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Indoor Grills Review, Best Cheap Electric Grills, George Foreman Grills

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Indoor Grills Review, Best Cheap Electric Grills, George Foreman Grills
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Cheap Indoor Electric Grills / George Foreman Grills Buying Guide
Ever since George Foreman launched his infamous infomercials in 1994, indoor electric grills have enjoyed pride of place in modern American kitchens. They might not deliver the taste or experiential pleasure you get when grilling over an open flame, but they offer some definite advantages: a convenient alternative to an outdoor BBQ, a frugal stand-in for a full-sized broiler, and a healthy substitute for indoor cooking methods that are messier and generally more fattening.

George Foreman Grills (and Salton, their distributor) dominate the indoor grill market, which is also populated by models produced by DeLonghi, Hamilton Beach, Cuisinart, Sunbeam, and Sanyo, among others. Prices range along a wide spectrum, starting at about $15 for a small sandwich/panini press and climbing to $150 or so for a high-end grill that might offer features like a nonstick cooking surface made of bronze, stainless steel components, variable heat, and the ability to prepare breakfast, lunch, or dinner on one small appliance; the Cuisinart Griddler GR-4 (starting at $115, Amazon), for example, functions as an open grill and a double-sided contact grill, a panini press, and a griddle.
Cheap indoor electric grills may be a lot more basic than their fancier cousins but they produce foodstuffs that are no less appetizing. To help you decide which low-cost electric grill to fire up, we've prepared a rundown of features you want to have and an assessment of how budget models perform.

Indoor Grills Features
Cheap Indoor Electric Grills Type. The vast majority of cheap indoor grills fall into one of two categories. Contact grills have two surfaces that close around and cook the food from both sides at once and often feature hinges that "float" to adjust to the thickness of whatever is being grilled. Open grills have a single cooking surface, which means the food must be manually flipped part way through the cooking process. Cheap contact grills include the George Foreman GRP4 Next Grilleration (starting at $50, Amazon) and George Foreman GR10B Champ (starting at $20, Amazon), and the Hamilton Beach 25219 (starting at $30, Amazon). Sanyo makes several inexpensive open grills, including the HPS-SG3 (starting at $40, Amazon), the HPS-SG2 (starting at $35, Amazon), and the HPS-SG4 (starting at $50, Amazon).
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Each type of grill has its pluses and minuses. Contact grills tend to warm up faster than open grills -- approximately three to six minutes compared to 10 to 15 minutes with an open grill. Budget contact grills also cook faster and generally take up less counter and storage space than open grills. An open grill, however, produces clearer grill marks and does a better job cooking thicker fare (you know that 1