Great quality

I love the end result of cooking with cast iron and this really is a good quality cast iron griddle. I have to laugh at the review that says it's "too heavy" ... because...well it's cast iron. I would definitely think something was wrong if it was lightweight. The instructions for cleaning that come with this are more geared towards caring for a skillet - for example, it says the key to a good seasoning layer is buffing, which makes sense for a cast iron skillet, but not for a grill. Getting in between each grill grate with a thin layer of oil and "buffing" it in is a lot more difficult than oiling a skillet. That said, it's worth the labor to get to the end result of perfect grill marks and flavor. It's also worth noting that this griddle is too wide to be used on a long 5th burner. It's more for use across two adjacent burners. If you use this on a 5th burner in the middle of your stove, there's not much room for anything else on the stove top. That was apparently unclear to me when I bought it, but that was my oversight. I still love this thing.

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