Eight pans, six seats, and one cable · review
A 1500-watt 8-person set with a 600 ml steel fondue pot, a grill plate, a granite stone and 24 utensils.
The net of it The only completely itemized kit on this shelf — a 600 ml steel pot, a grill plate and a granite stone, eight pans, eight forks, eight wooden spatulas — with two independent thermostats and the first-use instruction most pages leave out.
“the main unit, 600ml stainless steel fondue bowl, splash-guard collar, non-stick grill plate, granite grill stone, 8 fondue forks, 8 non-stick mini raclette pans, and 8 wooden spatulas… no additional purchases required.”
That is about twenty-nine pieces, and it is the only claim of its kind on this shelf you can actually check.
The ARLIME at $74.99 publishes “26 accessories” as a number, and names only a double-sided plate, mini grill pans, a 304 stainless pot and color-coded forks. The Hamilton Beach at $83.95 publishes a plate, 8 warming trays and “accessories”, unnamed. The Swissmar Stelvio at $179.95 publishes two bullets, neither of which is a specification, and names a granite stone and a crepe top in its title only.
Three items in this list are genuinely unusual.
A splash-guard collar, which appears nowhere else on this shelf. It is for the thing that actually goes wrong at a raclette table: fat spitting off a hot plate onto a tablecloth. The ARLIME addresses the same problem differently, with “spill-blocking edges”.
A granite grill stone as well as a non-stick plate — two surfaces rather than one reversible one. The ARLIME has a “double-sided grill plate”, the Hamilton Beach a “dual-texture grill/griddle”, the Stelvio a “Granite Stone… Plate/Crepe Top”. This is the only machine that gives you two separate pieces, so a scratched non-stick plate does not cost you the stone.
And 8 wooden spatulas, which is the one that matters most. Raclette means scrape, and a metal edge dragged across a non-stick pan under pressure cuts it — once the coating is broken, cheese sticks there permanently and the break spreads. Eight spatulas means nobody reaches for a knife. All three candle machines on this shelf supply one each; no other electric machine here names any.
“Hold the cheese or chocolate at a gentle simmer on the inner circuit while running the outer grill at high heat for meat searing—without one zone affecting the other.”
Melting cheese wants 50 to 60 °C. Held hotter, a fondue splits — the fat separates from the protein and you get an oily pool with strings in it, the classic failure of the dish.
Searing meat wants 200 °C or more, because browning does not begin below about 140 °C.
A hundred and forty degrees apart, on one appliance.
The ARLIME at $74.99 is the other machine here with two zones, publishing “independent controls for the grill panel and fondue pot”.
The Hamilton Beach at $83.95 solves it with geometry instead, and honestly: it has no pot at all, and its 8 warming trays sit below the plate so they run cooler for free. Height rather than thermostats — which works because heat falls off with distance, and costs you the ability to choose the ratio.
And the chocolate mention is worth keeping, because it is the hardest case. Chocolate is less forgiving than cheese: above about 50 °C it seizes and loses its temper, going grainy and dull. A pot with its own low dial is what makes a chocolate fondue possible at all, and this is the only page on the shelf to name chocolate.
The layout is the other half of the design. The pot is in the center and the grill is the outer ring — so the hottest zone is where the heat naturally rises, and eight people each have a segment of grill in front of them. The Hamilton Beach’s 200 square inches is the largest published grill area here precisely because it gave up the center.
At 120 volts, 1500 watts is 12.5 amperes. A standard American 15-amp circuit supplies 1800 watts, so this leaves about three hundred watts spare.
Which is worth more than it sounds, because of the comparison:
ARLIME, $74.99 — 1800 W, which is 15 amperes: the entire circuit, with nothing left for a kettle or a second appliance on the same run this — 1500 W, 12.5 A Hamilton Beach $83.95, Swissmar Stelvio $179.95 — no wattage published Louis Tellier $259.99 — “110V” and no wattage The three candle machines — none, by design
And 1500 W is enough for this layout, because the two zones are small: a 600 ml pot needs very little to hold a simmer, and the grill is a ring rather than a full plate.
What is not published is a cord length, and that is the figure that decides whether a table appliance reaches a table. The ARLIME is the only item on this shelf to publish one — a 2.5 ft cord, thirty inches — and a dining table is rarely within thirty inches of a socket. The others may be no better and you cannot tell.
If you do use an extension lead, use a heavy-gauge one, uncoiled: at these currents a thin or coiled lead is a hazard rather than a nuisance.
