Grill Reviews

This is a wondwerful item,but was misled in editors review that the grill area was 13 1/2 x 11 1/2,which it is not,I would not have purchased item if I would have known it was only 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 which makes alot of difference on how many sandwiches you can cook at one time.

I bought a new grill and wanted to make sure it was used properly. I don't like it when small pieces of food fall through, especially on gas grills, so I bought this. Well, on first use it stained so bad, despite my priming it, and worse, it warped. Hey, I can still use it. But it's kinda like wearing soiled clothes... won't feel as good.

The stove itself is lovely, but I have to say that I am fearful of using it, as I have had to guess what regulator, hose and fittings I must use to hook it up to propane for use. I bought it believing I could use it indoors as an alternate cook top, but having gone to a propane dealer and asking blindly for what I thought I must need, I was informed that I could only use a 1lb canister of propane indoors, and to want to use something like this inside at all is so unusual that I would need $50.00 fitting just to hook it up to the 1lb tank.
The Grill Store should be more mindful of the information needed to use their product safely and sucessfully. I would have reconsidered if I had known what I have since learned.

While the mitt is beautiful and the price is right, it is narrow. Most mitts flare towards the opening, this one does not. I have larger forearms and it won't fit all the way up. My husband has average sized arms and it won't go around his upper forearm either. Since they are so long they go almost to your elbow.

These tongs cannot get a good grip because there is not enough leverage. The first (and last) time I used them once I dropped my food all over the place.

the tongs where hard to grip..so what I did to avoid sending them back.I took a pair of very small plyers and bent just the pointed ends inward..like a claw. Now they are excellent.grip great. love the long handle...and heavy duty soft rubber.hope this helps those of you like me who hate sending stuff back.

I tried using this thing and it barely pumped out oil and then it fell apart in the oil. I junked it and dumped the oil. I wish it did work but it was a disaster. Eastman needs to go back to the drawing board on this one.

Congratulations to those who wrote to say this product worked two or three times for them. It worked once for me. At $30, this might be the worst purchase I have ever made.

This unit comes with only 3 filters. Now I know why, it is such a piece of junk that you will never get it to work 3 times for you. I bought it new, it worked the fist time, and although it did the job I wasn't very impressed with its performance, the second time I used it, it stopped working half way through the job for no apparent reason, new batteries and an hour of messing around with it could not bring it back to life, it was dead! Thats alot of money for an item that doesn't last through draining my turkey fryer more than once! It now is stored in its proper container where it belongs and will stay forever (my garbage can).

I had bought the battery version of this pump as gifts for other turkey fryers and bought the electric one for myself two months ago. Used it for the first time today, all was well until the pump lets out a little smoke and quit after pumping 4.5 gal of room temp oil. I called the Eastman Outdoors help line and they were very good about offering to ship out a new unit but had no advice on why the pump died or whether this has been a common problem.

I'll see how the replacement unit works out the next time I do a turkey. Now I'm wondering how the battery versions I bought for gifts worked out in comparison.

This is a must have for anyone who has trouble lifting 5 gallons of oil in a slippery cooker. The pump is the same as the ones that pump kerosene. So you can get the same thing cheap locally if you don't want to wait for shipping. Fast, self priming, easy.

*** Don't try to move hot oil *** Do turn off flames ***

Hot oil will quickly melt the plastic pump and the plastic will stick to the sides of the fryer and ruin your oil and machine.

This pump is a step backwards from the previous two battery version (this one has three batteries). The additional battery make it too heavy on the top so it doesn't sit well in the pot. It has a tendency to tip over, or at least shift from the position you set it at.

I would agree with some of the other reviews that it seems to loose power after the first use. The thicker the oil, the harder a time it has. If you heat the oil before filtering, it works much better. Note that you don't want to get the oil too hot - perhaps nothing hotter than 100 degrees. I cracked the clear tube in my old two-battery one by running boiling water through it (requiring the purchase of this model).

If you can find the older version, I highly recommend it, but the three battery version is definately a step backwards.

This knife adjusts to a maximum of 3/4-inch, not 1-inch as said.Texas toast made by this would be ashamed of the weight-loss.

This lightweight pan lacks a stable base and tips easily off the burner while cooking.(I have standard GE coil burners.) Care must be taken not to spill the contents of the drip tray into the burner when the pan tilts, and it definitely should not be used on a front burner if there are children in the house. My daughter has the "as seen on TV" version, and it is a much better pan.

I revieved 3 of these grills, and all 3 of them had a plug problem..I can see having a problem with one of them, but not all 3 with the same problem..
They all sparked trying to plug them in and taking them out of the electric outlets also.
I went around my house and tryed other electric outlets, and had the Same problem!
Some of the plugs where sharp at the ends, and they didn't exactly fit the outlets very good!

This is made in China, and it sure shows it.
I would not recomened this to anyone.
I think its very dangerous, and its just Junk....

I saw this in the gold box and thought what a good price it was,and that it had the Cuisinart name, but not if its going to electrocute someone, or catch your house on fire, or short out your whole house.
Not a good buy at any price...

Also the inside is small, and looks like it would not fit a sandwich of any size very easaly.

I really would have liked to rate this a big fat 0 , this doesnt deserve any stars .

Shame on you Cuisnart for putting out such a shoddy, defective product.