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Best cast iron griddle plate UK

Updated: 23 October 2026

You want one plate from this amazon.co.uk set for a gas hob or a barbecue, and the highest stars belong to a Weber insert or to a listing with two ratings. Best here means the strongest universal cast iron griddle plate for that hob-or-barbecue job. Best value means the strongest file under £30 with a care step you can follow. The ranked table is the [cast iron griddle plate comparison](/hub/grill-accessories/griddle-plate-cast-iron). Prices were captured on 19 October 2026. We did not lab-test these plates. A qualifying purchase can earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

You want one plate from this amazon.co.uk set for a gas hob or a barbecue, and the highest stars belong to a Weber insert or to a listing with two ratings.

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What best means in this set

Stars in this file point at three jobs. The onlyfire inserts sit at 4.6, from 147 reviews and from 66, at about £59.99, cut for named Weber cookboxes. A higher score there does not make them the universal pick. Mihoho shows 5.0 from two ratings and no review text, with the size printed three ways. NutriChef shows 4.0 from 4,421 reviews, and its feature bullets describe server-rack shelves. The count is real. The bullets are the wrong product. The job on this page is a reversible rectangle for a gas hob or for bars. Which? has not ranked these ASINs. Lodge sat outside this set, so it cannot be the pick. How to read a listing is the cast iron griddle plate buying guide.

Top pick for a gas hob or barbecue

nuovva is the top pick in this set for a universal plate: about £39.99, titled 50 × 25 cm, 5.36 kg, with 4.4 from 1,077 amazon.co.uk reviews. That is the highest star line among the hob plates with a large file. The title says double sided and pre-seasoned. The non-stick field says no, and dishwasher says no. In the first 50 review texts, barbecue use and a two-burner gas hob come up often, along with a fat channel. The same sample includes rust after seasoning, sticking until several oil cycles, and a box photo that looked like two items when one plate arrived. The included line says lid. Reviews describe one plate. Induction is only a question. Choose it when you cook on gas or on a barbecue and you will oil it after washing. Skip it if you need a stated induction fit or you cannot lift 5.36 kg in oven gloves.

Best value under £30

OVERMONT is the best value in this set: about £29.17, 51.2 × 23.5 × 1.2 cm, 3.6 kg, 4.2 from 770 reviews. The listing tells you to dry it and oil it while warm, and the highlight includes scrapers. Reviews use it on gas hobs, barbecues, and a camping stove. It is about 1.8 kg lighter than nuovva. Reviews still mention handles that get too hot to hold. The induction bullet is not settled. One buyer could use only the flat side, one says it is not suitable, and one says it worked. The coating field says yes, and food still sticks until you oil it again. A printed maximum of 450 degrees Celsius was not checked here. Skip it if you need a proven induction plate or a Weber-shaped insert. Dayacoco at about £22.99 has 4.2 from only 22 reviews, which is too small to treat as the same evidence.

Plates that look stronger than they are

Mihoho at about £29.99 cannot beat a 770-review file. Five stars from two ratings, a dishwasher claim nobody else in the set makes, and three conflicting sizes are an unfinished listing. Both Velaze listings show 4.1 from 1,810, and the review texts overlap, so this is one pool. Counting both files would double the evidence. The shared texts praise gas barbecues and also include rust after one wash, cracks, a warp, and an induction lip. Open the cheaper listing, about £25.49, if you want Velaze and you will check that the plate is flat on arrival. NutriChef at about £41.69 has 4.0 from 4,421, with reports of a crack on first heat. Ignore the shelf bullets. LDXDRU at about £21.99 is 2.9 from 10. None of these replaces the two picks unless your constraint is a Weber model list.

Common questions

Which plate is the top pick if I cook on gas?
nuovva, for a universal hob or barbecue plate with the strongest large file in this set, not the highest stars on a Weber insert. You still oil it. It is a weak choice on induction, because the listing never answers that question. The title names a gas hob and a barbecue.
Which one is the best value under £30?
OVERMONT. The listing prints a dry-then-oil step and includes scrapers. It is a weaker buy if the ridged side must work on induction, because reviews already disagree with that bullet. You still oil it after a wash.
Why is the 4.6-star onlyfire plate not the winner?
Those 4.6 scores, from 147 and from 66 reviews, are fitment scores. The plates are shaped for stated Weber cookboxes and cost about £59.99. A gas-hob cook does not get a better breakfast from a higher star on the wrong shape. Use them when your grill is on the printed list.
Is Lodge better, and is it in this comparison?
Lodge is not in this kept set. One amazon.co.uk Lodge listing showed 4.6 from a large global rating count, which is not UK-only reviews, at a much higher price. It can be a sensible buy on its own page. It cannot be the top pick here.
Who should skip the nuovva plate?
Skip it if you need a stated induction fit, a light plate, or a Weber insert. Also skip it if you wanted a lid, because the included line and the reviews do not agree, or if you will put it in a dishwasher.

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Sources

Public UK sources used for this comparison. Listing prices, stars, and review counts are from amazon.co.uk on 19 October 2026.

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  2. SI 2012/2619, materials and articles in contact with food (England) (retrieved 19.10.2026)
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  5. OPSS product recall — Emba cast iron cookware 2502-0151 (retrieved 19.10.2026)
  6. Consumer Rights Act 2015, section 22 (retrieved 19.10.2026)
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  8. BBC Good Food — how to season cast iron (retrieved 19.10.2026)
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  10. Weber UK — griddle 6790 (retrieved 19.10.2026)