Who uses a george foreman? Is it any good? Why? What model do you have?
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Thread: Who uses a george foreman?
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06-20-2008, 07:24 AM #1
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06-20-2008, 07:37 AM #5
i use one- its a bit on the small side, but it gets the job done. About all i cook on it is white meat chicken, and fish fillets- no breading, only dry seasonings.. Often i do this 3 times a day.
I'm happy with it, overall. I will let you know that you have to keep an eye on your chicken- if you overcook it, it gets tough. And the upper heating surface tends to get hotter than the lower one- probably because the heat from the lower one rises upwards and adds to the heat of the upper one- thats my guess, anyway. Oh, and the chicken will go from half done to completely done quickly, and to overdone even faster. so keep an eye on it!
I'm sure you could cook other meats, and veggies on it too, but i havn't had much experience with that.
I do plan to buy another one as soon as my current one wears out, and at the rate i'm going- it'll probably be by the end of the year.
One of the nice things i like about these grills is that once its cooked, you can look at the contents of the drip tray, and feel good that you're purposely bypassing the ingestion of all that unnecessary fat, not that theres that much on skinless chicken breats in the first place.
Untill i hit my plateau (damnit!) i was dropping a solid ten pounds of pure fat a month by using the foreman 3 times a day. Total, i've lost 50 pounds of body fat! thanks Georgie!
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06-20-2008, 07:48 AM #6
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06-20-2008, 09:53 AM #7
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I've got the smallest model, but I'm looking to upgrade soon. The teflon's wearing down on mine. I'll likely buy the larger model with removeable trays next time. I'm moving to my own place soon and I want to be able to grill without using the communal apartment bbq pits.
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06-20-2008, 09:59 AM #8
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I use one and LOVE it. I swear if I didn't have that thing I would starve to death. My apartment complex wont let us have real grills, but the Foreman is really fast, much easier to clean, and lets you see all the nastiness you AREN'T eating.
I use mine so much, some of the teflon is worn away on the bottom. I'm going to get a new one with the removable plates soon.
Oh yeah, if you get one, be sure to flip the food every couple of minutes or so. Even cooking gets you better taste and even doneness plus it looks better too).YGBSM
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06-21-2008, 08:31 AM #11
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i dont really like foremans, i feel like it makes my chicken breast too dry every time, and i take it off right when it cooks all the way through
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06-21-2008, 08:43 AM #12
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06-21-2008, 09:36 AM #14
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I have used them for several years . . . got the new one with the adjustable temp and removable plates last year for Xmas. Clean up is so much easier when you can remove the grills and scrub them in the sink (or run them through the dishwasher). I use mine all the time and think it's great.
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06-21-2008, 02:00 PM #20
i do have one but now I'd rather use a cast iron grill pan. i get a juicier chicken breast from it and I can get cris-cross grill marks on it and look like im grilling chicken like a pro!
plus you can control the temperature as apposed to just "on" like the gf grill.
I also have a george foreman rotisserie. you can make a good whole chicken with it.
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06-21-2008, 02:12 PM #21
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i'm not a fan of them...i had one a few years ago and detested it. made my chicken dry and tough. i'd rather cook my chicken in a pan on the stove on low heat to retain juice and flavor if i don't feel like going outside to the grill. besides, standing there to turn it every minute is lame, i have **** to do besides being a slave to my chickens. I tried a steak on it one time...flat out ruined it...tasted like it had been boiled.
if it happens to be your only option for cooking chicken...damn, i'm sorry. i mainly used mine to make some bombass sammiches because imo, that's all it's good for...holy crap i made some super tastey ones!!repback.com -
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06-21-2008, 03:31 PM #23
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I used to use one but didnt like the clean up. Now i use the gas grill, 89$ walmart for everything. Its very handy and takes about 15 minutes for all my meals for the whole week.
Steak, chicken, pork, turkey italian sausage. Zip lock it all then add veggies and you are in.
I love it. Strangely, I dude from Iraq told me how cool it is to cook everything on it."To be a warrior is not a simple matter of wishing to be one. It is rather an endless struggle that will go on to the very last moment of our lives. Nobody is born a warrior, in exactly the same way that nobody is born an average man. We make ourselves into one or the other."-- Carlos Castaneda
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06-21-2008, 03:32 PM #24
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06-21-2008, 04:44 PM #26
I haven't used it in a long time, but a little trick I've used that makes clean a ton easier is I place a peice of aluminum foil on both sides. Just remove and toss it out after. Makes clean up a breeze.
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