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George Foreman GRP90WGR Next Grilleration Electric Nonstick Grill with 5 Removable Plates

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I heard a commercial for this about 3 or 4 times one evening, and I finally paid attention after barely listening to it the first few times. Once I saw that it had interchangeable, *dishwasher-safe* plates, I told my husband that I wanted it for Christmas. I popped over here to amazon and ordered it right away. It got here before Christmas, but since it was my gift, I had to leave it alone until afterwards ;-)

A few things attracted me to the grill. Interchangeable plates, dishwasher safe, and the waffle plates. I had been looking for a new wafflemaker, and in fact had looked at the store the night I saw the ad for the G5. The one we've had for 11+ years is too small for our family now, and I wanted something bigger. However, it seemed silly to spend a lot of money on one since I don't make them that often. Imagine how happy I was to see the size of the plates on the commercial!

Let me tell you, I was not disappointed with my first waffle go-round a couple of days ago. It makes 2 waffles that are each just about the size of 2 typical square freezer waffles. That's what I'm talking about! I made up a batch of Bisquick waffle batter, and set to cooking. It was trial and error as far as learning cooking times. I like my waffles softer, my husband likes them crispier. I would say on average they needed to cook 5-7 minutes. I pre-heated the grill as directed, and poured about 1.5 ladles of batter on each side. I didn't get them perfectly full each time, but close enough, you know? We ate them, we liked them! I didn't have any issues with them cooking unevenly; each batch turned out just fine.

Yesterday my husband made grilled cheese using the steak plate and the baking tray (upper & lower). He tells me that he flipped it over so he'd have the same design on each side *insert rolly eyes here*, but otherwise it cooked just fine.

Last night I made chocolate chip cookies using the recipe from the cookbook that came with the grill. So cool! They were virtually impossible to screw up! I did cook them longer than the recipe called for after the first batch; cooking times I think are are things that will have to be judged individually for each recipe. There are guidelines in the cookbook and the instruction manual, but I don't think they're hard and fast. Experiment and see what works best for you :-)

This morning my husband was at it again, this time making scrambled eggs. I didn't get any (he ate them all while I was asleep!) but he says that they cooked the eggs in about 1/3 of the time as our gas stove. He was pretty happy with that.

I was pleased with the 2 drip trays and the better spatulas (also 2) that came with the grill, in addition to the cleaning sponge. I don't know how often I'll use the sponge, since the plates clean so easily by hand (and once again, they are dishwasher-safe!), but it's nice to have. I liked the other Foreman grills, but cleaning them stopped me from using them as often as I might have otherwise. They were just kind of a pain; if you've used them you know what I mean.

Get this grill :-) If you have realistic expectations and are willing to experiment to get just the right cooking times, then I don't think you'll be disappointed. I'm not!

As you can see from the numerous customer reviews, the latest G5 grill is really outstanding. My wife and love to grill salmon, pork chops, burgers, and more. The grill does a great job of removing the fat, but it's not so great at crisping things.

At the time of my posting this review, Amazon had a special offer on the GRP90WGP model, and I'm sure some readers are wondering what's the difference between that one and the GRP90WGR. Both grills are identical, same grills, same inserts. The only difference is the color. The Amazon site suggests that they are different size and weights, but this is not true. The WGP model is platinum colored, and the WGR is red (hence the P and R). So unless you're trying to color coordinate your kitchen, you might want to consider getting the cheaper model.

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This is my second GF grill. I had a different model for over a year. The GRP90WGR suffers from the same problem as the first one I owned. The non-stick coating is really poor. It doesn't last very long, even with careful cleaning. My new grill has been used under ten times and the coating is disappearing from high spots in the grill surface even though I only use a soft sponge to clean it. In all other respects, this is a well-designed appliance.

Some people seem to have had problems with the "Next Grilleration" Foreman electric grill. I haven't.

The removable plates are a HUGE plus: simply snap them out, wipe off the grease with a paper towel, rinse the plates off (removing any cooked-on crust with a plastic scrubber), and into the dishwasher they go. The previous Foreman grill I used always bothered me, because cleaning it seemed an iffy--and potentially unsanitary--proposition.

