Presto 07062 22-Inch Ceramic Electric Griddle — 1500W, Removable Handles

Presto Ceramic Griddle Review: Is the 07062 the Flat Top Your Kitchen Needs?

A stovetop pan cooks four pancakes at a time and a family eats six. That arithmetic is the entire argument for a countertop griddle, and Presto has been answering it for decades. The 07062 is the ceramic version of that answer: a 22-inch slab of heated aluminium with a hard ceramic coating, a removable control that lets the whole thing go under the tap, and handles that unscrew so it slides into a cupboard.

It sits at the busy end of a crowded category. Chefman, BELLA, Dash and Gourmia all sell something similar for less. What Presto has that they do not is 40,006 Amazon ratings averaging 4.7 stars, which is the deepest evidence base in the category by a distance. This review works through what the extra money buys and where the design still asks you to compromise.

Quick verdict: the Presto ceramic griddle scores 8.6/10 in this SoftPickr review. It is the flat top to buy if you cook for four or more, and the ceramic surface is the reason rather than the wattage.

Key Specifications

The Ceramic Surface Is the Real Upgrade

The older Presto griddles use a conventional non-stick coating. This one uses a ceramic layer that the listing specifies as both PFAS free and PFOA free, and that specification is the single clearest reason to choose the 07062 over its cheaper stablemates. Ceramic releases eggs and pancakes with very little fat, and because it is a mineral coating rather than a fluoropolymer film it tolerates the high, dry heat a griddle spends its life at better than a budget non-stick pan does.

It is not indestructible, and nobody should buy it expecting that. Ceramic wears from abrasion rather than from heat, which means the enemy is a metal spatula and a scouring pad, not a hot burner. Owners who use nylon or wood turners report surfaces still releasing cleanly after years; the minority of unhappy reviews cluster around metal utensils. That is a maintenance behaviour rather than a manufacturing fault, and it is worth knowing before the first breakfast.

1,500 Watts Across 22 Inches

Wattage is the number every griddle listing leads with, and on its own it means very little. What matters is watts spread over area, and 1,500 watts across a 22-inch plate is roughly the industry standard for this size. In practice the plate reaches pancake temperature in about five minutes and holds it while cold batter goes on, which is the test that separates a real griddle from a warming tray.

The heating element is cast into the plate rather than clamped underneath it, and that construction is why the Presto heats more evenly than thinner competitors. There is still a measurable cool band along the front and back edges of any griddle this size, and this one is no exception. Treat the middle 18 inches as your working area and the outer inch or so as a holding zone, and the unevenness stops mattering.

Removable Handles and Full Immersion

Two design decisions do more for daily usability than any performance figure. The handles unscrew, which turns a 26-inch appliance into a flat slab that slides into the gap beside a baking tray. Anyone who has tried to store a full-size griddle in a normal kitchen will recognise how much that matters, because the reason these things end up in the garage is footprint rather than performance.

The second is the removable control master. Pull it out and the griddle is legal to submerge, which means a genuinely greasy plate goes in the sink rather than getting wiped at with a cloth. It is worth stressing that this only works with the control fully removed and dry; putting the control anywhere near water is how you destroy the appliance. The instruction is prominent in the manual and easy to ignore in a hurry.

Six Settings and What They Actually Mean

The control offers six marked settings rather than a continuously variable dial with numbers, and the listing describes the unit as programmable, which overstates it. There is no timer and no digital readout. What you get is a thermostat that cycles the element to hold a chosen band, and six bands is enough for the jobs a griddle actually does: eggs low, pancakes medium, bacon and burgers high.

The absence of a display is a fair trade at this price and it removes the part most likely to fail. The practical consequence is that repeatability depends on the marks rather than on a number, so if you like a specific pancake colour you will learn a position rather than a temperature. Owners who came from a digital griddle notice this in the first week and stop noticing it after that.

Limitations and Compromises

The warranty is one year limited, which is short for a 1,500-watt appliance in a category where Presto itself has products people keep for a decade. Nothing in the construction suggests a one-year lifespan, but the coverage is what it is, and a ceramic surface that gets scratched in month fourteen is your problem rather than the manufacturer’s.

