Is the Zaigle Grill the Best Way to Do Korean Barbecue at Home? - The Kitchen Gadget Test Show

[@loveforpetrol]

So explain to me why I wouldn't want to smell like Korean BBQ for 3 days?

[@heyalexluu]

People might end up eating you.

[@adelineyeong2425]

🤣🤣 Oh god, those 3 comments made me LOL

[@SirFancyPantsMcee]

I'm with you

[@thomasdiaz5116]

Bears

[@wilkensbrito2879]

Never be lonely. EVER!

[@-EchoesIntoEternity-]

rather than an insertable piece to change its elevation, why not just make the heating element arm adjustable? this gadget is just 1 trick, a portable butane burner is useful for more than just KBBQ. its an actual portable cooking range with several uses, not restricted to the electric outlet. as a Korean, i would pass on it, there are better options with more functionality and different grill pan configurations for KBBQ

[@dra6o0n]

If the heating element is below or to the sides and aimed at a more solid structure to retain heat then yes... But why bother when you can do that with a small oven?

[@Bill1046]

sneakapikachu D B

[@tigerjonn]

The best Korean BBQ at home device is a Electric pancake griddle.... You just plug it into a wall and you get instant griddle....I got mine for around 25 dollars and Ive been using one just for Korean BBQ for 10 years...

[@nocoffeenofun]

Does it have a drip tray though

[@justmedidi]

@@nocoffeenofun usually they do

[@joe_schmoe_420]

Try a blackstone griddle Its a more powerful version of a pancake griddle

[@gracejoyner1416]

You can lay out the meat, mushroom, onion and kimchi all at once on that!

[@chfrankc]

That's how my mom did it.

[@bokuphishp684]

I have that same grill and it works great for me here in Korea. Sometimes it gets too hot and starts charring too quickly when cooking galbi ribs. Perhaps it’s a difference in voltage power? My grill is configured for 220V and assuming she’s testing it out in the US, hers is 120V.

[@Doom00769]

why do all her videos get so much hate ? i really like them !

[@chuckenergy]

I think she hates this product as well lmao

[@leenavoradeth4360]

She doesn’t give an honest taste test and starts whining about the meat boiling right away. Boiling meat doesn’t always equal tough meat

[@foodbs]

@@leenavoradeth4360 but when it comes to this context it is completely wrong so Esthers reaction is totally understandable

[@samnanghim3152]

@@leenavoradeth4360 let me ask you, when you eat KBBQ, do you want your meat BOILED or nicely grilled?

[@Giigigi1122]

samnang him there are some boiled bbq which are really tasty as well (not well known to foreign). I want both 🤤🤤🤤🤤

[@miken4624]

Esther is the best!!! I can’t wait to see what she reviews next 😀

[@aprilkim1929]

i visited my parents the other day and they brought this out - it was actually pretty legit lololol as far as cooking kbbq indoors, it does the trick with oil splatters & smell/smoke, but if you're looking for a do-all kind of gadget, i'd stick with a butane burner

[@eddieteng1]

Used this in Korea at my mother in laws home for pork belly. While an interesting idea for a grill. When the the grill gets too hot, the fat from the meat (ie. pork belly) starts to splatter it gets into the heating elements and causes flare ups, from the top down. Not the best and a bit expensive.

[@zekkoukyo]

Hi, I just started watching her reviews this year because quarantine boredom. I still don't understand why she got alot of hates...Seems like her reviews are usually pretty honest imo

[@impotato4603]

I think it’s because sometimes she reviews product and use it wrong. For example, she puts chicken to the grill without heating it up first for minutes, then complains why it’s not sizzling nor cooking fast. Kinda like her review in philip electric grill

[@DarkMaster706]

Yas queen! Esther serving looks!

