If not cooking outdoors, I am cooking on the stovetop with my 14" carbon steel wok, 12" CI skillet, or in the oven with my two Lodge CI pizza pans, or two dutch ovens. I've also got a nifty Lodge carbon steel grill pan that rocks for veggies outdoors.
Welcome to the Griddle club! I don't think anything else quite competes for certain styles of cooking, and smash burgers were a great way to break in your new cooker!
I need to get out there and uncover my griddle and cook something, for crying out loud. Just haven't been motivated much lately.
Large Big Green Egg, Weber Performer Deluxe, Weber Smokey Joe Silver, Fireboard Drive, 3 DigiQs, lots of Thermapens, and too much other stuff to mention.
$250 is the magic number where even someone who is relatively immune to MCS (like me) has no excuse!
It is the exact right added cooker for almost any patio: it allows you to make some things (burgers) sufficiently different enough to be useful, and brings other things (stir fry, breakfasts) outdoors finally, where really everything belongs.
I have been eyeing one ever since RonB posted his thread. If the one at Costco had been $249 it would on my deck today. Congrats and that is a killer patio.
Congrats!
Mrs. Skinsfan gifted me a 22" that Costco had on special, ($159.00 includes hard cover, carry bag and hose for 20lb tank), that we use all the time. You'll love it!
My toys:
Weber Summit Charcoal Grilling Center (WSCGC) aka Mr. Fancypants
Pit Barrel Cooker (which rocks), named Pretty Baby
Weber Summit S650 Gas Grill, named Hot 'n Fast (used mostly for searing and griddling)
Weber Kettle Premium 22" named Kettle Kid, eager to horn in with more cooks in the future
Camp Chef Somerset IV 4-burner outdoor gas range named AfterBurner due to its 30kBTU burners
Adrenaline BBQ Company Gear:
SnS Low Profile, DnG, and Large Charcoal Basket, for WSCGC
SnS Deluxe for 22" Kettle
Elevated SS Rack for WSCGC
SS Rack for DnG
Cast Iron Griddle
Grill Grate for SnS
Grill Grates: five 17.375 sections (retired to storage)
Grill Grates: six 19.25 panels for exact fit for Summit S650
gasser
Grill Grates for 22" Kettle
2 Grill Grate Griddles
Steelmade Griddle for Summit gas grill
Fireboard Gear:
Extreme BBQ Thermometer Package
Additional control unit
Additional probes: Competition Probes 1" (3) and 4" (1), 3 additional Ambient Probes. 1 additional Food Probe
2 Driver Cables
Pit Viper Fan (to pair with Fireboard Fan Driver Cable)
Pit Viper Fan new design (to pair with Fireboard Fan Driver Cable)
Thermoworks Gear:
Thermapen MK4 (pink)
Thermapen Classic (pink too)
Thermoworks MK4 orange
Temp Test 2 Smart Thermometer
Extra Big and Loud Timer
Timestick Trio
Maverick ET 73 a little workhorse with limited range
Maverick ET 733
Maverick (Ivation) ET 732
Grill Pinz
Vortex (two of them)
18" drip pan for WSCGC
Ceramic Spacers for WSCGC in Kamado Mode: 2 sets each 1/2", 1", 2". The 2" spacers work best with the 18" drip pan. The 1+1/2 inch spacers work best with the 14 inch cake pan.
Two Joule Sous Vide devices
3 Lipavi Sous Vide Tubs with Lids: 12, 18 and 26 quarts
Avid Armor Ultra Pro V32 Chamber Sealer
Instant Pot 6 Quart Electric Pressure Cooker
Instant Pot 10 Quart Electric Pressure Cooker
Charcoal Companion TurboQue
A-Maze-N tube 12 inch tube smoker accessory for use with pellets
BBQ Dragon and Dragon Chimney
Shun Classic Series:
8" Chef Knife
6" Chef's Knife
Gokujo Boning and Fillet Knife
3 1/2 inch Paring Knife
John "JR"
Minnesota/ United States of America
******************************************** Grills/Smokers/Fryers Big Green Egg (Large) X3
Blackstone 36" Outdoor Griddle 4-Burner
Burch Barrel V-1 Karubeque C-60 Kamado Joe Jr. (Black) Lodge L410 Hibachi Pit Barrel Cooker Pit Barrel Cooker 2.0
Pit Barrel PBX
R&V Works FF2-R-ST 4-Gallon Fryer *******************************************. Thermometers
FireBoard (Base Package)
Thermoworks ThermaPen (Red)
Thermoworks MK4 (Orange)
********************************* Accessories Big Green Egg Plate Setter
Benzomatic TS800 High Temp Torch X 2 Bayou Classic 44 qt Stainless Stock Pot
Bayou Classic 35K BTU Burner Eggspander Kit X2 Finex Cat Iron Line FireBoard Drive Lots and Lots of Griswold Cast Iron Grill Grates Joule Water Circulator
KBQ Fire Grate Kick Ash Basket (KAB) X4 Lots of Lodge Cast Iron Husky 6 Drawer BBQ Equipment Cabinet Large Vortex Marlin 1894 .44 Magnum Marquette Castings No. 13 (First Run) Smithey No. 12 Smokeware Chimney Cap X 3 Stargazer No.10, 12 ******************************** Fuel FOGO Priemium Lump Charcoal Kingsford Blue and White B&B Charcoal Apple, Cherry & Oak Log splits for the C-60 ************************************************* Cutlery Buck 119 Special
