BLACK+DECKER G48TD 3-in-1 Waffle Maker & Indoor Grill/Griddle, Stainless Steel

This is a great waffle maker!! Every time we make waffles, they flip right out just like they're supposed to. We haven't had any of them get stuck or had any of the disasters/frustrations that we've had with other waffle irons. It's actually easy to make a waffle again. Can you imagine!? I think the reason why is that the Teflon is good and it gets hot, evenly. After you get it, my recommendation would be to FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS that comes with it. Just before preheating, brush on some vegetable oil like it says to do. (I guess you can use spray but we've found the oil at first works best.) After that, you won't need anything at all for the other batches. Also, be sure not to mess up the Teflon coating by washing it while it's still hot (let it cool off completely) or by using utensils that will scratch it up, like metal forks and scrubbers. If you take care of this sensitive Teflon, it will take care of you. I think it says not to put it in the dishwasher so you probably don't want to. Both plates, top and bottom, are completely removable and they're really easy to clean with a basic sponge...don't use the scrubby side of the sponge though...you won't need to anyway. We've made waffles several times already and they've been perfect every time. It DOES get really hot but that's a good thing. We've also flipped it over to the grill side and that's great too. We've made quesadillas, grilled cheese sandwiches, and burgers. For burgers, it has a trench like thing around the border of the grill that the fat collects in. You'll need a little cup or something to catch it where it supposed to drip out. If you really want it to "drain the fat away" fast like a Forman type grill, just put something under the back left leg to tilt it a bit. Don't put something under the leg that could catch fire though....again, say it with me, "It gets really hot!" We've been placing it on our stove top when we use it...if you have sensitive counter tops, do that too. If you make a sandwich, keep the grill open and flip the sandwich as needed. Otherwise, your sandwich will get really flat. I think that's it -- It really is one of our better purchases lately and so we take good care of it. Oh, and adding a nice amount of vanilla extract to your waffle batter makes them delicious!! (wife said to throw that in) Happy Waffle'n!

So I've had this for over a year and it's well loved and well used. I tend to use the waffle side more than the griddle plates because it's what I bought it for. Cooks evenly, no hot spots (which is surprising) obviously protect your hands and don't touch anything metal while this is on or has been recently on. It's the old fashioned kind, it's not encased in plastic, it's metal. Don't forget this or you're gonna burn yourself and blame the machine which is unfair to the machine. I've used the griddle open faced I've pressed sandwiched in it like a panini press but my favorite and predominant use is the waffle iron. I'm a kitchen gizmo person. I know I can do most things without them but why when there's a gizmo and gadget for it? More specifically though I bought this because I wanted something other than Belgian waffles and I remembered that my grandmother had a waffle iron that looked dead on this though I cannot remember if her plates were removable. Any who, my grandmother passed away a few years back and I polled my sisters trying to see if anyone remembered the brand, no one was positive but my oldest sister told me she thought it was a black and decker so I took to the Amazon. Found this beauty and immediately bought it. Second it got delivered I had it out cleaned and ready to go ( those delivery notifications are awesome. Once I knew it was out for delivery I timed it with my normal carrier's route and had the batter ingredients out and ready to roll) I would caution you to be careful about the grease you use and to have something to collect it should it get too warm and slide off the plates. I use bacon grease coz that's how I was taught and it's wonderful but obviously thin and will leak out the corner if you use the correct amount to grease the iron. I've just put it on a part of the counter I can clean super easy between batches and be done with it. Both of my sisters covet this bad boy but they're on their own. I live a few thousand miles away now so they just have to get their own. Last weekend they asked about it and it's what got me thinking its time to review this bad boy. Actually if I remember correctly I paid a bit more for it that what its pricing for now but honestly I'd do it all over again and for more. Good wafflemakers especially not Belgian waffle makers are hard to come by. Don't get me wrong I ALSO have a Belgian wafflemaker but this, this is what trotted out on my counter every couple of weekends.

