blue star griddle

6 years ago

Hello all,

Sorry to ask another bluestar question but for what they cosy BS has very little picture/details and my local retailers have the very basic.

I am considering the bluestar 24inch range with 24" griddle top to accompany our range top. I looked at a BS range with the 12" griddle and the surface of the griddle looked rough. Picture a 24" scarifying/grinding disk surfacing metal. (like combing sand on an arc). I wish i had taken a picture.

Who has a griddle and could you see grooves in it when new? did it fill/smooth out when seasoned? I have cooked on and seen a lot of flat tops and not have any ridges.

Thanks in advance

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opaone

6 years ago

I did a bunch of testing of BS, Wolf and other griddles a year or two ago. You'd need to search a bit to find it though.

The results:

Wolf Thermostatic was best. IIRC it maintained temp with about 25°f of set point which is pretty good, had a good recovery time and was the most even across its surface.

BS Thermostatic (RNB). IIRC maintained temp within about 50°f of set point and had an OK but not good recovery time. It was slightly less even across its surface than Wolf but much better than any burner top griddles such as BS Platinum or similar. I believe a lot of its poor performance may be due to it being much thinner material along with standard gas orifices rather than a better tube arrangement or IR.

Note that all griddles/flattops have some variation in temp over time. The most accurate are water bath griddles that can keep the temp to within about 10°f of set point, have an extremely quick recovery time and are almost perfectly even temps across the surface. Most commercial griddles seem to be within about 40-25°f of set point.

Recovery time is how quickly it gets back to temp after food is added. The typical test is with 20°f frozen burger patties.

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queen e
6 years ago
We got a 48” BS RNB with 12” griddle about 2 weeks ago and there are lines you describe on the griddle, visible, but if you run your hand over it, it feels perfectly smooth. We seasoned it as the user manual said to and it’s very non-stick when we use it. So far to clean it, we’ve only wiped it with a dry cloth and avocado oil.
queen e
6 years ago
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chris doe
Original Author
6 years ago
Queen e,

do you find the griddle keeps a steady temperature? As in, can you set it for 275 and will it stay there?

Thanks for the picture
queen e
6 years ago
I haven’t noticed any major fluctuation and the flame seems to stay on throughout rather than click on and off (it’s hard to tell, because you only see the reflection of the flame in the neighbouring burner cavity), but nothing we have cooked on it so far (omelettes, pancakes, teppanyaki, and green onion cakes) has required it be on for an extended period.
Toni Christy
6 years ago
Perhaps a silly question, but when we received our griddle and other parts (six parts) for our 48-inch BS range top, we did not like the fact that the "hole" on griddle goes directly down past the flame to the "catch" tray. I am not keen on that. Why isn't there a catch built into the griddle? Or am I missing something???
queen e
6 years ago
Toni, do you mean you don't want to get that tube greasy and would rather contain the griddle run-off on the top of the range? I just collect the grease in the little rectangular curb at the front with a paper towel to soak it up, and I don't bother letting anything go down the tube to the catch tray. I have a RNB so my griddle is built in so cleaning a greasy tube will be tricky, so in the name of good tube hygiene, I've decided to avoid using it. Sounds like yours is a Platinum? Mine arrived with everything in place, definitely not 6 parts!
Toni Christy
6 years ago
I do have Platinum so griddle came with 6 pieces and the one I thought I would use most is the smooth, flat one, and it has a hole at the end, where grease would run out of it, but no "tube" came with it, so it would virtually pass the fire and go into the catch tray, which does not make sense. Unfortunately BS booklets aren't really much help. Perhaps I am missing a piece???
wekick
6 years ago
I’m not sure of the purpose of the design on the Platinum griddle. They don’t address it in the manual. Some have complained in the past about the heat coming up through the hole. This picture from one of their marketing pages actually has the flame coming up.
wekick
6 years ago
Opaone,

How did you test the recovery time?

Did you do temperature mapping of all the griddles you mentioned. It would be nice to see the data to support what you are saying. It would be interesting to see what happens to the variations over time.

Looking for the highest performance as far as even heating and recovery on a built in griddle, my money would be on Thermador. It is aluminum which has much better heat transfer properties. The element(electric) contributes too

“Note that all griddles/flattops have some variation in temp over time.”

An overlay has the least amount of fluctuation because you don’t have the heat turning on and off all of the time. It is on and when adjusted is constant. The Platinum would win that criteria.

The Platinum also has a lot more heat available, almost 3 x the built in.

Can you provide a link to a water bath griddle?