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1. Prevention.com >> Details/Subscribe	Indoor Grilling: Healthy and tasty summer cooking all year long Amanda Pressner Feb. 2006		Prevention's Amanda Pressner tests four electric grills, citing advantages and disadvantages, as well as providing tips for purchasing and cooking. The Cuisinart Griddler is praised for its versatility, compact size and cooking ability. Disadvantages include its high price and slightly smaller cooking surface. Pressner recommends the George Foreman GRP99 if you need a lot of cooking surface (almost 100 square inches) or if you want removable grill plates and a floating hinge. However, the grease drip trays are beneath the unit, not built into it, which makes for extra cleanup time. Pressner gives the Hamilton Beach Meal Maker Express passing grades as a budget model, praising its compact size and removable grilling surfaces for easier cleanup. Drawbacks include lack of a floating hinge and low power.
2. Cook’s Illustrated >> Details/Subscribe	Tabletop Grills Editors of Cook's Illustrated July 2007		This review includes both electric grills and grill pans, but doesn't include panini makers or griddles. Editors test six open grills altogether, giving the nod to the Sanyo Smokeless grill for its "large capacity with easy clean up." Cook's Illustrated's editors found that the grill pans didn't heat up enough.
3. Cook's Country >> Details/Subscribe	Equipment Corner: Indoor Grills Editors of Cook's Country Oct./Nov. 2005		Cook's Country (a sister publication to Cook's Illustrated) reviews seven electric grills priced under $80. Editors grill burgers, fish, vegetables and sandwiches. They examine cooking surface size, browning, crispness and ease of use. Only one grill, the Krups Universal Grill and Panini Maker FDE312, is highly rated, though it's now discontinued. A far second is the George Foreman stainless steel family size grill (GR26SBTMR). Despite its ample cooking surface and cool-touch exterior, it browns unevenly and is not close to the Krups in performance. In their final estimation, editors believe that a heavy skillet would be just as good for most projects, with the exception of grilled sandwiches.
4. The Wall Street Journal >> Details/Subscribe	Grilling in the Great Indoors Charles Passy Jan. 13, 2006		Reviewer Charles Passy critiques five indoor grills and praises two models, the DeLonghi Perfecto Indoor Electric Grill with Cover and the Sanyo Smokeless Indoor Electric Grill. Both cooked well -- their open cooking surfaces seared foods properly and allowed for excellent fat drainage. Passy gives the George Foreman Next Grilleration poor grades for producing meat that seems baked rather than seared, although it cooks quickly, drains fat easily and has dishwasher-safe removable grill plates. However, none of the tested grills produced the desired smoky flavor achieved from outdoor grilling.
5. About.com	Top 10 Indoor Grills for 2007 Derrick Riches Not Dated		About.com guide Derrick Riches names ten grills that he considers to be the best out of the 2007 crop, though he doesn't say how he arrives at his results. Riches has a ten-year history covering grills in general, so he does have cumulative expertise. Still, we prefer reviews that reference hands-on tests. The DeLonghi Alfredo Healthy Grill has an adjustable thermostat, good drainage and is easy to clean, writes Riches, and the Sanyo Smokeless Indoor Grill is reasonably priced, with plenty of space. Some of the models mentioned, such as the BonJour Power grill, are no longer available.

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6. Consumer Reports >> Details/Subscribe	Electric grills: Sizzling choices Editors of Consumer Reports June 2006		This article gives good general advice, but some of the information is dated. Nine electric grills are tested. Seven of these are contact grills, but all models are either Hamilton Beach or George Foreman grills -- no other brands are tested. Two open grills are also included in the ratings chart. This report would rank more highly in our chart had more brands been included in testing. Editors give brief explanations of the two types of electric grills, as well as tips for choosing. Some of the advice conflicts with other professional reviewers'. Consumer Reports' editors do not think temperature controls are an important feature, for example.
7. Amazon.com	Contact Grills Contributors to Amazon.com As of Aug. 2007		Amazon.com is a good website for reading user reviews. Since the majority of electric grills get similar overall ratings, it's difficult to tell which models might be favorites. However, a few grills differ from the average. Users give the George Foreman Next Grilleration lower ratings; some of the users had upgraded from an older George Foreman grill and didn't like this one as much. Some other Foreman models, such as the Champ Grill GR10 with bun warmer, get higher, nearly perfect ratings, however.
8. Epinions	Indoor Grills and Sandwich Makers Contributors to Epinions As of Aug. 2007		Epinions is also a good source for reviews of electric grills. However, many models on the list are no longer available, and many newer ones don't yet have any owner-written reviews. As with Amazon.com, this is a good place to visit once you have your choice narrowed down to a couple of models.
9. Cooking.com	Griddles and Grills Contributors to Cooking.com As of Aug. 2007		A couple of dozen electric grills are rated by owners, with most getting very high overall ratings. It is important to note that many grills may only have a few reviews. One exception is the Sanyo Smokeless, which has nearly 200 mostly positive reviews.