Cuisinart GR-5BP1 User Manual - Page 6

THE GRIDDLER® FIVE DOES IT ALL The Griddler® Five is the ultimate kitchen appliance, offering you five separate cooking options. Simply flip the reversible cooking plates and adjust the hinge to use as a contact grill, panini press, full grill, full griddle, or half grill/half griddle. See Assembly Instructions and Operating Instructions. Contact Grill Use the Griddler® Five as a Contact Grill to cook burgers, boneless pieces of meat and thin cuts of meat and vegetables. The Contact Grill function works best when you want to cook something in a short amount of time or when you are looking for a healthy method of grilling. When cooked on the Contact Grill, food will cook quickly because you are grilling both sides of the food at the same time. The ribs on the grill side of the plates, combined with the grease spout at the rear of the plate, allow the grease to drip from the meat and drain off the plates. When the Griddler® Five is used as a Contact Grill, the grill side of both plates is recommended. Rest the cover evenly on top of the food until it has reached the desired, cooked temperature. The Griddler® Five was designed with a unique handle and hinge that allow the cover to adjust to the thickness of the food. You can easily grill anything from a thinly sliced potato to a thick sirloin steak with even results. When cooking more than one food item in the Contact Grill, it is important that the thickness of each food item is consistent so the cover will close evenly on the food. Panini Press Use the Griddler® Five as a Panini Press to grill sandwiches, breads and quesadillas. The word panini is Italian for grilled sandwiches. Panini can include any combination of ingredients, such as vegetables, meat and cheese layered between two pieces of fresh-baked bread. The sandwich is then pressed between two grill or griddle plates to toast the bread and warm the sandwich. Experiment to make a variety of savory or sweet sandwiches for any meal. We recommend using fresh-baked bread to produce the best-tasting panini. Popular breads used for panini are focaccia (a flat bread frequently baked with rosemary, salt and onion on top), ciabatta (a rectangular bread with a slightly domed crust) and thick slices of classic Italian bread. But any type of sliced bread or roll can be used to make a great panini! When the Griddler® Five is used as a Panini Press, the grill side of both plates is recommended. We recommend the grill side of the plates because traditionalstyle panini sandwiches have grill marks on the bread. However, depending upon the type of sandwich you are preparing, you may wish to use the griddle side of the plates or any combination of the two. The Griddler® Five functions as a Panini Press in the same manner that it functions as a Contact Grill. The Griddler® Five was designed with a unique handle and hinge that allow the cover to adjust to the thickness of the sandwich you are preparing, and to rest there evenly. Light pressure can be applied to the handle to press and heat the sandwich to your liking. When cooking two or more panini, it is important that the thickness of the sandwiches is consistent, so the cover will close evenly on the panini. Full Grill Use the Griddler® Five as a Full Grill to cook burgers, steak, poultry (we do not recommend cooking bone-in chicken, since it does not cook evenly on a Full Grill), fish and vegetables. 6