→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?→’s inventor, Michael Boehm, the inspiration for the grill’s unique design came when he was walking around a department store in the late 1980s and he noticed that not a single grill for sale cooked meat on both sides. Boehm, a lifelong inventor and tinkerer, rushed home and sketched an idea for a grill that did exactly that, as well as drained fat away while the item cooked. To test the concept, Boehm bought some cast iron skillets, placed them at an angle and then tried cooking burgers on the contraption, measuring how much of the fat was drained away. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2016/06/george-foreman-grill-became-george-foreman-grill/ Sources: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2004-12-19/george-foreman-marketing-champ-of-the-world https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/274151 http://www.researchbooth.com/categories/home_appliances/toasters/george_foreman_grill.php http://www.celebritynetworth.com/articles/entertainment-articles/hulk-hogans-200-million-mistake/ http://www.cnbc.com/id/38657945 http://money.cnn.com/2000/11/07/soho/q_foreman/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Foreman_2009.jpg http://venture2.typepad.com/innovationnet/2004/11/an_interview_wi.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Foreman