Tough Mama NTM-EG1 2-in-1 Griller and Hotpot review

The Tough Mama NTM-EG1 is the one to buy if you hate scrubbing. Its grill plate and griddle plate detach for washing, and a glass cover traps heat so pork belly cooks through instead of drying on top. Tough Mama rates it at 1650W, and at around ₱1,800 it is the cheapest detachable-plate griller in this list.

How well does it cook?

1650W is mid-pack here, and that is the right amount for samgyupsal. You want a plate that recovers heat when cold meat hits it, not one that scorches the outside. The glass cover is the part people underrate: covering the plate for a minute steams thicker cuts through without you having to slice them thin first.

Is it easy to clean?

This is the model’s real argument. On a fixed-plate griller you are wiping a hot slab attached to a live element, hunched over the sink. Here both plates lift out, so they go in the basin like any pan. If you grill weekly, that difference decides whether the thing stays on the counter or in a cabinet.

Is this electric griller sulit?

Around ₱1,800 as of August 19, 2026. That undercuts most of the Tough Mama line while adding the detachable plates they do not have, which is an unusual way round. For a household that does samgyupsal once or twice a month, it pays for itself against one restaurant round.

Who this electric griller suits

Buy this if you grill often enough that cleaning decides whether you bother, and you want a lid for thicker cuts. Skip it if you want the widest plate, since the EG3 and the Vermax give you more surface.

Other electric griller options to compare

For two separate cooking surfaces at once, the Tough Mama NTM-EG3 duo griller runs 1800W across a bigger footprint. If you want a lid and a hotpot instead, the Hanabishi HGRILL380 adds soup and shabu-shabu to the same appliance.

The wider field is ranked in our best electric grillers in the Philippines roundup.