T-fal OptiGrill Indoor Electric Grill

Product Description

Cook food to perfection with the T fal OptiGrill GC702D53 electric indoor grill. This indoor grill offers versatility and convenience for any grilled meals. Choose from six pre set programs: Burger, Poultry, Sandwich, Sausage, Red Meat, and Fish. The grill’s precision grilling technology with sensors measures the thickness of food for auto cooking based on the program selected. When the flashing light turns solid purple, the grill has properly preheated—place food on the grill, lower the lid, and it takes care of the rest. A cooking level indicator light changes from yellow to orange to red signifying the cooking progress with audible beeps that alert when food gets to each stage: rare, medium, and well done. Take food off the grill once it’s reached your preferred level of doneness. Along with the six pre set programs, the electric grill provides two additional cooking options: Frozen mode for defrosting and fully cooking frozen food and Manual mode for cooking vegetables or personal recipes. (Note: when preheating for a pre set program, keep the lid closed or the grill will automatically switch to Manual mode.) The OptiGrill features a powerful 1800 watt heating element, user friendly controls ergonomically located on the handle, and die cast aluminum plates with a nonstick coating for effortless food release. The slightly angled cooking plates allow fat to run away from food and into the drip tray for healthier results, and the drip tray and cooking plates are removable and dishwasher safe for quick cleanup. Housed in brushed stainless steel, the OptiGrill electric indoor grill makes an attractive addition to any counter.

Features

• THE SMARTEST GRILL EVER: precision technology that calculates ingredient thickness and adjusts cooking automatically. This is not just an indoor grill—it's also a panini press, a griddle and a sandwich maker, offering endless meal options.
• 6 SMART COOKING PROGRAMS: Our indoor grill comes with six pre-programmed settings for hamburger, poultry, fish, sandwiches and even more.
• 2X LESS SMOKE WITH FAST RESULTS: This powerfull indoor grill ensures fast and homogeneous results with minimal smoke (compared to the T-fal TG80 grill).
• UP TO 44% LESS FAT: The inclined plates and juice tray on our electric grill facilitate the removal of excess fat (test based on a burger 20% fat).
• DISHWASHER SAFE PARTS: The T-Fal OptiGrill Stainless Steel Electric Grill Indoor's plates and juice tray are dishwasher safe, making cleanup a breeze.

Top Reviews

T-fal Warranty is not trustworthy
by Fivos (1 out of 5 stars)
June 30, 2018

I made great steaks for a year and was pretty satisfied. A few weeks after the 1-year warranty the grill stopped working, and did not turn on. I was never able to talk to a real person and only received automatic responses from T-fal customer service, saying I need to ship them the malfunctioning grill and they will try to fix it. Besides the fact that T-fal does not provide full instructions, prompting you in other words to just give up, this is ridiculous, as no logical person would pay $30 shipping to ship a problematic appliance and maybr get it fixed, but most likely not. Given that omyou can spend $100 on a brand new grill from any other brand like Hamilton or Kitchen Aid etc. As much as I liked the way the Optigrill worked, after my experience with T-fal I will avoid buying any other products from them dur to their disrespectful customer policy.

T-fal has to think of lifetime value of customers and put a bit more effort to get your business, instead of being so narrow minded and having automated emails answering your questions trying tonget you to give up on their faulty product.
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BUYER BEWARE breaks quickly.
by rayleigh (1 out of 5 stars)
July 17, 2018

When this grill works it is great, but be warned it doesn't work for long!! I've used this grill maybe 10 times and the auto sensing already broke. The grill only works in manual mode now. I bought this grill because I needed help grilling and knowing when the when my food was done and after 10 times it doesn't do that any more. I'm very disappointed. I read the reviews that said this problem happens but I didn't listen so BUYER BEWARE this grill isn't useful for long.
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Automatic cooking is not reliable on my unit
by Amazon Customer (3 out of 5 stars)
July 5, 2016

This review is for the OptiGrill Plus XL model (8 servings)

Like many other reviews we have been plagued with the stuck in manual mode problem, this presents as one of the following:
1. When powering on the grill, the automatic cook mode lights flash letting us know we can select one. After a moment of flashing they stop, and it goes straight into manual mode with no option to select an automatic cook mode.
2. When using the automatic cook mode, after a few minutes of preheating the indicator turns red and has switched to manual mode.

