Broil King 11239 Exact Fit Cast Iron Griddle, Imperial and Regal Series Grills, Black

I have the Broil King Imperial XLS natural gas built in double oven grill and these are such an amazing addition to a grill I already love. Never cooking on cast iron before, I dove right in and cooked a brunch in our outdoor kitchen and bar for 15 people for Sunday football. Since I never cooked on cast iron before, I set the griddles directly on the grates and they fit perfectly. I set the heat relatively low and bumped it up as needed. I cooked bacon on one griddle, sausage patties on another griddle, and blueberry pancakes on another. Everything cooked even and tasted amazing. Clean up was not hard. I scraped with a rubber spatula all the excess food, and once cool enough to take off the grates, I ran under hot water and wiped with a rag. Prior to cooking on them, I seasoned with olive oil and heated up the griddles and let them cool befor I started to cook. I highly recommend these.Have had these for almost a year now, and cook on them year round. The more seasoned they’ve become, they better they are!

I bought this because the Weber 7404 Griddle insert is nearly twice as much $. This actually fits BETTER than the Weber. Pictures attached.There is some confusion about the dimensions of this item. Amazon says it’s 19.25” by 11.73”. The photo Amazon has in the listing says 19.25” x 11.18”. THOSE ARE BOTH WRONG!The actual dimensions are on the box the product comes in. (Picture attached) it is 11.7” x 19.2”. I measured to confirm. This means it still fits length wise on a Weber Summit 600, but is slightly wider than the Weber 7404 griddle insert. This is BETTER because the Weber insert is not wide enough! It creates a small gap between grates and griddle, as noted in reviews on the item.In conclusion, I can’t comment on the quality/use of the item yet. But I can say to any Weber Summit 600 Series owners, buy this griddle insert instead of the Weber 7404. I can only vouch for the 600, but I can’t see any reason this won’t fit better in the other models the 7404 is designed for (Summit 400, Silver, Gold, Platinum, etc.) I will update this review if I run across any problems with use/quality.

Could have been a little larger to cover more of my Broil King Regal.

The media could not be loaded. I really like the griddle. You can remove the grates and keep it in place of the grates or you can place it directly on top of the grates. I have used it both ways to complete satisfaction. The surface has an interesting non-smooth finish. Paper towels, and Bar towels will leave either a paper or cotton residue when applying oil for seasoning. This also happens during the drying off times. I found applying avocado oil with a lint free cloth and an oil brush worked best. There were no instructions, but I decided to go ahead and Season the griddle in a 400° oven for an hour. This produced an amazing nonstick surface. These grates are extremely heavy. Make sure your grill is evenly placed. Remember the grease collector will flow in the direction of the tilt of your grill. It only collected oil for about six pieces of bacon. You will find yourself removing oil during the cooking process. I have already made breakfast And smash burgers. The real deal broil King product is great.

The coating bubbled during searing. So beware. Other than that it fits as advertised. The eggs and other stuff I did turned out nice but I had some sticking to my food. After removing the bubbled coating I now have to take extra care of the uncoated areas cleaning it of rust from time to time. If you keep the temps low (max. 250 on th bbqs temp gauge-my guess) it should be fine.

This fit inside my Cuisinart gas grill perfectly. Cleans up easy and cooks evenly.

So this grill is cast iron, and I didn't read the part about the ceramic coating. Makes me nervous to use metal spatulas on it. It has this gritty sound to it. Over a few days, it noticed the sound reducing, like I was scratching off the peaks of the coating. The cast iron is flat but not smooth so the ceramic coating is not smooth. I suspect that at some point the coating will come off [many outside reviews say it does] and then I will just scrape it all, sand it smooth and season it like any other cast iron grill. Overall I will look for a non coated grill next time.

Cooks great over gas.Pancakes.Flapjacks.Toast from France.Bacon.These all cook well on the griddle. Especially the bacon !!