Electric Grills?

[OakLeaf]

I wonder if anyone has a stovetop gas grill. I have one embedded into my stove but truly hesitate to use it. For fear/hassle of splattering oils, grease all over the kitchen wall, stovetop, etc.

We have a standalone cast iron griddle that sits over a burner on our gas stove. Sure it spatters some when DH overdoes it with the olive oil, but if you take the same precautions you would when you fry on any other surface, the spatter doesn't go any farther than the stovetop and adjacent counter.

Added benefit to gas: if the power's out, you have a way to heat water/cook if needed (we now have a gas stove, but haven't always).

We made good use of our little camp stove last week! And having broken it out of the storage tub, we continued to use it for those few super hot days we had after the power came back. We have a gas stove, but without electric to power the range hood, there's no way to vent the exhaust (primarily NOx and nevermind the heat in the summer).


@Malkin, I keep thinking about a solar oven. How do you like yours? Do you feel the durability/efficiency is enough to justify the price over a homemade one?


Can't help with an electric grill, sorry.