The grill’s four independently regulated steel tube burners allow you to regulate the heat to suit the food you’re preparing. In my experience, I could flip up to 30 hamburgers, 18 steaks, or a staggering 80 hot dogs at once, thanks to its massive grilling surface area. The PIT BOSS Deluxe griddle will need some cleaning and maintenance, just like any other flat-top gas grill. The 18-inch flat top grill plate comes with a silicone oven mitt. The reversible plate allows users variety when making their favorite dishes.
The auger pushes the pellets from the hopper into the fire pit. This decked-out model comes with a cutting board, paper towel holder and trash bag hooks. With 720 square inches to cook on and four adjustable cook zones, there’s plenty of space to cook for a crowd.
That has generally kept me away from the large outdoor flattop griddles I’d seen sizzling on street corners during my time living in New York City. Flattops could not, I thought, do nearly as much as even a basic kettle grill (I wasn’t going to be smoking anything on a flattop), and they are big, heavy, and often expensive. Traeger, for a long time the biggest name in pellet grills, released its first gas-powered cooker into the world in the form of the Flatrock, which features a sizeable carbon-steel cooktop. After spending several weeks cooking meals at all hours of the day, I’m a believer. From bacon, eggs, and pancakes in the morning to burgers and stir-fry for dinner, it’s hard to beat the deep caramelization produced by flat top grills.
They also can’t create the crisscrossed seared look that many love to see on their grilled food. Though flat top grills burn the fat and excess oil out of food, unless you’re constantly wiping off the excess grease, you’ll be cooking in it. It’s truly tough to beat Country Smokers when it comes to portable flat-top grills. The steel griddle top is pre-seasoned with organic plant-based oil and has a 597-square-inch cooking surface, an ideal size for flipping burgers and dogs for a party of 10 or so people. Flat-top grills provide a fully accessible cooking surface from end to end, and griddle and grate models share some common characteristics. There are even models that come with both grill and griddle cooking surfaces so you can take them from breakfast to dinner and back.
Depending on the design, you can use them indoors, outdoors or both. Whether you’re cooking for a group or just yourself, there is a size for your needs. Cleanup is easy with flat top grills because the grease can run down, or you can wipe it into the grease Expert Grill Combo Grills traps, which you can then pour out. Whether you’re cooking for two or a crowd, finding a grill to suit all comers is a moving target. Plus, the brand is known for its durable and innovative outdoor griddles that you can count on for years to come.
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These cookers can also be used for standard grilling in the same way you’d use a gas grill. Fire it up fast and use it to whip up flavorful burgers and dogs on weeknights. When it comes to cooking methods, the pellet grill tends to bring more to the table (quite literally) because it can cook food in so many different ways.
That means the burners are protected from wind and the heat is locked in. Traeger advertises a 28% propane savings from this more efficient design. Another unique feature of the burner design is there is an insulator between each burner. This gives more distinct zoning for each of the three different burners, for cooking food at different temperatures. Like the Timberline and the Ironwood, the Flatrock has the Pop-And-Lock Accessory Rail for easily adding on things like shelves and cup holders.