Tefal OptiGrill+ GC713D40 Intelligent Health Grill, 6 Automatic Settings, Stainless Steel, 2000W, 4-6 Portions
Superb grilling results, from rare to well-done!
Meet OptiGrill+, Tefal’s ultimate innovation in healthy cooking. Under and overcooked meat is a thing of the past thanks to a colour-coded cooking level indicator that works with the sensor to alert you when the meat is rare, medium or well done. Six pre-set cooking programmes allow you to enjoy all your favourite meats perfectly grilled, while Tefal’s Automatic Sensor Cooking technology identifies the thickness of the meat and adjusts the cooking time and temperature accordingly.
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The temperature control for manual modes give you control to grill vegetables, sandwiches and more.
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For different types of food: Burger, Poultry, Sandwich, Sausage, Red Meat and Fish
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Monitors cooking for perfect grilling results from rare to well done; it beeps at every stage
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The high performance die cast aluminium plates and drip tray are dishwasher safe.
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Automatic thickness measurement adjusts the temperature, according to the size and thickness of food
Mix up mealtimes: from succulent steak to healthy salmon
OptiGrill+
Comparison table
6 | Cooking programmes | 9 |
Yes | Temperature control | Yes |
Yes | Cooking indicator | Yes |
Yes | Removable plates | Yes |
Yes – Plates only | Dishwasher safe | Yes – Plates only |
2000W | Wattage | 2000W |
6 | Cooking programmes | – |
Yes | Temperature control | Yes |
Yes | Cooking indicator | Ready to cook light |
Yes | Removable plates | Yes |
Yes – Plates only | Dishwasher safe | Yes – Plates only |
2000W | Wattage | 2000W |
- OptiGrill XL
- Ultracompact 3in1
Do I need to turn off the grill and let it cool to start a second batch of cooking?
No, you do not have to switch off the grill first. When the lights flash again, choose the mode that you want. The preheating phase should be a lot quicker than the first time as the plates will already be hot.
How do I clean my grill?
Wait 45 minutes for the device to cool. To clean the grill and grill components, use a cloth soaked in hot water. Do not immerse the grill in water or use abrasive cleaning products.
Can I use the frozen food setting when cooking in the manual mode?
No – the cooking sensors are not active in manual mode
| Weight: | 5 kg |
| Dimensions: | 37 x 36 x 16.5 cm; 5 Kilograms |
| Brand: | Tefal |
| Model: | GC713D40 |
| Colour: | Stainless Steel |
| Colour: | Stainless Steel |
It’s so simple to set up and start cooking – just select your food type, add your food and leave it till it’s done! I’ve used it for steak, sausages and veg etc and all have come out great. Really easy to clean, just remove the plates and wash. Shocked by how much fat comes off even ‘lean’ foods. Great buy!
I was a bit hesitant about buying it but I’m so glad I did. One of the best purchases I ever made. It cooks the meat perfectly and to the degree you want it. Is quick even from frozen, easy to use and super easy to clean. I’m very, very happy with this appliance.
I love it, so easy to cook anything you desire. I do chicken a lot. Press the chicken button, let it heat up and whack it in. It then beeps when it’s at the desired cooking level. Easy to clean as the grills detach and you can put them in the sink. Excellent for paninis too. 5 sta
Skeptic at the beginning, but turned out to be a wonderful appliance. Myself I’m not remotely good in the kitchen. But with this , I have several meals sorted easily. Preheat, food in, and it tells you when it’s done. Rare, medium, well done, you choose.
I really enjoy meals that otherwise would need to wait for my wife to cook it.
Easy to use , easy to clean, so far, I don’t regret the purchase.
We had a previous grill that didn’t have removable plates this is a game changer! Didn’t realise you can actually cook from frozen on this too. For a test we cooked some frozen sausages an they turned out so well. If your a beginner cook this is fantastic, tells you when the food is ready to go on then when it’s done going through the cooking stages, it cooked meat with an without bones perfectly well think this will be used daily, an the plates either wipe down with a damp cloth or you pop in the dishwasher easy!
