Minden Anytime Grill

I really love is grill. I use to set my fire alarm off every time I used it. Then I cooked on 3 instead of 5 and it was very little smoke or not that much. I just made chicken ,it was not as good as it would have been if the fire was set higher ,but it still had a very good tastes.

The Minden Anytime grill is just like an outdoor grill. It is best used with a gas stove or gas burner. You need quite a bit of convective heat to cook on a grill, so a large gas burner is needed. I didn't try it with an electric stove, but electric stoves use conductive heat to cook. Conductive heat means the cooking surface must be in contact with the heat source. In this case, the Minden grill is about 6 inches above the heat source similar to an outdoor grill, so I suggest a gas stove would work best. And, just like an outdoor grill, it produces a lot of smoke. This is normal for grilling. And, smoke is a good thing for grilling as it adds flavor to the food. But, yes, it's a lot of smoke if you are indoors, and a lot of smoke is expected. when you cook on a grill all of the oil and juices drip down from the grill onto the fire or heat source. When you burn oil it creates smoke just like an outdoor grill. If you cook in a pan or pan fry food, the oil collects in the pan, and there is much less smoke. But, with a grill you get a lot of smoke, and that's why it's called grilling. Using a gas stove with high heat I cooked 1/4 lbs hamburgers in about 7 minutes to medium done-ness. The grill heated up in less than 10 min. The one drawback I see is that this is an indoor appliance, and most people would clean the grill, so it's extra work to clean and maintain it. With an outdoor grill, I usually don't clean it until the the next use. And, cleaning an outdoor grill is simpler. You heat the grill to sterilize it, and then you remove any ash with a wire grill brush.

Works great with a gas range or anything that puts out flamage. Not too impressed with the Anytime Grill. Infomercial looked awesome, but I have not experienced the same grilling effect. All in all it's great for my needs. Make sure that you have great ventilation it gets smokey.

It takes much longer than five minutes to heat the grill, The grill marks on the meats are very faint and it takes longer than the time listed to cook them even medium. I've not had the severe smoke problem that others have described. I don't think it was worth the money.

It is very convenient, however, it is not all that great for an electric stove. The paint melts off... I have to use a small baking sheet under it.

I live in an apartment and like everyone else, its very frustrating if you love Charbroiled foods like you would make outdoors. I was soo happy when i came across the Minden Anytime grill. I couldn't wait to try it. They obviously only tested this grill in studio kitchens with above excellent ventilation systems instead of real life homes. I made Burgers the first time, opened the oven exhaust vents, turned on the ceiling fan and maxed out my AC hoping to not set off the smoke detector. Unfortunately there was soo much smoke i had to place the whole pot outside on the patio, and the burgers were more steamed then charbroiled, no grill marks at all. I gave it another chance with a steak, it took forever to cook and was tough as nails, more like a steamed steak. For this thing to really make good charbroiled burgers and steaks with actual grill marks, you would have to cook it completely on high burner settings instead of turning down the burner to med-low, and your unable to do that cause your whole house will be filled with smoke. I wanted it to work soo much and now back to looking at more grills.

I use this in my camper. Made perfect steak, beautiful crispy yeast dough pizzas and chocolate chip cookies. I trimmed a grill mat to fit the grill for grilling bacon and eggs and eliminate the drippings falling down into the bottom. Placed a piece of hickory on top of the heat dome for a touch of smoker flavor. The instructions need a bold emphasis on the low and slow cooking method for a smoke free environment. Sounds like folks are trying to cook too fast and smoking up the house. This is a great product. Highly recommend this for boats, campers and anywhere else that has no oven/grill.

Ordered the Minden Indoor grill as a gift. A 2nd grill was offered for 1/2 off with the understanding that a separate shipping fee would be charged for the 2nd grill. The problem: the company doesn't allow the 2nd grill to a be shipped to a different address. I therefore ordered both grills to be sent to the recipient's address - instead they were both sent to my address. Called customer service to find out what happened - they had no explanation. I asked why the 2nd grill couldn't be sent to a separate address - they advised they were alredy losing money with the 1/2 discount that they could not accommodate a different shipping option (that's funny given I paid for the 2nd shipping costs). Paid $75 for the 2 grills and $36 in shipping costs. I asked about their return policy. They advised I could return them and get a full refund for the cost of the grills only - they do not refund shipping costs and again I was told they were already losing money due to the discounted price on the 2nd grill. The customer service representative made no offers to remedy the situation. I guess it's better they lose 8-10 future customers (word of mouth) than service and keep their existing customer happy.