Electric Griddle

Steve@Advance

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Wife likes to use an electric griddle for pancakes or whatever gets cooked on a griddle...

She's had a couple of the Presto's with Teflon coating. But they seem to not last long. The first one quit heating, now this one has gotten to where everything sticks.

Anyone have a favorite brand?

I see some have Ceramic and Titanium coating. Any better?

Just want a plain, flat surface, not the hinged type.

Thanks!
 
Greg, that is entirely possible!

Daughter was using it this morning, she is fully capable of burning water! LOL

By popular request, I stay out of the kitchen except at feeding time!
 
I brought up the Red Copper pans a few weeks ago. I make pancakes all the time in a square one. Keep the heat a little lower than normal. Put in a dab of butter and pour in four small pancakes. Works great. They cook Very Quickly. Remember, lower heat than you are used to. Check walmart and they are now selling at two of my local flea markets. All kinds of styles and sizes.
 
She is not using metal utensils to work with the food is she? I have read where you are only supposed to use some kind of plastic or Teflon tools because the metal will scratch the coating.
 
Yum! You remind me, I like to do a bunch of pancakes in a shallow flat griddle 4 at a time on the woodstove, then freeze them. Usually one a day along with my version of a western omlet also done daily on the wood stove.
 
The presto's are cheap like 15 bucks on sale so just pitch it and buy a new one. The Teflon on mine is getting thin too. To get a good one you will pay 10 times the presto from somewhere like Williams Sonoma but will have a good product in the end. I enjoy good pancakes and those cheap griddles work well. I have not found an mid range electric griddle that looks any better than the presto's.
 
No, they use plastic spatulas. I was looking at it this morning, it's not scratched, but looks rough, noy slick like I expect to see Teflon look. It does look like maybe it's been too hot.
 
Ooooooh that looks way cool! The guy at the flea market has two square sizes units and the round ones in 14,12,10,8, and 6 inch. The 12 is $15.oo and the 10 was $12.oo. Didn't need anything bigger. I think I am going to pick up an 8 the next time. As I said they cook a little bit differently. Use a dab of oil or butter and lower the heat. They really do not stick with that dab of some oil. You can just wipe them with a paper towel. Sparkel! By the way, if you use oil, corn,vegetable, or olive I have a tip for you. On one of the cooking programs he was talking about how so much olive oil is crap. Tastes like motor oil. Go to your shopping store and look for a dark green square bottle of (California Virgin) olive oil. It is like 98% flavor neutral and has a lite and sweet taste. Marvelous taste and so pleasent to the pallet. Dip some Italian bread in it. I have told so many people about the stuff. Please try it.
 
Griswold cast iron. Lasts 5 lifetimes. Mine are from great grandma, grandma ,and Mom. About 70 years on them. Better every year, And what a treat to make Johnny Cake in the oven with them.
Tragically daughter is a germaphobe and would ruin them within a week, So They will end up in the trash. Maybe she will eBay them, but she is too wealthy to go that route.
 

No doubt cast iron is the ultimate, but it takes some knowledge and experience to use one on a regular basis. Even better is the grill on my families old Garland restaurant range, but that thing is 8 feet long and far too large for our home!

I was gifted one of those copper ceramic pans for a birthday. Been using it quite a bit. All in all it's a good piece of kit. I don't think there's actually any copper in the finish, I imagine it's just a marketing color ploy, but it works pretty darn good.
 
You appear to be the only one (so far) making a pitch for Griswold. Add my name to the list. Our round griddle is about 70 years old-got it when my mom passed. Showed my wife how to use it and she was amazed-it's as non-stick as Teflon and isn't damaged by metal utensils. I DO wish we had a Griswold Frying Pan, though. In my opinion, Griswold is the best, tight grained cast-iron even though they went out of business.
 

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