Hi All, I see that Aldi are offering a compact 2 portion grill for £12.99. Has anyone used one, and are they any good and easy to clean? Also, what amperage do they require? We're off to France soon, and although I've requested (and paid for) 16amp pitches, will it blow the fuses? Any advice welcome (as always).
Not suitable for EHU. We tried one and it caused an overload and the EHU heated up and melted!We then worked out the Amps and it was too high and its been relegated to the house!
We have one too, no probs with anything blowing. We do play safe though and don’t usually run much else when it’s on. It’s fairly low watts if I recall, as already mentioned.
It depends on how big you like your portions, we bought one and found it was too small to cook for two people at once, ok for a couple of bacon sarnies, or 2 burgers, but not much else. We have now invested in a larger one, and as most of the sites we visit are at least 10amps, it works fine.
We tried one of the George Forman Grills with detachable plates that just wash up in the sink, but found it to be less efficient than a fixed plate model. We use the non stick Bacofoil to line the plated area of our George Forman grill using one sheet to form an envelope with the fold facing the rear hingeside, it saves a heck of a lot of cleaning afterwards, and the non stick foil peals off the food easily.
Best bit of camp cooking equipment recently acquired after advice from another UKCS member on here was an Airfryer, the type without the stiring action, We cook and bake all sorts of foods in ours, and it makes lovely chips and roasts too. We bought ours from Argos with a 5ltr capacity for £129, Large enough to cook a full English for two, or a whole chicken, or bake a family sized pie from Frozen. Makes crispy Scampi and fish fingers, even bakes the Greggs frozen sausage rolls and filled slices available in Iceland stores to perfection.
Easy to clean too, both the outer bowl and basket can be washed up easily, even in a dishwasher if at home.
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we have the large forman with the up and over grill to the left and flat surface for eggs to the right. two on off knobs one for each side. we use it in our caravan no problem what so ever both on level 3 cooking a full English. and that was on a 10 amp site. if it overloads then your braker box should trip. never had an issue
We have used on on sites in France and Spain where the amp is only 6amp. We also have an air con on the caravan and switch it to fan only while using the Foreman. On sites with 6amp or less we obviously use gas for heating the water and running the fridge.
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Topic: George Foreman Grill
