Blackstone or Similar Griddles

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I have been thinking about one of these. I do a lot of grilling and cooking on my Weber and I'm not sure just how much use I would get out of it.

Tell me what you have and what you like and don't like about it.
 
I forget the size, maybe 17"? It's a Blackstone.

I bought it mostly to take to campgrounds, but find myself using it here quite a bit.

Likes? I can cook just about anything on it, as long as I want it "griddled." Meats, veggies, fruits, grated cheese, etc.

Dislikes.. Cleaning it.

A deer backstrap from a few days ago:

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No flare-ups, can cook veggies, steaks, skrimps and chicken!! My go to for outdoor cooking. I have a 22" blackstone with 2 knobs for heat control.
 
Mine is incredibly easy to clean so I don't know why @kcult is having an issue. I seasoned mine like cast iron and I can just use water to clean it while hot. I also always keep mine oiled with peanut oil.

It's not the level of difficulty. It's the act.

I dislike watching dishes after eating. I dislike sweeping the driveway after cutting grass. I dislike cleaning the griddle after cooking.

I do it, but I dislike it. I'm just that kind of guy.
 
A little off topic, but after cooking on a grate over my fire pit I started researching all kind of grills. I cook over coals up in the mountains using a cast iron camping grill a lot. My BGE is getting long in the tooth and a new pellet is inbound. So I was thinking of a good compliment to the pellet grill. Been looking at Santa Maria style grills. With one of those you can either buy a cast iron rectangular skillet for one side or use your own cast iron skillet over the coals. And with the hand crank you can adjust height and heat. Probably overkill for what you are thinking, but go big or go home works well for me.
 
I've got the 28" I use as a home grill. Love being able to cook anything I want on,eggs pancakes veggies etc on it but as kcult said the cleaning is at time a pain in the a**. Make sure you season it good (I used bacon grease) before you cook on it.Sometimes it takes two or three times .
 
You've seen and eaten offa RS's. She loves it. We had bacon, sausage, pancakes, and eggs Sunday.

18x29 Blackstone 2 burner.
I musta been too late for that.
 
I just had a 16"x32" x3/8" steel plate cut, polished and sides welded to 3 sides to go on top of my 2 burner "fish cooker". I just got it back yesterday from the boy welding it together. We'll see how it does here shortly.

One thing that I'll have to have fixed, I didn't put handles on it and the dang thing is heavy!!!!
 
I just had a 16"x32" x3/8" steel plate cut, polished and sides welded to 3 sides to go on top of my 2 burner "fish cooker". I just got it back yesterday from the boy welding it together. We'll see how it does here shortly.

One thing that I'll have to have fixed, I didn't put handles on it and the dang thing is heavy!!!!

Pics? Sounds like something I would like to have!
 
I just had a 16"x32" x3/8" steel plate cut, polished and sides welded to 3 sides to go on top of my 2 burner "fish cooker". I just got it back yesterday from the boy welding it together. We'll see how it does here shortly.

One thing that I'll have to have fixed, I didn't put handles on it and the dang thing is heavy!!!!

Heavy is a good thing. It should hold some heat for you.
 
I recently picked up a Camp Chef Versatop 2. It's 16 x 24. I'm in love. I picked this one because of the size and you can remove the griddle and add a grill box. We have our camper and use it frequently so I figured this would fit in nicely. It's frickin' heavy. I also got a hose that I can hook it right to the camper.

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I'm not sure how to go about a baked tater on a griddle.
 
Naw never baked a tater on mine. Made some pancakes that were tasty tho!
 
I'm not sure how to go about a baked tater on a griddle.
Easy,
*Cube washed tater
*Dice onions
*Mince Garlic
*Oil griddle
*Dump Onions onto griddle & add salt
*Dump taters onto griddle and add salt
*Stir together until well fried
*Enjoy!!

See baked taters on griddle! :rolleyes:
 
Only used it one time and it did well. For some reason my burners were not working correctly. it does need a grease catch on the front. I'll have to have the fab shop build me one.
Better if you put it on the back so your not moving hot grease etc... towards you when your cleaning.;)
 
I recently picked up a Camp Chef Versatop 2. It's 16 x 24. I'm in love. I picked this one because of the size and you can remove the griddle and add a grill box. We have our camper and use it frequently so I figured this would fit in nicely. It's frickin' heavy. I also got a hose that I can hook it right to the camper.

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Is that a teflon cooktop?
 
Is that a teflon cooktop?

It's cast iron. Camp Chef preseasons it. It was good to go out of the box.

A couple of my buddies that have Blackstone griddles. One seasoned his with canola and the other one used safflower oil (I think).
 
I'll update, as well. I seasoned the griddle and then cooked 3 meals on it. I decided that my Weber charcoal grills were much more versatile than the griddle. I traded the Blackstone to my brother and he uses it when he's camping.
 
I just cooked bacon and scrambled eggs on mine this morning.

The negative was not recovering the bacon grease. :(
 
Figured I’d update myself.

I pulled the trigger on the 36” Blackstone griddle and added a soft cover and one of their accessory sets, should deliver next Tuesday
I bought the 36'' at Walmart on clearance about a month ago for $97. one knob was broken. A call to Blackstone and 3 days later I had one at no charge

I've used it almost daily since. cleaning is a breeze with ice water while hot

Season it like the book says. I seasoned mine 2x over 2 days Works perfectly.
 
Bought the adventure model couple months back on sale, love it. Smash burgers on this are the best!

Also made breakfast (pancakes, eggs, taters), and its nice cooking everything on one cooktop.

Next i want to try Mongolian and fried rice
 
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Can they get hot enough to work like a hibachi?
 
I just got mine last weekend . I love it t.Tonight I cooked some potatoes ,onions and cauliflower. Also some asparagus ,2 16 oz Ribeyes and a pound of scallops. That was out of the world good. . The pic I'm posting was Saturday night. Potatoes and carrots . squash , zucchini and onions, green and yellow bell peppers and some IMG_20200502_162548223_HDR.jpg
 
This one has 4 burners so you can have4 heat cooking zones Cooks like a hibachi grill . Next weekend I'm going to do some fried rice , zucchini,squash and onions and some steak and chicken. I love this damn thing.This shows how many things you can cook and how many at a time. mine is a Blackstone.IMG_20200507_221019402.jpg
 
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