[@ropro9817]

Interesting product idea, but this looks more like a prototype with all of its functional flaws. Looking forward to version 2 after some refinements. Zaigle: - Make the heat lamp height adjustable and able to swing out of the way when loading up the pan. - Increase the diameter of the heat lamp to cover the entire pan and put a lip on the pan so food won't easily fall off. - When the improved version is released, send me one for free for helping improve your product and making it a hit seller. :D

[@ropro9817]

Lol, ugh, boiled bulgogi... nm. This product is hopeless. :)

[@Redford_lee]

@@ropro9817 ??? bulgogi is supposed to cooked in low heat. almost like boiling it;;; just type 불고기 (bulgogi) on google, and watch how to make it

[@foulchild]

they don't even have to do all that. Just add another stand in the package so the plate can be brought closer to the lamp. Problem solved. Or maybe even add a cheaper convex lens that is on a hinge under the lamp surface that will magnify and spread the beam of light. I mean there are quite a few economical things they could actually do to make this a viable piece of kit.

[@bongley6062]

Love this channel reviews are so honest. Who wants boiled Korean bbq

[@whatismyname3775]

I have one and actually works really well. It really eliminates making huge mass around table with oil splash and smoked up ceiling at your house with exhaust fan attached at top.

[@peterwurst5575]

That thing is bs, why you dont use a pan?

[@ChunkyMonkaayyy]

BBQ always brings people together. It’s timeless.

[@Pettyjutebox]

It should be like those countertop pizza cookers that look sort of like this but heat from the bottom and the top.. If there was a heating element on the bottom too it would work perfectly..

[@demetriusholmes6034]

I think for people who are not as passionate about KBBQ and the intense flavors this is ok starting point to try but there is nothing like a true intensity of heat from a wok or grill if you don’t have dragon breath heat hang it up

[@wisnupradono6307]

Hmmmnn....i don't like the stuff. I just like Esther , so I press 👍.

[@db9607]

That seems fair

[@mustykingvids]

Soooooo inefficient. Like yeah who cares about global warming right?

[@johnchase4408]

She's horrible

[@delooaes]

Where can I buy one? Asking from Iceland. Thanks in advance 🙏

[@Im_George]

Horrible design. And a lost opportunity to have the plate itself heat up us well, so constant heat from top AND bottom.

[@MrRazorteeth]

I randomly clicked on this video. Turns out to be my favourite auntie ester😹🤪

[@wizzer101]

Can we see more Esther and Cliff?! They have such great chemistry and are having so much fun in the kitchen! I think Esther and Cliff should show us Korean BBQ at home complete with SOJU!

[@MonicaZ1810]

We have kbbq at home using a electric grill. It works really well! It cost us 20dls at targer and we use it for all sorts of stuff

[@truecanuck97]

So take the tech, modify the presentation, and add infrared from the bottom and call it "searing mode" then?

[@charlesmayes3692]

Like other electric table burners. this device is limited by the amount of amps it can pull through a regular household wall outlet.

[@forgottensoul4616]

Good for drying foods like, making chicharon or drying herbs and spices to turn into powder, maybe

[@idelhigh]

For these kind of videos, you should really turn the background music off or much lower. My 2 cents to your editing team.

[@Adeline9418]

I'll stick with my $25 Tayama smokeless electric grill. Big water tray!! Love it!!

[@JMacsAmateurKitchen]

I LOVE KOREAN BBQ!!!!!!!!! We have to do a series on this!!! This was amazing, thank you!!

[@WorldReserveCurrency]

love these product reviews..

[@jinhyun7119]

언제나 잼나게 보고 있어요!! 좋은 정보 감사해요!!

[@SilverScarletSpider]

Wouldn’t a black and decker regular grill be just as effective? It doesn’t produce smoke because it can’t produce smoke or even char the meat.

[@godsculte]

I saw this on a drama lmao this product is basically sponsored by kbs

[@chookchack]

Your theory is spot on.

[@Kamala-4-President]

This lady is a food scientist ! :)

[@jenniehu2129]

Where can I buy one? Thanks in advance! Jennie

[@YusuphYT]

Yes! This looks fun I want to buy one and do this.

[@johnbarron4843]

Love the honest reviews🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@starvingrtist8714]

Great review, helped me save $190. Really wanted a smoke free Korean BBQ experience at home...

[@ceasedesist703]

❤️the sweatshirt👩🏽‍💻🥂

[@sylyjoly]

I liked the video but it would have been better if you compared it to a butane type one because I don't know the difference.

[@lordofsheep]

could you guys do a review of the Sharp Superheated Steam Countertop? It'd be nice to have Esther's take on the kitchen gadget!

