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MrPickins

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Originally posted by: Anubis
Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven
Having one specialized gadget for cooking a specific item creates a bottleneck in the cooking process, unless you're only cooking for yourself and you eat like a bird.

this is true, i can cook 6-8 pancakes at once on my griddle, they all get done at basicially the same time and are all nice and hot

the 1 pancake at a time method is stupid, because you either have luke warm pancakes or you eat only 1 at a time

Short stack/full Stack >>>> 1

QFT

Although, as stated by someone else, for that price, who cares if it sucks :p
 

queenrobot

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Originally posted by: MrPickins
Originally posted by: Anubis
Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven
Having one specialized gadget for cooking a specific item creates a bottleneck in the cooking process, unless you're only cooking for yourself and you eat like a bird.

this is true, i can cook 6-8 pancakes at once on my griddle, they all get done at basicially the same time and are all nice and hot

the 1 pancake at a time method is stupid, because you either have luke warm pancakes or you eat only 1 at a time

Short stack/full Stack >>>> 1

QFT

Although, as stated by someone else, for that price, who cares if it sucks :p

I normally only cook one pancake at a time, whether I use the Worst Pancake or not.
 

Crono

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The Perfect Pancake was a lie? Good to know. Sorry you lost your money/time/egg on the product, though :(
 

GagHalfrunt

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Is making pancakes so difficult that mankind needed a special tool for it? How complicated is glop -> flip -> eat?
 

Saint Michael

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Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
Is making pancakes so difficult that mankind needed a special tool for it? How complicated is glop -> flip -> eat?

Well, mankind has already invented the skillet and the spatula in order to do it... it's not much of a stretch to think that mankind might invent something else.
 

fatpat268

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Originally posted by: Jeff7
I have a waffle iron. My mom had bought it, but almost never used it.

After making pancakes once, I found that it just wasn't worth the boredom of staring at a flat glob of batter as it slowly caramelized on a pan, and constantly checking it to see that it was done.

Waffle iron: Pour, close, ignore for a minute, and it's done.

This sounds like the same sort of thing, except without the waffle pattern.

Pancakes aren't rocket science, and if you have your pan sufficiently hot, it takes about 30-45 seconds from the point you pour the batter to flipping it.

You flip it once you see bubbles in the batter and edges look like they're drying up. If you're constantly having to check to see if it's done, then you're doing something wrong. After the flip, it should take about 30 seconds.

Ideally, it'll take 1 minute per pancake, at least that's been my experience in the past.
 

spacejamz

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1. get in car
2. drive to mcdonald's
3. order hotcakes and sausage for about $3
4. pour syrup
5....
6. profit
 

GagHalfrunt

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Originally posted by: Saint Michael
Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
Is making pancakes so difficult that mankind needed a special tool for it? How complicated is glop -> flip -> eat?

Well, mankind has already invented the skillet and the spatula in order to do it... it's not much of a stretch to think that mankind might invent something else.

So you think the skillet and spatula were invented for pancakes? What color is the sky in your world?