Small George Foreman Grill on Inverter

BFL13 wrote:
Got one of these as a gift to use in MH but dubious about electrical draw off-grid to cook something. Anybody have any experience with these? (This is about battery draw, but also cooking times, to get expected AH, so not in cooking forum.)

https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/george-foreman-2-serving-classic-plate-electric-indoor-grill-and-panini-press/6000100424115

So far, I put it on inverter in MH, Kill-A-Watt, and Trimetric to show what it does, not cooking anything.

Before voltage 117.8, after starting the grill got:
116v, 5.78a, 670w, PF 1.0, and DC draw 65 amps.

Took about two minutes to heat up, light went out and amps dropped to 1.8a draw. Sat like that for a while then light came back on, amps back to 65 amps. Only stayed on briefly, then back off for a time, repeating. Most of the time it was off between short hits of power.

After approx. 10 minutes AH 4.64. I watched a couple of youttubes and they said more like 15 minutes being typical to cook something.

So it cycles but might act different (more time power on?) with food in it? Anybody know what to expect there?

BTW, it has that grease drip tray, but then what to do with the grease/water in that while RVing? I am thinking have an empty jam bottle (with a lid) to pour it in, and then when that fills up, put the bottle in the garbage?

Hmmm ... that great appliance gift you received sounds like a start-up-the-genny-briefly appliance to me ... just like with a microwave!

(Just kidding -> I realize that you have a large battery bank and inverter setup in your rig for off-grid and off-generator camping.)

BTW, I use a little propane Weber grill when we're camping and so far have paid no attention to what happens to any grease from it. There's no grease under it on the table after using it ... I wonder where the grease has been going all these years?