Cuisinart GR-3 - Manual (Page 4)


drip from the meat and drain off the plates.
Rest the cover on top of the food until it has
reached the desired cooked temperature.
The Griddler
™ Jr. was designed with a
unique handle and hinge that allows the
cover to adjust to the thickness of the food.
You can easily grill anything from a thinly-
sliced potato to a thick sirloin steak with
even results.
When cooking more than one food item in
the contact grill, it is important that the
thickness of food items is consistent so the
cover will close evenly on the food.
panini press
Use the Griddler
™ Jr.
as a panini press to
grill sandwiches,
breads and quesadil-
las.
The word “panini” is
Italian for grilled sand-
wiches. Panini can include any combination
of ingredients such as vegetables, meat and
cheese layered between two pieces of
fresh-baked bread. The sandwich is then
pressed between two grill plates to toast the
bread and warm the sandwich. Experiment
to make a variety of savory or sweet sand-
wiches for any meal. We recommend using
fresh-baked bread to produce the best tast-
ing panini. Popular breads used for panini
are focaccia (a flat bread frequently baked
with rosemary, salt and onion on top),
michetta (a small round roll with a crisp
crust), ciabatta (a rectangular bread with a
slightly domed crust) and thick slices of
classic Italian bread.
The Griddler
™ Jr. functions as a panini press
in the same manner that it functions as a
contact grill. The Griddler ™ Jr. was designed
with a unique handle and hinge that allows
the cover to adjust to the thickness of the
sandwich you are preparing, and to rest
there evenly. Light pressure can be applied
to the handle to press
and heat the sand-
wich to your liking.
When cooking two or
more panini, it is
important that the
thickness of the sand-
wiches is consistent so the cover will close
evenly on the panini.
Open Grill
“Open Grill” refers to using the Griddler
™ Jr.
with the cover lying flat, creating a double,
flat cooking surface. In this position, the
foods you are
grilling will
have to be
turned over for
cooking.
Use the
Griddler ™ Jr. as
an open grill to
cook burgers, steak, poultry (we do not rec-
ommend cooking bone-in chicken, since it
does not cook evenly on an open grill), fish
and vegetables.
Cooking on the open grill is the most versa-
tile method of using the Griddler ™ Jr. In the
open position, you have double the surface
area (200 sq. inches) for grilling. You have
the option of cooking different types of
foods on separate plates without combining
their flavors, or cooking large amounts of
the same type of food. The open position
also accommodates different cuts of meat
with varying thicknesses, allowing you to
cook each piece to your liking.
aSSEmBLY
INSTRUCTIONS
Place Griddler ™ Jr. on a clean flat surface
where you intend to cook. The Griddler ™ Jr.
can be positioned in three ways:
Closed position – Upper plate/cover rests
flat on lower
plate/base. This
is your starting
and heating
position
when using the
contact grill or panini press functions.
Open position – Upper plate/cover is open.
Open the cover to this position before using
the Griddler ™ Jr. as a contact grill or panini
press.
To adjust the Griddler
™ Jr. to this position,
simply lift the handle until you feel it come