5321 grams puts this second lightest among the electric machines: Hamilton Beach 3152 g · this 5321 g · ARLIME 5443 g · Swissmar Stelvio 7938 g. The candle machines are 300, 422 and 710 grams — which is the honest argument for that end of the shelf, since a raclette grill is used a few times a year and stored the rest of it.
“The stainless steel fondue bowl, fondue forks, raclette pans, and removable non-stick grill plate all go straight into the dishwasher. The non-stick coating… releases food residue without soaking or scrubbing—rinse, load, done.”
Named individually rather than as “removable parts”, which on a twenty-nine-piece kit is the difference between a claim and a specification.
And it matters more on this shelf than most, because set cheese cools to a rubber. A part that cannot come off cannot be soaked, and a part that goes in a machine does not need to be.
The shelf, on cleaning:
this — bowl, forks, pans and plate named Hamilton Beach $83.95 — “The nonstick grill plate, raclette warming trays and accessories are all dishwasher safe” ARLIME $74.99 — parts “detach fully for direct washing”, with “dishwasher-safe components” Swissmar Nordic $21.95 — the non-stick dish only Swissmar Tandem $34.95 — hand wash, and “dry before storing” The two Swissmar porcelain items — dishwasher safe Artesà $24.95, Swissmar Stelvio $179.95, Louis Tellier $259.99 — no statement
The stainless bowl is the part that benefits most. 304-type stainless — the ARLIME publishes that grade for its own pot — does not react with the wine and acid a cheese fondue is full of, and takes a dishwasher indefinitely. A non-stick pot would not.
One habit no page here gives: load it while the cheese is still warm. Cold set cheese needs soaking; warm cheese rinses.
“Before first use, run the grill on high for 10 minutes in a ventilated area without food to clear the factory coating; a brief, mild odor during this process is normal and dissipates quickly.”
A new non-stick surface carries manufacturing residues — release agents, pressing oils, the binder in the coating — and they burn off the first time the plate reaches temperature. Cook on it first and they go into the food.
The ARLIME publishes the same figure independently: “Preheating empty for 10 minutes can reduce 【odor】, and slight smoke is normal.”
Same ten minutes, two pages, and both say the smoke is expected — which is the useful part, because a buyer who sees smoke from a new appliance reasonably assumes a fault.
This page adds the two words the ARLIME leaves out: ventilated area. Do it with a window open, and not with eight guests already at the table.
And it applies to every non-stick plate on this shelf, including the Hamilton Beach’s grill/griddle and the Stelvio’s granite stone, neither of which mentions it. Six of ten pages here leave it out.
The rest of bullet five is the occasion, and it is the fair framing for the whole shelf: “An interactive cooking station for Christmas dinners, Thanksgiving parties, date nights, and New Year gatherings.” A raclette grill is a way of cooking at the table so the host sits down — which the Hamilton Beach page puts best: “minimal meal prep and no running back and forth to the kitchen.”
No cord length, as above — the one specification the ARLIME publishes and nobody else does.
No grill area. The Hamilton Beach is the only machine on this shelf to publish one: 200 square inches. Here the carton is 406 × 406 mm and the plate is a ring round a central pot, so its usable area is well under its footprint — which is the figure a buyer comparing with the Hamilton Beach would want.
No temperature range or settings count, on a machine whose second bullet is entirely about temperature control. “Two separate dials” tells you there are two and not what they are marked with.
No timer and no auto shutoff, which no electric machine on this shelf has. The Hamilton Beach is the only one with an indicator light, and its page says what it is for: “a reminder to turn it off when you’re finished cooking.” On an appliance with no timer, unplug it rather than switching it off.
No granite stone dimensions, on one of the two surfaces supplied.
No warranty, which nine of ten items here omit. The exception is the Artesà at $24.95, with a “5 year guarantee” — the only published term on this shelf, on the second cheapest item.
No country of manufacture, where the Louis Tellier at $259.99 publishes “Made in France” and “Since 1947”.
Read on the day this page was built: $110 at the American Amazon shop.
Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 2026-10-05. The live price is at the top of the page.
