What Kind of Food is Appropriate for Cooking on Each?

Most of the things you'll cook on a grill can also be cooked on a griddle, but not the other way around.

For instance, frying eggs and making pancakes is easy on a griddle, but it's not going to happen on a grill. We like to use the grill when we are making steaks because of the added smoke flavor, but cooking a steak on a griddle is just as easy as cooking one in a cast iron frying pan on the stove top.

In particular, a griddle makes for a fun and efficient way to make larger meals. We love using our Blackstone Griddle for breakfast foods because you can sizzle bacon, fry eggs, crisp hash browns, and cook pancakes all at once. A griddle is an epic way to make some of the best hamburgers you'll ever try and you can use neat accessories like a burger press to get excellent results easily.

One of the best reasons to have a griddle is if you like to eat fish. Flaky, tender fish is notoriously problematic on a grill -the fish tends to fall apart and end up in the burners rather than on your plate. A griddle solves the problem since the fish can flake apart when it is fully cooked without worrying about losing the best parts. We even have A Post Here where we share some of our favorite recipes for cooking on the Blackstone Griddle.

Some things we like to use the grill over the griddle for include hot dogs that benefit from the direct heat and smoke, vegetables, and cuts of meat that need to sear a little for the perfect texture and final results. A grill is the best way to get perfect grill marks on meat, veggies, and fish. Pan searing and grill searing are similar, but the results are noticeably different. A griddle makes an all-over sear rather than grill marks.

Differences in Cooking Temperature

A grill can offer a little more flexibility in the temperature you are cooking at over a griddle. Most often, a griddle is going to be hot – as hot as the gas burner will get it – when you cook. It is more of a challenge to get an indirect heat source with a griddle as the metal tends to retain heat and there is no way to prevent heat from soaking into your cooking area.