If you have a griddle you love and you wonder why you’d ever trade it in, you have to take a look at the Cuisinart Griddler Deluxe. This griddle doesn’t just make pancakes; it makes pancakes and bacon at the same time, sears steak, fries up a great burger, and makes the perfect panini. I tested out the Cuisinart Griddler Deluxe for two weeks, using it almost every day, and there’s nothing this griddle can’t handle. It also has a few convenient features that make it a go-to small appliance you will use every day.
Appearance and features of Cuisinart Griddler Deluxe
The Cuisinart Griddler Deluxe is a foldable grill. It has a 240-inch non-stick cooking surface and it weighs 7.48 kg.
- Gives you six ways to cook including contact grill, full griddle, full grill, half grill/half griddle, Panini press, and top melt
- Dual-zone temperature control so you can set the temperature for each side of the grill
- SearBlast button will sear your steak or crisp your bacon
- Family-sized grill makes pancakes and bacon or bacon and eggs at the same time
- Panini-press can be set by height so you can press down on your sandwich or just melt the top
- Grease trap catches all grease and is easy to clean
- Removable and reversible grill/griddle plates are dishwasher safe
Testing Cuisinart Griddler Deluxe
I’ve had the same griddle for at least 10 years, but I never thought much about upgrading it until I tried the Cuisinart Griddler Deluxe. I had no idea a griddle could have so many different functions, and I made use of them every day I was testing it.
Reversible grill plates
If you have a standard griddle the way I do, with a long flat surface, you wipe it clean before you put it away. If it becomes really dirty you will have to scrub at it to get it clean, and over the years it’s become more difficult to get it really clean as food accumulates in the gaps between the grill and the casing.
With the Cuisinart Griddler Deluxe, the grill plates are removable. You just press on the sides to pop them off. Even better? They are dishwasher safe so you don’t have to scrub at them.
Removing the plates means you can switch up how you cook. Instead of cooking bacon and eggs or pancakes on your griddle and having the bacon grease drip into your eggs, everything can be kept separate. You can have pancakes on one side, bacon and eggs on the other.
Different temperatures for both sides of the grill
You can adjust the heat on both sides of the grill, and this is a fantastic option if you’re cooking a family-sized brunch. Normally we cook pancakes on our griddle and bacon in a pan or in the oven. I could easily fit six medium-pancakes on one side of the Cuisinart Griddler Deluxe and 5 pieces of bacon on the other, and having them all cook together at the same time on the same grill meant that a full breakfast was served all at once instead of in stages. I love the adjustable temperature for both sides, because I tend to cook bacon at a higher heat than pancakes.
We cooked bacon at 375 to 400 and it came out perfect. We did try the sear function on the bacon because my son loves crispy bacon. He liked how it turned out, but you really have to watch over it while searing. SearBlast will turn up the temp to 500 for about 2 minutes, so if you’re not hovering you’ll end up with really crispy bacon.
I also loved how the surface of the Cuisinart Griddler Deluxe was very flat and level when it was extended into a full griddle. That meant the eggs I cooked didn’t leave a long trail of egg white the way my grill does when I cracked them right on the surface.
The Cuisinart Griddler Deluxe is not just for breakfast
If you only used the Cuisinart Griddler Deluxe for breakfast, you’d be missing out on some amazing lunches and dinners. It can sear steak to perfection, leaving those great grill lines on the meat, and it works just as well with chicken breast. I experimented with the flat grill surface and the griddle, turning SearBlast off and on depending on how far into the cooking process I was. I found I liked how the griddle would cook chicken, but the steak was pretty great on the flat surface too.
I think comes down to a matter of preference, but after using the Cuisinart Griddler Deluxe I feel like I’m a flat surface girl for burgers and a griddle for steak and chicken.
A better grease trap for easy cleanup
The grease trap on the Cuisinart Griddler Deluxe sits between the grills. While my own griddle has a grease trap, it’s attached to the appliance and sits at the front end. That makes clean up more difficult because you have to wipe an attached basket out. With the Cuisinart Griddler Deluxe, the grease trap fills up and you just slide it out and wipe it down. It’s a small convenience, but I love it.
Panini anyone?
