Where to buy grill pans

If you enjoy the look of meat that has been cooked on a gridiron, you have probably thought about buying a grill pan. You put your sausages and steak on the stove, grill them to perfection and clean up in a few minutes. This article will show you where to buy the grilling pan to suit your needs.

Online sources of grill pans

You can buy round or square griddle pans. Your pan can be made of lightweight aluminium or the more stable cast iron. They all have non-stick surfaces to make home grill cleaning easy and they leave sear marks so that your meat looks like it has been grilled on a barbecue. Websites If you look for a popular item like the Tefal grill pan, you will find that there is a range of prices from many online retailers. The Tefal Preference 26 inch model is made from heavy gauge aluminium, has Bakelite handles and non-stick coating. Below are the prices of the Tefal Preferece grill pan at a selection of online retailers. At Homeandcook.co.uk, the Tefal Preference sells for fifty pounds. Amazon.co.uk sells it for fifty-one pounds, Ebitsi.com has one for thirty-one pounds, Cookware-online.co.uk has one for forty pounds and Pots-and-pans.co.uk for forty-four. At Langtoninfo.co.uk, the pan will cost you seventy-five pounds. There are other makes and models and alternative sellers. If you type "grilling pan" into the search box on Shop.ebay.co.uk, you'll get around half a dozen results. Type "grill pan" into the box and you will get closer to five hundred results. The prices are usually cheaper than the specialist kitchenware stores, and there is probably a seller near where you live.

Try Google shopping

If you do a product search for the Tefal grill at Google.co.uk, you can compare prices with one click. The first results for "tefal preference grill pan" give prices between forty and fifty-two pounds. The Le Creuset pan range is made of cast iron, so they are harder to handle when hot than the models made from aluminium. This range is a little more expensive than the Tefal grill pans. On eBay, you will find these cast iron pans selling between thirty-eight and one hundred and forty-five pounds.

The Ikea solution

For a less expensive grill pan, visit Ikea.com where you can find an aluminium pan with non-stick surface and folding handle for less than nine pounds. There are many more places to buy a grill pan online. Just remember that your grill pan will not give the meat that authentic smoky taste does. You need a naked flame for that. *Prices correct as at 28.07.11.