Product Description

Grill vegetables, sizzle meat, sear fish. A dash of your favourite oil on the grillit ribs, for a great chargrilled flavour and look. The Le Creuset Grillit has been designed with both style and superb function in mind. From the comfortable, ergonomic handle and assist handle for safe, easy lifting to the excellent anti-drip pouring lip to eliminate drips and spills. The black enamelled interior will withstand the higher temperatures required for this type of cooking and the solid base will ensure stability on the hob.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #36145 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Brand: LE CREUSET UK LTD
• Model: 201232659
• Released on: 2003-09-25
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 1.57" h x 16.93" w x 11.81" l, 3.75 pounds

Features

• Le Creuset enamelled cast iron cookware offers superb cooking results
• Suitable for all heat sources
• Dishwasher safe
• Ideal for fast, low-fat grilling of meat, chicken, fish and vegetables
• The combination of the cast iron and durable black enamel lining ensures effective chargrilling

Manufacturer's Description
Grilled food has a number of advantages. Its healthy, its quick and its versatile. And these help to make grilling an ideal midweek meal option when time is at a real premium.

Le Creuset have been making ribbed and flat grills for a number of years because cast iron is the best material for use for an item that has to withstand very high grill temperatures. Apart from the strength a cast iron grill offers – it won’t damage when hot as other materials do. All Le Creuset Grills and Grillits are also completely covered in virtreous enamel, protecting the surface and making it far easier to use and clean.

What advantages does this black enamel offer?
(1) Grilling is carried out on surfaces that become very hot and the black enamel can withstand those temperatures.

(2) At high temperatures some elements in the food itself e.g. sugars will caramelise (these produce the attractive sear lines on food) and these will, over time, cause discoolouring on lighter enamels which may be difficult to remove.

(3) A black enamel surface will remain black and allow its patina to build. A patina is a baked on surface produced with continued cooking. It is produced naturally from the oils you use for grilling and the oils and fats produced from the food themselves. The stronger the patina the better the cooking surface will become, eventually allowing almost fat free grilling.

Why do Le Creuset grills not have a non-stick cooking surface?
(1) Because it isn’t necessary. A black vitreous enamel surface can offer all the advantages of a non-stick surface but will not damage, peel or deteriorate during high temperature grilling.

(2) No non-stick surface can withstand the repeated high surface temperatures that grilling requires. Therefore a non-stick surface will deteriorate quickly and peel off.

(3) Additionally a non-stick surface will not produce the same seared finish to the food. Cooked food colours are usually paler and the food often has less flavour as a result.

About Le Creuset
Refusing to compromise on manufacturing, materials or performance Le Creuset is the perfect accompaniment for eating good food at home. From casseroles for steaming, grills for searing and woks for stir-frying each product is manufactured to the highest quality using only the finest ingredients to guarantee unbeatable results. Beautifully presented and dynamically designed Le Creuset is at home in today’s modern kitchen as well as traditional ones.

Whether you are a novice or a pro in the kitchen, Le Creuset is a must. Synonymous with the world’s finest enameled cast iron cookware Le Creuset also boasts an extensive range of desirable stainless steel, stoneware and silicone – guaranteeing culinary delights every time to your kitchen.

Customer Reviews

An even healthier way to cook - ideal for fast, low-fat grilling of meat, chicken, fish and vegetables
`Le Creuset Grill-its products are completely covered in vitreous enamel, protecting the surface and making them easier to use and clean.

Ideal for fast, low-fat grilling of meat, chicken, fish and vegetables - the ribbed base gives those characteristic char-lines and flavour.'

Sturdy and Suitable for all types of hob, including induction.
Durable black enamel lining/anti-drip pouring lip.
26 cm diameter with `assist handle' for easy lifting, but don`t forget your Le Creuset Double Oven Gloves!
Relatively easy to clean, by hand, or pop it in the dishwasher.

There has been some criticism re why the Le Creuset `Grill Range' is NOT of the `non-stick' variety.

As one would expect of `Le Creuset`, the Company listened to the critics and answered, and it seems appropriate to copy it here:-

Why do Le Creuset grills not have a non-stick cooking surface?

Because it isn't necessary. A black vitreous enamel surface can offer all the advantages of a non-stick surface but will not damage, peel or deteriorate during high temperature grilling.
No non-stick surface can withstand the repeated high surface temperatures that grilling requires. Therefore a non-stick surface will deteriorate quickly and peel off.
Additionally, a non-stick surface will not produce the same seared finish to the food. Cooked food colours are usually paler and the food often has less flavour as a result.

And that really does say it all!

It is basically a different sort of cooking, but, like everything else, once mastered never forgotten!

Also available in a square version, in a variety of colours - some at great prices at Amazon, today!