Blackstone 22" On the Go Omnivore Griddle
A flat steel plate over two burners feeds a crowd faster than any grate, and it folds up and rolls like a suitcase.
Spec check
| Cooking surface | 361 sq in (14 burgers or 60 hot dogs at once) |
|---|---|
| Burners | two independent stainless H-burners, 24,000 BTU/hr |
| Top | Omnivore rolled-steel griddle plate |
| Legs | Flexfold, collapse under the body; rolls on wheels and a handle |
| Hood | latching |
| Fuel | 1 lb cylinder; 20 lb tank with the adapter hose |
A grill cooks one thing at a time. A griddle cooks breakfast. Bacon, eggs, and hash browns go on before an 11:00 kickoff, and the same plate does smash burgers at noon.
The plate is a heat battery
A griddle plate is pounds of steel. Hit it with a cold patty and the surface temperature barely moves, so the meat crusts instead of steaming. The Omnivore plate heats faster and more evenly than Blackstone's old top. Season it like a cast-iron skillet and it gets better every Saturday.
Two knobs, two zones
Left side wide open for searing, right side low to hold what is done. One person feeds twelve without a line forming.
It leaves the house
The legs fold under, the hood latches over the plate, and it rolls to the truck on its own wheels. The latching hood is what sold us: a seasoned plate does not need a bed full of road grit.
The verdict
This is the one in our truck. If you cook for more than four on a Saturday, buy the griddle, not the grill.
Skip it if
You want grill marks and smoke flavor. A griddle sears and fries. It does not do what charcoal does.