down home wrote:
Wife said she wanted one rather than a grill. Well..it get little use cooks like any skillet. The wood pellet ...
For me, grill and griddle serve two entirely different purposes. I don't fry in my sauce pans and I don't usually heat soup in my skillets. I understand that some may seem them as interchangeable. I also realize that many would find it unthinkable to have both a grill and a griddle. Blackstone does have a grill/griddle combo, but I don't have any experience with it. Personally, I think I would rather have more portable units of each type for the RV.
So, why a griddle? I can't get the pancake batter and eggs to stay above the grill ;). Seriously though, I've found trying to use grill toppers to be cumbersome and hard to control the heat. For many griddle uses, you can achieve the same objective with an electric griddle or an electric skillet. I'v used an electric skillet for years in the RV because its light weight, heats evenly, is non stick, and is portable. However, for some things, like hibachi, there is no substitute for a steel flat top griddle. Plus it doesn't really look all that "cool"/manly to be using your electric skillet on the picnic table.
Why a grill? As Burger King used to say: it's flame kissed. I prefer burgers and steaks to be flame grilled.
I tend to think of pellet grills more as smokers than grills. I have owned gas smokers and I've owned a Traeger pellet grill. I finally gave my Traeger to my son and went back to a gas smoker because I finally found one had a thermostat. There were a lot of things I liked about the pellet grill, but one annoying thing. Again, I used it as a smoker which means long sessions. Anytime the power would flicker, the controller would lose its place and start over feeding the pellets which would cause it to fill the burner and smoke like crazy until, if left unchecked, the burner full of pellets flashed over with an enormous fireball.
