George Foreman's famous grill wasn't always a knockout

Remembering the George Foreman Grill, Undisputed Champ of Nineties Fads

My dad loved football, and my mom boxing. I enjoyed neither, preferring a life devoted to X-Men comic books and Little Debbie snack cakes. But she convinced me to watch a match: Buster Douglas’ underdog surprise knockout of undefeated heavyweight champ Mike Tyson in 1990. I was right-hooked. She was a devout Muhammad Ali fan, the sparkling poet-slash-prizefighter whose dramatic 1974 rope-a-dope comeback against George Foreman in Zaire was a st…

George Foreman's famous grill wasn't always a knockout

When George Foreman came back to prominence as a boxer in the 1990s, his ever-smiling image and congenial manner made him one of the most impactful celebrity spokespeople of all time.