West Bend 6111 Heart Smart Indoor Grill, Black

Product Features

• Ribbed grilling surface to drain grease
• Solid area to grill vegetables, pancakes or keeping grilled foods warm
• Virtually smokeless - add water to interior water level markings
• Dishwasher safe grill surface and drip tray
• Glass cover & heat resistant handles

From the Editors

Heart Smart¿ Indoor Grill. Cooking surface has a ribbed area to drain grease for low-fat grilling, Plus a solid area to grill vegetables, pancakes or keeping grilled foods warm. Virtually smokeless grilling - add water to interior water level markings. Dishwasher safe grill surface and drip tray. Non-stick 15" x 11" grilling surface. Glass cover and heat resistant handles.
Product Description

Customer Response

Returned it.
This looked like a well made product, but when it arrived I saw that it was bulkier and heavier than I expected (tho the wgt and dimensions were correct in the product description.) so I returned it unused because I thought it would be difficult to store and set up for the few times we would use it.

Best Appliance I ever Bought
I purchased this indoor grill about a week ago and it came so quickly. I used my grill the very next day and cooked a rib-eye steak. It came out great! The next day I used it to grill Lime-cilantro srimp skewers and they came out perfect. I used it again for breakfast. I can't wait to use it again. I don't think I will ever grill outside again.

Good machine
This is a good grill because of the lid. Most indoor grills do not have lids.
The only thing I do not like is that it is hard to clean by hand because of the small holes in the gill plate.
It has to be put in the dish washer.

Best Indoor Grill
I purchased the West Bend indoor grill after months of researching all the grills available. The West Bend indoor grill was by far the best choice and does not disappoint! I like it so much I ordered a 2nd one for my daughter and she is very pleased with it also.

Slow and Hard To Clean
After reading the reviews, I had high hopes for this grill. I mainly wanted to be able to grill veggies during the months when it is too cold to be outside, plus veggie burgers, etc. If I had used it sooner, I'd probably have sent it back.

The grill takes a good 10 minutes to heat up properly. Once heated, most of the grill is consistently hot but there are still cold spots. Food needs to be moved around. Cooking times are way longer than one would expect with a grill. In a way, this is problematic, but it also allows you to cook things with less likelihood of burning them. I don't eat meat, so can't say how long something temperature critical like chicken might take.

The griddle side heats much more evenly and cooks more consistently, but also much more quickly. You can easily do things like sauteed mushrooms on the side for one or two people, fry sausages, and that sort of thing.

The water tray underneath does go a long way towards eliminating smoke in the house.

The two major drawbacks are

1) the size. It is far larger than it needs to be to support the cooking area it has. This thing is huge.
2) Cleaning. The dishwasher does not clean it, and you can plan on doing a lot of scrubbing unless you brush it clean while it is still hot. If the grill cools before cleaning, it is nearly impossible to clean. It may be dishwasher safe, but it doesn't come clean in the dishwasher.

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