George Foreman GRP2841R 5-Serving Removable Plate Grill with Variable Temperature

Great removable plate grill for 2 servings
Purchased May 2013 at W--mart for under $60. At this price you get a good grill to cook two burgers, steaks, etc.

Grills are easy to remove for dishwasher -- wish they offered more than just the standard crosshatch top / ridge bottom grills. Maybe someday?

UPDATE 6/6/13: Great news! I took a chance and ordered the shallow flat plate grill George Foreman GFP84GP Evolve Grill 84-Square Inch Shallow Griddle Accessory Pan and it fits perfectly! This will allow cooking of flat items like fish filets that rally don't need a ribbed surface. Other 84 square inch replacement grills such as the deep pan and cupcake insert MAY also fit. The top crosshatch grill is a slighty different size to overfit the others, so only the bottom grill in 'optionable' as far as I know.

I'm upgrading my rating to 5 stars having cooked weiners, bratwurst, steaks, cubed steaks, hamburgers, fish, and...

Could be better
The George Foreman GRP2841R grill is ok but not one of the better George Foreman grill products. I've owned better and still do. I was looking for a more compact version of the 5-year old one that I currently own. I may have to keep looking. I'll just get to the positive and negative things that I found with this product.

Pros:
- Attractive design
- The grill plates allow for a surprisingly wide cooking area for such a semi-compact grill.
- Of course, the removable grill plates.
- The adjustable cooking hinge which makes it easier to cook thick food items.

Cons:
- I wish this grill had a temperature control that actually read out the temperature instead of a slider that slides from "min" and "max" levels. It takes quite a bit of trial and error to figure which adjustment will work for whatever I'm putting on the grill.
- Not as non-stick as it should be. Older grill plates seemed to have been much smoother and easier to clean. Even...

Decent Economy Level Foreman
This is my third George Foreman grill, having started with one of the early models, then moving up to a larger grill with removable plates. This model works well and I particularly like that it has an adjustable heat setting. Although I would have preferred that it have some heat level indicator beyond "Minimum" and "Maximum", it is an improvement over having only on or off with only one high heat setting (as in the other two models I've owned). It is nice to be able to slow down the cooking process for some foods. I very much like that it has the removable plates, which makes it much easier to clean.

For a relatively low priced grill, the GRP2841R offers quite a few features, such as the variable temperature setting, removable plates and a pretty red color. However, it feels like a little lower quality than my last grill. The mechanism for the removable plates seems a little less solid and the slide that changes the heat setting feels a bit flimsy. This grill...

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