Even though I cooked the food over every part of the cooktop, it all cooked evenly, and none of the sticky sauces burnt onto the surface. A simple scraper pulled all the leftovers into the grease trap, leaving me to wipe it down with a wet cloth to clean it. Blackstone
propane-powered grills feature a flat top griddle crafted from a solid piece of heavy, cold-rolled steel that heats consistently and evenly. Shop our selection and bring indoor culinary capabilities outside with a restaurant-style Blackstone cooking surface.
While the recipe doesn’t take much work or time, we really encourage making the rice a day ahead. That way the gochujang-butter sauce will coat each grain evenly and the rice will crisp up for added texture. When testing, our test kitchen director Ginevra Iverson found the four-zone cooking to be the Blackstone’s best feature. “I was able to cook biscuits low and slow on one side and crisp bacon and make hash browns on the other.” Plus, the lower-heat side can be used to keep food warm before serving.
The cooking surface itself is carbon steel and recessed into the Flatrock with very little in the way of gaps. This adds the benefit of keeping the heat from the burners under the surface instead of it leaking out. The Flatrock has three zones
for cooking, each with a U-shaped burner. Each of them works hard to keep the heat even across the surface, but if you heat the entire thing on high when you start it up, it’s hard to cool one section before everything has finished cooking.
Now my favorite place to cook is right in my own home… for my biggest critics, my family. But, the manufacturer’s specifications are important too, because they can help you compare “apples to apples”, so to speak. The Camp Chef Flat Top Grill 600 was the very first outdoor griddle that I ever owned.
Like regular cast iron, the rolled steel griddles will need to be seasoned frequently, and you’ll need to protect the surface with a thin coat of oil after each use. Having an outdoor griddle is like having a
full outdoor kitchen. Rather than only being able to cook certain foods like steaks, burgers, or veggie kabobs like you would on a traditional grill, you can cook pretty much anything on an outdoor griddle.
This is the measurement of width, so it describes how many inches across you’ll have to cook with. A couple of years ago I got to “test drive” a Blackstone griddle prior to owning mine and it was awesome. I was hooked once I saw how easy it was to handle and cook on.