The Cuisinart Griddler Deluxe makes Paninis so well my entire family is asking me to upgrade to this grill. I could make four small Panini or two large and one small Panini at the same time, so there was no waiting for grilled cheese. We got creative with our sandwiches too, so it was a fun family dinner.
You can adjust the top grill so it closes right down on your sandwich or micro-adjust it so you only get a light press. We propped it at up at the top spot for a top-melt sandwich and it was so good, with the bottom bread lightly toasted and top cheese melted.
Once you start making Panini with the Cuisinart Griddler Deluxe, you won’t want to stop. There are so many combinations, and because the grill is so large you can make a weeknight dinner in no time at all.
The sky’s the limit with the Cuisinart Griddler Deluxe
After so long with my long, flat griddle, the Cuisinart Griddler Deluxe has made me realize it’s way past time for an upgrade. I love the dual temperature options, the removable and reversible grill plates, and the adjustable Panini press options. I can’t believe I can say I love a grease trap, but it’s so nice to be able to pull off the trap and clean the grease out.
This griddle folds up for easy storage, heats up in a hurry, and is so versatile. My husband loved making weekend pancakes, eggs, and bacon on it, and the entire family has really enjoyed the Panini press.
If you’re looking for a grill/griddle upgrade, I can’t recommend the Cuisinart Griddler Deluxe enough. This great double-duty small appliance is available right now on Best Buy
Grilled cheese
tuna melts
Grilled cheese with bacon (cooked on the other side) Pork chops would be delicious and hamburgers
I’d try to make some korean seafood pancakes on the grill!
Shawarma
A nice rib steak with garlic toast! One machine to make both quick and easy.
The Cuisinart Griddler Deluxe would be so beneficial to me as there are seven people in my family and this would help with getting things done a lot faster and be able to create Paninis, cooking the meat the eggs the pancakes this will be a wonderful addition to my kitchen ❤️
I would like to try making french toast on it using baguettes. The griddle will make it cripsy.
We love Reuben sandwiches. I would be easy to and fast to whip up a couple of these.
Crispy bacon – With the Cuisinart Griddler Deluxe, the grease trap fills up and you just slide it out and wipe it down. It’s a small convenience, but I love it.
waffles
pancakes
I think it’d be fun for Tex-Mex food – warming tortillas, grilling veggies, putting a good seal on a bean burrito.
Scrambled egg, tomato, bacon and spinach grilled wrap
I’ve always loved pancakes.
pancakes
For making deluxe grilled cheese sandwiches.
I would love making pancakes with this!
For making pancakes
I would take this griddle on road trips or in the boat.
Pancakes, waffles and paninis would be my choice.
definitely some delicious pancakes!
I’d be grilling hamburgers
This would be great to make hamburgers!
I would be grilling some steaks!
I’ll be making kabobs!
Definitely all the components of Huevos Rancheros!
Love to grill some steaks.
Love to grill some peppers
I would grill burgers and griddle onions, mushrooms and peppers to go with it.
I would love to grill eggs and bacon
I would make my grilled paninis.
I think I would try to make a grilled cheese & ham sandwich in the new grill
I would prefer bacon & eggs and also like to try grilling breakfast sandwiches
I need this to make griddled hamburgers!
Breakfast is always an option, but the ability to grill hamburgers and chicken during a blizzard would be great!
I would love to make grilled breakfast sandwiches.
This would be great for making stuffed sandwiches! Meat and gooey cheese, yum.
A panini avocado.bacon and kagaroo meat
I would try steak and eggs
Ooo the possibilities … I would make avocado chicken Asiago cheese paninis
I would make a delicious steak sub with green and red peppers,onion and mushrooms topped with melted mozzarella and cheddar cheese.
I’d like to cook cuttlefish on the Cuisinart Griddler Deluxe. I haven’t had those in a long time. I also want to slice a head of lettuce in half and grill that up.
I would love to make grilled breakfast sandwiches.
I’d try a heated and pressed muffaletta sandwich first.
Would love to experiment with yummy cheese melt sandwiches! Thanks for the chance.
Would go all Canadian with peameal bacon sandwiches!
Bacon and eggs!
Cheese sandwiches and warming up my naan bread and rotis !
Grilled cheese and pancakes, all day long
Love Pannini and cheese burger
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