The Finale!!!!! We did it! Could someone shoot off some fireworks or something. After cleaning, polishing, seasoning twice, and getting a steak I have news to report!!! We cooked preciously frozen (usually use fresh) sirloin strip steaks on our Griswold Double Broiler and my jaw nearly dropped through the floor in amazement. It was just as if someone rolled my gas grill into the kitchen floor and fired it up. Don't try this at home without a professional outside vent though. The smoke came out of my house to such and extent that I half expected strange cars to start arriving for dinnner. I must have been a pyromaniac in a former life. I love to cook on high heat. It's so exciting!
When I first began, negative thoughts filled my head as I prepared the steak. "What piece of iron that looks this odd could ever be worth _______?" I could actually see myself putting it back on Ebay.
I prepared the steak by cutting the fat off and pounding it while repeating the names of some deadbeat Ebay sellers I'd run across lately. When it was the thickness of a minute steak I used a pastry brush to brush on a light coat of butter and put the steak on. Gus came in to see the debut. I expected the stove to need some serious cleaning after this meal. When I turned the steak over IT HAD WONDERFUL GRIDDLE MARKS! It seared and sizzled as if I were on the open range. Gus went over to the prep area for his steak and I explained that since this meat was not marinated nor the leanest cut of meat he might want to beat it with a meat tenderizer. Something odd happens when wives are doing something fun and husbands want to get into the action. They have to do it their way and must blaze a new trail. Anyway, he stabbed his with a knife and flung it onto the grill in its full thickness of about 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch. I began sampling my steak while marveling at those Griswold masterminds. The flavor was to die for. I once managed a steak house and this was a great tasting steak. After a few bites I rose to the broiler challange again and opened the refrigerator desperate to find other things to broil. I cut a slice of purple onion and green pepper and put them next to the side of beef Gus was cooking without the aid of any seasoning or butter. Thinking he would starve before his steak would be done I cut a piece of mine and gave it to him so he could taste the tender texture of a properly prepared steak. It was not too long after that that his whole meal was done. The steak was medium rare and was more tender than mine with the same great flavor and the veggies had griddle marked too. It looked like we went to a fine restaurant and had the meal prepared. We took a picture. Will post if we have the strength.
The trough around the broiler was wet with the steak juice only to be poured off and onto the steak via the two pour spouts on the sides of the base (Gus is right handed and I am left - Gris Boy Genius did it again). The stove did not have a speck of any dirt, grim or spatter. The grill cleaned like a charm and my jaw is still not able to close.
This piece is amazing. It is fun and to think, I grill out 365 days a year and all that time I could have stayed in my warm kitchen beside my gas Wolf cooktop. Will wonders ever cease? Please anyone with one of these who has not tried it, go ahead you will likely love it! Careful to anyone looking for one. It must have two pieces or it is not complete. There is a top round smaller grid, and a bottom grid which is the base with the decorative Griswold handle.
Gus was equally amazed and loves this item too. So it is ours for life to enjoy and dazzle our friends. Thanks for listening and waiting this long period for my belated update! It was WAGS who helped me with this purchase and I dearly appreciated all the help.