I've also had no problems cooking thicker cuts of meat perfectly. HELLO! Just turn your (e.g.) steak around (so that what WAS the front side now faces the hinge) half-way through the grilling time. If you don't have time to do that, you don't have time to cook in the first place. If you can't remember to do that, you should stay out of the kitchen, because you could hurt yourself.

One word of advice: ANY grill of this sort works best with boneless cuts of meat, simply because bone and meat shrink at VERY different rates when heated. (DUH!)

I haven't tried to cook waffles on it. I use a waffle iron for that task. But the new Foreman grill makes GREAT grilled cheese sandwiches.

I LIKE the control of temperature on this model; the older models were either full blast or nothin'. With this one, you can experiment and find your personal ideal grilling temperature. It's pretty clear that grilling a hunk of meat is best accomplished at a higher temperature than making a grilled cheese sandwich (though you're welcome to your own conclusions).

In short, this seems to me to be a well-planned, well-built, and very useful kitchen gadget. It's also cheaper than some alternatives folks have suggested. It grills quickly and well. It even LOOKS nice sitting on the counter.

We had never been interested in the GF indoor grills before - already had too many kitchen gadgets cluttering up our counters. Then we saw this and thought it might be great to get a grill plus be able to eliminate other small appliances we use often. As a result, this grill has become a counter staple-we use it every day.

It replaced a toaster oven, two waffle makers (one regular, one belgian) and a grill someone gave us eons ago (not a GF). We're even getting rid of the rotisserie oven (we never used it much anyway). With the baking pan we've been able to toast bread, english muffins, toaster pastries and reheat pizza and meat patties. The grill plates cook great sandwiches, bacon (really great and drains a lot of fat), steaks, hambergers, franks, sausage, shrimp (we did kebobs with vegetables). Grilling is especially fast. A 1" thick dry rubbed london broil steak took only 5-6 minutes for medium rare! Although the waffle plates make only two at a time, they are LARGE waffles-we've even made some with blueberries!

While fairly easy to clean, we definitely recommend a thorough clean up after each use (particularly the top grill plate) and ordering the extra grill scrubs. Make a copy of the cooking time chart in the manual and post it by the grill or on your fridge for easy reference. Only quibble-must be sure to get the plates on just so, sometimes they can be a little difficult to click in place. Low profile is great on the counter - if they could make this stand upright when not in use and had a built in or attached timer it would be too perfect for words. For us, this has been a great gadget value for the price!

My wife and I were looking for a panini maker and couldn't find one with removeable grates (that we wanted to pay for). We had a GF grill in the past (one of the smaller models) and were pleased with it so we decided to give this a try (despite some of the bad reviews). We love it.
Set to high, allow to preheat and 4 minutes later a great sandwich. Used it the other morning to make waffles for my 2 girls, and they gave it a huge thumbs up (you do need to wait for the unit to heat back up after the first batch, but almost all waffle makers have that issue).
Made ready to bake Chocolate chip cookies the other night and they turned out OK (should have used the toaster oven, but wanted to see how the George did).
And of course, grilling meats works great.
All in all a wonderful purchase that allowed us to get rid of our waffle iron and replace our old George, while adding a panini press.

I will state up front my one displeasure with this item. The corners of the baking pan will take off the non-stick coating of the upper plate where they rub together. Please don't take that as an absolute reason not to purchase. Since I've had this grill, I've barely used the stove top (or the oven for that matter). It is just great for quickly cooking meats, waffles, pancakes, even veggies. Since it cooks from both the top and the bottom it cooks super fast. You can have a fish fillet in less than five minutes, unless it's super thick. I don't think anyone would be greatly dissatisfied with this grill. If you've been looking at buying a George Foreman Lean Mean Grill, I think the investment in this one is wise.

