On Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:11:06 -0500, jt august > wrote:

>I just fired up my newest iron, a very vintage Sunbeam with a cast iron
>waffle plate. AT one point, reaching behind to unplug it when I
>finihshed, my arm grazed the outside and youch, it burned me real good.
>The outside top was far hotter than the inside ever got with the Black
>and Decker non-stick I tried and hated. I fail to understand why no
>current manufacturers offer a cast iron waffle iron?

I've never seen a Black & Decker appliance or tool made in the last fifteen
years that was worth a nickel, so I'm not surprised.

I love my cast iron frying pans, but I wouldn't want a cast iron waffle maker.
It would just be too much trouble to clean and maintain a good coating on the
uneven surface, IMO.

Besides, my five year old Waffle Pro 830 aluminum non-stick waffle maker cranks
out perfect waffles every 90 seconds, with the occasional 30-second rest between
waffles, so I don't see that there would be any advantage to the heat retention
of cast iron. If this one dies, I'd buy the same thing again. YMMV, of course.

BTW, the outside top of mine gets damned hot, too. Insta-burn, nasty.

-- Larry