Smart grill, really good for calibrating exactly the right temperature and time to get the precise outcome you want. Superb for fish. Have used for meat such as steak, chops and burgers; bacon (v good); sausages; fish; chicken (excellent); toasted sarnies. All worked perfectly. Very easy removal of the grill plates which I wash by hand but would also go in the dishwasher. I also bought a snack and bake attachment – remove the bottom plate and replace with a low-sided tray that converts the grill into an efficient and very hot oven.
Most kitchen appliances get used for a month then put in a cupboard, and then go to the car-boot sale 15 years later. Not this – it’s in use pretty well every day.
Very happy with this grill. Looked at quite a few before deciding on this one. There is a temperature panel which is fairly easy to use. It heats up pretty quick. So far have cooked a few things on it ranging from wraps/paninis/toasties/steak/chicken/onions/flatbreads/potatoes. This is by far the most used item in our kitchen.
Very easy to clean and the grill comes apart easily enough to clean down. It is a bit bigger than anticipated and sits on top of out kitchen island.
I’m so happy to use this stuff very helpful in kitche
This purchase was part of an effort to eat healthier and less processed foods. We have had a cheap grill in the past but it really was tricky to get the cooking times right.
We chose the OptGrill Elite because at the time there wasn’t a huge difference between this and the standard. It has a couple more options as well.
Well, it’s been a revelation. Delicious chicken cooked to perfection every time, steaks taken off at “medium” are exactly that! And the sear function gives them the restaurant look and seals in the juices and flavour.
What has been the biggest reason this isn’t a gadget that ends up in the cupboard is the ease of use. We did read the instruction but once you get how it works there really is nothing to it. It heats up and let’s you know when it’s ready to cook and then you pop the meat on there and wait for it to tell you it’s ready.
We are going to experiment more but this and our rice cooker will now be permanent fixtures on the worktop.
I’ve has a few and this is better than my commercial units, it’s good.
The main reason I got this was removable plates,I have cooked sausage,bacon, fish , potato slices,all cooked nicely but like all new appliances you need to practice with settings it seems very well made and is easy to use. panini and toasted sarnie really good,all in all a useful tool in the kitchen but I think it’s a bit expensive but would still recommend above a George Michael grill.
In a morning, nearly every morning, I like a good bacon buttie and I’ve cooked bacon every way you can cook bacon. This grill is probably not the best tool for the job. It cooks it well and if you like the fat to go all crispy then it does a great job and it does it really quickly. In fact, sometimes the bacon can be cooked thoroughly before the pre-heat feature has even completed. While the cooking is incredibly fast, it’s perfectly flat and its quite a bit tougher than when its fried in a pan or its grilled under a conventional grill.
That all said, I haven’t gone back to a frying pan because of the cooking speed and convenience of that for a pre-work meal. There’s also something really satisfying about seeing the fat drip from the grill and fill up the drip tray. You realise that much of that used to go inside your body. Tuna steaks, chicken, sausages all come out fine and all cook very quickly in comparison to other cooking methods. You can also get a lot on this grill. 8 rashers of bacon fit easily, 4 butterflied chicken breasts etc.
The problem for me is the cleaning! It doesn’t take long to do with the additional purchase of a health grill brush (I use the OXO Good Grips Electric Grill brush from Amazon) and the plates remove very easily. The plates are big and awkward and you’ll end up splashing the fat everywhere while rinsing it. You can’t assume it will be ok to cook something else on the grill without cleaning it from the previous time because it just imprints old food on new. I don’t have a dishwasher so I can’t comment on how effective that would be, but the messy cleaning routine is definitely my biggest issue with this otherwise good cooking machine.
Love this grill. We have our own and bought this for a friend as she loved ours so much. So easy to remove heated ridged plates for cleaning and drip tray removes unhealthy extras.