[@ttimllo]

If the light was at the bottom and had a lot higher settings then it would be worth

[@nico8273]

Flying Turtle white guy discovers stovetop burners

[@DirtySanchezE115]

Nicolás dumbshit unnecessarily brings up race.

[@kangkim150]

Koreans had something called a kamado in the 3rd century that enclosed fire in ceramics or clay.

[@pwarelis]

Light at the bottom? That doesn't make any sense

[@nico8273]

@@DirtySanchezE115 bRingS uP rAcE

[@pyrotechnologist1]

Should have tried placing the meat on the edges. The pan should conduct heat from the lamp pointing at the center. The meat blocks the pan and therefore cooks heats badly.

[@ezura4760]

The heating element looks just like a halogen oven which is only around £50 here in the uk.

[@ervinfowlkes8326]

Esther is awesome, easy to follow, articulate, humorous but not corny and best if all she knows her sh-!

[@PCUser1024]

Why is the white balance / colour tone different from episode to episode?

[@marcpjoyner]

I love her

[@mchavarria91]

I’d love to know and would be VERY interested in yours or anyone else’s favorite preference for an at home Kbbq grill! 🤔😅😃

[@W_T.F]

Livart Orange and Deluxe grills do a decent job.

[@heekim3373]

It’s essentially a radiant heater like a broiler or space heater but the problem is that our hands are constantly getting the way of the heat source and the flat grill surface does not remain consistently hot as the thing you are cooking is also getting in the way of the heat source. It’s a terrible concept and execution.

[@dra6o0n]

Broilers eat up even more power.

[@dra6o0n]

It's actually a over glorified infrared heater that does little to meat but heats up metal fast.

[@iraAlbucher]

Great review

[@jefferynordgulen4436]

Did anyone else wonder if she didn't turn the heat up. She said in the start she was cooking the pork belly on low. Every video of hers that I have watched I notice things like this.

[@missschimming]

Esther Choi is such a great host! I'd love to see more Eater videos with her in them.

[@ervinfowlkes8326]

Can someone recommend a good butane alternative?

[@anarchoaristocracy8368]

What is the difference between this, and using a pan?

[@MikeHeoh]

Esther is the only reason to watch this

[@userskorea]

안녕 was so out of nowhere. tho really liked it:)

[@AriesSupertramp]

It's cooking so water is evaporation (steam). Has nothing to do with smoke.

[@alannayomama4190]

What is her name, I’m trying to find her channel ? I really enjoy her reviews.

[@FrankTedesco]

you could READ THE DESCRIPTION

[@Futura_Light]

What's the synthwave song playing in the background?

[@国内使う]

Ether, just want to say I love you

[@BeowWulf]

So, it's like... a Korean bbq Pizzaz!

[@cookingisamazing9213]

That is a unique grill! Great test for that grill!

[@yaboi5047]

"That's when you know this is not an ideal situation. "

[@bluestar1908]

OK something I've noticed: Why is the entire video mirrored lol. The text on her sweatshirt is mirrored, the labels on the cans in the background are mirrored and yet... the giant Eater "E" decoration in the background is the right way around. Eater, is the E in the background actually backwards in the non-mirrored video?? LOL

[@gatleekaw1825]

It's just her shirt that's printed in reverse. The video is normal. You can see at 1:32 that the kitchen appliance text is normal

[@bluestar1908]

@@gatleekaw1825 Oh yeah thanks for pointing that out lol. I was wrong about the cans too LOL oh well

[@Veritias]

How is this different from a Raclette?

[@gregmcb5305]

It needs a heater underneath too

[@therealbs2000]

2:02 she forgot to read the zaigle instruction manual...THE ZAIGLE SPINS LIKE A LAZY SUSAN COME ON NOW

[@kodymosley7763]

Really like your video I did not purchase this. Based on your video, I purchased a flat top grill for about 50 bucks each which is a Electric one about 10x8 inch and my own meat deli home slicer and had a Korean barbecue I marinated all the meat and the family and friends enjoyed our selfs i purchase six of the grills and put one in front of each person at the table boy did they enjoy them selfs they all said come to C C Place where your memories won’t be erase it would be like sweet cake

[@Victor-ks3sp]

Bad design to have the heating element above, why not just use an electric heating element from the bottom?