Bought this because of the reversible plates, and the four section waffles. Grew up with a very similar waffle maker that had wire heating element instead of the new fangled heating ring. The waffle maker LOOKS beautiful, but it is lacking in quality. The temperature adjustment knob for example is REALLY sloppy loose. And the chrome exterior does not fit snuggly up against the lip of the plates. This allows oil or spray to actually run down from the plate and pool up INSIDE the base of the unit DIRECTLY beneath the red hot heating element. If allowed to accumulate, there is no doubt in my mind that one of these days the whole thing will burst into flames as that puddle of cooking oil catches on fire INSIDE the base of the waffle maker. NOT COOL. I have tried to push the chrome portion so that it bends in a quarter of an inch so that the plates OVERLAP the edges of the top and bottom, but they do not bend easily, and I am afraid to push against them much harder since I may end up actually bending it too far. And when the unit arrived, the heating element on one side drooped away from the plate on the end that is supported in a bracket. That made the element hot on one side and cooler on the other since the plate was not positioned the same distance from the plate throughout. I was able to correct that by bending the bracket. So at least that problem was solved easily. But we have now tried several waffle recipes, including the one that works on our round waffle iron, and we still have not found a recipe that will cook golden brown and semi-crunchy like a waffle is supposed to be. The waffles come out splotchy, thin, and soft, and are not brown AT ALL. They are more or less universally a pale yellow with brown patches. We gave our daughter one as a gift at the same time we bought ours. She has the same problem. However, she tried a waffle mix that is part of her long-term food storage supplies, and it worked perfectly. Unfortunately we do not have any of that mix. And we had hoped to be able to use the square waffler maker side by side with the smaller round one, and even with our round Belgium waffle maker (yes we now have three waffle makers. We like waffles,what can I tell you?) when we have family or overnight guests and want to make enough waffles quickly so we can all eat together. That cannot happen now unless we make one type of batter for the two round waffle makers, and then make another batter that will brown and get crusty for the square one, since one batter will not work in all three of them with satisfactory results. I am considering Short story is that we are not yet satisfied with the waffler maker and if we cannot find a waffle batter we like that works in all three, we are considering returning it for a refund. Until we resolve these issues, I cannot say that I would recommend this product to anyone. FOLLOW UP ON STATUS...returned item for full refund. I can honestly say that there was NOTHING about his waffle maker that was quality. The plates fit so loosely the move side to side almost a quarter of inch, leaving an 1/8" gap on the side for batter and cooking oil to overflow UNDER THE PLATES down into the actual area where the heating element is. The oil formed a puddle right under the heating element. It was just a matter of time before the oil puddle would be enough to actually catch on fire from the heat. The plates are so loose, one of them actually fell off when I opened the waffler maker to put the batter on the plate. The dial tha tcontrols the temperature is so sloppy loose it actually looks and feels like a homemade dial. The only professional quality feature of this waffle maker is the chrome on the outside. Our daughter's waffle maker that we gave to her as a gift when we bought the one for ourselves is EXACTLY like ours and has all the same issue. and she is returning it this week for a refund. IMHO, this is a COMPLETE PIECE OF JUNK. And B&D should be embarrassed putting their name on it.

