What is the difference between Teppanyaki and Gourmet or Raclette?

Teppanyaki, a Japanese cooking style in which chefs prepare food on a teppanyaki grill table surface, was introduced to tabletop electric grills, while raclette was made for tableside cooking so everyone Enjoy preparing your own food by using your own pan and part of the grill surface.

With teppanyaki, you go for larger baking trays with no ridges and you're mostly using oriental flavors (like these delicious teppanyaki vegetable dishes or this nice teppanyaki dip).

With Gourmet, you need a special Gourmet set where you can prepare a variety of side dishes, especially in small pans. All the flavors come into play here, usually sliced ​​meat or fish, marinated or not, and vegetables.

Of course, you can make both foods on both grills, so the difference is minimal.

Teppanyaki: low in fat and prepared quickly

Grilled teppanyaki is done in a Japanese baking trays. This is a great way to cook healthy since you need little to no fat. You can prepare the most delicious vegetables, fish, fried rice and meat.

Fried rice in particular is easy to make and easy to move on the teppanyaki grill plate since there are no ridges on it.

The great thing about teppanyaki grilling is that your food is prepared quickly so the ingredients stay nutritious. The food is cooked at high temperature and is not easy to burn.

Gourmet and Raclette: everyone grills in their own small pans

Gourmet you've probably done it before. Cozy up at the dinner table with your friends or family, each baking their own dish in the little pan.

It doesn't take much energy, and it's a lot of fun. The great thing about gourmet is that everyone grills for themselves what to eat.

This also allows people with intolerances to certain foods to simply participate! More information on the gourmet, as well as the top three for gourmet table grilling, can be found later in this article.

Now you can choose between teppanyaki and gourmet tabletop grilling. I personally prefer the Eikoto Teppanyaki tabletop, but only because the angled structure gives me ample control over the grilling experience.