It’s equipped with two reversible, easy to snap in, non-stick cooking plates ( which are PFOA-free) with flat griddles on one side and ridged grills on the other.Īnd while the tradeoff here is usually surface area (you often lose a significant amount of cooking real estate where the plates connect), the transition is nearly seamless.

Meeting (and in some cases exceeding) our basic expectations for an electric griddle, the Hamilton Beach has a series of notable special features, which catapulted it right to the top of our list.

Maximum temperature: 425 degrees Fahrenheit.

More importantly, they can quickly and evenly cook up lots of food all at once.Īnd while they come in a range of prices, most are a great value, like our top picks, the Hamilton Beach 3-in-1 Electric Smokeless Indoor Grill and GriddleĪnd the Black and Decker Family-Sized Electric Griddle( available at Amazon). These flat appliances free up your stovetop (unlike the cast iron versions, which actually sit on top of a stove’s burners), and can be plugged into any wall socket in your kitchen (or wherever you prefer to cook your meal). Have you ever tried preparing pancakes for your family and serving everyone at once without half the stack getting cold? Or attempted to flip a fried egg, only to struggle to fit the spatula around the curved dome of a pan? Or create crispy sizzling bacon without grease puddling at the bottom, bathing your food in fat? Then chances are you haven’t tried making breakfast using an electric griddle.

Electric flat top grill