Looking at the Blackstone 36". Any others I should consider?

TIA

You should give the Treager Flatrock a look. You didn't list a price, but I think you're hard pressed to find a better griddle for the money. Might also look at the new Weber griddle.

Check out Flat Top King on YouTube, he has a lot of griddles that he's reviewed.

I recommend Le Griddle if you're doing a built in.

I like my Weber Slate. A higher-end version of their griddle. 3- and 4-burner models.

https://www.weber.com/US/en/griddle/stand-up-griddles/slate-30-rust-resistant-griddle/1500014.html

Here's an early review of a new Camp Chef model:

Love my camp chef 600

There isn't a better built in griddle than LeGriddle. Thank me later.

This is one of those things where everyone tries to reinvent the wheel and then tells you how theirs is better, or rounder, or has lug nuts arranged in a better pattern. The blackstone is about the best bang for the buck in my opinion. I'm sure all the others are fine provided they have a flat cooking surface and some manner of heating it from beneath. Don't get caught up in gimmicks and marketing. Don't overthink it. Outside of that, likely just bragging rights. Mine lives under cover on my porch and is at LEAST 15 years old maybe older and has had nothing but a bunch of tanks swapped out.

Most of the features on new griddles are features I never considered necessary or a decision making deal. You'll need to decide what's important to you and imbibe the marketing fluff appropriately.

One consideration I would pay attention to is the grease drain. I use my cookers on the porch, and I like mine on the edge of my porch and due to the way a porch should slope, all the grease pools at the back, THATS why I don't like grease drain in the front. That's how commercial units in kitchens are and that's cute and all but that's not the environment I'm cooking in. Camp chef makes accommodations for this. Might be worth checking out.

I've had the Makers Mark brand 4 burner that I bought from Sam's Club about 4-5 years ago. It's been fine for me.

That was my thought. It's pretty basic technology so no need to trick it out. Went with the 36" blackstone

justsomeguy said:

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There isn't a better built in griddle than LeGriddle. Thank me later.

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I went with a Camp Chef 600 because the grease drain is in the front and full width. No complaints after four or five years of use. The pizza oven is a nice addition. Used it last night…

The new camp chef gladiator looks legit, and it's not $800 like other high end griddles. Also look at the grilla primate, it's a hybrid gas grill/griddle to help save space.

texag06ish said:

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I recommend Le Griddle if you're doing a built in.

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I tried to buy a 41" for my new outdoor kitchen, but they're backordered for 8-10 weeks. I went with Fire Magic Echelon Diamond instead. Hope I didn't make the wrong call, I just didn't want to miss an entire summer waiting on Le Griddle.

Le Griddle is Le expensivo!

I had one put in last summer when we built our outdoor kitchen. It didn't come with a lid, so I had to buy it. The lid by itself was $600. Ridiculous.

Haha. Same. That was some bull*****

I didn't want to pay the big bucks for the lid so I ordered a big ass cutting board from amazon, then cut it down to size and installed some handles. Works great and cost like $30. Looks good too and I do use it as a cutting board for really big stuff, just gotta clean it good first.