Does anyone have a raclette and fondue set? Any good?

[AutumnForever]

Hi,

Just this really. I'm not talking about the clamp style, original raclettes which basically just melt a heart attack onto your plate, but the hot plates/griddle, with a fondue pot in the middle.

Thinking of getting this for DP as a Christmas present, as they're a bit of a foodie and love our gas BBQ, but don't know how good they are really. Can't really rely on Amazon reviews 🙄

Any experience or recommendations?

TIA

We have a fondue pot which doesn't have raclette round it. Nigella does a good cheese fondue recipe. The best chocolate fondue is to melt toblerone down with double cream.

Ultimately they're a pretty low use item but they are a fab treat.

I'm not sure about raclette + fondue because we have never gone in for the boiling oil + meat fondue which is I assume what you would need to do if you were having raclette as well?

Our fondue pot is metal with a meths burner under it.

We have one. I don't use it often, usually Christmas or parties. I did a date night once for myself and DH! I did a gorgeous cheese fondue which lumps of crusty bread and a bottle of 🍷. Amazing!!

We have one and it is great. Griddle gets warm enough to cook asparagus, pepper, meat on etc

Can recommend this one.
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Ah, wasn't expecting any replies, so thank you!

@dinosaurcookie , that's actually the one I've got my eye on. Can I ask how much you use those mini grill pans. I'm not sure how we'd use that, other than to melt cheese on top of things and it takes up a whole level. How much food can you fit on the griddle, realistically?

There was a round one that I think DP would prefer aesthetically, with a stainless steel fondue, but that was near £100!

We have one- it's great. Where I live is heart of raclette country so we get all the special cheese, cut meat etc.. a tradition in the winter

IMO you either have a cheese fondue or a raclette . The mini pans are for melting special raclette cheese over potatoes, meat, veg and the stone or nonstick tray is for cooking the meat

Tend to use the fondue pot more as raclette cheese is more difficult to get hold of easily but it's good to do both at the same time. Would say griddles do enough for two people, as you keep the fondue hot you can cook on there in batches. I think it fits for example, a cut up pepper and a pack of asparagus on there in one go.
There were some super duper fancy ones that i had my eye on but to be honest, we only use it every few months so a more expensive one would be a waste for us!

Got the Le Creuset one for DH last Christmas and he loves it, would definitely recommend, you make your fondue at the hob (induction in our case, works fine) and keep it warm over the paraffin at the table. Forks are nice too. We've only done cheese fondue, haven't tried chocolate or meat yet.

Love our raclette, really nice way of eating with friends and family.

I use my slow cooker for fondue

Christmas eve meal for us now, but have to make sure you get your raclette early as it can all sell out. I love it!

So overall, quite positive. Think I'll go for it - just need to decide which one now.

@dinosaurcookie do you remember if that particular raclette came in a plain box? Some gifts I've bought from Amazon have had a giant picture of what it is on the outside! 🤦‍♀️

Question - if you take the fondue pot off and just use the raclette, can you use that plate to cook more food?

Picture on box when it comes. Yes you could use spot for fondue bowl to griddle extra veg or meat but not a massive area

We have one that has a grill that fits eight pans, four on each side. And a flat plate on top. We usually only have a raclette party with 4 people so you can each have 2 pans on the go. Any more and it gets a bit chaotic. Use the top flat plate to cook/heat the meats and veges, while the cheese is melting.

We often do a 2 course meal. First traditional raclette style with cheese and potatoes/veges. Then second course thin sliced eye fillet steak which you can cook yourself in the pans or on the grill. Then dip in various sauces which we put in little heat proof bowls in the middle of the grill.

I can now hear the DJ Matafan song in my head… Raclette Partay!!

We have one that gets used for family get togethers. It’s in my dutch in-laws house atm. They are quite popular in the Netherlands.

It doesn’t have the fondue on top, but a grill, we have a separate fondue.

We have a raclette with the pans underneath and a hot stone and grill on top. We love it.

I would say, before you buy - make sure your local Waitrose stocks raclette cheese. Ours does but it is very expensive.

We don't have fondue as we prefer raclette, we find it is more adaptable (especially as one of my kids doesn't like cheese).

We’ve got one of each, tbh I haven’t seen a combined one. We live in France, just to the west of raclette country. So ours gets used quite a lot in winter.

You need to make sure you’ve got a reliable source of good quality cheese.

I live in Switzerland (ergo earning extra expert points 😜) and I’m with @Tiggy321, raclette or fondue, but not both together.

We have a raclette set that we got from Lidl many years ago. We probably use it about 3 times a year - there is only so much raclettte you can eat!! You don't have to use raclette cheese. Lots of (cheaper and more available) cheeses work too.