Countdown Timer Grill Feature
Feature Focus: Countdown Timer
Have you ever placed food on your grill, closed the lid and promptly forgot to set a kitchen timer for cooking? Particularly for steak and other grilled foods, this can be a big frustration because the difference between a few minutes of cooking can be the difference between medium and well-done. It’s bad enough to get served a steak not cooked to your liking at a restaurant, let alone one that comes out of your own kitchen.
If this is a frustration you’ve faced yourself, then getting a grill with a countdown timer is the ideal solution. How is the timer on a grill better than your kitchen timer or a microwave clock? Mainly in the fact that it’s right on the top of your grill, so it’s almost impossible to forget to set it as you close the cover. In addition, it can make kitchen multi-tasking a lot easier if you find yourself cooking with a lot of your appliances at once—particularly for larger family gatherings and parties.
It happens often in these situations that you simply run out of timers to keep track of everything—you have the kitchen timer counting down for your oven, the microwave clock monitoring the stovetop, and you suddenly realize you need about 3 extra timers just to keep track of everything you’re cooking.
By having the timer directly on the grill, you take some of the frustration and hassle out of multi-tasking in the kitchen for a large meal. The grill keeps track of itself, so you can free your kitchen timers up for other appliances. It also makes it easier because the signal bell will go off on the grill, letting you know that cooking is complete if you’re in elsewhere in the kitchen getting another dish ready.
The grills that feature a countdown timer are usually our medium larger grills for this reason—that you’re more likely to need a countdown timer when you’re cooking for larger groups and parties. Most of the grills feature a digital version of the timer, which includes a digital display that allows you to check cooking progress at-a-glance. If you prefer an analog (knob) timer, there is a new Control Temp™ Grill & Griddle coming out this fall to major retailers nationwide that will include an analog version.