[@rick7louis]

It should have a heating element on the bottom

[@jintzie1950jth]

It’d be fun if you got some of your friends to join you in the video. And teach Korean cooking sometimes. I’d love that.

[@reynaldorivera7641]

Why is she wearing a winter hat indoors lol.

[@recoil53]

In the beginning, Ester set the grill to low for the pork belly. Maybe it is the editing, but it was never said or shown that she upped the grill to high for short ribs or bulogi. So is it a product/editing fail, or user error?

[@slvsfr]

I've got you guys.

[@sophiaviray2025]

i think smelling like kbbq is a win also is esther's last name actually pronounced choi or is it 최 (chwe)?

[@Ayu20001]

im pretty sure its Choi

[@redflags6583]

Here's a better idea Put the heat lamp under the thing And replace the heat lamp with a butane flame

[@mikei5526]

the German Korean bbq is light years ahead of this model

[@steventhomas7844]

She makes me hungry! 😜🤠

[@foulchild]

i would really really love this show if she tried to figure out ways to make the gadget work better, because i don't think it matters if a gadget is great at what it does in this situation, if it simply DOES what it's supposed to do, then maybe you can make it better pretty easily. Like i'd have done a little research ahead of time, and i bet you there's probably another one of those little stands you can buy on amazon or something that'd bring the plate even closer to the element....would that make it better? I wonder. Also, if it's the plate that is actually being heated and then cooking the meat....what if instead of piling everything into the middle where the thermal ray is concentrated, you actually spaced the meat out a little more because then the plate can get hot in places there is no meat and you can move the meat to those places over and over till the meat is cooked? I'd like a little more depth to these reviews because they're really cool and i like seeing whats new and helpful in the home cooking world.

[@ChefRafi]

What do you call the hot stone cooking? I remember eating fish that way in Seoul.

[@sheilawong]

The results remind me of that $800 smokeless grill you tested a while back 😵

[@amandal6398]

I guess its like open microwave?

[@carlosbrownjr.7133]

They should treat it like an infrared grill and heat it from the bottom

[@lazytv4318]

When I do Korean BBQ, I try to stick to places that use charcoal. But man, this is very disappointing...thanks Esther for suffering for us to avoid this...

[@mashewll]

your korean accent was too cute LOL lovin' that Korean-American accent haha

[@VangRVang]

NYOB ZOO BABY GIRL!! 😉😉😉

[@comc35]

잘 보고 있어요~ 앞에 한국어 나와서 놀람ㅋㅋ

[@raybrown1145]

Has any body told you, you look like the lead singer of ft island. Hong ki.

[@Mayoego]

just put a disposable grill topper on top of the plates and you are set

[@leeboonkang2]

The best way to kbbq is charcoal. These are just gadgets for ppl that doesnt wan to pay the high price for kbbq and all the fuse for cleaning and such. Of cos the convenience will in turns sacrifice the taste n the cooking process.

[@hw2577]

I wonder if this same exact gadget is sold by the manufacturer as a pizza baker. lol

[@wastelandrebel]

Ester! 🙏please make a how to video for you korean bbq🙏

[@ernestrimbeck7630]

Not good for KBBQ, would this be good as a pizza cooker

[@sharonhill2602]

Needs heat from the top and bottom maybe?

[@gregmcb5305]

Maybe let it heat up a little more?

[@sharkvin]

they should have put the heating element on the bottom of the pan. That way the meat doesnt block the IR heat form warming up the pan. AAAND you dont have this annoying thing above your cooking surface.

[@rockonblackops777]

Now the question is...video is flipped or is the word?...haha

[@vinstinct]

Well I would assume it's her sweater because the E in the background is facing the right way. Unless every video is flipped including the letter. But I'm willing to bet it's just her sweater.

[@PRODVDi]

Well the lettering on the product isn't flipped

[@davidferrer678]

these videos ain't the same anymore with my gordito 😭😭😭

[@charlesholmgren679]

"Oh noooo it's boiling my meat!"

[@lotrix]

thx you just saved me a lot of money. but would love to see a comparison video of all the famous kbbq at home brands