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Tefal electric grill buying guide

Updated: October 2026

If you search for a Tefal electric grill on amazon.co.uk, you do not get one kind of machine. The same words cover a hinged sensor grill, a plain contact press, a flat plancha, and an on/off table grill. This Tefal electric grill buying guide is for the moment before you choose a model: decide the job, then the plate, then the plug. The Products Compared editorial team lined up nine amazon.co.uk listings on 15 October 2026. Prices in that scrape run from £57.10 to £198.80, and we did not cook on them in a lab. The full table is the [Tefal electric grill comparison](/hub/grills-and-barbecues/tefal-electric-grill).

If you search for a Tefal electric grill on amazon.co.uk, you do not get one kind of machine. The same words cover a hinged sensor grill, a plain contact press, a flat plancha, and an on/off table grill.

Our top picks

Tefal Tefal OptiGrill+ XL GC722D40

Best overall

Tefal Tefal OptiGrill+ XL GC722D40
8.8/10about £129.99
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Tefal Tefal Ultra Compact GC3050

Preis-Tipp

Tefal Tefal Ultra Compact GC3050
8.1/10about £109
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Tefal Tefal Booster Griddle CB6428

Alternative

Tefal Tefal Booster Griddle CB6428
6.4/10about £129
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On this page
  1. 1.Four Tefal machines share one search
  2. 2.Portions and plate size
  3. 3.Plates, programmes, and a dial
  4. 4.Plug, voltage, and what the listing got wrong

Four Tefal machines share one search

Start with what the lid does, not with the star rating. A hinged OptiGrill presses food between two plates and follows programmes from a thickness sensor: the Plus XL, the OptiGrill+, the Elite, and the OptiGrill One. The Ultra Compact GC3050 is still a contact grill, with five thermostat settings and no sensor. The SuperGrill opens to 180 degrees. The Booster and the Giant Plancha are open griddles you turn food on. The table grill BG90C814 is an open grate with one power level, and its specification block says outdoor use. A 4.7 on a contact grill does not tell you how eggs will behave on a plancha. That contrast is the OptiGrill vs plancha page. The same week, Tefal’s UK shop listed the Elite at £229.99 and the OptiGrill+ at £184.99, so a shop tab and an Amazon tab are not the same offer.

Portions and plate size

Tefal UK describes the Plus XL as about 800 cm² and about six to eight portions. The amazon.co.uk listing for GC722D40 also prints about 650 cm², so treat 800 cm² as the manufacturer figure. The OptiGrill+ is about 600 cm² for four to five people. The Elite listing surface is about 551 cm². None of those lines is a weighed serving. The Booster states about 1,500 cm². The Giant Plancha says meals for up to 12 people and gives no square-centimetre figure. The table grill prints about 1,622 cm², and reviewers say the grate was smaller. For one or two people, the GC3050’s listed body is 32 × 32 × 14 cm. Footprint and the short cord are on the small-kitchen page.
Tefal Tefal OptiGrill+ XL GC722D40

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Tefal Tefal OptiGrill+ XL GC722D40
8.8/10about £129.99
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Plates, programmes, and a dial

Removable plates are on the OptiGrill listings, the SuperGrill, and the GC3050. UK reviews of the Plus XL treat that as the reason to leave a fixed-plate grill, and the listings say those plates are dishwasher-safe. Booster and Giant Plancha reviews say the cooking surface stays on the body. The Booster listing still says the griddle is dishwasher-safe except the electric part, and reviews dispute that. The Plus XL lists nine programmes. The OptiGrill+ lists six, plus four manual temperatures. The Elite lists twelve and a screen, at £198.80 in the scrape against £129.99 for the larger XL plate. The lamp is a thickness guide for a whole steak, not a food-safety thermometer.

Plug, voltage, and what the listing got wrong

UK mains are 230 V, and a portable grill should arrive with a fused BS 1363 three-pin plug. Electrical Safety First’s advice is to use that plug, ventilate, not leave the grill unattended, and stop if the plug scorches or the circuit trips. None of the nine listings prints “BS 1363”. The OptiGrill+ listing says 230 V. The Plus XL listing says 220 V. The Elite voltage line is blank. The Booster’s voltage field says 120 V beside a 2,200 W UK listing, and that was not confirmed on a unit here. A review dated 2 April 2017 on the GC3050 says that unit arrived with a German plug. That is one delivery from 2017. If the plug is not British, use the seller’s returns route rather than a travel adaptor. A qualifying purchase through our amazon.co.uk links can earn us a commission at no extra cost to you.

Common questions

Should I buy a contact grill or a plancha?
Buy a contact grill if you want food pressed from both sides, with programmes on an OptiGrill or a dial on the GC3050. Buy the Booster or the Giant Plancha if you want a flat surface you turn yourself. A contact grill has no open top unless you choose the SuperGrill’s 180-degree opening.
How many people do 600 cm² and 800 cm² feed?
Tefal’s portion language is about four to five people on about 600 cm², and about six to eight on the Plus XL at about 800 cm². Those are manufacturer claims, not weighed servings. Thick steaks use more of the plate than bacon.
Is a sensor worth it over five thermostat settings?
The sensor is worth it if you want a colour guide for steak thickness and you will still cook poultry and burgers through. Five settings on the GC3050 are enough if you judge panini by eye and would rather pay £109. The lamp does not make a rare burger safe.
Which models have plates that come off?
The OptiGrill listings, the SuperGrill, and the GC3050 say the plates are removable. Reviews of the Booster and the Giant Plancha say the cooking plate stays fixed. Current Tefal UK shop text for OptiGrill plates describes a PTFE coating, which is not the PTFE-free line on the Booster listing.
What should I check on the plug?
Look for a UK three-pin fused plug before the first cook. These listings do not print BS 1363. The Booster’s 120 V field is unconfirmed. A UK review of the GC3050 from April 2017 reported a German plug. If the plug is wrong, return it.
Why is the OptiGrill+ dearer than the Plus XL here?
In the scrape the OptiGrill+ is £155.55 and the Plus XL is £129.99, even though the XL lists a larger plate and nine programmes rather than six. Compare the live amazon.co.uk price on the day you buy.

Related pages

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OptiGrill vs plancha: closed programmes or flat plate

Tefal grill for a small kitchen: footprint and cord

Sources

Listing prices and ratings are from amazon.co.uk on 15 October 2026. The public sources below cover food safety, electrical rules and Tefal UK pages.

  1. Food Standards Agency: Cooking your food (retrieved 15 October 2026)
  2. Food Standards Agency: Burgers (retrieved 15 October 2026)
  3. Electrical Safety First: Portable grills (retrieved 15 October 2026)
  4. GOV.UK: Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016 (retrieved 15 October 2026)
  5. Tefal UK: OptiGrill+ XL GC722D40 (retrieved 15 October 2026)
  6. Tefal UK shop: OptiGrill Elite GC750D40 (retrieved 15 October 2026)
  7. Tefal UK: Repairability (retrieved 15 October 2026)
  8. amazon.co.uk listings for the nine kept ASINs (retrieved 15 October 2026)