Same shelf, nearest cost — where the same money else goes.
| Kit | Fully itemized — main unit, bowl, collar, plate, stone, 8 forks, 8 pans, 8 spatulas |
|---|---|
| Fondue pot | 600 ml stainless steel, in the center |
| Two thermostats | Separate dials for the pot and the grill, stated not to affect each other |
| Power | 1500 W — 12.5 amperes at 120 V, with headroom |
| Serves | Up to 8 guests |
| Two cooking surfaces | A non-stick grill plate and a granite grill stone |
| Splash-guard collar | Included — unique on this shelf |
| Wooden spatulas | Eight, so no metal tool touches a non-stick pan |
| Dishwasher | The bowl, the forks, the pans and the removable grill plate |
| First use | Run the grill on high for ten minutes, ventilated, without food |
| Also does | Chocolate as well as cheese |
| Weight | 5321 g (187.7 oz) |
| Reference | GUFP-2006 |
| Cord length | Not published; only the ARLIME publishes one |
| Amazon reference | B08P57G23Z |
| EAN | 0712491995054 |
All of it, named — and this is the only page on the shelf that does that. Bullet three: "the main unit, 600ml stainless steel fondue bowl, splash-guard collar, non-stick grill plate, granite grill stone, 8 fondue forks, 8 non-stick mini raclette pans, and 8 wooden spatulas." That is about twenty-nine pieces, and the sentence ends "no additional purchases required" — which, uniquely here, you can check. Compare the rest of the shelf. The ARLIME at $74.99 publishes "26 accessories" as a number and names only a double-sided plate, mini grill pans, a 304 stainless pot and color-coded forks — so a buyer cannot verify the count. The Hamilton Beach at $83.95 publishes a plate, 8 warming trays and "accessories", unnamed. The Swissmar Stelvio at $179.95 publishes two bullets, neither of which is a specification, and names a granite stone and a crepe top in its title only. Three items in this list are genuinely unusual. A splash-guard collar appears nowhere else on this shelf, and it is for the thing that actually goes wrong at a raclette table: fat spitting off a hot plate onto a tablecloth — the ARLIME addresses the same problem with "spill-blocking edges". A granite stone in addition to a non-stick plate gives two surfaces rather than one reversible one. And 8 wooden spatulas means nobody reaches for a knife — which is what destroys a non-stick pan, since raclette means scrape.
Because cheese and meat are a hundred and forty degrees apart, and this page states the reason better than any other here. Bullet two: "Two separate dials give the fondue pot and the grill plate their own temperature zones. Hold the cheese or chocolate at a gentle simmer on the inner circuit while running the outer grill at high heat for meat searing—without one zone affecting the other." Melting cheese wants 50 to 60 °C (122 to 140 °F). Held hotter, a fondue splits: the fat separates from the protein and you get an oily pool with strings in it. Searing meat wants 200 °C (392 °F) or more, because browning does not begin below about 140 °C (284 °F). One dial cannot do both. The ARLIME at $74.99 is the other machine with two zones, publishing "independent controls for the grill panel and fondue pot". The Hamilton Beach at $83.95 does it with geometry instead, and honestly: it has no pot at all, and its 8 warming trays sit below the grill plate so they run cooler for free — "searing... at a much higher heat while cheeses and sauces warm in the individual raclette warming trays below." Height rather than thermostats, which works because heat falls off with distance. And the chocolate mention is worth keeping. Chocolate is less forgiving than cheese — above about 50 °C (122 °F) it seizes and loses its temper — so a pot with its own low setting is what makes a chocolate fondue possible at all. This is the only page on the shelf to name chocolate.
Burns off the factory coating, and it is one of only two pages here to say so. Bullet five: "Before first use, run the grill on high for 10 minutes in a ventilated area without food to clear the factory coating; a brief, mild odor during this process is normal and dissipates quickly." A new non-stick surface carries manufacturing residues — release agents, pressing oils, the binder in the coating — and they burn off the first time the plate reaches temperature. If you cook on it first, they go into the food. The ARLIME at $74.99 publishes the same figure independently: "Preheating empty for 10 minutes can reduce 【odor】, and slight smoke is normal." Same ten minutes, two pages, and both say the smoke is expected — which is the useful part, because a buyer who sees smoke from a new appliance reasonably assumes a fault. This page adds the two words the ARLIME leaves out: ventilated area. Do it with a window open, and not with eight guests sitting round the table. And it applies to every non-stick plate on this shelf, including the Hamilton Beach’s non-stick grill/griddle and the Swissmar Stelvio’s granite stone, neither of which mentions it. The honest framing: this is not a defect being disclosed, it is the first step of owning the thing — and six of the ten pages here leave it out.
Details checked on October 5, 2026.
A full raclette and fondue evening for eight, with nothing else to buy
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for kitchen appliances and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
8 seats · 1,300 W · stepless dial
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Best for: Eight people around a table, in a flat where smoke matters.
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Best for: A long table at Christmas, where raclette, grilling and fondue all happen at once.
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Best for: Two to six at a small table, and a plate that will not lose its coating because it has none.
