A flat plate: no flare-ups, and nothing falls through · review
The only plate here with performance figures: 3 degrees of variation, 30 per cent faster than cast iron.
What we would actually buy The only plate here that publishes performance figures — thirty per cent faster to heat than cast iron, three degrees of variation across the surface — and the only one that argues a small plate is the right plate. It costs fifty cents a square inch.
And the argument is sound.
A gas grill is a convection oven. The burners heat air; that air rises past the food and leaves through the vents. Lay a solid steel plate across every burner and the path closes — the heat has nowhere to go but into the plate and back down into the firebox.
DeintYei says it plainly: Unlike oversized griddles, our compact size preserves your grill’s heat flow and long-term performance.
Then the second half, which is about cooking rather than protection: at 17 × 13 inches it fits one side of the grate, so you can smash burgers on the plate while sausages cook on the bare grate beside them. Griddle and grill in one cook.
On this shelf the plates run to 36 × 22 inches — which covers everything. VEVOR’s own 17 × 13 answers the same worry with “hollow vents for even airflow”.
221 square inches of cooking space. 50 per cent faster to heat than larger griddles. 30 per cent faster than cast iron. And temperature variation “in each area controlled within 3 degrees”.
Plus Japanese manufacturing standards.
That is a far more specific listing than anything else here — the five VEVOR plates publish one thermal number between them (a 500 °F ceiling) and COZEER publishes none.
No weight. No plate thickness.
Those are precisely what the thermal claims rest on, because how fast a plate heats and how evenly it holds heat both follow from how much metal it has and how that metal is spread.
Every other plate on this shelf publishes a weight, which is why they can be ranked: 12.4 to 20.8 grams of metal per square inch across the range. This one cannot be placed in that list.
The claims may well be true. They are not checkable from this page.
$109.99 for 221 square inches.
VEVOR’s 36 × 22 plate is $109.90 for 792 square inches — a penny less, three and a half times the surface.
Per square inch:
Four and a half times the cheapest, and three times the VEVOR plate of exactly the same 17 × 13 inches.
What the money buys is the engineering claims, the raised curved edges, the built-in grease tray, a named compatibility list — and the absence of a 500 °F ceiling, which VEVOR publishes on all five of its plates.
Pro tip: Preheat several mins before adding oil.
Correct, and it applies to every plate on this shelf. Oil on a cold plate polymerizes slowly and goes sticky; oil on a properly hot plate releases food. The listing is the only one here that says so.
No scraper included — COZEER alone ships with one, and a griddle is unusable without it.
On sale at around $110 on the American Amazon store at the time of checking.
Prices and availability are what Keepa reported on the date this page was updated; both move.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 4 October 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.
| Size | 17 × 13 in |
|---|---|
| Cooking space | 221 sq in, published by the maker |
| Temperature evenness | Variation in each area controlled within 3 degrees, stated |
| Heating speed | 30 per cent faster than cast iron alternatives; 50 per cent faster than larger griddles |
| Standards | Built to Japanese manufacturing standards, stated |
| Design intent | Fits one side of the grate so the other side stays free for direct grilling |
| Grill protection | The maker states a compact plate preserves the grill’s heat flow and long-term performance |
| Edges | Raised and curved, against grease and food spills |
| Grease | A built-in grease tray |
| Material | Heavy-duty stainless steel, stated to resist warping, scratching and rust |
| Also fits | Most small gas grills (Weber Q, Char-Broil Portable) and kitchen stovetops |
| Maker’s tip | Preheat several minutes before adding oil |
| Cost per square inch | $0.498 — the highest on this shelf by a factor of 3.6 |
| Weight | Not published by the maker |
| Plate thickness | Not published by the maker |
| Amazon reference | B0GJSDGDFW |
| EAN | 0754684501284 |
For one specific reason, yes, and DeintYei is the only maker on this shelf to make the argument. A gas grill is a convection oven: the burners heat air, that air rises past the food and leaves through the vents. A solid steel plate laid across every burner closes that path, so the heat has nowhere to go but into the plate and back down into the firebox. DeintYei states it directly — "Unlike oversized griddles, our compact size preserves your grill’s heat flow and long-term performance" — and builds the second half of the case on capacity rather than protection: at 17 × 13 inches it "fits one side of gas grill grates, leaving the other side free for direct grilling", so you can smash burgers on the plate while sausages cook on the grate. VEVOR’s 17 × 13 plate answers the same concern with "hollow vents".
