Comparison of two grills - Contact Grill Delonghi CGH1030D and Ninja Foodi 5-in-1 4-qt. Air Fryer, Roast, Bake, Dehydrate Indoor Electric Grill (AG301)Still, it is not very correct to compare a contact grill with a non-contact grill.
But since it happened, I will immediately say that there is clearly no loser.
In the grill, we are interested in steaks.
After all, meat for steaks is expensive, and you can easily ruin it because of a bad device.
The task is this - to seal the meat immediately at a high temperature, to bring it under the control of the temperature probe to the desired temperature, taking into account the inertial further increase in the temperature inside the piece, in order to get the desired frying.
Therefore, you need a high power of the device, a high temperature limit and good panels or coating. Both devices meet these requirements.
Took steaks from Miratorg New York.
Unfortunately, the pieces were not the same in thickness, so the comparison will not be very correct.
The steaks were allowed to rest at room temperature for two hours.Smeared lightly with olive oil.
We started with the Ninja Grill.
Ninja warmed up to Max for more than 3-4 minutes, according to sensations. Again, I'll write the exact time, but about 12 minutes.
We inserted a heat probe into the thickest part of the steak, threw a piece inside and quickly closed the lid.
They set the time to 4 minutes, after four minutes they turned it over and set it for another 4 minutes. But here ... but no, I didn't have to wait four minutes. A minute later, the temperature reached 50C, I had to urgently take out the steak and put it on a preheated plate (do not ignore this advice if you want to get the right roast), covered it with foil in two layers on top and left to lie down.
In general, they write that the steak should lie down for 10 minutes, in my unprofessional opinion the steak cools down during this time, and then it is necessary to eat it, heating the cut pieces on a heated stone. We had no time for the stone this time, so I cut it in three or four minutes. I must say that the steak is just for this
time gained the longed-for 60C inside.
This is the temperature at which our family starts eating steaks. That is, the incision is red enough, but the blood does not ooze.
The meat was dense, but tender, did not melt, but was chewed completely, very tasty. This time Miratorg surprised.
Ate the steak, sprinkled with black salt and seasoned with Modena balsamic cream.
While the Ninja steak was resting, the panels warmed up to the maximum at Delonhge 1030.
In the same way, they threw the second thinner piece onto the lower panel, covered the upper one, that is, ensured full contact.
The time was set at 4 minutes.
Three minutes later, the temperature began to rise rapidly, the temperature rise in Delonge begins earlier, apparently due to contact.
Before we could look back, it was already almost 60C inside. To clear my conscience and a beautiful pattern, they turned the steak 180 degrees, turning it over to the other side, but almost immediately I had to take it out and put it under foil, since the temperature just started to rise at a run.
And it reached almost 70C along the thin edges, in the center up to 68C.
The roast turned out to be stronger and not as uniform as from Ninzi, but the piece was thinner by almost one centimeter.
The meat still turned out juicy, my husband ate with his eyes closed, he couldn’t tell the difference, he hardly tried to figure out the difference.
In all honesty, it turned out tastier and juicier from Ninzi, although you have to strain hard to distinguish. But the Ninzi piece was also thicker, and the roast was less strong.
It seemed to me that the piece of Ninzi turned out to be more magnificent and juicier just at the crust.
Still, the contact grill produces dryish stripes in places of strong contact with the ribbed surface due to the pressure of the top panel.
And these stripes, in my opinion, somewhat spoil the taste of the meat itself. For a long time I fell out of love with these stripes, I find it dearer just a beautiful uniform crust.
Ninzi has no pressure on a piece of meat from above, the pattern is obtained due to the weight of the piece itself, and these stripes do not "stick out" so much either in taste or in appearance.
The look of the Ninzi steak itself is more natural, if I may say so, naturally fried, like from the grill.
By the way, they smoke both grills. Even when Ninja was working alone, the window had to be urgently opened.
More juice was released in Delonge, but in Ninza it could simply evaporate inside and burn out, which is probably what happens.
Both steaks seemed juicy and tasty. It is necessary to adapt to both grills - to draw up a temperature table for different thicknesses of different meat and fish. Each needs its own table, since the algorithm is not the same.
By functions, it is clear that the devices are different, each has its own additional charms.
Dehydrator and pastries at Ninzi versus great waffles, the ability to fry on two panes at the same time at Delonge. By the way, at Delonge you can lift the top panel for some imitation of "contactlessness".
I use this option for heating sandwiches and pancakes, baking cheese cakes and making hot sandwiches with a fluid filling.
Both grills are easy to clean, but if on a Delonge grill, both panels are removed with one hand movement, placed at an angle on the wall of the sink, and all carbon deposits are washed off simply with a brush. Then the water flows down and you put them back. There is no need to hold and rinse the panels a hundred times.
Ninja has a very heavy grill insert, it needs to be turned over, rinsed from all sides.
So also the lower pan must be washed, not to mention that the upper mesh covering the heating elements must be washed. Especially after fish and shrimp, as the smell still eats in.
I plan to compare both grills on the same products after NG.
And as they like to say here, I love both of them dearly and will not give them to anyone!
Of course, due to circumstances, everything was prepared in a hurry. I will repeat after NG, I will cut one thick piece into two parts for the purity of the experiment, I will try to make the output the same temperature to compare the cuts.
If you have questions and nuances, then ask, I will try to take them into account and answer.
Happy girls and boys! Good steaks to you, and, most importantly, more money for them and stronger health to enjoy them!: Drinks_milk: