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| | Features | Quick Cooking, multi-functional applianceDual heating chambers cook both top and bottom at onceBakes any recipe in 7 minutes or lessNon-stick aluminum with heat indicator light15 x 9 1/2 x 5 1/2"
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| | Description | GT Xpress 101 GT Xpress 101 cooks delicious meals fast and without the added fat! With GT Xpress 101, all you do is place food in the preheated cooking wells and close the lid. The dual cooking wells and controlled temperature cook from both top and bottom at once so theres no turning or burning. GT Xpresss thermostat controls the temperature so you get perfect results every time - even if you leave it in too long! The hinged lid prevents spillovers and clean ups a cinch too, just wipe with a damp cloth. Enjoy healthy, flavor-packed, satisfying food in no time! 101 Recipe book includes meal, snack, dessert and low carb recipes. Features include: Dual Cooking Chamber - Cooks fast and requires no tending or turning because the food is in contact with the heat on both the top and the bottom Thermostatically Controlled - Ensures perfect results every time. Floating Hinge - Keeps lid in contact with the food, but allows for expansion of baked goods and omelets. High Quality Non-Stick Interior - Means easy cleanup with a damp cloth is all you need and there is no need for added fats and oils Ready Light - Tells you when the unit is preheated and ready for use Built-in Cord Wrap - For neat storage Instruction and Recipe Guide - 101 mouth-watering recipes that give you endless ideas for fast meals, snacks and desserts. Over half the recipes cook in 7 minutes or less 101 Recipe Booklet Spatula Dual cooking wells Thermostatically controlled Floating Hinge Non-stick interior Ready Light Built in cord wrap Benefits: Makes hundreds of scrumptious meals, many in less than 7 minutes No turning your food or slaving over a hot stove Delicious low carb food in less time Non-stick surface means no extra fat Built in cord and compact design makes for easy storage This is for one unit, the picture illustrates the unit openned and closed. | |
| | Product Details | | Package Length: | 10.8 inches | | Package Width: | 10.8 inches | | Package Height: | 6.0 inches | | Package Weight: | 3.3 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 105 reviews |
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302 of 311 found the following review helpful:
 If I could give less than 1 star, I would. Jan 02, 2007
By J. moon
"Customer of Amazon"
I had a horrible experience with GT 101 Express company, and I am so glad Amazon is not selling this junk product anymore. I tried to order the item directly from the company and when I found out how outrageous the shipping cost was, I canceled the order. Three weeks later, I received six of these items and were charged over $200 without my permission. When I called the customer service at GT Express, the customer service people told me that I had to pay for the shipping of six items back to the company even though I never ordered these items. I told them this was illegal on their part, and they told me to sue them if I wanted to. What an awful service! Instead of sending all, I decided to use one to maybe save the shipping cost. What a big mistake.
The item is very small. The cooking surface is equivalent to a size of a slice of bread cut into two pieces. It seemed to look so much bigger on TV infomercial. Maybe the people on the infomercial are tiny people to make the item look bigger. Believe me when I say this thing is tiny.
Furthermore, the thing is made out cheap plastic. Even the non stick portion is merely painted black coating. After a few wipes, the black painted coating came off and everything stuck. The thing is a piece of junk and I regret the fact I ever dealt with GT Express.
I had the worst experience with this product and to top it off, I had a horrible experience with the GT Express customer service.
142 of 145 found the following review helpful:
GT Xpress 2 Trash Dec 07, 2006
By Ms.Chris
"Ms.Chris"
Garbage, complete garbage.
1st off, I was really angry at the cost of shipping/handling. I own my own business and I can tell you from experience that it should not cost that much for these services (there is even a quantity discount). It shouldn't cost more than $4.95 to ship this product.
2nd, you're charged another large amount for the second Xpress, and believe me, this should not be. I've ordered a lot of products that had to be shipped and the more you order the more you save and in most instances, you're not charged 1 cent more for more items.
3rd, you get two machines, but if you wanted to give one away for a gift (college student, friend or child) you have to order and buy and additional cookbook and accessories. Come on, these accessories are not a $50 value, they're probably only worth $6.00.
This product is a complete rip off to us as consumers. The informercial shows beautifully browned and evenly cooked meals, this is not the case. MOST MEALS ARE SOGGY. FAST ~ simply NOT TRUE, the commercial does not include prep time.
Don't waist your money or your time - this product does not work. You'll loose money.
402 of 429 found the following review helpful:
GTsoggy101 - it seemed like a good idea, but... Jul 05, 2005
By H. Metz
"yes!"
Very first of all: I've got nothing against TV infomercials, and I don't mind trying out things, and I don't expect them to work 100% as advertised or fine. For instance, I have bought the Magic Bullet, the king of infomercials, and like it a lot - it has a good niche and does well what it's supposed to do, even if the commercial overstated everything a bit.
So - when I saw the commercial for this item, I thought, why not? Basically, a waffle iron for breakfast and other food items - sounds like a good idea!
