Rating of the best waffle irons for home

How to choose the best waffle maker for your home

Waf­fle irons are main­ly dis­tin­guished by the type of waf­fles that are baked on them. Today there are mod­els for Vien­nese, Bel­gian, thin waf­fles and uni­ver­sal devices. The lat­ter include devices with inter­change­able pan­els for dif­fer­ent types of bak­ing.

There are 2‑in‑1 mod­els that can bake both Vien­nese and Bel­gian waf­fles, as they are the same thick­ness. How­ev­er, if it is impor­tant for you to get the per­fect pas­tries of a par­tic­u­lar type, take spe­cial­ized waf­fle irons — after all, the struc­ture of the dough will still be dif­fer­ent.

The heat­ing rate of the plates depends on the pow­er of the select­ed mod­el. For home use, 600‑1000 watt mod­els are enough. Waf­fle irons with a pow­er of more than 1 kW are suit­able for pro­fes­sion­al use.

Even if you don’t elim­i­nate fats from your diet and plan to bake waf­fles with oil on the plates, look for mod­els with a non-stick coat­ing. It will pre­vent the dough from stick­ing even after pro­longed use.

The case of elec­tric waf­fle irons can be met­al or plas­tic. The first mate­r­i­al is more durable, the sec­ond is lighter and cheap­er. Also, the cost of devices is affect­ed by the pres­ence of addi­tion­al func­tions. For exam­ple, the pos­si­bil­i­ty of flip­ping the case for bet­ter dis­tri­b­u­tion of dough, indi­ca­tion of oper­a­tion, pow­er change, ther­mo­stat and oth­ers.

The best homemade waffle irons for Belgian waffles

Bel­gian waf­fles have a dense tex­ture sim­i­lar to cook­ies. Often they are fried until crispy.

Waf­fle irons for their prepa­ra­tion must be pow­er­ful, bake the dough well inside until it is burnt on the out­side.

The clas­sic shape of such waf­fles is square, but it can be tri­an­gu­lar or curly (hearts, etc.).

Tristar WF-2141 — powerful home waffle maker

 

Thick, baked waf­fles with a gold­en crust are no prob­lem for this waf­fle mak­er. In a mat­ter of min­utes, she will bake a deli­cious home­made dessert.

Accord­ing to user reviews, Tris­tar WF copes with its task faster than oth­ers. In addi­tion, it is pro­tect­ed from over­heat­ing and has a non-stick coat­ing on the pan­els.

To adjust the opti­mal tem­per­a­ture for a par­tic­u­lar recipe, there are 5 auto­mat­ic oper­at­ing modes and man­u­al tem­per­a­ture set­ting. The elec­tric waf­fle mak­er has a cord stor­age com­part­ment and a heat­ing indi­ca­tor.

Advantages:

• High pow­er;
• Quick prepa­ra­tion of waf­fles;
• 5 oper­at­ing modes;
• Tem­per­a­ture con­trol;
• Cord com­part­ment.

Flaws:

• There is no coup.

The WF-2141 Tris­tar elec­tric waf­fle iron is designed for quick bak­ing of thick square waf­fles.

Clatronic WA 3606 — the most reliable

 

The elec­tric waf­fle mak­er is equipped with a mold for bak­ing clas­sic Bel­gian waf­fles with a square shape with a deep relief. The pres­ence of a pow­er reg­u­la­tor allows you to choose the opti­mal mode of oper­a­tion for dif­fer­ent types of dough. And the heat­ing indi­ca­tor will tell you when you can start the oven.

Thanks to the non-stick coat­ing, the waf­fles do not stick to the sur­face. The device has high rub­ber­ized legs that pre­vent heat­ing of the table and slid­ing of the waf­fle iron itself. And the sys­tem of pro­tec­tion against an over­heat pro­tects it from pre­ma­ture break­age.

The small size and the pres­ence of a com­part­ment for stor­ing a pow­er cord make it con­ve­nient even for a small kitchen.

Advantages:

• Heat­ing tem­per­a­ture adjust­ment;
• Cord com­part­ment;
• Over­heat­ing pro­tec­tion;
• Work indi­ca­tors;
• High rub­ber feet.

Flaws:

• No hull flip.

The Cla­tron­ic WA 3606 waf­fle mak­er is a rather pow­er­ful and func­tion­al device for home bak­ing clas­sic Bel­gian waf­fles.

Kitfort KT-1643 — very compact waffle iron

 

The small size of the Kit­fort elec­tric waf­fle iron does not affect its per­for­mance in the slight­est. It bakes thick Bel­gian waf­fles with­out any prob­lems.

The body of the mod­el has a heat-resis­tant coat­ing — you can touch it dur­ing oper­a­tion with­out fear of get­ting burned. There is also a han­dle for easy car­ry­ing.

The heat­ing indi­ca­tor makes it easy to pre­pare waf­fles. And non-stick coat­ed pan­els pre­vent dough from stick­ing. Clean­ing of molds is car­ried out sim­ply with a nap­kin.

