Chud Press

We have used it twice now and I can see that this will last a lifetime. We cooked smash burgers and grilled pastrami and corned beef sandwiches. They were a big hit!

Love this thing. Been cooking with it non stop. My go to for burgers. Not to mention how amazing the tortillas are on this bad boy. I made a Mexican impressed on how my tortillas are. Thanks for the cooking tool.

Don’t know yet it is a birthday gift for my son in July

As I stated in my previous review, there is no documentaion provided for this product. That's a miss in my book. I didn't know there was a specific video for the older but functionally similar model to this one. Watching that video answered some questions I had. My instinct was to season it the way Bradley does in that video.

My new Chud Press is currently sitting in my Camp Chef pellet grill @ 500* to get a patina baked into it. I will be using this with my Camp Chef Expedition 3X 90,000 BTU stove. Speaking of which, this Chud Press costs more than that stove does and it comes with 24" x 18" pre-seasoned steel griddle. That griddle is 1/8" thick and I know steel is expensive these days. It's been great for smash burgers, phillies, quesadillas, steaks, fish, etc. I've had it for 18 years now.

I just feel like $380 is a bit much for this device. Again, the outrageous prices for steel these days probably dictates a lot of that. I may feel differently after I get some use out of it. But, it's been disappointing so far.

Press is very well made. Easy to use. Arrived early and well packed, very well packed.