Blackstone Air Fryer Griddle Combo 60 Day Review and First Impressions

everybody GT here from GTS barbecue today I'm going to do a little review and give you my first impressions on my black stone air fryer griddle combo I've had this thing I guess about a couple of months now I've probably done thirty cooks on it I will admit I'm a little barbecue guy I've been doing barbecue 25 plus years and I'm fairly new to the ground game but I did find it was easy to pick up and it won't take you very long before you're cooking things your family will be amazed by so I also think I'm going to go over some of the accessories I picked up and kind of give my thoughts on those as well so stay tuned I'll be back here in a second and we'll go over this thing [Music] so the first accessory that I want to cover is the cover this griddle has shelves that will fold down on both sides so it can accommodate smaller cover than this but I really liked this one because I can put it on with the shelves in the upright position and it's really easy to take on and off it's really high-quality so I'm really happy that I picked this particular one it's really easy to take on and off I just have a couple of adjustment straps here you can cinch them up to help with the wind take the other side off so whenever I want to use it I just take it from one end fold it over like so grab the other side bring it up and over and then just lift it off and put it on one of my other girls so it's really convenient really easy again these do fold down but I find it kind of handy to just leave them up but it it does take a pretty big footprint if you're gonna do it this way so you want to make sure you have room another thing I like about this griddle is it has this shelf space under there and this is just a little Rubbermaid roughneck plastic bin that I picked up it fits perfectly under there and I you I really like this because I can keep everything I need to cook with outside and it's protected from the elements so what I keep in here are things I find I use often but not always so I have an extra large burger flipper spatula I have some pre-cut parchment paper sheets that you can pick up I have some towels here that are essential to use when you clean this thing I am gonna do a video on cleaning it pretty soon but these things are inexpensive they don't ball up and I just in a bucket of water wash them and reuse them there are some disposable drip in little foil containers that I like to use this thing's easy to clean out but that's kind of handy Burger Smasher handy to have got some breakfast rings of course some tongs and I really like this thing I picked it up this is a coq au holder it's part of a kit you set this down on the griddle and then it actually gets warm and can prep and can get your tacos started your shells started while you're cooking the meat so I really like this thing it's real easy then to put the tacos in and then fill them right on here and then I usually just keep some some rubber gloves so that's the basic setup I have that I keep under the griddle down on the shelf and I do have one other thing I like and that is this little caddy I picked this up at a local store called Sportsman's Warehouse I'll put a link down below for it but it's really handy for some water I have some oil I have my ever-present salt pepper garlic mix I have a heat gun so I can test the temperature of my griddle and then a scraper this is not just a paint scraper that you would go down and buy at Lowe's this is actually a food grade scraper that I bought online if I can remember where I got it I'll put the link for that down below it has handles so it's easy to take with you and I find this to be really really handy so when I'm done with my cook I just put this down here along with the accessory bin it all covers up and it really works well so this particular model has a rear grease management system and this is the drip pan that sits underneath it you may notice that I keep it out because sometimes this is going to get a little bit of of grease or water or whatever in it and I had an experience that when I went take my cover off it actually pulled this loose and spilled on the patio so I just take it off every time I'm done put it in here no big deal and then when I go to start it's very simple just things like so and another thing you'll notice is the distance I have from the wall I keep this here all the time I have it leveled so I don't have to pull it in and out and you need to have room so the lid will open and I find that makes a perfect amount of space so it's easy to reach back here and get that thing on and off now a little bit about the griddle itself as you already noticed it has a top this is really nice to put down from one thing it's nice when you're steaming so you can just close this lid up and it also helps keep the food protected while you cook and one other accessory I did get was this large steaming lid and it's designed to fit all the way across so you can put a large amount of potatoes or veggies or whatever you want put that on there give it a little squirt of water so that thing's pretty cool the other one the round one I have it's not a black stone it's just a lid I had from a walk but it works really well as as well so the griddle itself four burners each one has its own independent igniter so I can turn all these on hit one button and they all four light turn them off or I can light them one at a time individually the air fryers have its own controller and it does require power so there's a power cord down below and the only thing that power cord does is run the fan that circulates the air so this turns on adjust your temperature and you're good to go it has three pretty big baskets so you can put french fries in one side which I've done tater tots and the other so these two are air fryers and this one is a warming tray and I find that to be handy for pancakes so from cooking pancakes I want to keep them warm next here or rolls or anything that you want to keep warm these have a little removable bottom easy to clean all you do to clean them is loosen these two nuts and this just comes off and goes right in the dishwasher so it's very simple to do tighten them back up obviously you want to wait until that's cooled off so this thing has a large capacity air fryer potential nice warming tray individual lighting burners and I really like the size yeah it's a little bit bigger they have a lot of sizes a lot of prices I really like to be able to keep one side off while I had the other three burners on so as you cook you can move the food over to the cool side and it just stays warm so that's pretty handy and again the shelves both fold down so that's pretty much it as far as my overall review you know - thumbs up I absolutely have used the air fryers I've had some comments about do you really use those is it really worth it well if you want to cook fries or something at the same time you can do in your burgers or I've done biscuits while I cook eggs yeah it's it's really handy to be able to have everything contained outside at once and it's it's amazing it's just the food comes out restaurant quality you can do breakfast you can do lunch you can do dinner I'm still a bro guy I always will be depending on the kind of protein I'm gonna cook or the time I have those are the go-to girls for me but this thing in your arsenal is incredible you add this to something else and there literally is nothing you can't cook how you recommend it big thumbs up if you're so inclined while you're here go ahead and hit the subscribe button down below and like and leave a comment if you have any questions if you want me to go over something leave it down below and I'll get back to you so as always stay safe thanks for watching and we'll see you next time [Music]

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Length: 9min 47sec (587 seconds)

Published: Sun May 17 2020