Review of Sanyo HPS-SG3 200-Square-Inch Electric Indoor Barbeque Grill

Because the Weather Doesn't Always Cooperate

Arthur Kirk
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Do you love to grill but hate to base your meals around the weather forecast? Well, then you might want to consider purchasing the Sanyo HPS-SG3 200-Square-Inch Electric Indoor Barbeque Grill for those rainy days. There are many different electric grills on the market, with the most popular one being from George Foreman. So, what should you purchase the HPS-SG3 200-Square Inch Electric Indoor Barbeque Grill from Sanyo? Well the best two answers are that it has features that some of the other popular indoor electric grills don't have and the price is right.

Are you tired of only having one choice of temperature for your indoor electric grill? That choice of course is either "off" or "on". Some indoor electric grills have started adding the options of low, medium, or high temperature selections as well, but these are very inaccurate. This is where the great feature of the SAnyo HPS-SG3 200-Square INch Electric Indoor Barbeque Grill comes into play. With this indoor electric grill from Sanyo, you can actually preheat your grill to a specific temperature. Yes, I know for you grilling enthusiasts this isn't realistic when compared with an outdoor grill, but for indoor cooking it is a great feature. No long do you have to control the doneness of your meat by how long you cook it. Now you can adjust the temperature as well to control the cooking time of your meat. Even more important is the ability to preheat the Sanyo HPS-SG3 200-Square Inch Electric Indoor Barbeque Grill to up to 450 degrees allows you to sear your steaks which many other indoor grills don't get hot enough to meet that challenge.

You might be thinking this extra feature makes the SAnyo HPS-SG3 200-Square Inch Electric Indoor Barbeque Grill much more expensive than the competition. That couldn't be further from the truth. In reality you can find this indoor electric grill for less than most other indoor electric grills with as large a cooking surface as 200 square inches. Online retailers are selling the Sanyo HPS-SG3 200-Square Inch Electric INdoor Barbeque Grill for bargain prices that are cheaper than the other ones with celebrity endorsements. I would definitely recommend this ahead of those celebrity endorsed grills by people such as George Foreman.

The major drawbacks that the Sanyo HPS-SG3 200-Qquare Inch Electric Indoor Barbeque Grill has might turn some off, but that is just if you are willing to sacrifice quality for convenience. This Sanyo indoor grill does not have removable cooking plates and tends to require more work when cleaning it than some of the other indoor electric grills I have seen. That is a low price to pay though for the ability to have an accurate temperature reading on an indoor grill.

Published by Arthur Kirk

Married 33 year old father of a one year old. Love taking care of my son, playing games with friends, and following the Baltimore Ravens, Baltimore Orioles, Football and Baseball in general.  View profile

  • This indoor grill by Sanyo actually allows you to preheat it to a specific temperature
  • The 200 square inch cooking area is great for making family meals
  • This will not cook food on both sides at once, but neither does an outdoor grill.
For grillmasters having a precise temperature on a grill may seem odd. Remember though, outside you can control temperature with more options than off and on, and therefore Sanyo's is an improvement over others.

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