The Russel Hobbs I know is a communist front, besides do you use it 3-5 time a day? Don't fuck with the Official Panini.
 

Being a cheap bastard, I have a cast iron griddle (flat on one side/ridged on the other for the appealing griddle marks) and I have a large cast iron dutch oven. When I do panninninni (sp?), I heat the griddle and oven on the stove top. When good and hot I put the sammich on the griddle, then the oven on top to weight it down and cook. Since the cast iron stays hot about 57 minutes after removing from the heat, it comes out great.
 

That works .... USA USA
 

How can you solder wires to a grill? Won't the heat from the grill melt the solder?
 

The wires are not in contact with the heating elements, were that the case the cloth sheathing you see would be charred, if not burned to a crisp. Anyway, we'll soon see.
 

Uh, that "cloth" is fibber-glass and doesn't burn very well.

You may be looking at silver-solder or retirement.
 

Had the wire pull out of one of the spade clips for my stove's oven. Got a new high temperature clip at appliance store for a buck and crimped it on. Regular solder probably won't hold.