Made In Cookware Grill Press Carbon Steel Griddle

I love carbon steel. I have a skillet that I use regularly. I really prefer it to my cast iron because, while heavy, it is’t AS heavy as cast iron. I’ve been looking for something this size to use on my gas grill. While I have a large Blackstone, when its just my husband and me (minus kids and grands) it’s just too big to fire up. We have come to love a good smash burger with grilled Vidalia onions, so I went with this. Perfect size! Conducts heat very well. The edges are turned up to hold in grease and food. I will use this ALOT. Word to the wise. PLEASE read the accompanying card in the box. Although carbon steel is considered pre-seasoned, it really isn’t. Please treat it as you would cast iron. Give a very thin film of high heat oil like Canola. NO OLIVE OIL for seasoning. It won’t create the seal you want because of the lower heat point. I did top and bottom as well as handles. Make sure there is no pooled residual oil. Preheat oven to 450. Put a piece of foil on the rack underneath in case of a drip. Turn it upside down in the oven and wait an hour. Turn off oven and remove when cool. That’s it. If it doesn’t fit in your oven, do it on the grill with the foil directly underneath. As with cast iron, don’t let it soak in water. Don’t use soap. After cleaning, make sure its really really dry and give it a spray of PAM and rub it in lightly and store. Basically, just read the instructions. As to the imperfections mentioned by someone, I had no issue at all with rough edges. I have one set of “stretch marks” but they prepared you for that possibility on the enclosed card. Go for it

I just received my griddle. I was very excited for it and disappointed with the quality control based on the price they charge. The edges are sharp and unfinished it feels like. It’s noice and thick but I also received the griddle with blemishes. There were honestly about 5-6 blemishes but I didn’t feel like taking a picture of all of them. I have two pictures of examples of the sharp edges and one picture of a blemish on the cooking surface. I feel like for the price, this griddle should be higher quality on the edge finishing and better quality control on the finished product from blemishes. The box was undamaged so I doubt this happened in shipping. Other than these reasons, I would have given it a 5 star.

I love my Made In pans so I got this but it won’t fit in my PK360 and it won’t fit on my camp stove. It won’t fit in my super large sheet pan cabinet either. The handles are just too big.

It works well on our induction stove, taking care of it is easy, and it heats evenly for such a large surface. There are others that work a little better, but they’re several times the price and hard to come by, and they can’t withstand temperatures of 1000+.