How is the heat distribution? I have a cast iron griddle but I can only use the spots directly above the burner.
1139170
it is excellent. good heat distribution and excellent non stick, provided you "maintain" the surface. It will not ware out after years, and years, and years, and years, and years, and years of use.
1139171
I have used it on a small burner...I do get a "hot-spot". To mitigate the problem, I move the pan slowly in a circle over the burner, to widen the hot spot. That worked well for me.The fact that the pan retains heat well works to our advantage here.Hope this helps.
1139172
It's ok. I use an electric stove top and I get a hot spot in the middle of the crepe. But they still turn out great.
1139173
I have a gas stove and have used no hotter than medium heat. It definitely dispersed heat evenly. My food was evenly cooked.
949323
I can only tell you, I tried to set it on warm and sometime it would work. I melted the end of a spatula on warm. I returned it to the the mfr. and it was replaced with a same griddle with a black cooking surface that works fine. I am sure that the first one was defective and based on comments I have seen, it's not the only one!
1018443
I don't know how scientific this is but using my Ray-Tek MiniTemp Laser and waiting 10 minutes for the WARM setting to stabilize, I checked the surface temperature at various places on the griddle as soon as the light went OUT. As high as 220 near the probe (SW) to 215 NW corner to 216 NE corner to 210 SE corner to 198 in the middle. Again, this is NOT very scientific but it should give you some idea.
1221067
We use a scraper and scrape the griddle lightly before each use. The high heat pretty much burns off everything. I've never had to remove to clean. We've owned it for awhile now and it permanently stays on one side of our grill. It's the BEST purchase for our Weber we have ever made! We even purchased one for my father in law, and he loves it! Hope this helps!
948480
I returned this item, and much of the reason was the problem you're having, so unfortunately I don't know of an answer to your question. I really need to know precise temperatures for a griddle.
2257562
I used a two burner griddle on it this past weekend, with the gridle pretty uch covering the whole cooktop. The first day everything went fine. The second day not so much. I must have had the heat higher on the second morning because after I finished cooking and removed the griddle, I saw the grill surface had a 3 inch round sunken/melted portion. I was not happy, but it was my fault. The instuctions caution against this very usage. The grill is probably still usable , but I may get a new one anyway if I can find one. I see they actually have a griddle surface that replaces the grill as well. I do think a pot would be okay, but it might not heat as well on the grill part as the burner part. I used a two burner griddle on it this past weekend, with the gridle pretty uch covering the whole cooktop. The first day everything went fine. The second day not so much. I must have had the heat higher on the second morning because after I finished cooking and removed the griddle, I saw the grill surface had a 3 inch round sunken/melted portion. I was not happy, but it was my fault. The instuctions caution against this very usage. The grill is probably still usable , but I may get a new one anyway if I can find one. I see they actually have a griddle surface that replaces the grill as... » Read More I used a two burner griddle on it this past weekend, with the gridle pretty uch covering the whole cooktop. The first day everything went fine. The second day not so much. I must have had the heat higher on the second morning because after I finished cooking and removed the griddle, I saw the grill surface had a 3 inch round sunken/melted portion. I was not happy, but it was my fault. The instuctions caution against this very usage. The grill is probably still usable , but I may get a new one anyway if I can find one. I see they actually have a griddle surface that replaces the grill as well. I do think a pot would be okay, but it might not heat as well on the grill part as the burner part. « Show Less
1970316
I think I have the same skillet and I use it with no problems. A good pan like the All Clad should radiate the heat all over the pan's surface.
938430
We have a gas fired cooktop. We place the griddle on the grates right over the burners. There are no legs. My wife's comment is "I love that thing". It is somewhat heavy so you have to consider where you will store it.
583218
I own one and use it on direct heat over gas burners. Due to its size, it warps leaving me with one side lifted from the flame while the other side is spot on. Although it 'will do' for me as i can turn the flame up higher on the warped side, i do not believe that it will be as cooperative on a flat induction cooktop. I am currently looking for a cast iron griddle which i believe will maintain its shape a lot better.
905152
Actually I've only had it now for a month. I installed it myself - fairly easy and it came with everything I needed including a new regulator. As some reviewers noted, the grate does sit a bit high, but the flame is much hotter than my old standard GE cooktop, and the center 3-ring burner gets really hot - works well on my wok. The griddle is a nice touch and works as expected (the specialized burner control is handy), but it's a bit of a storage challenge. It's a good thing we have lots of storage in our kitchen. So far, so good.
575203
That's where I use mine: I Pre-heat with both(or all) burners on high. Prep the pie in the iron. Put the iron on the rack directly over one of the burners, close the lid, reduce that burner to medium. I bake it that way 5 min per side. You'll have to adjust your technique to fit your grill. Mine is a very small grill.
39301
I have electric grill. Love it. Haven't got to use griddle yet. However, don't know why not ( ?)
1032716
No, mind did not. Maybe you are using to high of heat. As per the manufacturer, you should only use medium heat on the griddle
1793340
Or medium low. I never put diffuser on really hot burner. Started it sort of low then, only if necessry raised the heat gently. Maybe thats why it never wArped; much like cast iron fry pan i thought it sould heat gradually (especially since it held no "liquid". Does that help? Loved it. Also used to keep glass teapot warm on stove
1940237
It is cast iron, so yes it would be just like a cast iron frying pan, but the burner would only cover part of it so the heat distribution might not be the best.
2003713
I would think if you have the burners turned up it should reach that temp. I have not done this but there is a possibility the steel will sag if you keep doing this. Cast Iron would be best for this application.
1240691
Absolutely, that's what I have in my house - it distributes the burner heat well despite the different front/back burner sizes. Only think I haven't tried yet, is putting it on the Weber to smoke chicken thighs, but it's coming soon!