Royal Gourmet PD1301S Portable 24-Inch 3-Burner Table Top Gas Grill Griddle with Cover, 25,500 BTUs, Outdoor Cooking Camping or Tailgating, Black

This is hands-down, my favorite camping accessory. You can kick out fajitas for the whole family, be your own Benihana or I’ve even made hotdogs for 200 people at our local back-to-school bash. I throw it in the side compartment on the camper and takeoff. I can set it up on the tailgate of the truck at the river and get after making hotdog and hamburgers. I make steaks on this thing and it just keeps on going. It stayed out on my front porch for a year under the trees and I just washed off the top and went back to cooking. Two years now and I can’t be happier with an investment. The little cover didn’t last very long, but that’s OK.

Well all has started with a grilling event on the ocean side, we used a small charcoal grill. We got smoke minor burns, raw food, completely burnt food, lighter fluid, and remained hungry.So I was looking for some alternatives. Among a few searches this one popped out. I didn't even know that people use griddle outside of professional kitchen. I've bought a grill when we moved to the USA, though it is always a hustle to keep that clean, so I've lost the interest in it a few months after the purchase.Since I have this griddle I use it 2-4 or even more times a week (it's still summer).So let's review the details.Size: It's portable, though it is not small or compact. It can run on a small propane tank (with a suitable adapter) for about an hour with all the burners on low. You can use about the upper 4/5 of the cooking surface, as the bottom part usually too cold. It's enough to comfortably cook 8 burger patties in one batch.Heat: For me, this griddle runs hot, I usually cook on low. sometimes switching a burner or two off if the food needs to have different temperatures. I use the high setting only if I have a lot of food on the plate with high water content (hash browns, rice).Maintenance: That's a big surprise. This thing is porcelain coated which is not common for larger grills. I only can guess. This type of coating is quite brittle, so the unavoidable bends on a larger surface makes this coating impractical. Also the instructions is not that clear how to clean/prepare the plate surface. I've spent hours with seasoning, realizing that I would scrape of all that burned oil from the surface with my next spatula movement.Unlike ceramics, it is fine to use metal tools on this surface, as long as it's not a sharp poking one. So cleaning is just scraping the surface, and applying water on hot surface then wipe it with paper towel using a clip will do. Occasionally I use grill stone to get rid of some nasty burnt-downs. I did that only twice in 5 months so far, and the first one was after my, last, failed seasoning attempt. Both times I got the non-stick porcelain surface back.Comfort:- Well, leveling the plate is an important thing, I feel the four screws on the bottom of the plate does not provide enough setting if you you put this grill to an uneven surface (which could happen, since it is supposed to be portable). Also those screws change the distance between the plate an the burner, so the heat distribution changes as well.- There is no wind protection between the burners an the plate, which again can be challenging in a breezy outdoor setting. (I'd recommend to buy the hard cover, which could provide a wind shield from at least one direction.)- The drain hole for the grease trap could be larger.Even with it's shortcomings, this is a great little griddle for the money.

Absolutely LOVE this griddle! We use this for breakfast, lunch, and dinner while camping. It is large enough to cook several items at once. The heat distribution is pretty good and everything is good, heavy duty quality. This is much cheaper than name brand products but works just as good, and for a much better price! We use this with a large propane tank that is on our camper, so it's great to set up right next to it on our picnic table. The cover is awesome for storage in between camping trips.

The best griddle I've used for camping, cooks food evenly without the extra smell/taste of butane. Easy to use, fast to clean only downside is the propane. All the pictures on here show the larger propane tanks used for BBQ grills, I was hoping I could still use the smaller propane bottles since we were bringing them for the buddy heater. Unfortunately it can not be used with smaller tanks so you do need a larger tank that will take up more space. It's also a little more on the heavy side but it does pack down well and stuff can be packed on top of it. The bag that comes with it also super handy so you don't have to worry about other gear touching/scratching the griddle.

Absolutely love this griddle! Super easy to put together and use. Wonderful design with very even heat distribution, only one cooler spot on the front near the drain hole but it’s negligible. The build quality is pretty good with the griddle plate itself being a good thickness. After I put it together I did a burn in for about 15-20 minutes. Then I made chicken fajitas on it for the first cook. They turned out amazing! Even though the griddle is porcelain coated it’s not non stick. You’ve gotta use oil when cooking or your food will stick. The coating does make for easy clean up though and the drain cup has pretty large capacity. I’ve made pancakes and eggs for breakfast and they get done super fast even on low heat. Now for the spider part, the stand I use for it must have had a jumping spider on it near the top. After my first burn in I was satisfied with how it was preforming so I decided to cook. About half way through cooking i noticed flames coming out of the back of the griddle. I looked under the griddle at the burners and the center burner was putting out the big yellow flames you don’t want to see. The next day I took the center burner out and went to clean it out. I flung out what I thought was plastic but then it began crawling across my kitchen floor. It was a good sized jumping spider, I took it back outside but further away from my patio. After clearing out the spider and its nest the burner functions just fine. Tonight I made a stir fry on it an I am so happy with my purchase. 100% recommend getting this if you’re wanting to cook at the lake, camping, or anywhere you desire. It’s very portable and can feed 4-6 people with one cook session.

A great change I will never go back the BBQ grill and the treager can go away this is what I have been missing

Love it

Worked great for a few months but then acted up. The ports get easily blocked and cause even flame distribution. gease tap is undersized, filed up on 1 cooking of steak for tacos. Must condition the cooking surface, that was heavy and well built.