A griddle can replace a grill as most of the foods you cook on a grill can also be cooked on a griddle.
Grilling hamburgers, hot dogs, sausages, steaks etc can all be done on a griddle.
However cooking eggs and making pancakes on a grill cannot be done unless you use aluminum or Tin foil but it's easy to cook those things on a griddle.
The difference between a flat grill and a griddle is the cooking surface as a griddle has a smooth flat metal cooking surface that is heated from underneath and the heat then spreads out across the entire cooktop.
A grill has a series of slated grates that spread about 1/2 inch apart over a heat source.
The foods you're supposed to cook on a griddle pancakes, hamburgers, sausages, bacon, hash browns, French Toast, eggs, fajitas, grilled sandwiches, chicken and fish.
Grills are healthier than a griddle when it comes to cooking.
Grills are a bit healthier than griddles because the grills have grates through which excess oils and fats drip off the food as it cooks.
Unlike a griddle, food cooked on a grill directly contact the fire flames.
People like griddles because griddles provide consistent heat for cooking across a large, flat cooking surface which makes them best for cooking foods that you just would not be able to cook on a traditional BBQ grill.
Griddles are also very easy to use and come with a lot of efficiency and convenience, making them a top choice for easy outdoor cooking.
Griddles also offer grillers a flat and smooth cooking surface with varying temperature zones and excellent temperature control.
Griddles are excellent cooking surfaces, loved for their versatility, wide cooktop, ease of cleaning, and durability.
They give your meat a perfect sear and add flavor to your food.
Griddles and grills use different cooking techniques, resulting in different tastes and appearances of the food.
They also differ in how heat contacts the food cooking upon them.
When you fire up the grill and toss food onto the red-hot grids, the Maillard Reaction occurs.
The browning of whatever you're cooking smells divine, activating the saliva ducts in your mouth, which will facilitate the transference of the chemicals that activate your taste buds.
The cons of a griddle include.
Cleaning and Maintenance. Griddles require more cleaning and maintenance than grills.
Temperature Control. You might think that a griddle would have better temperature control than a grill, but that isn't the case.
Cooking Time.
Greasy Food.
Smoke and Fumes.
Grills are a bit healthier than griddles because they have grates through which excess oils and fats drip off the food as it cooks.
Unlike a griddle, food cooked on a grill directly contact the fire flames.