I am a big George Foreman grill fan; I've used them for years. I currently have two Foreman grills, one of the small 1-burger models and one of the larger family-sized models. I love them both, aside from how big of a pain they are to clean. I've had them for years and use them multiple times a week to grill sandwiches, burgers, chicken, and all kinds of yummy things. Anyway, I ordered the G5 "Next Grilleration" because I was excited by both the multiple cooking plates and the ability to remove the plates for easy cleaning in the dishwasher. And the red color was really, really cool.

The G5 Grill fell short of my expectations. Let's start out with the grill plates. There are 5 plates, but 2 of them are grill plates, 2 of them are waffle plates, and 1 of them is a baking plate. I was under the impression that I would get 2 grill plates plus the fancy grill plate, then a griddle plus a baking plate. Not so. Anyway, now the burgers don't have the traditional straight-line grilled look because the top plate has a different shape. Not a big deal, but it also seems to "steam" the burger more than grill it. Burgers come out much different than on my other two George Foreman grills. They aren't as much fun to eat because they don't have that "grilled" texture to them as much as the older Foreman grills do. Next, the griddle-baking pan. Nice concept, but the adjustable heat knob doesn't really match up to a traditional stovetop. "High" is more like "Medium". Which brings up another point, the pictures make the grill look a lot bigger than it is. This is a 1 or 2-person grill. You can do 2 nicely-sized burgers at a time on it. Anyway, I tried the waffle iron multiple times. It does NOT heat evenly. I even gave it a few extra minutes to heat up after the preheat light had gone off. It cooks the middle nicely, but leaves about an inch and a half around all of the edges mushy. It's a pity, since the waffle plates are nice and big. I was really disappointed by this; I was hoping to be able to consolidate my kitchen gadgets into one little unit, but the waffle iron just doesn't perform very well.

There is an extra plate set available for this grill which I also purchased, which is the omelet maker. It's not a true omelet maker since you just kind of throw the toppings on top of the egg mixture and cook, but it is the ONLY plate that I felt did a good job cooking. The wannabe-omelets actually came out very nicely. So, to recap: the omelet plate is great, the burger plate steams rather than grills and the top isn't shaped like a normal grill, the waffle iron doesn't heat evenly at all, and the baking pan is kind of small and doesn't heat up as well as you think it would. I also considered trying out the larger model (which only had grill plates), but after looking at it in a local store and seeing that it had the same heating system, I decided not to.

However they did a lot of things right, despite not being able to cook very well. The color option was really nice. There is a big, long handle on the front which is AWESOME for lifting the top tray up. The heat setting dial, despite the temperature problem, is a nice touch. And the removable plates are to die for. I miss the light going off on the front when you're burger is done, but it would be a small price to pay if the adjustable heat setting actually worked as well as an electric range. I really, really wanted to love this appliance; it did everything right but cooking. Oh, and the non-stick surface seemed to scratch easily, and I only used rubber and plastic tools on it. Not as durable as my old ones, which I've had for years.

Conclusion? It's okay, not great. I would recommend waiting for the "G6 Grill" or whatever will be next; hopefully their technology will have improved. I'm sticking with my old fixed-plate grills for now. Sorry George!

After several months of light use, nonstick coating came off the removable plates. We took great care cleaning the plates, strictly adhering to the guides described in the product manual, but this happened anyway. Here is the worst part: even though our purchase was still under warranty, Salton was not willing to send us any replacement plates. They said they are out of stock two months ago, and are still "out of stock" as of last week, God knows if they will ever have these plates again. A terrible experience, will never buy from them again.

I purchased this grill for $129.99 in June 2006. Within a few months, the non-stick finish on the Steak Plate & Grilling Plate began turning dull & the food began to stick. I was sent replacement plates & the new ones have held up well. However, now the red paint on the back half of the top of the grill is turning black & peeling off.

This grill has received only light use & I expected it to last much longer than a year and a half (especially for the price). It is out of warranty & I'm stuck with it. An expensive disappointment. I'm glad I still have the original white Foreman grill I bought in 2000. It received heavier use for a longer period of time & is still in great condition.