I bought 4 of these grill presses to use for baking on my wood stove when the power is out. It works very well as a top heat source on my 3-quart Combo cooker set, or my 5-quart Double Dutch Ovens, which have flat spaces on the lids. To use, I heat up the grill presses on the wood stove while preparing my bread, or casserole, etc. Then, I place the lid on the ovens, and put one of the grill presses on top, and it will also have the heat from the bottom of the Dutch oven from the wood stove. These have enough thermal mass to put the nice browning on the top of bread, or casseroles that is misssing without having top heat. I had one on top of the Dutch oven, and one warming on the back of the stove to switch out when the top grill press seems to be cooling down. We were able to have the comforts of an electric stove while our power was out for an extended time. I had previously used the other grill press, with the bailing wire handle, but had to replace them after a few years, because the nuts attaching the handle to the press were rusting and loose. With this design, I expect they will last much longer, but they do require a hot pad to handle. I have not used them as a grill press, so I can't rate them on that, but for my use, they are fantastic.
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