Zojirushi EA-BDC10 Gourmet Sizzler Electric Griddle, Dark Brown

This product has heat mass. It heats up a little slower than a cheap griddle, but it also cooks evenly no matter where your food is. I kind of wish it were easier to drain fats, but it's so large you can separate it pretty easy and drain while it's still warm. Other than that, it textures your pancakes. It's a bit of a geometric visual trip but it does not affect the quality of the pancake and provides an increased surface area to increase your syrup to pancake ratio.Can not find anything else to complain about. Some complain about smoke, it's a griddle. That is what windows and exhaust hoods are for. It doesn't smoke more or less than my other appliances. You can cook literally anything in it, it has a lid which is phenomenal for keeping warm and retaining moisture when cooking for a long time. If you demand pancakes with a boring non-geometric surface, this isn't your griddle. If you want a griddle that just works well, is versatile, and most importantly, worth the money, accept no substitutes.

You can see from the picture that this griddle cooks evenly. I have been searching for a great griddle and finally found one with this griddle.Pros:- Heat is distributed evenly.- Griddle separates from body for easy cleaning.- Deep sidewalls to keep the food from sliding off.- Surface does not stick.- Plug locks in grilling surface.- Outside will not burn you while cooking.Cons:- Base is large and hard to store.- Slow to heat up.- Temperature runs hotter than dial shows.Overall review is that I love the griddle and would recommend it to anyone who is looking for a great griddle.

I'm updating my original review. I have come to love this griddle. After 30+ years of using many griddles, this has proven to be the best of them all. Its costly for sure, but you absolutely wont find a better griddle that heats evenly with great non-stick. I get the reviews about the exact temperature of the settings, no issues, I jest set it lower... I'm the grandpa who makes the worlds best pancakes... Perfect$160 for an Electric Griddle, just completely crazy, but I decided to buy this for two advertised features. Ever heat distribution and easy to clean, and one feature important to me with the higher sides but not as high as a large electric skillet.Yes the temperature was even. I used a scanning laser thermometer and cooked french toast this morning. Set the temperature to 350 and let it preheat. the temperature varied 5-12 degrees edge to edge, end to end... perfectNot perfect is that when set to 350 the temp was 405 degrees, so I adjusted to 300 to accomplish my goal. Six slices of toast were cooked even with no hot spots whatsoever, a lifetime first and worth a premium. Yes it was very easy to clean but with four 20" components it took up some counter space to dry.The quality is medium and will take special care not to damage but not cheap and flimsy, this is where the cost was excessive, for this much I expected a substantial build. each component will flex easily except the cooking plate, this is solid but has a very warning to not drop it..I think I'm an idiot for spending this much, but every once in a while ??

***UPDATE***Im leaving my reviews at 5 stars because I love this product, but I cannot recommend buying it through this seller. They are not an authorized dealer so the manufacturer won’t honor their warranty.***No, it's not just a griddle, how dare you! It's a work or art!Okay, it's just a griddle, but it a REALLY good griddle and I've been looking around for a long time. Bought and returned a few (sorry Amazon), but I finally bit the bullet and spent more than I would have ever thought. but it was totally worth it.Some of the things that make this so great...The burner isn't attached to the cooking surface so it heats the air underneath and that creates a very even cooking surface. How about pancakes that look like pancakes and not rorschach tests, but rather golden brown?Clean up. Clean up is another amazing feature because it comes apart completely. The base, burner, cook surface all come apart allowing you to use soap and water and not just wipe things down. One note! The base is hollow, so you can clean it but be careful because if you run water directly on it, you will get water taped inside. Learned the hard way and had to take it apart to dry.The lid. I was standing over an entire pack of bacon snapping grease spits of death when I remembered, duh, a lid. No moe burns.The cord. Ever notice that your griddle either forces you to use an extension cord or somehow have a custom griddle spot on your counter with an outlet 1 foot from the griddle? This comes with a nice long cord that actually lock in and when it's locked it also locks in the cooking surface.My last griddle, on the first use I wasn't thinking and used a metal spatula. Big scratch, right out the gate. This COMES with a metal spatula. It's not a delicate non-stick surface. It's heavy duty. Flip and smash those burgers!I had family over and I was working the line like a pro, cooking for 6, 3 cakes at a time then into the oven to stay warm. Bacon on one side. Hash on the other (little bacon grease seeps into the hash, gotta love it). I t was actually fun to cook for 6 people.As you can see I've completely geeked out over this. I love cooking and I love when I get an kitchen item that really improves the experience. Air Fryer. Instant Pot. A griddle that can actually handle restaurant style cooking. You're in the hall of fame.Stop looking. Spend the extra.