Breville BGR700BSS Sear and Press Grill, Brushed Stainless Steel

This was my best purchase of 2024!I don’t know how to explain but using this panini press on sandwiches makes it taste 10x better. So easy and quick to use and very tasty.The open grill is also so awesome. I’ve made pancakes and KBBQ and it’s such an awesome feature. Really easy to remove and clean the plates.Highly recommend if you wanna take your Sammies to the next level

I love this grill. I have made paninis, pancakes, marinated chicken kabobs, eggs, grilled vegetables, grilled cheese, and all have turned out great. I like that it has presets for panini, burger and sear, but you can also control the exact temperature settings of each grill plate separately. I like that the grill plates are reversible (flat griddle/ridged grill), and that you can control the height of the top grill depending on what you are grilling. Clean up is so easy, the grill plates pop off with the click of a button. I hand wash them with dish soap and water, and the residue comes off easily. So far I have no complaints.

Excellent Panini Press! Very easy to use and accommodates sandwiches of varying heights very easily.

We've used this grill enough now to really appreciate it for its practicality and ease of use. As I was cleaning up from dinner I thought I really should review it and recommend it. Moving from a house with an outdoor grill to an apartment we really needed something to fill the gap. It does and maybe more so. One big difference is that if you use both sides (sandwich) what's in between cooks much faster so cooking is even quicker. Very happy with this grill.

Great product, I bought two of them for a gift. I did notice that once they were opened out of the box they were a little bit smaller than I expected. Overall, this is a great sear and press grill. The top does get sizzling hot, so keep your plastic bags away. I accidentally touched my bread bag to the top, and now it's left a melted plastic stain. But that's my fault, not the product's. The product is great.

The non stick surface is much mire durable than what I have seen on similar products. The temperature control is precise and can be relied on not yo burn. It heats up much faster than a previous sandwich press that I owned which was the main reason I bought this one. I was not disappointed. The lid is a bit heavier and may tend to squeeze out ingredients. But it has a stop that can be used to make a minimum gap that prevents this.

It works fine, but my main complaints are no timer. What? Even our previous El cheapo had a timer on it. And it's really really sticky. I've used very stiff plastic bristle brushes on it to very little effect. I end up scraping it with my thumbnail to get the worst of it off. Overall it's a nice unit, but a timer and true non stick surface would get a 5 star rating from me.

We use this for indoor burgers, paninis and waffles. It actually stays pretty neat with the little drip pan. And the waffle plates/inserts are a game changer concerning cleanup. The old waffle maker was a real pain to clean. These plates you remove and put them in the dishwasher. Easy peasy. Our family uses this applicable often so it doesn’t just sit on the shelf after a couple uses.