We have also encountered a third issue, where a steak was cooked to past well done when the indicator only said it had just reached medium.

I believe all three of these issues are related to the units sensors, there are steps in the reviews to recalibrate the unit - but they DO NOT WORK for the OptiGrill Plus XL model. After calling T-Fal and receiving a different set of recalibration instructions, that failed to recalibrate the unit I was advised to exchange the unit.

When it does work in automatic mode (four times out of more than eight attempts in the last week) we had mostly positive results: amazing hot dogs, the best hamburgers we've ever had, juicy pork chops, and a very overcooked steak.

My hope is that we just received a lemon, the concept behind this product is great and as I mentioned it cooked the best hamburgers we've ever had - a blessing for someone that is very uncomfortable in the kitchen but wants to save money normally spent on eating out, and to start eating healthier.
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Would recommend this to anyone!
by S. Erickson (5 out of 5 stars)
August 8, 2015

Love this grill so far. I didn't purchase it from Amazon because they were out of stock at the time. I am always worried about ruining meat on the grill. Overcooking steaks or under cooking chicken. So the fact that it did all of the thinking for me is what had me sold. I have only had it a few days - will update if I find any problems.

First night when it arrived, a gorgeous, thick bone-out rib eye. Kind of an expensive piece of meat for a test drive. I put a little olive oil, salt, pepper and Todd's Dirt (love this stuff). Waited for the pre-heating which was about 5 minutes. Threw it on and like probably everyone else who uses this for the first time, I watched the lights change. It took about 7 minutes to get to where I was guessing medium rare would be. It looked and smelled amazing.

I put it in a foil tent to let the juices settle. Reset the grill to manual and threw on some asparagus. For those I brushed them with olive oil, salt and pepper and that's it. Put them on the grill and waited. About 5 minutes and I figured they were done. So it was time to eat!

It was PERFECT. This was the best steak I have probably ever grilled and I didn't even have to think or guess if it was done.

Next afternoon made a turkey, ham, provolone, pesto panini on wheat. Also delicious. And that night I tried a pretty thick and uneven chicken breast that marinated for a few hours in italian dressing. Again added asparagus after while the chicken rested in a foil tent. It was perfect again. Tender, juicy, and thoroughly cooked. It didn't matter that it was uneven, but I will do a better job of that in future.

Today, hot dogs. That was an easy one.

So far I would recommend this to anyone. If that changes I will update it.
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Great until it breaks[updated with reset/fix instructions]
by Amazon Customer (5 out of 5 stars)
January 10, 2017

Been relying on this grill for a few months now, a few days ago it decided to stop for no reason, sausage button keeps blinking along with an annoying sound, basically it's bricked.

Tefals website is outdated and there's no information about local centers, their support didn't pickup the line after being on hold for an hour. Think about that before buying

Update 1/14/2017!!

You will need something to use as a 1-1/2" spacer in the recalibration process. An oven mitt or hot pad, a rolled length of aluminum foil, or even a wooden spoon can serve as this spacer. The height of the spacer needs to be at least 1-1/2" and no more than 2" to properly align the plates:

For model GC702
1. Plug the unit in.
2. Press and hold for the following buttons at the same time for 3 seconds: Burger + Fish + Manual and release the buttons.
3. The Steak button will flash 3 times.
4. Once the Steak button is solid, open the grill, place the spacer between the grill plates and close the lid.
5. Press the Steak button once and let it go, it will flash 3 more times.
6. Open the Grill and remove the spacer, then close the grill.
7. Unplug the grill for 10 seconds.
8. Plug the grill back in and it should operate correctly.