Not from this page, and that is the gap in an otherwise unusually specific listing. DeintYei publishes four figures no other maker here publishes — 221 sq in of cooking space, 50 per cent faster to heat than larger griddles, 30 per cent faster than cast iron, and "the temperature difference in each area controlled within 3 degrees" — but no plate thickness and no weight. Those are the two numbers that would make the thermal claims testable, because a plate’s heat-up speed and its evenness both follow from how much metal it has and how it is distributed. Every other plate on this shelf publishes a weight, so you can calculate 12.4 to 20.8 grams per square inch across the range; this one cannot be placed in that list. The claims may well be true. They are not checkable here.
Because you are paying for the engineering claims rather than the steel, and the comparison is unavoidable on this shelf. This plate is $109.99 for 221 square inches; VEVOR’s 36 × 22 in plate is $109.90 for 792 — a penny less for three and a half times the surface. Per square inch that is $0.498 against $0.139, and the cheapest plate here, VEVOR’s 23 × 16, is $0.112. What this buys instead: published evenness and heat-up figures, Japanese manufacturing standards, raised curved edges, a built-in grease tray, and a stated compatibility list (Weber Q, Char-Broil Portable). Also no 500 °F ceiling, which VEVOR publishes on all five of its plates. If you cook for two and want the grate free, the size is the point.
Close prices, same category: comparable cookware and knives. We keep only the specifications all of them publish, because a column with gaps compares nothing.
| Model | Price | Size | Grease | Material | Cost per square inch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeintYei QH34 | $110 | 17 × 13 in | A built-in grease tray | Heavy-duty stainless steel, stated to resist warping, scratching and rust | $0.498 — the highest on this shelf by a factor of 3.6 |
| VEVOR 36x22 in Flat Top Griddle | $110 | 36 × 22 in — about 792 sq in, the largest on this shelf | A grease trough and a drip hole | Stainless steel in the title and bullet 1; bullet 4 says cast iron | $0.139 |
| VEVOR Griddle, 32x16 inch | $83 | 32 × 16 in — about 512 sq in | A grease trough and a drip hole | Stainless steel in the title and bullet 1; bullet 4 says cast iron | $0.162 |
| COZEER BXGTBS01 | $56 | 23 in wide × 16 in deep — about 368 sq in | A grease groove | High-quality stainless steel, stated food-grade and thickened | $0.152 |
Half a gas grill, kept as half — griddle one side, grate the other, in one cook
Listed because the add-on names this pan as a fit.
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for cookware and kitchen knives and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
23 × 16 in nonstick stainless steel griddle plate with a grease groove, a fully polished surface and a food-grade griddle scraper included
The same 23 × 16 in size as the VEVOR plate at 37 per cent more weight, with a scraper in the box.
Best for: The same size as the value pick, with more metal in it and the scraper you would otherwise buy
≈ $56
23 × 16 in stainless steel griddle plate rated to 500 °F, with a grease trough and drip hole, sidewalls, a handle and X-shaped bottom reinforcement
Three hundred and sixty-eight square inches for forty-one dollars — the best value per inch here.
Best for: The value buy of this shelf — the most griddle surface per dollar anywhere here
≈ $41
17 × 13 in stainless steel griddle plate rated to 500 °F, with removable handles, a grease trough, sidewalls, hollow vents for airflow and X-shaped bottom reinforcement
A 17 × 13 in stainless plate at 4590 g (161.9 oz) — the most metal per square inch on this shelf.
Best for: Half a gas grill — the thickest plate here, in the size that leaves the other burners free
≈ $36
Prices quoted in these summaries are dated readings. The live price is shown next to each product.
