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Are Fornby grills like those hot sandwich toasting arrangements?

Can I officially point out at this point that they are not named after a Lancastrian with a ukelele.

Much better (and much hotter) than a sandwich toaster. It does drain the fat out, which is a bit of a downer, but cooks anything well - and quickly!

If you prop the front legs up, it does a wicked griddled duck egg.

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Summat wrong with your eggs if they've got legs.

I had guessed they weren't named after him. Scarily last night's Central News featured the Whaley Bridge branch of the George Fornby Society. I find it worrying that the George Fornby Society is big enough to have branches.

I had one of the early George Formby grills. It cooks well, but my problem with it was that was no temperature control - it was either full on, or off. Perhaps the temperature on the newer ones can be varied.

LHG had one, and I found it did lamb chops very nicely. The fat draining thing I found a bit fiddly. I mean it all pours out into what looks for all the world like a miny horse-trough that you wiggly around in front of the grill.

I can't see me getting one for myself. After all I've already got plenty of cooking implements

I still do have one and it still cooks many kinds of meats very nicely thank you It gets used quite a lit in our household.