kids do come home from college
  • I considered getting a Blackstone or similar, but the weather here is not friendly to outdoor cooking half the year

Anyone have ideas what to look for in a stand-alone griddle that’s not Teflon, and is cast iron or cast iron adjacent?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)
  1. It’s 3/8” steel. Similar to cast iron in many ways, but not. It’s still magnetic though
  2. It may need air circulation underneath. Currently sits on the grates of my gas stove so has an inch below, plus cautions it needs an inch on back and sides. For electric burners, they sell one with legs, so it’s not directly on the glass top
  3. The induction stove I got doesn’t support griddles of any kind. The ones that do, synch two adjacent burners so the magnetic pulses are the same. I have no idea whether not being synced is lower Efficiency, doesn’t work, or may cause some sort of problem

So both the griddle top manufacturer and stove manufacturer would discourage using it. Neither are explicit about what would happen but the stove is too expensive to just yolo it

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Just buy a electric one, I grabbed one from Amazon for like $200 a few years ago, it's 20x36 and works like a champ. These ones that go on the top of the stove make me feel like the weight is going to break some shit lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

What griddle is that? I've been looking for something like that, but wanting to use it on my gas grill

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

You can just go to a metal supply place and either have them cut something to fit or see what scrap pieces they have.

I made fajitas yesterday, but here is the start of 70 crêpes for Candlemas.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

They’re a bit pricey but worth it for how thick the metal is. They sell several sizes and shapes, including custom fits for grills https://steelmadeusa.com/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Damn, well I am sorry for your loss.