LEAN MEAN FAT REDUCING GRILLING MACHINE

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The 'George Foreman Lean Mean Fat-Reducing Grilling Machine' is a popular indoor grill promoted by well-known boxer George Foreman. It is often promoted in infomercials, using the tagline "I'm so proud of it, I put my name on it", and is manufactured by Salton, Inc.
It features a clamshell design with top and bottom teflon-coated heating surfaces. The meat rests upon the highest points of the teflon on a flat surface. There are large indentations that lead to a slanted surface so that liquid fat will sluice down and away from the primary grilling items. These slants in the top grill lead to the bottom grill, and in the bottom grill to the fat tray. The floating hinge allows the grill to remain in close contact with both the top and bottom of foods of various thicknesses. The ''George Foreman Grill'' is available in several different sizes and configurations. Since its introduction in 1995, over 100 million grills have been sold. George Foreman himself has made over $150 million from the sales of the grills^[1], more money than he made during his entire boxing career. The grill is said to "knock out the fat".
In 2006, the George Foreman "Next Grilleration" Health Grill was launched, aimed at the new generation of health-conscious young people.
Foreman's grill has many uses for hamburger and other meats, but also can be used as a panini grill or to cook sandwiches or quesadillas.

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Foreman Grill in popular culture

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Foreman Grill in popular culture

Due to the Foreman Grill's popularity as a kitchen appliance and the fact it was sold by infomercials, it has been a main target for satire of products sold by infomercials, such as:

★ On a 2006 episode of ''Hogan Knows Best'', it is revealed that Hulk Hogan was offered the choice to endorse either this grill or a mixer. According to Hogan, he missed the call from his agent, and George Foreman stepped in as the official spokesperson for the grill, leaving Hogan with the "Thunder Mixer," which sold very poorly.

★ In an episode of The Simpsons, Homer used a mail sorter endorsed by George Foreman, which separated junk mail from good mail. It had a retractable drawer that functioned as the top half of a George Foreman Grill that Homer used to "grill" the junk mail, which he then peeled off, put on a bun, and ate.

★ In The Injury episode of the NBC show ''The Office'' Michael Scott burns his foot on his George Foreman Grill while cooking bacon at the foot of his bed. When the episode re-aired on March 29, 2007 HR Nightmares featuring Toby explaining that Michael spent three months inventing a "foot safe" version of his George Foreman Grill, which was just a George Foreman Grill in a rabbit cage. Michael called it "The Magic No-Ouchie Meat Machine." The characters from time to time called it a "Foreman Grill."

★ In the 30 Rock episode The Rural Juror, Tracy Jordan designed a "meat machine" (called "The Tracy Jordan Meat Machine") that eliminated bread from sandwiches by grilling meat into a "food ball", and was basically a George Foreman Grill lacking a grease tray. Jack Donaghy passed this idea to one of GE's subsidiaries, a North Korean meat company. When Tracy found out it shot jets of burning grease, he said that he could not put his name on a product that could hurt others. Jack later gave his idea to Whoopi Goldberg.

★ The show ''Drake and Josh'' parodied the grill, naming it the The Gary Grill after actor Gary Coleman. The grill had an internal MP3 player that made it similar to the new iGrill (though the iGrill needs to connect to an external MP3 player). The show was done before the iGrill was ever announced.

★ During a 2006 episode of ''The OC'' ("The Chrismukk-huh?"), Taylor Townsend bought a George Foreman Grill for Ryan Atwood.

★ Comedian Peter Kay parodied the grill as the George Formby Grill during one of his stand-up DVDs.

★ In an episode of ''King of the Hill'', Hank Hill met George Foreman and referred to his product as a "novelty grill."

★ In the "Raging Bender" episode of ''Futurama'', George Foreman was a boxing announcer and decided to talk about his new grill, which delivered fat directly into his mouth.

★ In an episode of Sex and the City, Aidan called his new grill the "lean, mean, fat-reducing machine" in a conversation with Carrie.

★ In an episode of Tapout, M.M.A. fighter Matt Major demanded he be allowed to bring his Foreman Grill on a cross country bus trip despite the inclusion of a full kitchen on board the bus.

★ On the pilot episode of ''The Jamie Kennedy Experiment'', a fictional product called "The Insta-Cooker" is showcased on a fake infomercial. Jamie Kennedy plays an inept host who knocks a Foreman Grill off a countertop with an oversized boxing glove. He quips: "A former heavyweight boxing champ is about to get KO'd!"

★ In a famous German television show with the former Eurovision Songcontest participant Stefan Raab Zwiebelmett was put on the grilling machine.

External links

★ Official site

★ iGrill announcement

★ Official UK site

★ StartupStudio - Interview with George Foreman about his entrepreneurial success

★ Review of the Next Grilleration, a second-generation variation on the original George Foreman grill