Swissmar KF-77045 Classic 8 Person Raclette Party Grill with Granite Stone Grill Top, Red

Invented in Switzerland, and way late making it to my table, this cook stove, if you want to call it that, is fantastic. Most people use it for parties. We do, too, but we cook on it 2-4 times a week. The name shouts, "Cheese," but we don't eat much cheese and when we do it is veggie cheese. In fact, the only meat we eat is wild 'caught in US' seafood. This cooks great shrimp! We also buy lobster tales and remove the shell and cut into pieces and cook. Salmon is mouth watering. Veggies are great on the grill. You can use the trays for heating bread, or crisping cooked veggies, or just warming food that is getting cold. The stone looks frightful after cooking a lot of food but let is sit overnight, run hot water over top, use a soft sponge, and it sparkles. We have used this to cook things like thinly slice sweet potatoes, shiitake mushrooms, left over corn on cob that we cut off and lightly fry. In fact, it turns leftovers into fun meals. You are limited only by your imagination. When I read you could buy another top for eggs, pancakes, and crepes, I ordered one, and it, too, is amazing. We don't eat store bought eggs-we get them from a friend who has pet chickens that are never killed, and it fries up perfect eggs. Pancakes are yummy and the crepes are light. We throw our veggie sausages in the trays to cook, and if we have leftover broiled potatoes we cut them up and cook on top on in tray. The most amazing thing about both cooking surfaces is you don't have grease to clean up. No splatter! Ever. And it is virtually smokeless. We have a smoke detector over the table where we use the raclette and it has not set it off once. Now, what to know is why no one has not made a regular kitchen stovetop that cooks with this. I would buy a new stove in a jiffy!

Love it good quality we use it often

We used our raclette for the first time last night, New Years Eve, and had a great time cooking vegetables and mushrooms on the granite surface and melting gruyere on boiled potatoes in the small pans under the heating element. This will be a regular part of our meal regimen. We can't wait to branch out into other types of food. Four stars is only because one of the spatulas arrived broken. Other than that, five stars for tasty food and a good time! 6th

All of the extended family sat down around the big table with raclette in the middle. I didn't think there would be enough space on the stone for everyone to work their food, but I was wrong. There was plenty of space for all eight of us! The pre-teens had fun using the tongs and creating their own concoctions of cheese, potato and shrimp. At first, the adults gingerly worked the asparagus and steak and shrimp. For the first ten minutes or so, it was pretty quiet. But then as everyone practiced, the process went faster and the chatter got louder. Oh me oh my, it was fun and the food was yummy! The side benefit for our family is that we were all sitting down at once at the big table. Grandma wasn't in the kitchen and the pre-teens weren't moping on the couch. One thing that surprised me was how easy the clean up went! I thought for sure that the stone of the raclette would be a pain to clean. Not so. It was easy, easy, easy. We'll definitely be doing this again soon. Family and food, who could want for more than that? P.S. buy a cookbook of raclette recipes. It was very helpful in choosing and preparing the foods.

I read many reviews before making my purchase and I am very happy with my purchase. (8-2-2012)The first time using a raclette was with 3 of my exchange families in Germany. It was a fun social experience that I knew my American friends would enjoy. The grill we just heat up an hour before using, which may be on the extreme, but there is a lot of prep work for making everything and it really doesn't seem like that long. We have done the whole hosting but also have split up the items people bring. The grill at the end looks like it will never come clean. I will be honest... it is so beyond easy to clean. Use a scraper like you would for other stone items with water. Amazing. Like other stones I would not recommend soap to absorb into the stone to affect flavoring.

We love this raclette! We've used it several times and no complaints so far. It heats up nicely and there is a knob to control the temperature on the side. The trays and scrapers are perfect. The people sitting at the ends of the table have to reach around to the trays but it really isn't a problem. The granite top comes right off and cleans up so easily - no scrubbing or scraping required. We've had some great dinner parties with it, and its a fun conversation piece. Plus I love the red on the bottom!

My kids love this. They live the experience and the ability to choose their own adventure. Beware that the top and cheese melters get VERY hot.

This grill heats up quickly and does a great job cooking vegetables and melting cheese. We used this twice for different family dinners, and the experience of sitting around the table together (which is less and less common among families these days, it seems) and "cooking" our meal was wonderful. We chatted and laughed. Food as social and familial bond. Wonderful. The stone is relatively easy to clean, but I would recommend the scraper that is sold by Swissmar since you aren't supposed to use anything abrasive when cleaning up. Quality product that provides lots of enjoyment!

There is not too many of them around (stone raclette) so I had to buy one as a gift, it turn out that performance not only the look make this raclette an item to have at a party. A perfect heat conductor for slow cooking and frying, works really well with meat and veggies, easy to clean only when the stone is no longer hot. Well packaged, all required items included.

Excelente para comida en Fam

I wanted to replace a scratched non-stick raclette grill that also was a royal pain to clean up, requiring over night soaking of all plates to loosen up food baked onto the surfaces. It had worked hard for me, for many years. This unit was slightly smaller but the granite top intrigued me. This past week I setup the unit on the dining room table over a butcher block, oiled the granite with olive oil, and loved how the heated rock had no hot spots. Meats gilled perfectly and cleanup was less than 5 minutes. I ran hot water over the granite (after it had cooled for some time of course) and a touch of dish soap and presto spotlessly clean again. Well done Swissmar!

works perfectly, all components solidly built and easy to set up, maintain and store. Bought it for my French boyfriend who LOVES it and says it is exactly like the best ones they use in France. Definitely a good buy!

First time I'd heard of this type of cooking was a couple weeks ago when my hubby suggested we get a Raclette for entertaining over the holidays. So he researched and we ordered this one. We tried it out with 4 of us making fajitas the other night.. All I have to say is this is amazing! Being able to cook everything right at the table was so much fun - kids loved helping too. Clean up was a breeze - we had marinated the meat so when we were done, the remnants of sauce was caked on the stone. I was dreading washing it, but after leaving it to cool overnight, I put it under the hot water faucet and in the process of filling the sink to leave it to soak, most of the baked-on mess just came off on its own. The rest I used a plastic scrub brush to get off with minimal effort (I'm still amazed the stone didn't need a soak at all!). A little soap and water and it was as good as new. Can't wait to try it out with other meals!!