Electric grills: Sensible or sacrilege?
Meanwhile, almost every manufacturer offers at least one electric model. Many have a size that makes them particularly exciting for the balcony.
Some electric grills are controlled via a dial as usual, while others can be set to the exact degree using touch controls.
The grill itself is becoming more electric. But at what point is that too much? Or might the future of grilling actually belong to electricity? – By Markus Mizgalski
Let’s be honest—for years, "true" grill enthusiasts have turned up their noses at the topic of electric grills. After all, grilling means fire and smoke. While pellet smokers and, more recently, smart gas grills are acceptable, they don't use electricity for heating. In the eyes of many, that has nothing to do with grilling—especially since the rumor persists that electric grills have far too little power. Now, before we begin the actual assessment of electric grills, we should fairly admit that even a modern gas grill has very little "campfire myth" to offer. With well-adjusted burners, hardly any flames are visible—and if the Char-Broil True Infrared system is used, none at all. The same applies to the use of a plancha, where the burners are nothing more than a heat source. In this respect, it makes sense to approach the subject a little less emotionally and more objectively.
Performance as a problem
Basically, modern electric grills have nothing in common with the appliances that some might still recall from the 1990s, where a heating coil between a mediocre wire grate and a water tray was barely able to brown a sausage in an acceptable amount of time. If you buy a device today like a Severin Sevo, a Weber Lumin, or an Eflow Pro 2 Turbo from Enders, you are getting an entirely different league of grill... WANT TO KEEP READING?