Multitude of uses, easy and self explanatory to use from touch pad. Alerts at warm up and at different stages of cooking. A healthier way to cook steaks, chicken and pork and perfect results each time. Also a frozen button for boneless meats stored in freezer. Also use as a toasties maker!
it is over priced, but very happey with it, it dose a good job at cook
I liked the look of it temperature control easy to use simple and easy cleaning also easy
Simple to use after changing it to English..Burgers cook quickly and test great an do not shrink even from frozen..Very easy to use and clea
This is a replacement from my old one. Much better as easy to use and better relulated with new dials
Can’t do bacon and sausages together and bacon comes out a little hard
Once you do a few cooks on it you start to perfect the cooking experience
I was nicely surprised by Tefal with their OptiGrill+ XL GC722D40. Easy to use, fast to cook and very good results. My wife and I have different preferences when it comes to meat, I prefer mine raw while she likes her to be medium cooked. We have used this grill over 30 times till now and its consistency is remarkable. Neither of us has every been dissatisfied with it. The fact you can cook meat for two different preferences in one go is definitely a huge plus. Very happy to buy it, would definitely recommend to everyone. Can’t comment on the reliability of the grill since I only have it for one month.
One of the best grill I have seen in my life
Really appreciate to Tefal for it.
Easy fast delicious
Absolutely brilliant for paninis.
Cooked steak, good result. We will try the manual mode next time to get a better sear outside and pink/red inside.
Chicken breast, V good resul
Very easy to clean, took it with me on a glamping holiday, fantastic healthier way to cook.
Had it for a couple of months now, and all i can say is that my electricity bill is going crazy. I use it almost everyday. What can i do, i Love Pork Meat :)) Is easy to use and the cooking is much more faster than regular cooking . SO thats means that is getting very fast to a pre-set temp. from one of the cooking options buttons. You can set it on manual temp. Overall, this investment make me to get fat, cuz now when i open the fridge i pick some meat to cook it fast. Before i was opened the fridge and closed back , cuz i was too lazy to cook for myself :))) but now, i can still be a lazy c. And feeded :))))
I kid you not, makes the best steaks I’ve ever had, everything I cook on it just tastes amazing, the crispy bacon OMG.
Brought to replace old optigrill, that we had had well used over the last 7 years and plates started to lose non stick coating.
This version has variable temp control in manual mode which is grea
This grill delivers perfectly cooked food quickly and without fussvery simple to use and clean after use, an item well worth having in your kitchen.
Used to cook steaks so far and does them to perfection. Easy use of buttons and handy info card explains functions. Easy to remove grilling plates for washing in hot soapy water. Lots of cooking options, would definitely recommend.
Have grilled steaks, bacon, veg and deforested frozen sausages. Temperature control is spot on on both auto and manual modes.
Made life so much easier.
I had an older model which was losing it’s Teflon coating and decided to upgrade. This new model is a joy to use. It gives accurate results every time, cooks to perfection. Cleaning is simple remove the plates and into the dishwasher no need to scrub. As it can cook at far higher temperatures than in the washer i have no concerns long term. So far i have only used it for steak and fish so cannot comment on vegetables.
Purchase of the year personally for me. It’s so easy to use and so easy to clean. You don’t even need to prepare meat. All I do is that I salt it and pepper it and the taste is wonderful. It saves a lot of time. It takes around 25 minutes from meat in the fridge to meat on the plate. 5 minutes to set it up and warm it up, 20 minutes for cooking. And you don’t need to look after it during the cooking process, or turn the pieces. Just put and than get it from the grill when the food is ready. Cleaning is super simple – remove plates and put it into the dishwasher machine.
There are couple of downsides though – it’s pretty small to cook everything on one attempt – couple of pieces always need second iteration. But it also pretty big so you need pretty big drawer to store it. Another thing to know is that automatic programs are not good for cooking medium or rare steaks – meat becomes overcooked all the time so you’ll receive medium well when it beeped about rare state. As long as you need grilled things well it’s awesome (like chicken or meatballs or fish). Maybe manual mode will do the job for steaks but I haven’t tried it yet.