So I bought it. Now, after having received it, and after three days of trying out various meals and recipes, I can say: Not everything looking like a good idea is really one. There are several issues with the concept of a waffle iron for breakfast and other items.
Issue 1: The most important one. A waffle iron works well because it has a specific waffle mix filled in, which expands and gets browned. This is not the case with omelets, or most of the other items supposed to be cooked in this. Eg, if you put in muffin mix, and berries, you simply do not arrive at the same wonderful brown dough and pristine berries they show in the recipe book. It is impossible to get that without high temperatures, baking, and most importantly: letting humidity in the berries and the mix escape. Or when you make an omelet, and add fresh tomatoes, it will simply not come out as nicely browned plus fresh tomatoes. What it will come out most of the time is as a soggy mess: the tomatoes will lose liquidity, but it will simply soak into the egg mix, as it has nowehere to go (as opposed to when being pan-fried). The reason for this is very simple: When you panfry, or when you bake in an oven, the humidity can get away. So things can get crispy. Here, very little humidity can escape (otherwise the other claimed advantage, double-sided browning, doesn't work, sorry), so things just get soggy, soggy, soggy. Did I mention food get's soggy in this? SOGGY SOGGY SOGGY. Super-soggy, at times.
Issue 2: You may say, well, maybe we should do them a little longer? Well, the answer is, this is the second problem. While, just like a classic waffle iron, the contraption does not have any kind of adjustments (lower or higher heat), that wouldn't be much of an issue. Only, it simply does not cook very fast. I would say: it actually cooks very very very sloooowly. I am not sure how much watt this iron gives out, but it can't be more than 25 Watts or so. Your average light bulb heats better. So you simply have to cook very very long. Anything, not only the super-soggy things. And food still is soggy, soggy, soggy!
Issue 3: For me, a smaller issue, but still... while I understand that this is for small, fast portions, it is INCREDIBLY small. It's not like you can do a 3 egg omelet in this. It takes 3 full goes to do a 3 egg omelet (with minimal additions of onions and cheese)! And because it takes a such a looooong time to cook, you will end up with COLD soggy, soggy, and super-soggy items!
Issue 4: Also, this thing is NOT that easy to clean. As you may know, and may have expected, from waffle irons. Non-stick is a fine word, but the reality is, it WILL take you a long time to clean it. Among other things, oil easily drips out the back of it (even when using an oil mister, and after thorough seasoning and cleaning), and goes all over the hinges and wires. NOT nice.
The long and short of it: Pan-frying works better, even for small portions. Get a small pan! Maybe if you need to look at small portions for psychological or dietary reasons, or have a lot of work for soggy food - but even then, why torture yourself!?
So, I guess I will try out some more ideas to see if this thing has at least a niche usage making it worthwhile to keep, or otherwise I will now have to check out how I can return the item.
Think twice. Or three times! Before buying.
113 of 117 found the following review helpful:
Stay AS FAR AWAY from GT Direct as you can get! Jul 09, 2007
By Gerald B. Sanders
I bought two of the GT Express Cookers from a TV infomercial. They tried to UP-Sell a tone of stuff when placing the order.
The product was advertised at $19.95 ea. Which is OK but when the product & invoice arrived, I couldn't believe my eyes.
Here ya go:
GTX 2 pack Original With bonus = $39.90 (Which included recipe booklets)
GTX recipe collection shipping = $9.95
So Far = $49.85
Postage & Handling = $33.85 (WOW)
Total = $83.70
The units works OK (I only cook eggs in it) but it costs a whole lot more than $19.95. By the way, my gas range cooks eggs a lot faster than the seven minutes this thing takes.
63 of 64 found the following review helpful:
GT Media/GAIAM a thief - BEWARE Jul 05, 2007
By Jodi M. Rabquer
"Jodi0504"
I am writing a review on behalf of my parents. My father watched an infomercial for the GT Xpress with buy one get one free. He thought it was a good deal so ordered one. They asked did he want two, he said yes, thinking 1+1=2, but they sent him two separate orders, which equals 4. They also asked if he wanted all this other junk, which he said he didn't want, but they ended up sending a mix and bake set (cheap dollar store bowl and some other junk) and charged $14.95, a recipe collection which I learned you have to call and cancel or they keep sending monthly, at an additional cost of $9.95 + s/h, and P&H which came to a grand total of $68.70. The total of his bill was $180.21. I have called GT Media (800-516-7108) and two of the people I talked to were pleasant but unhelpful, and one person was downright rude and even hung up on me! As other people said, they will return the product less the s/h fees, which of course is how they make their money.
The product - everyone else has said it - small, cheaply made, makes mushy food. My mom has used it a few times and so far the teflon is intact, but it's only been a couple weeks. She made muffins and they were dense and somewhat pasty. Even a toaster oven would be better than this.
The biggest disappointment to me in this whole process was learning that GT Media is owned by GAIAM, a company I used to think highly of. No more. This is a company I will NOT be doing business with in the future.
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