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• When the food is cooked use the handle to open the lid. Remove the food
with the help of a heat-resistant plastic or wooden spatula. Never use
metal tongs or a knife as these can cause damage to the non-stick coating
of the cook plates.
NOTE: The ribs on the grill plates combined with the grease spout at the
corner of the plate allow the grease to drip from the meat and drain off the
plates.
Cooking with less fat
• If you want to cook with less fat, you
can get rid of the excess cooking fat
by using the slanted feet at the back of
the appliance. Simply grasp the foot
extenders located on the 2 back legs
of the unit and pivot them out toward
the back of unit. This will provide the
contact grid with a slope that will help
channel the extra fat near the front
edge of the cooking plate, and towards
the fat collecting tray. (See Figure 1)
To Use as a Panini Press
Use the Panini/Grill as a Panini Press to grill sandwiches, breads and
quesadillas.
• Set the Panini/Grill Temperature Control to your desired setting. At
fi rst, try a medium setting (temperature setting midway between MIN
and MAX). You may later adjust it lower or higher according to your
preference.
• Prepare the sandwiches and place them onto the bottom cooking plate. Always
place the sandwiches towards the rear of the bottom cooking plate fi rst.
• Close the top cooking plate, which has a fl oating hinge that is designed to
evenly press down on the sandwich. The top plate must be fully lowered to
cook sandwiches.
• Cook for about 3 to 6 minutes or until golden brown, adjusting the time to
suit your own individual taste.
• When the sandwich is cooked, use the handle to open the lid. Remove
the sandwich with the help of a heat-resistant plastic or wooden spatula.
Never use metal tongs or a knife as these can cause damage to the non-
stick coating of the cook plates.
• To ensure proper and uniform grilling, when cooking more than one food
item in the grill, it is important for the thickness of all food items to be
consistent, so that the cover will close evenly on the food.
To Use as an Open grill or a griddle
Use the Panini/Grill as an open grill to cook
burgers, steak, poultry (we do not recommend
cooking chicken parts with bones, since they
would not cook evenly on an open grill), fish
and vegetables.
NOTE: First make sure the foot extenders are
not in the extended position.
• Put the grill on a clean fl at surface where
you intend to cook in the fl at position.
• With your left hand on the handle, use your
right hand to slide the grill/griddle release
switch toward you, towards the handle
(See Figure 2). Push the handle back until the cover rests fl at on the
counter. The unit will stay in this position until you lift the handle and
cover to return it to the closed position.
• The upper plate/cover is now level with lower plate/base. The upper and
lower plates line up to create one large cooking surface.
• Cooking on the open grill is the most versatile method of using the Panini/
Grill. In the open position, you have double the surface area for grilling.
• You can use 2 fat collecting trays in this confi guration, one per plate.
NOTE: When using in the open grill position it is important to make sure that
the upper and lower plates are both in the level position before plugging in and
turning on the unit. If the upper plate does not sit completely fl at, carefully
hold the bottom plate with one hand and push down on the outer portion of
the upper plate until the upper and lower plates line up to create one large
cooking surface (See Figure 3).
Figure 3
• Plug in the unit and set to the desired temperature. You are now ready to
start grilling.
Figure 2
Figure 1
