Preheating Wolf Griddle

7 years ago

Can anyone who owns a Wolf rangetop with a griddle tell me how long it takes to heat up enough to make pancakes? I know the Wolf website says 15 min for full heating potential, but I’m wondering how long to preheat to cook something on a lower heat level.

Also, I’m debating between the 12” and 24” griddle for a family of 4... anyone have any advice? Is 12” too small, or is 24” overkill for my family size?

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jalarse
7 years ago
My Wolf griddle is the 12”, but I wanted the charbroiler as well and that was another 12”. Mine is all gas, actually it’s propane. At 375 degrees it’s about 12 minutes. The griddle has a light on it and it will go out when it reaches the set temperature. If I’m grilling steaks on the charbroiler and cooking onions and mushrooms on the griddle I give them both a 15 minute warm up. On my griddle I can get 3 good size pancakes on the griddle at one time. For some reason I have found the front of the griddle hotter than the back, but my Wolf is going on 18 years old. Remember Wolf’s griddle is cast iron so it needs to be seasoned, it will turn dark over time. The first time I made pancakes it wasn’t seasoned I thought I was going to have to chisel those puppies off. Have found over the years that olive oil makes a terrible mess on it (gooey and sticky) i generally use vegetable oil. Best of luck to you, I hope you enjoy your Wolf. My husband is no cook by any stretch but he enjoys this stove. I think he likes to see how high he can the flame in the grill.
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M
7 years ago
Please note that griddles are like ovens, and they haven't quite reached their steady-state temperature the first time the thermostat turns off the heat. It usually needs to go through a few more cycles to have a solidly stable temperature.

This doesn't necessarily matter for all foods, and honestly pancakes are really not that complicated, so I wouldn't be worried by that. But it is the reason why people sometimes decide to preheat their ovens for 45min when making tricky foods (i.e. usually when baking very light dishes).
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johnmaitz
5 years ago
We opted for the 24 inch Wolf dual fuel griddle. So far so good. Doesn’t really hit the peak temperature of 450, but I’m ok with that. For context on why we went with the 24 inch over the 24; family of 6 and also do a lot of at home entertaining. Second, love the real estate and flexibility the larger surface area gives. And last, while we considered the charbroiler/griddle option, our Green Egg does a much better job getting to the temps we like to cook our steaks.