Definitely it’s worth the money.
Hi We have only had this item for about a month at the moment .Initial thoughts are it takes a bit longer to cook your food than a foreman grill .Just love how easy it is to clean the grill though. As we havn,t cooked enough different items yet ,can only review the items we have used it for so far .I like the way the automatic cooking time works ie steaks or sausages .I would say though that when it goes through the cycle for cooking steaks ,to our thoughts it needs a bit longer than the recommended time the machine says .So far so good ,but will review again some time down the line when we have tried other items of food for cooking .
We really love this grill – it cooks well, is easy to clean, and is really easy to use to provide us with great results. It’s also lovely to have the chargrilled effect on a decent piece of steak. One star deducted because sometimes things slide on the plates due to the slope of them – this is really only smaller veg though – and is not that big a problem to stop us from loving the grill.
I am delighted with my purchase. It produces all kind of grills in an instant. With edition of cooking bags it’s very easy to grill different types of food, I.e. fish and veg. Very handy when different people at the table want different foods. Highly recommended.
As expected from Tefal, the OptiGrill XL is robust, well designed and works beautifully!
The removable, non-stick plates go into the dishwasher and come out like new! Having a few more inches makes this grill perfect for larger groups of family and friends! The pre-selected temperature settings produce bacon, sausages, toasties cooked to perfection! No more guessing and no more burning! There are so many competing products available, and some at very enticing prices… But spend a bit more and get this one!!
One of the best things I’ve ever bought! Expensive but has already proved to be well worth every penny. Easy to use, it cooks sausages and burgers to absolute perfection. Grill trays easy to remove and clean. A great buy!
I don’t usually write reviews for items – even though I should. But this item warrants it! I have had 2 of the George Foreman grills and thought they were brilliant until I decided to change and buy this one instead. It’s so easy to clean, you just remove the plates, the heat is brilliant and tells you when your food is cooked to the setting you want (rare, medium, well), does everything from meat, sandwiches, veg, fish. I couldn’t recommend this more and am so happy I switched over from the George Foreman!!
The Optigrill is the best bit of kitchen equipment I have brought
Easy to use and cooks steaks/burgers/sausages/salmon to perfection
Even cooks cheese toasties and browns the bread brilliantly, better than my sandwich maker
Very easy to clean as the grill plates are removeable
bought this for son and daughter in law as we have the same model, no need to worry if the food is cooked inside, its always perfection, we had the older model and this option grill is so much better, cooks anything the YOU like i
I absolutely love this macchine , only problem after 2 month break down !
I have had the machine for a few months now and use it nearly every day. I was on the look out for a new grill as my George Foreman one had material coming off the grill plate. It also wasn’t the easiest thing to clean. When I spotted this I liked the idea of being able to take the grill plates off to clean. I was also interested in cooking steak as pan frying them tended to make a lot of smoke. I can report that it cooks steak to perfection and somehow doesn’t create a lot of smoke in the kitchen even with the sear function on. It cooks the steak to exactly what you want, it measures the thickness then tells you when it gets to rare, medium etc The grill plates are so good you don’t need to add oil to any foods you cook so very healthy. It takes a few minutes to heat up before you put food in, but once it starts to cook its very quick.
his machine makes steak perfect everytime aslong as you know the setting you like. I like medium so i remove it when its halfway between rare and medium. the plates are dish washable so that’s a big plus.
one downside is the color wheel system. I’d rather have a number system. it would be better for colourblind people and more precise.
on the good side it’s very easy to use. even a child can use this correctly.
It’s very easy to use once you have used it. When cooking bacon though you have to push ok before it starts to go through the cooking process. If not it just cooks without notifications. The plates are easy to clean .
Since having this product it is taken time to get used to it and after reading the instructions a few times I finally understood how to use it .it cooks steak really well and we have found it very easy to cook other items all I can recommend is that you read the instruction booklet carefully as if you don’t you will find it will not cook properly and can be annoying especially if you’re cooking expensive steak and you overcook it just because you haven’t read the book