When I first got this waffle baker, I really was disappointed. I washed the plates with soapy water and then oiled them up as described in the instructions - but my waffles were sticking worse than I've ever seen before. Basically, the first (and sometimes the second) waffle of every batch was tearing in half and I had to scrape the pieces off of the top and bottom plates using a wooden spoon. Nothing usable was left after this process and it was a huge, messy pain. Because of the big mess, I would rewash the plates in soapy water after each use and then I tried to keep the waffles from sticking by using heavy coats of cooking spray; which left subsequent waffles soggy and oily, but still didn't prevent the first ones from tearing in half. After a few weeks of that, I got online to see what I could do to help resolve this problem - or if I should just throw this new waffle baker away. (My old ones never had these problems, so I thought it was just a problem with the model.) Fortunately, I was able to come up with a few steps that completely eliminated my issues; so, here they are: 1) Never wash those plates with soap (after the initial cleaning of course), since it takes the oil coating off - it's fine to soak them in water or to wipe them off; just don't use soapy water or you'll have to re-season them. 2) Before pouring the first waffle, I heat the baker up to the maximum temperature and then turn it down to my desired waffle heat once the first waffle is poured. This isn't important once the plates are fully seasoned, but it helps with the first few batches. 3) Be sure to put enough oil in the waffle recipe. In my case, the recipe calls for 2 tbsp but I've found that 1/4 tbsp extra makes a huge difference and probably just offsets the oil that didn't pour out of the measuring spoon anyway. 4) In my case, I don't pull the waffle out the instant the light goes out. I wait about 30 seconds until the steam starts to lighten up - this also prevents you from needing a hotpad when opening the baker. (Something you'll learn fast with this particular model is that the steam coming out the front can be very hot:).) 5) I don't use cooking spray at all anymore (which is more than I can say for my old waffle irons). It isn't needed at all for the waffles to come out perfectly. With these easy tweaks, I'm now able to get perfect waffle off of this every time - from the first waffle to the last. They taste great and the extras go into the freezer so the kids can warm them up in the toaster on weekends. I honestly will probably never use the grill plates since I have another electric griddle that is larger - but the waffle baker works really well. I would highly recommend it.

I love this waffle maker! It's like the ones our mom used, not those cheesy seeming plastic things they're making now. It's also got a lot of excellent features that make my life easier. I'll mention right now that this is a VERY hot waffle maker. They make the plastic ones to be "cool touch". I'll trade the cool touch feature for the sturdier design of this versatile machine. I'm being careful and haven't burned myself yet. But it's something to consider if you'd like your children making waffles. My ten year old could be careful enough, but I keep my five and eight year olds away. The waffles this machine makes are great! They freeze well too. The family is very happy. When the light goes of the unit is ready to make waffles. Pour in the batter and the light comes on again--wait for it to go off and the waffle is done (however, I usually go on instinct and sometimes pull out the waffle before the light goes off.) The open grill feature makes wonderful pancakes and fried eggs. I have a big family and it's nice to have two pancakes cook at a shot without taking up all my stovetop! I can have bacon and eggs on the stove and the pancakes on the waffle maker. (I can also have a heart attack if I keep eating all these bacon and eggs!) The sandwich feature is nice. I can cook two grilled cheese sandwiches at one time getting me out of the kitchen quicker. Some advice--cheese might drip out the side of the sandwich. Just keep the sandwich away from the back of the unit where the cables run in and the mess just wipes off--no problem. The sandwiches cook far more uniformly than they do in a pan on the stove. They taste great. This unit cleans up easily and changing the grills from waffle to flat is easy. I recommend it over a lot of more costly models if you want more value for your money. This is the most versatile waffle maker I've found and all the features actually work!

Waffles: I know exactly what reviewers mean when they complain about this waffle maker making soggy waffles. The first time I used this, I had the same experience. I used my standard pancake batter recipe, and they came out like squishy waffle imprinted pancakes with no crisp at all. I was very disappointed. Then, I searched for a better waffle recipe. I found a way to make this waffle maker work well. Google "extra crispy waffle recipe" & use the fifteenspatulas recipe. Without fail, I get much better results! They are nice and crisp, but not too crispy, after cooking on the high waffle setting for no 10-12 minutes (depending how browned you want them). The key is the addition of cornstarch. The recipe makes 4 batches on this iron, so I cook them all, cool, then freeze for later. You can cut the recipe in half to make just 2 batches (8 waffles). I cook the batches to be frozen for 10 minutes, since they will be toasted later, and they are great from the toaster! This waffle iron does tend to cook a little unevenly, so I cook for 6 minutes, flip them (from upper to lower end), and then cook for another 6 minutes. I also use a coconut oil spray between batches. Flat Iron: I've only made grilled cheese. It makes nice crisp grilled cheese. I tried using it as a sandwich iron, but that doesn't work well, because the sandwich is simply too thick with just cheese & bread. They get squished sort of lopsided. It probably would work better to lay the 2 sides flat and cook one side at a time. Also, the griddle really isn't a big enough surface for more than one sandwich (per side) made with premium bread. If you squeeze 2-4 sandwiches on each side, it will be unevenly cooked where the grooves are. This makes it useless for making multiple sandwiches...better off using a square griddle pan. I think the design flaw on the griddle side is that they should have made the entire surface flat. I will only be using this for making waffles. I do like that the plates can be removed for easy clean up. I would not put them in the dishwasher for fear of destroying its non-stick quality. I have had no issues with waffles sticking.