Cuda 7' Fillet Knife Dexter 12" Brisket Sword Global Shun Wusthof ********** Next Major Purchase Lone Star Grillz 24 X 48 Offset
Cooking gadgets
Weber Summit Charcoal Grill Center
Weber Summit Platinum D6
Blue Rhino Razor
Dyna-Glo XL Premium Dual Chamber
Camp Chef Somerset IV along with their Artisan Pizza Oven 90
Anova WiFi
Thermometers
Thermapen Mk4 - ThermaQ High Temp Kit - ThermaQ Meathead Kit - ThermaQ WiFi - ThermoWorks IR-GUN-S - ThermoWorks Signals & Billows - ThermoPop -ThermoWorks ProNeedle - ThermoWorks TimeStick Trio x2 - and a Christopher Kimball timer - NO, I do not work for ThermoWorks...I just like their products.
Other useful bits...
KitchenAid 7-qt Pro Line stand mixer
A Black & Decker food processor that I can't seem to murder
A couple of immersion blenders, one a "consumer" model & the other a "high end" Italian thing. Yes, the Italian one is a bit better, but only marginally
Instant Pot Duo Evo Plus 8-qt + accessories like egg-bite & egg holders
All-Clad pots & pans, along with some cast iron...everything from 7" Skookie pans to 8.5qt Dutch ovens
Weber GBS griddle, pizza stone, and wok
Knives range from Mercer to F. Dick to "You spent how much for one knife? One knife?!" LOL
Oh yeah! A griddle is a must have! I've “sold” several…and I don’t work for anyone that makes or sells them. LOL
Have fun with the new toy. And while smash burgers are a great alternative…I LOVE cooking up a bunch of fajitas on mine.
My God forget the grill (although I will take one of those burgers!!) that patio and view are f****g AWESOME !!! I say, meat-up in New Mexico next !!!!
Congratulations on the addition to the patio family. Can your wife talk to mine? I had mentioned that a flat top was on my outdoor wish list, my much better half surprised me with a larger Lodge cast iron griddle. I think I'm starting to wear her down.
Smokin-It 3D
Weber Kettle with an SNS
Masterbuilt kettle that I call the $30 wonder grill
Bullet by Bull Grills gasser
Anova WiFi sous vide machine
Thermoworks Thermapen and Chef Alarm
The fun of buying a new toy….are the toys you buy for said toy but I feel I need a few things to really take advantage of this griddle. As I continue to pick up some fun things, I’ll post those directly here most likely.
The first thing I picked up was this silicon griddle cover that sits directly on the griddle surface and over the edge. It’s not water I’m worried about, it’s the dust that we get and requires me to shop vac everything on the patio once a month if not more in the spring. So, with the main cover for the entire unit, the hard top cover and this griddle, I know the dust will be minimal, if anything at all.
This fits well, and I especially like that it has the lip that completely covers the griddle.
The hard top actually fits a little better in my opinion with this silicon cover now, which I like.
The second thing I picked up was this cheap infa-red thermometer from Amazon. I was surprised at the price of these - it’s nothing special, but for wanting to know the temps of the griddle surface, $15 was something I was willing to pay. Will give this a go on the griddle soon, although you know I had to walk around the house and see what the temp was on everything! Hahah.
Those are the new additions for the griddle. It’s just so easy to go gangbusters on Amazon…but I’ll wait on a few other things like extra tongs, griddle spatulas, and see what else I think of while I use it for a while. If you have suggestions, let me know!
Smokin-It 3D
Weber Kettle with an SNS
Masterbuilt kettle that I call the $30 wonder grill
Bullet by Bull Grills gasser
Anova WiFi sous vide machine
Thermoworks Thermapen and Chef Alarm
hahah! Such a cool $15 toy!!!!! I need to use this a bit more to figure out the spots, but it did confirm the seasoning pattern on the cook top. But, still fun to have so I can get dialed in on the temp for various cooking.
Absolutely, an infrared for griddle cooking is ESSENTIAL! And like you, I love checking temps all around the house, my foot, the dog's nose... etc. Although, the dog AND the cat have never been friends, when the red light comes out, they are both in a cooperative effort trying to catch it. It's hysterical! lol
hahaha. It’s ready to go for visits! 
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