Advantages:

• Com­pact size and light weight;
• Heat­ing indi­ca­tor;
• Heat-resis­tant case;
• Car­ry­ing han­dle;
• Non-stick coat­ing;
• Easy clean­ing.

Flaws:

• There is no ther­mo­stat.

The Kit­fort KT-1643 waf­fle mak­er will allow you to cook waf­fles not only at home, but also on trips. For exam­ple, you can take it with you for a week­end in the coun­try.

Char­ac­ter­is­tics	Tris­tar WF-2141	Cla­tron­ic WA 3606	Kit­fort KT-1643
Pow­er, W	1000	800	700
Num­ber of waf­fles	2	2	2
Hous­ing mate­r­i­al	Met­al	Met­al / plas­tic	Plas­tic
Dimen­sions (HxWxD), cm	11x21x22	13.5x25x23.5	10.1x12.9x32
Weight, kg	1.5	1.9	1.45
Cord length, m	0.8	0.7	0.69

The best homemade waffle irons for Viennese waffles

Vien­nese waf­fles have a del­i­cate, soft tex­ture and are made from bat­ter. Waf­fle mak­ers for them should dis­trib­ute the dough well in shape and bake it quick­ly.

It is very impor­tant that the plates have a good non-stick coat­ing, as Vien­nese waf­fles are more like­ly to stick to the sur­face. The clas­sic shape is a tri­an­gle or a heart.

Gemlux GL-WM-888R — powerful, almost professional waffle iron

 

The Gem­lux elec­tric waf­fle iron has a styl­ish design and is avail­able in two col­ors: red and black. It is equipped with a stand that pre­vents the table­top from heat­ing up and serves as a con­tain­er for col­lect­ing crumbs.

The device is capa­ble of oper­at­ing in 3 modes, the heat­ing pow­er can be adjust­ed man­u­al­ly. Suit­able for Vien­nese and Bel­gian waf­fles.

The main advan­tage of this mod­el is the turn­ing of the work­ing sur­face by 180° for a bet­ter dis­tri­b­u­tion of the dough. The waf­fle iron is equipped with two round molds with non-stick coat­ing. At one time, 4 tri­an­gu­lar waf­fles can be baked here.

Advantages:

• Ver­sa­til­i­ty — you can cook any thick waf­fles;
• Flip body 180°;
• Stand-con­tain­er for crumbs;
• The han­dle pro­tect­ed from heat­ing;
• ther­mo­stat;
• 3 oper­at­ing modes;
• Indi­ca­tion of readi­ness for work.

Flaws:

Waf­fle iron GL-WM-888R from Gem­lux is suit­able for both home and small can­teens or fam­i­ly cafes.

Vien­nese waf­fles work best on it, but Bel­gian waf­fles (if you are not too picky) can be cooked.

Rommelsbacher WA 1000/E – the original and efficient electric waffle iron

 

Orig­i­nal design and high per­for­mance are the main advan­tages of this waf­fle mak­er. The pres­ence of 5 auto­mat­ic modes will allow you to choose the opti­mal tem­per­a­ture for mak­ing ten­der, baked or crispy waf­fles. You can bake 5 hearts in one load here.

A ther­mal­ly insu­lat­ed met­al case will pre­vent pos­si­ble burns, and auto­mat­ic equip­ment with over­heat­ing pro­tec­tion will ensure a long ser­vice life of the device. For easy stor­age, there is a cord com­part­ment.

Advantages:

• orig­i­nal design;
• Met­al case with ther­mal pro­tec­tion;
• 5 oper­at­ing modes;
• Over­heat pro­tec­tion;
• Heat­ing indi­ca­tor.

Flaws:

• No hull flip.

The Rom­mels­bach­er WA 1000/E waf­fle mak­er is a durable and reli­able mod­el for home use.

First Austria FA-5305–2 — productive and reliable

 

If you need to quick­ly pre­pare a large num­ber of Vien­nese waf­fles, this mod­el is ide­al. At one time, she can bake 10 small hearts at once. At the same time, the elec­tric waf­fle iron has 2 inter­change­able pan­els in the kit: ceram­ic and met­al with a non-stick coat­ing.

The case of the device is made of heat-resis­tant plas­tic, dec­o­rat­ed with stain­less steel inserts. There is also an adjustable ther­mo­stat.

Advantages:

• Low price;
• 2 inter­change­able pan­els includ­ed;
• Increased capac­i­ty;
• Adjustable ther­mo­stat;
• Light indi­ca­tors.

Flaws:

• No sound sig­nal.

Elec­tric waf­fle iron First Aus­tria FA-5305–2 is the best solu­tion for a large fam­i­ly.