I make protein waffles and freeze them for a quick breakfast. I wanted to find something big, quick, and easy to clean. I'm busy and I don't want to spend forever trying to clean an appliance. This waffle maker is great for my needs! PROS: - You can remove the plates and soak them for easy cleaning - It has two sides so you can do sandwiches as well - The plates are non-stick coated so cleaning is even easier (but use something else or it WILL stick) - It has an adjustable temp. knob - Makes 4 average sized regular waffles (about 4 or 5 inches) - Doesn't auto-lock so batter won't go over the sides everywhere if it's homemade with baking powder (they puff up and then fall back down) CONS: - The outside is HOT, so watch out if you have curious kids or children - The non-stick plates collect "gunk" that's hard to remove completely from spraying non-stick spray on them. - It doesn't open vertical at all so larger sandwiches tend to be pressed at an angle or the bread may slide if there's cheese on it (just turn every so often to help even it out) Overall I'm really happy with my purchase. The only way it could be better was if it made MORE waffles at a time and didn't collect the goo from the cooking spray.

Yes!! I FINALLY found a NON-BELGIAN waffle maker! WHO decided that we ALL had to make only BELGIAN waffles?! I spent HOURS looking at hundreds of waffle irons and every stinking one of them was for Belgian-style waffles! What the heck?! I like thinner, crispier waffles, with more and smaller holes, MUCH better than the Belgian style. I like to make and freeze a couple dozen of them and then heat them in my regular toaster, when needed. They come out really good, and can also easily be made crispy. I had the same make and model waffle maker as this one, decades ago, that one of my kids ended up taking. This new one seems to be be a little flimsier but it makes good waffles. And it also still has the reversible plates so it can be used as a sandwich grill and as a double griddle if the lid is laid all the way back, flat. I took both of the plates off and washed them, first. A fair amount of smoke still comes out from behind the plates, the first time or two it gets heated, so don't panic. This is non-stick so I did not use any oil or cooking spray and the finished waffles came out very easily, with no residue left behind, at all. It's not the highest quality but it looks like it will last well-enough. I am forgiving every minor fault, because it makes NON-Belgian waffles!

Gostei muito do produtos, chegou no prazo.

super pour faire des paninis

Eu já possuía o produto, adquirido a alguns anos. Comprei para presentear minha mãe, mas atualmente o produto tem qualidade inferior ao que já possuo. Outro detalhe é questão da voltagem, que é de 110 V mas não consta em lugar algum no anúncio.

It seemed great... Well for a very short period. Biggest problem as others have mentioned #1. The plate latch is VERY flimsy and over a short time won't latch properly making waffles terrible and cooking with it dangerous as the plates come loose when closing/opening. #2 Eventually only works on max and not well even with that as the thin metal sides have warped outward, letting heat escape around the plates and the plates won't sit flat anymore because the latch pushes them upward. #3 Won't stay closed after short while so you have to hold it down for waffles manually and risk burning self. Great concept if it worked longer than a few months and wasn't so cheaply made. Disappointing.

Hace más de 20 años este modelo era hecho en Estados Unidos por Black and Decker. Como todo, son ahora hechas en China con una calidad inferior aunque funcionalmente siguen siendo efectivas. Por lo menos en Amazon las encuentras a un precio razonable.