3 Burner Portable Gas Plancha 7.5kW BBQ Griddle, Stainless Steel - DG22

It was a while back when on holiday in France that I was introduced to the delights of cooking upon a Plancha !! Before the bbq was religiously wheeled out every year to serve up the usual fare of chicken steak sausages and burgers!!With a little mastering I became relatively proficient at singing steaks and carbonising sausages!!! However, my brother in law then introduced me to the plancha!In essence the plancha is just a gas heated flat plate…. However, it does allow you to add a little more refinement to the out door dining experience. We now cook a multitude of different dishes from mussels and fish to fresh vegetables… even the occasional early morning summer cooked breakfast.Using your new plancha adds an extra dimension to your out door cooking experience. The bbq is still a family favourite however, the plancha now runs a very close second!!To conclude this particular Plancha is robustly build and exudes an air of quality. The gas controls are ergonomically placed and easy to read, whilst the plate its self transfers heat evenly . It is also a breeze to clean !! Overall money very well spent . I hope you enjoy using one as much as we do!!!

Brought this to see the difference between normal bbq's...i have to say it is brilliant and i am preferring this over the conventional bbq..easy to cook with and results were excellent. Also very easy for cleaning...just the griddle not the whole thing as you would have to do if done properly with ordinary bbq. Good build quality..easy set up..wants me to bbq more

On balance, this is a great product. The cooking surface is huge, and the controls are simple and effective. In initial tests, it was really easy to cook on. The cooking surface is enamel, which means 7/10 for non-stick, but 11/10 for durability. The drip tray works really well. I'd be happy with this in my kitchen.So why only four stars? Several reasons:First, when I set it up in the kitchen, it was really easy to cook on. The plate came up to temperature (180 degrees) in just a few minutes, and the food cooked really well. But outdoors, with only a little wind, the burners didn't burn properly and the temperature didn't rise much above about 90. In order to cook effectively, I bought some windshields and set them up around the stove, and all was well. It would have been nicer, though, if the design had been able to suppress the wind blowing through it.Second, the cooking plate comes up to temperature evenly across the surface. In one way, that's a good thing, but when cooking, often you want to move things to one side once they're cooked while other things finish. Even with two burners switched off, the whole plate stayed hot, and I burned the bacon long before the sausages were done! To fix that, I've got a raised rack to keep the cooked food lifted off the plate. I'd have paid a little extra for something like that to have ben included in the box!Next, it's heavy! Actually: the bottom, stove part is light and easy to carry, but the cooking plate is really heavy. Not only that, it comprises two parts bolted together: the plate itself, and a (much thinner, and delicate) diffuser on the back. The box it comes in isn't really suitable for transporting it - it's hard to get through doorways, the assembled stove doesn't fit in the box properly, (though you can invert the plate on top of the stove: it fits - just about!), and it has to lie flat in the car. Without the styrofoam (which, of course, falls to bits as soon as you unpack it a few times, and is no use when the stove is assembled) the stove rattles around in the box. That means: it's definitely a two-person lift every time.When the parts are separated, they are much easier to handle. It would have been nice if the packaging were designed to be durable and useful - storing the parts separate and securely. As it is, I'm making some bags (one for each of the stove and the plate) to carry the parts in.So, overall, the product is well-made, and works very well when conditions are perfect. I just needed to buy and make a few extra bits to make it work well (see the attached image). Having done that, I was very happy with the product (as are the members of my archery club, who are now being fed at every meeting).

This has now become my alternative to my BBQ for outdoor cooking as it is sooooo easy to use and produces great smashed burgers, sausages, chicken, fried rice, and even a full English!The plancha came extremely well packaged with really easy to follow instructions, so took minutes to get up and running, which allowed me to season within the hour and start cooking quickly.I purchased an Outdoor Sunny table that fits the 4 burner perfectly, so all ready for the summer months ahead!I would highly recommend this product for anyone looking for a plancha.

Very good piece of kit !!

Used twice. First time great. Second time a bit windy and it really impacted performance. Just a little wind is enough to flatten out the flames and the grill doesn’t heat up sufficiently to cook properly.