George Foreman sells two Submersible grills that look like one machine at two sizes. The catalogue separates them by a serving and a plate colour. The object separates them by a knob.
Model GRECV075BX wears a control panel with an adjustable dial on it. The 4-serving version wears a bare probe and decides the heat for you. The knob is the whole of the upgrade. George Foreman charges for it and then describes it barely at all.
Which makes the question on this page a narrow one. What is a heat control worth when it reads only OFF and MAX?
5 servingsThe only capacity George Foreman states
12 x 11 x 4 inchesCounter it takes, lid closed
2 wordsEverything printed on the dial
1 of 4George Foreman grills here with a dial
First Impressions of the George Foreman 5-Serving Submersible Grill
There is nothing to build, which is normal for the category and still pleasant. No plates clip in and nothing screws on. The control panel seats itself on the rear lip. On it sit one dial and two indicator lenses, and that is the entire interface.
Closed, the grill takes 12 inches of counter by 11, and stands 4 tall. Those are a griddle’s proportions, not an appliance’s. It slides under a wall cabinet and does not want a shelf of its own. Black on black, it reads as equipment rather than as a gadget.
Turn the dial off its OFF stop and the panel comes alive. The specification block lists a temperature indicator light. The artwork shows the right-hand lens glowing green. The left lens and the dial never tell you a figure between them.
The first cook makes the point better than the box does. Chicken thighs cook pressed between two hot plates. Set the dial two thirds round, wait for green, and the marks land properly. Whether two thirds round is the same place tomorrow is your problem.
Key Features of the George Foreman 5-Serving Submersible Grill
Most of what George Foreman publishes here concerns washing the thing. The series name says as much. The one genuinely new item is the control. The bullets below follow that split.
- A dial that starts at OFF and ends at MAX: Variable temperature control gets a plain Yes in the specification block. The copy calls it an adjustable dial for precise cooking. What the artwork shows is an arc with a word at each end. There are no numbers on it and no detents.
- A control panel rather than a probe: The detachable part here carries a rotary switch, a shaft and two lenses. It is more than a plug on a stick. George Foreman’s instruction is to remove it and wash the remaining components.
- Adjustable-Height Cooking Grates: The published figure is a 3/4 inch hinge. The top plate settles onto whatever is beneath it. George Foreman ties that specifically to thick burgers and sandwiches. A pressed panini and a fat patty get the same contact.
- A coating with two durability claims: The plates carry Advanced George Tough, described as PFAS-free ceramic. George Foreman’s own product page calls it 8X more durable than standard George Tough. Its own Amazon artwork, for this same SKU, says 3X. Both carry the identical footnote, so pick neither.
- Black plates, and that is the whole difference in finish: Colour gets a one-word entry and no more. Its 4-serving relative is sold with silver ones instead. No coating, hinge or capacity change follows from the choice. The finish is a decision about your kitchen, not your cooking.
- A faster start than one named ancestor: The claim is a 30% quicker warm-up, and the asterisk points at the GRP2841R. It is a relative figure against one older grill. No absolute time appears anywhere.
- A drip tray, confirmed and undescribed: The specification block lists a drip tray as fitted. Nothing states its volume, or whether it is among the parts cleared for water. The pictures show it sitting under the front lip.
George Foreman files this grill under Advanced Grills on its own site. That is a useful signal. The brand’s cheaper shelves publish wattage and cooking area. This one, on the higher shelf, publishes neither.
A dial changes what kind of cooking is possible here. Every other George Foreman we have looked at runs a thermostat. You cook by timing and wait for a light. This one lets you hold a lower heat for fish, a higher one for beef.
What you cannot do is name either setting. The grill offers more and less, and never a number. That gap sounds pedantic until the second time you cook something. Repeatability is the whole benefit of a control, and this one leaves it to you.
Capacity is the thinner half of the story. Five servings is the only capacity figure George Foreman commits to. The grill measures 12 inches wide outside, so the plate is narrower. No cooking area is stated anywhere.
There is a workable method, and it is worth spelling out. Pick a position, cook one thing, and write the position down. Three sessions later the dial has a private vocabulary you trust. The grill will not hand you one, so build it.
Build, handling and durability
On materials, the page says coating and then nothing. George Foreman names Advanced George Tough and PFAS-free ceramic. Nothing follows about the housing, the plate substrate or the weight. For a grill on the Advanced shelf, that is a short list.
It reads as a low slab with a lid, 4 inches tall and 11 deep. The control panel is the interesting joint. It comes off at every wash and goes back on before every cook. It also carries the only moving electrical part here.
That repetition is where a reliability question lives. A probe with no switch has little to go wrong. A panel with a rotary control has more. The three-year limited cover promises a replacement, never a repair.
Running costs, upkeep and value
There is no fuel here, and no published wattage either. The running cost cannot be stated honestly. The listing artwork carries a sales-rank badge, sourced to Circana retail tracking for 2025. A brand with room for that has room for an electrical rating.
Cleaning is the part George Foreman has actually thought about. Lift the control panel away, and the rest is dishwasher work. The maker never enumerates which parts the rest includes. Treat the panel as the only piece that must stay dry.
The coating deserves defending whether it is three times tougher or eight. Metal tools and abrasive pads end ceramic plates early. A dead coating ends this grill, and nothing suggests a replacement plate exists. Wooden or nylon tools and a soft cloth are the whole regime.
Checked here on 17 September 2026, it was in stock at around $61.99. Order from the maker above $99 and shipping is free, with 30 days to return. At that price the dial is the only real reason to move up. It is reason enough.
Possible George Foreman 5-Serving Submersible Grill Complaints
- The dial has no vocabulary: A control with two words on it gives range without repeatability. You feel it when a dish works and you cannot find that position again. Tape and a pen fix it in a minute. That the factory printed nothing is the irritating part.
- The specification stops at the coating: No wattage, no cooking area, no weight. A heading for manuals sits above no manual at all. None of this makes the food worse. It does mean nothing here can be compared on paper.
