Electric Grills, Skillets & Woks

A panini grill is a generally a small counter-top sized grill, comparable in size and function to a waffle iron. Heat is applied on both sides, but unlike the waffle iron, the panini grill is generally ridged, which produces an aesthetically pleasing set of brown bars on the top and bottom of the panino, the sandwich it grills.

Some confusion about the name panini grill exists. In Italy, where the panini grill first became popular, the grill is simply called a panini. The grilled sandwich it produces is called a panino, or panini in the plural. The English translation has resulted in the sandwich, whether singular or plural, being referred to as panini. The grill used to make the sandwich is a panini grill. To make matters more confusing, panino in Italian can also refer simply to a round bread roll.