After reading all this I was in the local Katherine House charity wharehouse (in Stafford) yesterday looking for bargains, & lo & behold! There was a battered box with a skillet like object in it completely unused!
It's a Metro (French?) with a doughnut base to place over the hob, a grill that fits above it & a large dome lid to keep the heat in. Designed (it says) to do a whole meal in one, with rice or veg in the base, meat &/or veg on the grill. Not used it yet, but off to the boat with it for the bank holiday so I may well try something out on it there. I shall report back.
Oh, and the best bit - it was only a sick squid note. :cool1: