Comparison Rainberg RB-8612 stainless steel vs ViLgrand V1005 black

Nowadays, among electric grills, you can find models with metal, ceramic and stone surfaces, as well as devices that use both metal and stone. Here is a detailed description of each of these options:

— Metal. The most popular plate material nowadays, found in all types and price categories of electric grills. Metal is relatively inexpensive, it can be easily given both a smooth and ribbed shape. Surfaces made of this material are durable and reliable, in addition, they have minimal thermal inertia (they heat up and cool down quickly, and also react almost instantly to changes in temperature settings). For additional convenience, metal plates can be supplemented with a non-stick coating - it, as a rule, requires careful handling and does not tolerate contact with metal utensils, but it significantly facilitates cleaning and in many cases allows cooking without the use of oil. In addition, surfaces made of this material can be easily made removable.

— Stone. Stone work surfaces are found mainly among barbecue grills and raclette makers (and can be square, round, rectangular, oval); there are other types of devices with this feature, but they are very few. In general, this material is durable, re...liable and practical: it has certain non-stick properties and at the same time easily tolerates contact with metal spatulas, forks, etc. In open-format grills (including raclette makers), stone plates are massive and have a fairly high thermal inertia, but these points can be both disadvantages and advantages. Thus, significant weight contributes to stability and reduces the likelihood of moving or tipping over the grill; and the ability to retain heat after switching off can be very useful in some cases - for example, in the same raclette maker, due to this, the products on the top plate can remain warm throughout the meal. The disadvantages of this material include, first of all, the complexity of production and relatively high cost.

— Metal and stone. Grills equipped with two types of working surface at the same time — metal and stone. Almost all such devices are raclette grills (see “Type”). The features of each of the mentioned materials are described in detail above, but here we note that the specific format of their combination may be different. The most popular are combined surfaces — part stone, part metal; in this case, the stone is made only smooth, and the metal can also be ribbed (see “Plate surface”). In any case, such a combination allows you to fry different types of products at the same time; and after cooking, you can dump everything on the stone surface, which cools slowly and keeps the contents hot well. Somewhat less common are raclette grills with two replaceable plates — one metal, the other stone. They are in many ways similar to the first type, but do not allow the simultaneous use of different types of materials.

— Ceramic coating. Ceramic and glass-ceramic surfaces are found mainly among contact grills — although there are other devices with plates made of these materials, including barbecue grills (see "Type"). Such a surface has good non-stick properties and is easy to clean from dirt — if necessary, ceramics can even be cleaned with abrasives. On the other hand, ceramics should be protected from impacts and strong temperature changes, since all this can lead to chipping, cracking and peeling of the working surface of the grill.

The number of skewers supplied with the device.

This parameter is relevant primarily for barbecue grills (see "Type"), but separate models of barbecue grills and raclette grills can also be equipped with skewers. The number of such accessories is selected by the manufacturer depending on the design features of the grill; most often it is from 5 to 8. Note that the capacity of the device is not directly related to this parameter: for example, 5 large skewers of a classic vertical barbecue can hold more food than 8 small skewers of an outdoor grill.

Also note that some modern grills are equipped with a Chinese fondue set — a saucepan for broth and skewers, with which pieces of meat and other products are dipped into the heated broth. For such models, in this paragraph, the number of skewers can be specified (traditionally there are 6 of them).

The presence of a lid in the delivery set of the device.

First of all, we note that in this case we are talking about a completely separate lid that can be removed from the device; the upper half of the contact grill or pizza maker (see "Type") is not taken into account in this case. Most models with a separate lid included in the kit are electric frying pans and barbecue grills (see ibid.). The main function of this accessory is to keep heated air above the work surface, creating a kind of "greenhouse effect". Due to this effect, the cooked products are not only fried from the bottom, but also “steamed” quite evenly throughout the entire thickness. In addition, the lid protects the user and nearby objects from hot splashes, which often occur when cooking on a grill or electric frying pan.