The skewers are flat, but not wide enough. Some foods (like tomatoes) will still spin.
The rack is not "deep" enough. Any food chunks over an inch, will sit on the grill, not the holder.
Otherwise, it works well.
I ordered this for my husband because he frequently complained that it was difficult to prep and transport our kebabs from the kitchen to the grill without the skewers sort of rolling around a lot. I was apparently having an airhead moment when I bought this because I actually did not realize that this rack is intended to go on the grill itself and hold the kebabs off the grates! Yes, you can tell who does all of the grilling in my family!!!
Ok, so on the basis of using this as I intended as a place to put your skewers in preparation for grilling, and as a way to transport them from the kitchen to the grill this works perfectly. My husband is able to carry a dozen+ skewers on this, without them rolling around or rolling off onto the floor. He lays down the initial six skewers, placing them into their notches on the racks, and then he can begin stacking additional skewers in between those, building up a "pyramid" shape by putting additional skewers in between each gap. This works great for us, and we don't have skewers trying to escape!
Now my husband unlike me understood on sight exactly how this item was supposed to be used: as a means to grill your skewers without laying them on the grates of the grill. So he did try using it in that manner with a batch of Shish Tawook chicken we were grilling on skewers. He did not feel this item was well-suited to its actual intended purpose. He noted that it's actually kind of difficult to remove it from the grill with the skewers still in their grooves... that it's awkward to transport after it has been heating up on the grill. He also was not pleased with the quality of actual grilling the meat received when suspended on this rack. He ended up taking each skewer off and placing them directly on the grates again.
This item receives four stars from me because it works perfectly as "I" intended it to be used and so I'm pleased... but seems to poorly execute it's actual, stated intention and the function it was actually designed to fulfill. In other words you'll love it if you want a rack to move skewers from the kitchen to the grill... but I'm not sure you'll be pleased with it if you actually try using it ON the grill.
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When I saw this I had to get it. Too many times I've had my kabobs burn. This is a very easy way to grill them. I use a brick under each side to give it a little bit of high. You just need to make sure your ingredients aren't too big.
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This product works as advertised but in the end wood disposable skewers would work just as well. The rack does not bring any value since the items placed on the skewers are larger than the depth of the tray.
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I have not actually tried it yet but my neighbor has one and that's why I bought one. She says she uses it all the time and loves it. so I have taken her word for it. Plan to use it for Mother's Day BBQ.
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This is a decent, relatively small panini maker. There is no temperature control so you need to keep an eye on your stuff. It browns the bread quite quickly, but I noticed that it won't burn it that easily. You can fit 2 standard size sliced bread sandwiches in it. Not much else. It is lightweight and easy to store. The grilling surfaces do NOT come off, so cleaning can be a challenge, but the non-stick surfaces clean easily. My main issue with it is that it is so light and almost top-heavy that if you press on the handle to put some pressure on the bread it tends to want to tip over forward (UPDATE: I think I saw an newer version which was slightly different with feet that come out further in the front to prevent this exact problem so look for the newer version)