If you have the OptiGrill with Ceramic Plates or the OptiGrill Plus - models GC704 & GC712 - please follow these additional instructions:
1. Press and hold the following buttons at the same time Burger + Poultry + Manual until the unit beeps and shows the blue light.
2. Open the lid.
3. If the unit light turns red open the grill and insert the spacer, close the lid until the light goes off.
4. Open grill and remove the spacer, close the grill and unplug for 10 seconds.
5. Plug the grill back in and the unit will be reset.

If in step 3 the light turns off, follow these additional steps:
1. Insert spacer
2. Close lid
3. After 3 seconds the unit light will turn green then beep.
4. Open lid, Light will turn red and the unit will beep.
5. Remove the spacer and close the lid
6. Press the power button 3 times, with each press the light will change from Yellow - Orange - Red.
7. Unplug the unit for 10 seconds.
8. Plug the grill back in and the unit will be reset.
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not happy
by Alydira (1 out of 5 stars)
July 16, 2018

I did not use it often. but, I pulled it out the other day to grill some steaks because of a fire ban here in Colorado and plugged it in and it was beeping like crazy and the lights are like frozen on it.. it won't respond to anything. I went online to see if i could do anything but all I could find is recalibration things but since the buttons will not respond that does not work. This would be a great grill if the problems with buttons and sensors were fixed. but since they are not, do not buy.
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Appears to have unreasonably high failure rate
by Amazon Customer (2 out of 5 stars)
November 19, 2016

Just like numerous other people, after a few months and perhaps a dozen meals cooked, the sensor failed that allows the grill to engage the preset cooking programs, leaving only the 'Manual' option. Supposedly, that indicates that the plates are misaligned (mine are lined up properly). I also had the "top latch gets stuck" issue that many have reported, although I found a small skewer that I can use to reach in and pop the latch back into position. Furthermore, the top part of my items always cooked far more than the bottom side, forcing me to choose between underdone on the bottom or burnt up top. As for resolving any of these issues, T-Fal's online support is virtually non-existent and their included manual/instructions are nigh on incomprehensible. Basically, giving this item 2 stars is rather generous. The concept is good, and I found cleanup to be easy, and when the product actually worked as advertised, I was pleased. It's a shame that the failure rate is so high.
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It didn't last.
by Darrin Robertson (1 out of 5 stars)
May 9, 2017

Less than a year after purchase, the sensor that sets the cooking time has completely failed, rendering it fairly useless. We've purchased another brand grill and this one's going to Goodwill. I think it's a great grill, but it's not made very well. I wouldn't buy another T-Fal grill.
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Do not buy this grill!!!
by Casey (1 out of 5 stars)
December 6, 2018

I purchased this grill in 2016 and it died shortly after 1 year. I probably used it only two or three times. I also had the same issue with a manual mode button issue with other reivewers. It kept going into manual mode no matter what other buttons you choose. I looked up this problem online and found out a Youtube video to solve this problem and followed the directions but it's still not working. I sent it to T-fall company for a repair and they tried to charge me $30 to open and diagnose the problem. I don't know how much they will charge me for this issue so I told them to threw it away. I would buy a brand new grill instead of wasting my money to fix it.
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There is a reason why T-Fal cost more
by ITsTheXFactor (4 out of 5 stars)
November 25, 2018

There is a reason why the maker of this grill their products cost more I've had George Foreman's and other assorted grills but I always was out of reach when it came to the T-Fal just didn't want to pay that kind of money so after many broken other grills I decided why not? Boy now I see the difference it's kind of like yeah you can buy a car or you can buy a expensive car and when you get in that expensive car you instantly see where your money went the plates are easy to disconnect going to snap to clean up the whole thing cooking by itself which it does you just press a few buttons and walk away and listen for a few tones to let you know your food is done takes getting little used to but once you get used to it you will never go back then of course for all you control freaks out there there is a manual setting so that you can cook your food yourself but trust me this grill cook your own food for you better than you will there's a color coding system when here to let you know the wellness or doneness of your food it's so easy to follow a caveman can do it.... Seriously it's that easy so give it a shot if worse comes to worse you can always send it back but I bet you you won't I didn't

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