Tefal OptiGrill Elite GC750D40 Intelligent Health Grill
Tefal OptiGrill Elite GC750D40 Intelligent Health Grill, Black and Stainless steel, Smart, 2000 W, 4-6 Portions
Automatic Thickness Sensor
Measures the thickness of your food and adapts the cooking temperature and time accordingly.
Searing Boost mode
Searing boost mode marks your meat and locks in juices for professional-looking and tasty results
12 cooking programmes
Twelve cooking programmes perfectly cook different types of meat, fish and vegetables
NEW Interactive Touch Display
Optigrill Elite
With a simple touch of the finger, take control of your own cooking experience and intuitively select your required cooking programme on the elegant touchscreen. The colourful grilling level indicator with integrated countdown takes all the stress out of grilling, guiding you step-by-step through the cooking cycle from rare to well-done and accommodating all your guests’ preferences
| Weight: | 6.24 kg |
| Dimensions: | 40.29 x 38.29 x 22.9 cm; 6.24 Kilograms |
| Brand: | Tefal |
| Model: | GC750D40 |
| Colour: | Black and Stainless Steel |
| Dimensions: | 40.29 x 38.29 x 22.9 cm; 6.24 Kilograms |
I’m not a great cook by any means but I do like my steaks medium to medium rare but I’m not confident emough to pull it off on a grill pan. So this device comes in handy and does it for me! So far I’ve had 3 steaks and each one have come out very nice!
I like the way it measures how thick the cut of steak is before cooking it. It then guides you to each stage of done-ness. You can also cook other stuff on it as well like sausages, fish and even panini’s. This is very easy to clean as well, simply pop off the plates and wash them gently or pop them in the dishwasher.
The reason for the 4 stars is simply the electrical cord is just too short! I like to place the unit on the hob so it’s under the hood extractor fan. It barely reaches so I have to place it sideways. It’s a bit awkward to cook like that but you only really need to plonk your food on it and let it do it’s thing.
This new model cooks far quicker than my previous model, which was one of the first editions.
Not sure if it is because of the engineering design on the rear of the cooking plates. Which seam to spread the heat more efficiently.
I would certainly recommend this product.
Like the previous model, it grills food to perfection!
This was 4-5x more but its perfect, no burning, cooks perfectly and if u want it burned u can turn on sear mode to add stronger searing.
You can also just drop the plates in the dish washer.
It comes with a booklet of receipes which look very tasty and some indeed are as I had them tested.
I was impressed with the beef program and the picture shows the result for medium which is closer to medium well, but as it has also blue / rare, you can play a bit more until you find what you like. Even if medium well, meat was very juicy and tasty.
After just couple days, I can say I recommend it and hope it will keep surprising me
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.
All is exactly as reported on the internet/video reviews. I have used it with manual and automatic programs: sandwiches (1-2 mins after warm up) are brown and fully melted, fish (seabass from frozen!) is quite nice and not dry, vegetables are also fine (peppers might burn if you like them very soft; aubergine and courgette cook perfectly).
Obviously meat too, when using the automatic sensor I just stop it at the first half of a stage (eg first half of rare if I want it rare) and it is as expected.
I use the automatic thing a lot, it’s a pity the grill is a bit fussy when in that mode. For example you can’t put food while it warms up (in auto)…
Manually achieves everything too, you just need to experiment with the temperature (it’s a big range 140-270 Celsius)
The downside is the time to warm up: it depends on the temperature, but with auto you can’t choose. For example, want up for a sandwich takes 3-4 mins vs cooking it 1-2 mins! Anyway it’s a very limited problem: and, if you use manual, you don’t have any issues.
I still give it 5/5 because the auto sensor performed even better than I thought: I am able to cook anything manually, but I trust the Tefal now, it works!
In all honesty I’m so happy we went for it. So far we’ve made sausages, chicken breast, pork shoulder, bacon, tomatoes, carrots (with the tomato setting) and crispy potatoes. Absolutely fantastic. They all tasted out of this world. Personally I really disliked grilled tomatoes but these were so delicious compared to anything else I’ve tried before. And guess what! Everything came out nice and crispy just like we wanted it.
Some people said the food tastes like it’s been made on a normal bbq grill, however I wouldn’t say so. It tastes delicious but not quite the same. I’m beyond happy with the taste but just wanted to point out that you might think the same as me!
In terms of functionality – it’s super easy to use. The programs are very straightforward and they work really well & they’re quite inclusive too. Some programs have multiple cooking options such as: rare, medium rare, well done & crispy. The display is big enough to see even from a distance. The timer beeping is loud enough to hear from the other room but not too loud to drive you crazy haha. It’s also great at detecting the thickness & calculating the time for cooking. It was always bang on for all the foods mentioned above.
Cleaning – extremely easy to clean. I clean it with warm soapy water and a soft sponge and it doesn’t require scrubbing. The plates pop in and out so easily and you can easily clean them in between dishes with a paper towel. Bonus: you can’t put the grill plates back wrong because they’re not interchangeable. So nice!
Size – it’s not too big and not too small. For what it does I’d say it’s very compact for a kitchen appliance.
Smoke – it does release a bit of “smoke” which is mostly steam. It doesn’t smell bad at all – just smells like food being cooked! And I’d say it’s only steam because of how hot the grill plates are. No need to open windows to let the “smoke” go out at all. Super convenient.
The only thing I wish was a little different is – a longer cable! It’s pretty short in my opinion but not too bad. But it’s not enough take away points from the grill.
Overall extremely great and we’re stoked to have it. And we highly recommend it to anyone!
However, all this fun comes with some dull draw backs.
First of all, storage. The thing is huge so finding a spot in the cupboard is impossible so it literally lives in the box under the stairs. With that, the power cable is right at the back rather than tucked inside the leg so even if it did fit under the cupboard, you cannot store it upright without creating wear on the cable.
Second, if you are lucky enough to find a space you can stand it upright for storage and don’t mind a bit of wear to the cable. You will have to wedge it between something as there is no lock for the lid so it tilts open.
Thirdly and this is the most annoying. The cable is only able 50cm long so I am really limited as to where I can use it in my kitchen.
My closest socket to reach is under my cupboards above the work tops and this brings me on to my forth and final issue.
The lid doesn’t hold itself open so when you are trying to open it when on a work top, you can’t use two hands to load/unload the grill.
These aren’t mayor things and in no way effect the perfect performance, just some little bitty gritty things which I’m sure will annoy you over time