Blackstone Griddles- Adam & Dom --Get in here

[jonumberone]

Originally Posted by hammondc

Talk to me........I am looking at the 36"

Adam has already given me some insight via PM.

36" or bust. I'm sure Adam already shared his experience with the 28"

How do you clean the top?

Water, scraper, and some paper towels.
The clean up is pretty fast and easy

Do you always leave it on?

Like Adam, not sure what this means.
I do the same, cutting off one or two burners for food that's cooked and I just want to hold.
I leave the propane tank connected and on, just like a gas grill, if that's what you mean?

Does it rust?

I haven't gotten any rust on my cooking surface.
Just take the time to season it properly and you should be fine.

Hot spots?

Mine cooks cooler towards the front and back edges.
All my burners cook the same, I don't have one that cooks hotter than the others.
Here's a before and after pic of the seasoning process.
You can see where my griddle cooks hotter.

Anything in particular that sucks about it?

I wish the channel that funnels the grease was a little larger.
The size is fine for managing grease while cooking, but I sometimes overflow it while cleaning it with water
If I go slower and take care not to spill any, I can do it, but I don't like to go slower.

The cover has a seam that runs right over the cook top.
When it rains water lays on the top, seeps through the seam, and ends up on the griddle.
This hasn't caused any rust on mine, yet.
I cook on mine pretty frequently, but could see if forgotten about for 4-6 weeks with some rain, it could be an issue.
I sometimes cover mine with an upside down mixing bowl on the griddle.
It helps the water run off, and not lay on the cook top.

[T.G]

Originally Posted by jonumberone

36" or bust. I'm sure Adam already shared his experience with the 28"

Yeah, I explained over PMs, but I'll put it out here for everyone.

The 28" has a very bad burner design. It uses two circular burners that sit next to each other, like a stove top. This caused two massive hot spots right over the burners while the rest of the griddle top, which was probably 30-35% of the total area, ran cold. For the amount of usable cook surface that I had, I might as well have just been using one of the green fold up coleman 2-burner propane camp stove and some pans.

The top also warped.

Twice. Both times with very little usage.

After the first top warped to the tune of 1/4"-1/2" up or down (I forget which) over the burners, the company sent me out a new top. The height of the pins was different on that one, so it ended up warping the other way, I think it caved in.

Customer service was great though, that's one of the reasons I went and bought the larger one after returning the 28".

Plus, buying the 36" direct from their website (www.griddleguru.com), because of no tax, it ended up being only about $80 more than the 28" from Amazon. I had started out with the 28" because I wanted something a bit more portable, but now that I've had both, I can say that unless you have a really small car, the 36" is just as portable as the 28". And it has a larger cook surface, it heats more evenly, it has 4 burners, doesn't warp, has better wheels... it's well worth the extra few bucks.