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BEfORE THE
fIRST USE
Remove all packaging materials and any
promotional labels or stickers from your
grill. Be sure all parts (listed under
parts
and features
) of your new appliance
have been included before discarding any
packaging materials. You may want to
keep the box and packing materials for
use at a later date.
Before using your Cuisinart
®
Griddler
Gourmet
®
for the first time, remove any
dust from shipping by wiping the base,
cover and controls with a damp cloth.
Thoroughly clean cooking plates, drip tray
and cleaning/scraping tool. The plates,
drip tray and cleaning/scraping tool are
dishwasher safe. Refer to
assembly
Instructions
for plate removal.
THE GRIDDLER
GOURmET
®
DOES IT aLL
The Griddler
Gourmet
®
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
Gourmet
®
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 Gourmet
®
is used as a
Contact Grill
,
the grill side of the plates is
recommended. Rest the cover evenly on
top of the food until it has reached the
desired cooked temperature.
The Griddler Gourmet
®
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 food items is consistent so
the cover will close evenly on the food.
panini press
Use the Griddler
Gourmet
®
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), michetta (a small
round roll with a crisp crust), ciabatta (a
rectangular bread with a slightly domed
crust) and thick slices of classic Italian
bread.
When the Griddler Gourmet
®
is used as a
Panini Press, the grill side of the plates is
recommended. We recommend the grill
side of the plates because traditional-
style 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.
