Pancake Griddle Prices and Options

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A pancake griddle can come in many forms. There is the classic-style griddle with handle that is intended to be placed on a stove-burner, there are flat-surfaced grills and ridged griddles that serve as stand-alone appliances and plug into a standard 110 wall outlet, and there are versatile combinations that allow for flipping over the cooking surface to reveal a pancake grill on one side and a ridged griddle on the reverse for cooking steaks, hamburgers and the like.

The cooking surface itself can come in many different varieties, from non-stick aluminum to the amazing Calphalon that requires no oil or margarine to stay non-stick. There are large stand-alone pancake griddle appliances that can cook up to 12 flapjacks at a time, and features such as pull out drip trays and removable cooking surface to consider. The bottom line is, they all make excellent pancakes, flapjacks fried eggs and eggs-over-easy, and make breakfasts much more flavorful and enjoyable.

We’ve listed a few pancake griddle favorites below, with varying features and abilities. We’ve chosen one from a World Class Professional Chef, one with arguably the most efficient non-stick surface in the world, and two from a company known to make affordable high-quality products for years. Let’s take a look.

The history of the basic pancake griddle is hard to determine, since it is basically a flat-surfaced holder for the heating of something over fire, and that basic form still works wonderfully today. The Simply Calphalon Nonstick 11-Inch Square Pancake Griddle harkens back to those origins, as it is an 11 inch square Calphalon-coated flapjack maker with handle offering 121 square inches of cooking surface. The double-coating of nonstick Calphalon technology offers arguably the world’s most stick-free surface, and requires little or no oils or fats. This versatile pancake griddle is also oven safe up to 400 degrees, so it is more flexible than most griddles. The rugged anodized exterior won’t crack or chip, and it heats evenly and quickly. The handle is made of stainless steel and silicone, and has very little heat transfer. The perfect sandwich or breakfast complement, the Simply Calphalon Nonstick 11-Inch Square Pancake Griddle offers simplicity and unequaled non-stick performance.

Presto offers a stand-alone pancake griddle in their Cool Touch 20 inch Electric Pancake GriddleCool Touch 20 inch Electric Pancake Griddle. This generous 10 ½ inch x 20 ½ inch removable non-stick cooking surface, 215 square inches, allows for cooking up to 9 grilled cheese sandwiches, hamburgers or flapjacks at once. It also has a Control Master heat control dial that gives you precise temp control at all times. There is a nice back-stop raised edge for easy food removal and handling and the “cool to the touch” base makes cooking safe. There is a slide-out grease drip tray as well, but the really cool thing is the cleanability factor. The entire griddle can be immersed in water for cleaning (with the heat control removed) so clean-up is so much easier than with most stand-alone pancake griddles. Presto provides a one year warranty, and the unit is 1,500 watts.

Presto also has a big brother to the previous pancake griddle. Yep, if you thought the Cool Touch 20 was big, get a load of this. The Tilt ‘n Drain Big Griddle Cool-Touch Electric Griddle has a whopping 24 inch by 18-1/2 inch cooking surface, for a huge 432 square inches, made of the same non-stick surface as it’s little brother. All the features are the same as the Cool 20, except for the size and one really neat characteristic. They call it the Tilt ‘n Drain pancake griddle for a good reason. By pulling on the built-in handles the grill tilts. The more you pull the more it tilts. This allows for unhealthy fats and greases to drip off the cooking surface, making for a healthier meal. Of course, just push the handles back in to level. This beast of a pancake griddle makes up to 12 pieces of French toast, hamburgers or pancakes at once, so it can handle even the largest of get-togethers. Also carries a 1 year warranty.

The Wolfgang Puck 1800 watt Reversible Nonstick Grill and Griddle takes all the features of the standard flat grill for cooking pancakes, flapjacks, french toast, grilled cheese sandwiches and eggs, and adds the backyard grill experience. The reversible cooking surface offers easy cleaning, and has a flat non-stick surface for traditional breakfast cooking on one side, and a barbecue-grill type ridged grill on the other. Now cooking veggies, chicken, hamburgers and steaks don’t require you to fire up the backyard grill. The patented grease channels funnel away fat and grease into the slide-out drip tray, and the cool-temp handle never gets hot. There is a temperature control for precise temp cooking, and a respectable 207 square inch cooking surface can handle most any job. If it’s good enough for Spago and Wolfgang Puck, it’s good enough for me.

Of course, the Wolfgang Puck Reversible Nonstick Grill and Griddle won’t guarantee you can cook like Wolfgang, but it can certainly make meals easier. And the Simply Calphalon Nonstick 11-Inch Square Pancake Griddle can’t promise you will catch the flapjacks you flip, but it will allow you to flip them with its amazing stick-free surface. But what all four of these pancake griddle customer favorites can do is make your life simpler, your family happier, and clean-up a snap. Pancakes anyone?

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