Thread: Waffle Makers

Greg Esres wrote:
> I have three. The oldest is a 20 year old ToastMaster FastBake, which
> is the familiar square metal griddle/waffle maker combination. In
> order to make waffles more like the waffle shops, I've bought round
> ones, one a ToastMaster Waffle Baker (cool touch plastic) and a
> Cuisinart, forget the model number, but got great reviews on Amazon.
>
> Of the three, none of them can compare to the old square ToastMaster.
> Only it can produce deep, golden brown, crisp waffles. The others max
> out at medium brown and not very crisp. Using an IR thermometer, I
> can see why:
>
> 1) Toastmaster Waffle Baker, cool touch: 325 degrees
> 2) Cuisinart temperature (on setting 5): 405 degrees
> 3) Old Toastmaster FastBake: a whopping 590 degrees
>
> So the old griddle is almost 200 degrees hotter than the next hottest
> waffle iron. No wonder it produces crisper, browner waffles than the
> other. I guess I'm stuck with square waffles for the time being.
>
I'd check the thrift stores for an *old*, round waffle maker.
Those temps are way too low for a good crisp waffle, with a tender
inside. Nothing wrong with square waffles, though.

"Greg Esres" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> 1) Toastmaster Waffle Baker, cool touch: 325 degrees
> 2) Cuisinart temperature (on setting 5): 405 degrees
> 3) Old Toastmaster FastBake: a whopping 590 degrees
>
> So the old griddle is almost 200 degrees hotter than the next hottest
> waffle iron. No wonder it produces crisper, browner waffles than the
> other. I guess I'm stuck with square waffles for the time being.
>

Quite a difference. I'll take taste over shape though, and eat the square
waffles.

Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> "Greg Esres" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>
>> 1) Toastmaster Waffle Baker, cool touch: 325 degrees
>> 2) Cuisinart temperature (on setting 5): 405 degrees
>> 3) Old Toastmaster FastBake: a whopping 590 degrees
>>
>> So the old griddle is almost 200 degrees hotter than the next hottest
>> waffle iron. No wonder it produces crisper, browner waffles than the
>> other. I guess I'm stuck with square waffles for the time being.
>>
>
> Quite a difference. I'll take taste over shape though, and eat the
> square waffles.

Mom's waffle maker is circa 1950. Mfg by Knapp-Monarch Co. out of St.
Louis. There's absolutely nothing wrong with square waffles

Jill