George Foreman sells the GR10B on speed and simplicity, and the price sits under thirty dollars. Look at what is physically on the appliance and the reason becomes clear. There is a lid, a lamp, and a tray underneath. That is the whole machine.
No dial. No switch. No setting of any kind to get right or to get wrong. The GR10B reached its price by removing every control a cook could touch.
Which leaves one decision in your hands, and one question for this review. Can a grill with a single fixed heat still cook well enough to keep?
First Impressions of the George Foreman GR10B
Assembly is not a step. The grill arrives whole, with the drip tray tucked underneath. Nothing screws on and nothing clips together. Setup is a matter of seconds.
Closed, it is a glossy black clamshell roughly the size of a dinner plate. The published drawing puts it at 8.5 inches across and 9.5 inches front to back. The lid carries the George Foreman name and his signature in white. The mouldings line up, and the gloss is even.
For the first cook, two patties went onto the lower plate. The lid came down on them. The amber lamp had already gone out. That is this grill saying it is ready.
Four minutes later the burgers came off with clean, dark bar marks. A good amount of fat had run down the slope into the tray. More telling was the texture.
Food off these plates tastes like it met hot metal. It does not taste steamed between two warm surfaces. For thirty dollars, that distinction is worth something.
One instruction stands out early. The manual asks you to open the lid using a pot holder. There is no insulated handle on this grill, only the lip of the cover. Keep a cloth beside it.
Key Features of the George Foreman GR10B
The feature list is short, and every item on it does exactly one job. Nothing here has a mode or a programme. What follows describes an object, not a menu of options.
- Cooking surface: 7.3 by 5.6 inches, a figure the retail listing prints and the maker’s page omits. Two burgers fit comfortably. A third does not.
- Contact heating: the heat is embedded in both plates, so food is gripped hot on two sides. Nothing needs flipping. That is where the speed comes from.
- Patented sloped plate: the most recognisable thing the brand makes. George Foreman states it carries off up to 42% of fat. The footnote names a quarter-pound 80/20 patty.
- George Tough nonstick: the coating named in the maker’s spec table. The same page also lists a PFAS-free ceramic nonstick. It never says whether that is one coating or two.
- Drip tray: dishwasher safe, sliding under the front lip to catch what the slope sends down. It is the only component with a service part number.
- One amber lamp: set into the lid, lit when you plug the grill in. It goes dark once the plates are hot.
- A short cord: the manual frames its length as a trip-hazard decision. That is an unusually honest note for a spec sheet.
The absences are the more interesting half. Nothing here adjusts. There is no timer, no cover and no side burner. None of that exists on this grill at any price.
None of it was taken out; it was never designed in. The GR10B is not a stripped-down version of a bigger George Foreman grill. It is what the brand builds when nothing gets added.
One fixed heat is a genuine constraint. It shows up as a narrow band of food this grill does well. Thin and flat is the band. Burgers, chicken cutlets, pressed sandwiches, halloumi, sliced peppers.
Two servings describes the plate rather than rounding up for a box. Measure 7.3 by 5.6 inches on a counter and the claim holds. It is one of the few figures anyone publishes here, and it needs no discount.
The maker’s own chart marks the edges of that band. A 4 oz burger runs 4 to 5 minutes for rare. Well done takes 6 to 8. A 6 oz chicken breast wants 9 minutes.
A 6 oz salmon steak needs only 4 minutes. Those times hold because the plates hit both faces at once. Nothing gets flipped and nothing waits its turn.
The same mechanism is why thick cuts struggle here. The outside meets the plate’s fixed heat first. The centre is still catching up, and you cannot turn anything down.
The lid stays down, and that is a rule rather than a habit. The manual says the appliance runs in the closed position only. So the lower plate cannot serve as an open griddle. Half the heat and half the marks would be gone anyway.
Bar marks do form, and they form fast. A full-face crust does not, because only the ridges ever touch. That is the trade a ridged contact plate makes. It is the same trade at any price.
Build, handling and durability
The shell is moulded plastic on a fixed hinge. The plates stay captive inside it. George Foreman publishes a coating but never a substrate. The metal has to be judged by how it behaves.
Handling is the strong part. It lifts easily with one hand and sits flat on its own feet. It slides into a cupboard when the counter is needed. Nothing latches the lid shut, so it swings open if tipped.
Durability turns entirely on the coating, as it does on any grill built this way. A metal turner or a stray fork ends this grill early. The manual is blunt about the case: a tamper-resistant screw, no user-serviceable parts.
Running costs, upkeep and value
Running cost is close to invisible. Nothing needs refilling, lighting, or carrying home from a store. The only consumable is the food itself. Plug it in, cook, unplug it.
Setup has one step worth remembering. The tray slides under the front lip before the grill is plugged in. Fit it afterwards and the first of the fat has already found the counter.
Upkeep is where the real cost sits. Nothing lifts out for washing, and the shell must stay dry. Cleaning means a warm damp sponge and a dry cloth. Do it while the metal is still warm.
Leave it until the residue has set and the job changes. Wiping becomes scrubbing. The drip tray is the exception, and the only part for the dishwasher.
It also carries part number 22850. That is worth knowing, because small trays go missing in shared kitchens.
Money is where this grill argues best. Around $28.99 buys a three-year limited warranty. That is $9.66 for each covered year, which is a long guarantee here.
Expect a new unit rather than a mended one. There is nothing inside a buyer is meant to open. The exclusions run the usual way and reward a read.
Commercial use is out, and so is any modified unit. The shipping cost of a replacement stays with you.
Warranty service runs through one phone line, 1-800-231-9786, with a separate number for parts. A working support route matters more on a sealed appliance.
Possible George Foreman GR10B Complaints
- Captive plates: every clean-up happens at the counter, warm unit in front of you. Miss that window and baked-on marinade must be softened rather than lifted. A damp paper towel shut inside the plates for a minute helps.
- An inverted lamp: it is lit while the grill is not ready, and dark once it is. Anyone waiting for a light to come on waits forever. Nothing on the lid says so.
