Not your mother's electric skillet
I have owned this for about two weeks and have used it almost everyday. Not only can you use it as you would any other skillet -- I have used it to make baked potatoes; "baked" frozen entrees, and have found recipes for cakes, coffee cakes and even pizza. Can't wait to try all these new ideas. The kitchen doesn't get heated up in the summer, thus keeping the air conditioning from working hard. Some things take a little experimenting, but it all seems to work out in the end. Frozen products need to be watched the first time to make sure they are totally cooked. My only suggestion to West Bend would be to offer a grid to fit in the skillet. Great product -- great price!!
Wouldn't Heat Hot Enough - Going Back
I bought this skillet because of the size (not too big for just two of us), the high walls, and the glass cover. The two positive reviews influenced my decision, though I did notice that the larger version of this same skillet had more negative reviews.
I'm calling Amazon today and returning the skillet. The primary purpose was for frying, however, the temperature doesn't get hot enough of stay hot enough to fry. The temperature dial goes up to 400. I wanted to make donuts, which call for a temperature of 375 degrees. When the light when off I put the donuts in, fried them golden brown, drained them, and taste tested them. They tasted like oil. From the instructions on the donut mix I found out that tasting like oil meant the oil wasn't hot enough, and therefore the crust on the donut wasn't formed quickly, and the donut gets oil soggy. I got out my handy candy thermometer and took the temperature of the oil. It was not hot enough, so I turned the dial to 400,...
Disappointing
I have an old electric skillet that belonged to my mom, but it's stuck deep in storage and I needed a skillet in a pinch. It was easier to buy one than to go foraging through dozens of dusty boxes.
I wish I'd spent the time to go foraging. This is NOTHING like the 40-year-old electric skillet my mom used while we were growing up.
Con: The skillet has the poorest heat distribution I have EVER seen. Any food sitting directly on the heating element will cook much faster than food elsewhere in the skillet. Hence, it will stick and burn. (That was NEVER the case with my mom's old steel skillet.) I tried scrambling eggs in this skillet and before the eggs away from the heating coil could even begin cooking, the ones on the heating coil were turning brown. Same thing went for pancakes and potato cakes. I even tried hamburger helper in this skillet only to have to babysit it to constantly stir it to keep it from sticking.
Con: The simmer setting is a...
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