There is no grease drain and no tilt. The plate is flat, which is the right choice for pancakes and the wrong one for bacon, and rendered fat pools where you put it rather than running away. Presto sells the 07046 Tilt ’n Drain precisely for this reason, so the omission here is deliberate segmentation rather than an oversight, but it is the single most common complaint in the review base.

It draws a full 1,500 watts, which is most of a domestic circuit. Run it alongside a kettle or a toaster on the same ring and the breaker will tell you about it. In an older kitchen with limited outlets this is a genuine planning constraint rather than a footnote, and it is the reason some owners keep the griddle on a different counter entirely.

Cleaning and Maintenance

Let the plate cool to warm rather than hot, remove the control master completely, then wash the griddle in the sink with a soft cloth and washing-up liquid. Ceramic responds badly to abrasives, so no scouring pads, no bicarbonate paste and no metal scrapers. Baked-on residue lifts if you lay a damp cloth over it for ten minutes rather than attacking it.

Dry the plate fully before the control goes back in, and store the griddle flat rather than on edge so nothing presses into the coating. If you cook bacon regularly, wipe the excess fat off with kitchen paper while the plate is still warm; fat that carbonises on a cold surface takes far more scrubbing to remove, and scrubbing is exactly what the ceramic will not tolerate.

Who Should Buy It?

• Households cooking breakfast for four or more people at once, where a frying pan means serving in shifts.
• Anyone who wants a genuinely PFAS-free and PFOA-free cooking surface at a mainstream price.
• Small kitchens, because the removable handles make this one of the few 22-inch griddles that actually stores flat.
• Cooks who want to wash the appliance properly rather than wiping it, thanks to full immersion with the control out.
• Pancake, egg and grilled sandwich duty, which is where a flat plate beats a ridged one every time.

Look elsewhere if bacon is your main use case, because there is no grease well or tilt here and rendered fat sits on the plate; the Presto 07046 Tilt ’n Drain solves exactly that and costs a little more. Skip it too if you want digital temperature control with a numeric readout, or if your kitchen circuit cannot spare 1,500 watts alongside the other appliances you run at breakfast.

SoftPickr Verdict

The Presto ceramic griddle earns 8.6/10. It earns that score on the strength of a ceramic surface specified free of PFAS and PFOA, a plate that heats evenly because the element is cast into it, and two storage decisions — removable handles and a fully immersible body — that decide whether an appliance this size stays on the counter or disappears into a cupboard forever. Forty thousand ratings at 4.7 stars is not a marketing number; it is a decade of breakfasts.

The compromise to accept is drainage. This is a dead-flat plate with no grease well and no tilt, so fat stays where it lands and bacon is a wiping job rather than a draining one. If that is the food you cook most, buy the tilting model instead. For everything else, this is the flat top to own.

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Presto ceramic griddle — Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Presto ceramic griddle actually dishwasher safe?

Presto rates it as fully immersible rather than dishwasher safe, and those are different claims. With the control master removed you can submerge the plate in a sink and wash it by hand, which is the intended method. Repeated dishwasher cycles and detergent are harsher on a ceramic coating than hand washing, so the sink is both the sanctioned route and the one that preserves the surface longest.

How is ceramic different from ordinary non-stick here?

A conventional non-stick plate uses a fluoropolymer film; this one uses a mineral ceramic layer that the listing specifies as PFAS free and PFOA free. In use ceramic releases food with less fat and copes better with sustained dry heat. The trade is abrasion resistance: ceramic dislikes metal utensils and scouring pads far more than it dislikes temperature, so the coating fails from scratching rather than from cooking.

Can it cook burgers and steak, or is it only for breakfast?

It handles burgers and thin steaks well because 1,500 watts across a flat plate gives you contact browning across the whole patty rather than grill marks. What it will not do is drain the fat those foods release, since the surface is level with no well. For a couple of burgers that is a wipe; for a pound of bacon it becomes the main annoyance of the appliance.

Does the 22-inch plate heat evenly all the way to the edges?

Broadly yes in the middle, less so at the extremes. The element is cast into the plate rather than clamped beneath it, which gives noticeably better distribution than thinner budget griddles. Even so, every griddle this size runs a cooler band along the front and back lips. Treat the central 18 inches as the cooking zone and the outer margin as somewhere to park finished food.

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