Griddle me this...

 

No, it is not what the Riddler (Batman reference) said when he was ready to make breakfast.  Steph and Dan have been making us breakfast on their Blackstone Griddle now and then.  We were intrigued.  For the record, the last time I was intrigued about something, it was Honda's Dual Clutch Transmission... and I wound up with a motorcycle.  To be fair, Joan has been more intrigued about a griddle... but last night, we did some intense research.  For Joan that meant comparing prices; for me that meant looking at griddling videos on YouTube.  Yeah, we can do this.

Joan found the size she wanted at the price she wanted... and it happened to be at a nearby Walmart; they were showing it "in stock."  So today, we went there.  Yep, they had two...

We only need one.  We loaded it into a cart and stopped to get some accessories...

A lot of thought went into the accessories.  And the griddle, for that matter.  Steph and Dan's griddle is huge - we were looking for something that we might be able to take along with us in the motorhome... which is getting pretty darn full of stuff after getting out to the big city for the first time in two years.  Even if the Vespa sells before we head home, we may need to rent a U-Haul trailer to get everything home.  But, I digress.

The food Steph and Dan have been making has been tasty - and, it seems like it is more enjoyable than cooking it inside.  That may be perception.

We took the newly bought cooking machine to Steph and Dan's place to do the assembling in their garage.  And that's when things went into the crapper.  With the griddle almost completely assembled, we discovered the lid wouldn't open.  We took apart the lid and found that it was badly bent - no way was this going to work.  So, we packed it back up and went back to Walmart.  As I tried to explain what the problem was, the woman in Customer Service, scanned our receipt and said, "The refund might take a few days to show up on your credit card."  I would say she didn't really care what was wrong with it, but that's Walmart's problem.

We went back to the grill area and got the last one they had of this model.  I wanted to open the box and set it up in their outdoor department, but apparently you can't do that.  We bought this one, took it back to Steph and Dan's garage, and had it set up in less than 20 minutes.  Amazing how slick it works when the thing you're buying didn't come pre-broken.

So, now we need to decide if we want to give it a try before we pack up to head home (in a couple weeks).  I think I hear my belly growling.  ;-)