Char­ac­ter­is­tics	Gem­lux GL-WM-888R	Rom­mels­bach­er WA 1000/E	FIRST AUSTRIA FA-5305–2
Pow­er, W	1800	1000	1000
Num­ber of waf­fles	four	5	ten
Hous­ing mate­r­i­al	Met­al / plas­tic	Met­al	Met­al / plas­tic
Dimen­sions (HxWxD), cm	17.8x36.3x20.4	9x25x24	15x33x25
Weight, kg	3.4	1.9	1.9
Cord length, m	0.7	0.8	one

Best homemade waffle irons for thin waffles

To bake thin, crispy waf­fles, spe­cial devices are used, the sur­faces of which are in close con­tact with each oth­er. It is from clas­sic wafers that deli­cious tubes and horns with fill­ing are made.

Bomann HA 5017 — powerful home waffle maker

 

Smooth adjust­ment of the heat­ing tem­per­a­ture allows you to set the opti­mal mode for cook­ing your favorite home­made waf­fles. Thanks to the han­dle, which does not heat up, the elec­tric waf­fle iron is con­ve­nient to use and rearrange from place to place.

Over­heat­ing pro­tec­tion will pre­vent dam­age dur­ing long-term oper­a­tion. The case here is made of heat-resis­tant plas­tic. A nice bonus — the device comes with a spe­cial cone for wrap­ping the horns.

Advantages:

• High pow­er;
• Cone for horns;
• Over­heat pro­tec­tion;
• Indi­ca­tion of work and heat­ing;
• Light weight.

Flaws:

• Short cable.

The HA 5017 CB waf­fle iron from Bomann is suit­able for mak­ing clas­sic thin waf­fles, cones and cake lay­ers.

Cloer 271 — for delicate waffles with “lace” piping

 

The unique­ness of this waf­fle mak­er is the spe­cial design of the heat­ing pan­el with a clas­sic mesh and open­work frame. Baked round waf­fles are deli­cious and look very appe­tiz­ing.

You can bake dessert in 5 auto­mat­ic modes. The readi­ness of the device for oper­a­tion will be indi­cat­ed by the LED indi­ca­tor, which will turn green. The elec­tric waf­fle iron is suit­able for ver­ti­cal stor­age and has space for an elec­tric cord.

Advantages:

• Orig­i­nal draw­ing on wafers;
• Com­pact dimen­sions;
• Place for a cord;
• 5 oper­at­ing modes;
• Heat­ing indi­ca­tion.

Flaws:

• No cone includ­ed.

The Clo­er 271 waf­fle mak­er is designed to cre­ate not only deli­cious, but also beau­ti­ful desserts that will become a real dec­o­ra­tion of the fes­tive table.

 

Moulinex SW6118 — for waffles and sandwiches

 

Bel­gian waf­fles, grills and sand­wich­es — all these dish­es can be pre­pared in this ver­sa­tile waf­fle sand­wich mak­er. Replace­ment pan­els are includ­ed and can be removed with one easy push.

They are dish­wash­er safe, although the non-stick coat­ing pre­vents dough, meat, fish and oth­er foods from stick­ing — even when cooked with­out oil.

Advantages:

• 3 inter­change­able pan­els includ­ed;
• Light indi­ca­tion;
• Non-stick coat­ing;
• Easy replace­ment and clean­ing of pan­els;
• Cord com­part­ment.

Flaws:

• No pow­er adjust­ment.

The Moulinex SW6118 mul­ti-bak­er will allow you to eas­i­ly pre­pare break­fasts, desserts and main dish­es, eas­i­ly chang­ing the pan­els and not wast­ing time clean­ing them.

Kitfort KT-1613 — delicious homemade desserts

 

This waf­fle mak­er comes with two inter­change­able pan­els: for thick waf­fles and for pan­cakes (it is also suit­able for cook­ies). At one time here you can cook 4 serv­ings of dessert at once. Thanks to its high pow­er, the waf­fle mak­er bakes even thick Bel­gian waf­fles in less than 5 min­utes.

Both pans have a non-stick coat­ing, which allows you to pre­pare healthy home-cooked meals with­out excess fat. And with the help of pow­er adjust­ment, you can con­fig­ure the appro­pri­ate oper­at­ing mode, tak­ing into account the char­ac­ter­is­tics of the test.

Advantages:

• High pow­er;
• Fast heat­ing;
• Tem­per­a­ture con­trol;
• sta­ble legs;
• Light indi­ca­tion.

Flaws:

• Only 2 pan­els includ­ed.

The Kit­fort KT-1613 elec­tric waf­fle mak­er is a device for those who often cook waf­fles and oth­er “morn­ing” pas­tries in large quan­ti­ties. Despite the small num­ber of inter­change­able plates, the frit­ter pan can be used for a wide vari­ety of puff pas­try desserts.

Char­ac­ter­is­tics	Moulinex SW6118	Kit­fort KT-1613
Pow­er, W	700	1100
Num­ber of pan­els	3	2
Hous­ing mate­r­i­al	Com­bined	Met­al
Weight, kg	2.3	3.4
Dimen­sions, cm	29.7×30.5×17.3	25.3×33.5×17.5

[ad_2]