3 Little-Known Facts Behind George Foreman’s Legendary Grill
Black History Year
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🗓️ 16 October 2025
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Back in the day, there wasn’t a kitchen around that didn’t have (or want) a George Foreman grill. Foreman made the grill a legend, but you might not know these three things about your dad’s favorite kitchen gadget.
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| 0:00.0 | Imagine a delicious patty nestled between two buns with cheese and ketchup. |
| 0:04.7 | It's not a burger. |
| 0:05.6 | That patty is actually sausage, which makes this a sandwich. |
| 0:08.6 | A breakfast sausage sandwich, the new 199 sausage sandwich from McDonald's. |
| 0:12.8 | Made with RSPCA, short pork. |
| 0:15.6 | Until 11 a.m. |
| 0:16.6 | Price and participation may vary. |
| 0:17.8 | Up charges and fees apply to delivery. |
| 0:19.2 | Subjects to availability. |
| 0:22.4 | Back in the day, there wasn't a kitchen around that didn't have or want a George Foreman grill. |
| 0:28.5 | I know that's right. |
| 0:30.1 | Foreman made the grill a legend. |
| 0:33.1 | But you might not know these three things about your dad's favorite kitchen gadget. |
| 0:38.4 | I'm Len from Push Black, and this is Two-Minute Black History, what you didn't learn in school. |
| 0:50.5 | George Foreman was a legend in and out of the ring. |
| 0:57.8 | The name of the former preacher and boxer will always be linked to the George Forman grill, which he claimed would knock out the fact. |
| 1:01.2 | And though the grill itself is famous, in some ways it's actually iconic. |
| 1:06.3 | The former grill was Foreman's in name only. |
| 1:09.9 | The heavyweight champ didn't actually invent it. A tinkerer from |
| 1:14.7 | Illinois came up with the invention, which he originally called the Short Order Grill. At first, |
| 1:20.8 | Foreman didn't have anything to do with the grill at all. It was on the market, but it wasn't selling. |
| 1:27.5 | When Foreman's attorney brought him one to try out, |
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