Primo Cast Iron Griddle for Oval Large, Flat and Grooved Sides PG00365

Primo's cast iron griddle for the Oval Large is a two-faced plate: flat on one side, grooved on the other. That is stated on the product itself and it is the whole reason to own one, because it covers two jobs that normally take two separate accessories. Turn the flat face up when the cook needs a solid surface. Chopped vegetables, shrimp, sliced onions, eggs, ground beef pressed thin, anything that a bar grate would drop into the fire or tear apart on the way off it. Turn the grooved face up when you want char lines and want the fat gone: the food sits on the ribs, the drippings run into the channels, and the contact points get hot enough to mark. The material matters as much as the shape. Cast iron takes a while to come up to temperature, which means preheating it with the grill rather than dropping it onto a hot fire, but once it is there it stays there. That stability is what gives you consistent colour across a whole batch instead of a good first round and a disappointing second one. Sized for the Primo Oval Large ceramic charcoal grill. Alongside it, the Primo Large Griddle is the full flat-top option, the cast iron searing grate for the Oval Large is dedicated to searing, and the Primo Extension Rack for Oval Large adds a tier of space above the main grate.