BLACKSTONE1554 36” Omnivore Griddle with Folding Side Shelves, Powder Coated Steel, Black

If you’re ready to take your outdoor cooking game to the next level, this 36” Blackstone griddle is where it’s at. With four powerful burners and a big flat top, you get tons of cooking space and precise heat control—perfect for everything from breakfast pancakes to sizzling steaks. 🥞🥩The propane-fueled setup heats up fast and cooks evenly, making it a favorite for backyard chefs and even restaurant pros. Plus, the handy side shelf gives you extra room for prep or holding your tools, keeping everything within reach. 🛠️🔥Built tough and sleek in black, this grill looks great and performs even better. Whether it’s family cookouts, parties, or just a casual meal outside, you’ll love how easy and fun grilling gets. Ready to fire it up? Let’s get cooking! 🍽️✨

Great portable griddle and grill set-up! Folds-up and stores in a few packages that are easily transported and reassembles in about 5 minutes.Was hosting a group campout and needed a griddle capable of preparing pancake/sausage/egg breakfast for 30 campers. Preseasoned the griddle with flax seed oil before the event and am very happy with the performance and value. The seasoning process formed a hard non-stick surface and cleaned up very quickly.The controls are easy to use and the griddle required the two center flame controls to be reduced by about 20% to heat evenly. The grill had similar hot spots, but once identified it was simple to adjust the controls for reducing the output to provide even surface temperature.Had read about a problem with grease and drippings trailing back across the bottom of the drain channel, so followed the tip suggestion to insert a binder clip leg in the drain hole. This is a simple and effective remedy and the grease/oil followed the clip leg into the collection container. No back flow or dripping on to the control panel!Was originally considering a griddle rental, but in the 3 day outing, this unit paid for itself. Used the savings to buy the optional grill and grilling accessories.Blackstone does not sell a storage bag for the base, so we bought a waterproof lined canvas transport bag designed for rooftop rack hauling. Placed a rubber backed entry carpet in the bottom of the bag to provide a heavy duty bottom and form to the transport bag. A few nylon cinch straps secure the bag and base for hauling, transport and storage. Sewed a few black canvas bags to hold the bottom shelf, side counters, grill wind shield / drip pan. These bags store in the base burner cavity and keep the parts from getting scraped and scratched during transport.The griddle is very heavy duty fits nicely in the optional lined, zippered canvas storage bag. It is heavy to carry, but manageable.The optional grill comes with the identical zippered canvas bag and fits nicely. Removed the four front clips so the grates can be lifted and tilted back for easy cleaning. The open design is fine for most grilling, but glad that we also bought a large stainless steel dome cover to cover certain meats and for quickly melting cheese over the burgers. I prefer to do the heavy grill cleaning at home, so we bring a heavy construction plastic trash bag for covering the dirty grill before inserting in the canvas bag. Keeps the bag free of drippings clean for the next trip.The propane tank hangars need to be removed to store the base. To simply the install/removal, tack welded the bolts to the propane mounts and replaced the supplied nuts with plastic knobs with threaded brass inserts. Now the propane hanger hardware is quickly installed and removed without needing wrenches!Is the Blackstone grill perfect? No, but it is easy to use, assemble, disassemble, transport and store. Would I buy it again? Definitely! It made the meal prep for the group so easy and it received many compliments! A few campers are now buying their own Blackstone griddle/grills after watching it in action!

It's rare that a product can authentically make your life better (I work in marketing so I'm used to making brand promises). But I can tell you getting this Blackstone griddle has really enhanced my life. It's motivated me to cook at home more (thus eating out less), try new recipes and generally just have more fun cooking. Here are the key things that have made me feel very satisfied using this product:* Keeps cooking heat outdoors - I used to grill 2-3x/month with our old grill. But since you can cook so many more things using a griddle top, we use it a ton more. A huge benefit (especially in summer months) is that it doesn't heat up the kitchen like oven or range cooking does.* Easy to clean - I have 2 young children, balance 2 demanding careers, and also want to eat well. In our balance of household duties I do the dishes and generally handle kitchen cleanup. Now that the griddle is well-seasoned, clean-up literally takes me less than 5 minutes. I scrape excess food off, wipe it down, and when it cools, cover it. THAT'S IT! The time saved just from faster cleaning has been worth it.* Encourages experimentation - As videos and blog posts on the Blackstone site have referenced, cooking on a griddle is very forgiving. It's hard to mess things up and such a huge cooking surface gives you lots of room and flexibility to move things around to keep from overcooking. That's led me to throw stuff on I'd never had considered before - stir-fried rice, brussel sprouts, broccoli, cabbage. And I've only owned it a few months!* Can involve children in cooking more - Since the griddle sits outside and I'm less worried about messes, it's given me opportunities to involve my 5yo daughter in cooking. Don't get me wrong, this thing gets hot and children should never be left unsupervised around it. But it's helped me be more casual about messes and involve my kids in food prep in ways I hadn't before.I could go on - the price is good, customer service has good reputation, lots of recipe ideas to be found online, expands well when cooking for large groups - as I said before, my good experiences with this product motivated me to write only my 2nd review. It's that good. :-)