Blackstone
Blackstone 22-Inch Tabletop Griddle
The 22-inch tabletop is the best-selling portable griddle in America and the default answer whenever the question comes up about camping, tailgating, or balcony setups. Two independently controlled H-burners give you a real two-zone flat top - eggs and pancakes on low, smash burgers screaming hot on the other side - and 361 sq in is legitimately enough to feed six to eight people, which no portable grate grill this size can match. It screws onto a 1 lb propane canister and hits searing temps fast, though owners recommend the 20 lb tank adapter hose because it burns through the little green bottles quickly. Honest downsides: like every bare-steel Blackstone the cooktop rusts if stored damp, so seasoning and a cover are mandatory; the burners struggle in wind without a shield; the low-end simmer is touchy; and at 32 lbs it's luggable, not light. Quality control complaints (warped tops, sticky regulators) show up in reviews at a low but real rate, and the warranty is only a year. For the price of a nice dinner out, though, nothing else cooks this much food this portably.
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Specifications
Features
Pros
- ✓Unbeatable price-to-capability - a real two-burner flat top for around $200
- ✓361 sq in cooks breakfast for 6-8 at once
- ✓Independent burner zones enable true multi-temp cooking
- ✓Heats to smash-burger temps in minutes
- ✓Portable enough for tailgates, campsites, and RVs
- ✓Huge community for recipes, mods, and replacement parts
Cons
- ✗Bare steel top rusts fast without seasoning and dry storage
- ✗Burns through 1 lb canisters quickly - budget for a bulk tank adapter
- ✗Wind plays havoc with the open burners
- ✗Only a 1-year warranty and occasional QC issues (warped tops, finicky regulators)
Owner Insightssummarized from owner discussions
The 22 is the portable in the range, and almost everyone who owns one bought it for a reason a bigger griddle could not satisfy: camping, tailgating, an RV, a balcony, or a patio with no room for a cart. It earns that role. Owners with years on one keep replacing it with another, 361 square inches feeds a group no comparable portable grill can, and it is small enough that seasoning and cleaning stay a five-minute job rather than the ritual a 36 turns into. Some owners arrive at it by downsizing for exactly that reason.
The practical surprises are fuel and heat. The griddle is set up around 1 lb cylinders, and owners who fit a bulk tank adapter repeatedly report losing the low end entirely, sitting at 400 to 450 degrees with the knobs turned down and burning the outside of food while the middle stays raw. Heat across the plate is uneven enough to matter on a surface this small, with one owner measuring a spread from roughly 450 to over 620 after preheating. Warping turns up when a hard-preheated top meets a big cold load. The stand sold for it is the accessory owners most often warn each other about, on both price and its legs, and the carry bag is not up to the weight of what it holds. None of this is fatal, but it does mean the cheapest listing plus the official stand plus a bulk hose is not automatically the setup you want.
Buy it if portability is a real requirement rather than a nice idea, or if you want griddle food without committing a patio to it. Buy the 28 or 36 instead if it will live in one place, because the larger griddles give you the burner zones that make cooking for a group calm instead of sequential. The cross-shop worth taking seriously is Weber's portable, which owners of long-serving 22s now name as the thing they would compare against on build quality, accepting a higher price and less cooking area for a cooktop that asks less of them.
What owners like
- +It is the griddle that actually travels, and the people using it that way have years on it. One full-time traveler has carried a 22 for about five years and was only shopping again because they were giving that one away. Camping, tailgating and RV use are the dominant reasons owners give for choosing this size.
- +The cheap end of the price range is very cheap. Owners report $124 at Walmart for an Adventure Ready with a hard cover, about $150 at Costco for one bundled with a hard cover and carry bag, and $184 for an Omnivore with the stand and an adapter hose included. One owner reported the whole setup at $65.
- +It pays for itself fast if you cook on it, and owners do the arithmetic out loud. One worked out that a weekly round of smash burgers and a weekly griddle breakfast covered a $417 Pro Series bundle in under 60 days against what the same meals cost out.
- +It is small enough to be maintained rather than managed, which is why some owners deliberately moved down to it. One sold a 36 because it was more griddle than they needed and the cleaning and seasoning had become a chore, kept the 22 for burgers and everyday cooking, and paired it with a pellet smoker for the long stuff.
- +361 square inches is more food than any grate-based portable of this size manages. Owners step up from a 17-inch specifically to cook multiple proteins at once, and describe the 22 as the point where a portable griddle stops feeling like a camp stove.
- +The cooktop is small enough to fit in a household oven, which owners use to season it the way they would cast iron rather than fighting wind and uneven burner heat outdoors.
Common complaints
- −The bulk propane adapter is not the free upgrade it looks like. Multiple owners report that running a 20 lb tank leaves the griddle at 400 to 450 degrees even on the lowest setting with no usable low end, producing burnt edges and raw centres, while the same griddle on a 1 lb cylinder behaves normally. If you cook eggs and pancakes on it, test the bulk hose before you rely on it.
- −Heat is uneven across a small surface, which is harder to work around than on a big griddle. One owner measured over 620 degrees in places and around 450 in others after a ten-minute preheat, with the hot sections incinerating anything placed there. Another had a right side that barely made water sizzle after an hour on high.
- −The official stand draws consistent complaints about its legs and its price, enough that buyers ask about it before purchasing. One owner with the adjustable stand judged it unsuitable for long-term use and set about building their own, and others go looking for a sturdy folding table instead.
- −It is heavier and bulkier than the word portable suggests. Owners describe being surprised at the weight for a camp stove, a carry bag whose straps broke under it, and an awkward shape that will not stack with other gear in a packed car.
- −Warping happens here too, generally when a cold load hits a griddle run hard on high. One owner got loud pops and a visible warp partway through several pounds of ground beef, with water pooling afterwards, and the top flattening again once it cooled.
- −The clean-up to cook-time ratio is the complaint from owners who also run a pellet smoker. One describes his family being half finished eating before he has the griddle half cleaned, then having to go back out and finish the job so it is ready next time, and says plainly that he enjoys the food but not the upkeep.
- −Support has failed badly for at least one owner in a way worth knowing about. A defective 22 bought at Costco produced 33 emails out and 24 back over nearly a year without the agreed replacement part ever arriving, and the retailer, not the manufacturer, ended up resolving it. Buying somewhere with its own returns policy is cheap insurance.
Common Questions
Can I run it off a 20 lb propane tank instead of the little cylinders?
Is the Blackstone stand worth buying?
Is it really portable enough for camping?
Why does my food cook so unevenly?
Which 22-inch version should I buy?
What oil should I season with?
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