Roger Zoul wrote:
Opinicus wrote:
:: "Utter Simpleton" wrote in message
:: . ..
::: Can you cook
::
:: I've seen this referenced a lot.
::
:: "George Foreman himself has made over $150 million from the sales of
:: the grills"
:: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Foreman_Grill
::
:: What exactly was the relationship between this pugilist and a cooking
:: device?

After Foreman got beat down by Ali, he got really angry & went into
depression for many years. After that, he reemerged with a big smile. His
entired attitude changed. He became a ring-side expert commentator at HBO
boxing events. People noticed that smile. Because he was well known and
had that smile, IMO, he was picked to help market those grills. Of course,
you could see the fat rolling off the grill into the little tray, so that
naturally meant that it had to make eating a fat steak more healthy. Of
course, college students like grills and so do many of us. Lots of us here
own or have owned one of these, I'd bet. I rarely use mine now because it's
such a damn pain to clean.




There are newer George Foreman grills which are easier to clean.

They feature grilling plates that detatch from the unit for cleaning.
So, you can unclip them and wash these teflon coated corrugated aluminum
plates very easily.

PROGRESS

In the 1940's, after WWII, my Dad bought my Mom an electric grill/waffle
maker.

The waffle plates were detachable from the electric grill for easy
cleaning in the sink.



These "NEW" EZ To Clean George Foreman Grills use technology and basic
designs over 50 years old.

All kinds of old things get rediscovered, don't they?

:-)

While still hot, I would take maybe 4 layers of paper towels saturated
with soapy water and lay them into the just unplugged grill. The heat,
water, soap and steam would make the grill almost EZ to wipe clean when
it had cooled down.

If you had a empty nice sink or a shallow dishpan, you could do final
fast cleaning with a spray of soapy water over the grill surfaces while
it was in the dishpan or sink. You would never get enough waste water
buildup to short circuit any of the insides.

Almost never did I have to use that teflon grooved scraper thing.

I use it mostly in the summer when I don't want to heat up the kitchen
with the overn or gas burner flame.

Did you know there was also a George Foreman Chicken Roaster? Worked
nicely, didn't heat the house, but was a bitch to clean because it
didn't have removable heater plates - that 50+ year old technology.

Jim