Long Handled Sandwich Grill, Pie Iron, Panini & Sandwich Press for Toasted & Sealed Hot Pocket Sandwiches, Pies - Best for Stovetop, Grill, Fire pits

Used it many times already, good product. Made something called "flying saucer" that the kids call it

I had one of these many years ago passed down from family, and lost it . I was surprised the exact same model and brand name was still in production. Works perfectly and brings back a lot of great old memories.

In 1970 my grandmother bought a cabin on the north shore of Lake Tahoe, had a fireplace put in and purchased a toast-tite from a local hardware store which she kept hanging on the brick wall of the fireplace. My sisters and I spent every winter break, spring break and a good chunk of summer vacation with my grandma and we LOVED Tahoe and that cabin. One of our favorite things to do was make sandwiches and pies in the fireplace or on the gas stove in the kitchen.Long before I knew what a Panini was, we were creating little sealed flying saucer shaped ham & cheese, salami, pizza sauce & cheese, fish stick & tarter sauce, sausage & scrambled egg sandwiches- Yummy little slightly crisp, golden brown sandwiches with perfectly melted cheese. It only took a couple of minutes for each one and we could easily make enough to feed all four of us in a short while. My grandma would use blackberries or peaches with a little butter, sugar and corn starch to make pie filling, we'd make dessert pies using white bread. They were divine and tasted extra good because we made them ourselves.I've always loved those memories and many times thought about getting a "pie iron" like my grandma had. I finally got one and it did not disappoint. I seasoned the inside with a few very light coats of peanut oil the night before I used it for the first time and used just a wee bit of cooking spray when making sandwiches. I tried it out on my induction stove top, it worked perfectly and took a little more than a minute for each side.This will be fun to use in the backyard on my little Weber Q and I might even use it on my little emergency butane stove during a power outage. I don't go camping any more, but it will be fun for beach fires too. LOVE IT♥ps it's very sturdy and well-made, the quality is fantastic. The retro packaging is cute. Next time I use it I will come back and post some photos.

I used the Toas Tite the first day I got it. Made sloppy Joe's using browed, ground beef,sautéed onions and green peppers, &and can of sloppy joe sauce. I love the idea of these are sealed sandwiches. On a regular bun, sloppy joe tend to leak from the bottom when one is taking a bite..this method of cooking makes not so sloppy Joe's. A loaf of white sandwich bread made 10 toas tite sandwiches. I ate two at once & refrigerated the rest. To reheat I recommend using a air fryer or toaster oven set on low heat for a few minutes. Keep a check on the sandwiches so they don't over brown. Microwave ovens tend to make them soggy. If you plan to make and reheat later you may want to not brown them so much. The good thing about this gadget is you can always keep flipping it over from on side to the next and opening on side to check on the preferred browning of bread. The big drawback is it only makes one sandwich at a time..So it took quite a lot of time for me to make 10 of them. I used an electric stove on medium heat. Don't put the toas tite grill on the stove empty it may make the gadget warp..so says the instructions included in box. So far I really like the product. I handwashed it with dish soap and dried it then wiped a bit of cooking oil on it(tiny bit) wiped excess of with paper towel to keep it shiny and keep the aluminum from oxidation. Yes a white powder can form on aluminum, that's oxidation.

I grew up making pudgy pies while camping. I can’t wait to introduce them to my 3yo at his first ever camping trip! I made a test one tonight over the stove see how well it worked. I made sure to clean it first (mine came with a dead fly). I used I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter Spray Margarine on the bread. Filled it with 2tsp of Chocolate Hazelnut Spread and it turned out perfect! I didn’t have to baby it nearly as much as I thought I would. The edges were very crispy. But I took that to prove the filling was properly sealed in. It didn’t stick to the surface at all! I think 1TBS is the perfect amount of filling. I can’t wait to test out meat and cheese tomorrow and I’ve already got a second one in my cart!

I bought a "used - like new" pie iron. When it came the recipes and instructions on how to clean and use it were not included. Now I wished I'd spent the extra couple dollars for a new one so I could have gotten them.

had one of the originals in the fifties. owned by my parents and well used and very well seasoned. i was in grade school when i made use of this one (using pb&j).that went to a dear family friend at the household disbursement (age related). I went looking for this device using the nickname we used in the 50's- 60's, "quicikie pie maker" after a late night snack attack recently. gotta love google. turned up this and another, and i bought both, but gave the other to goodwill. this is a repro of the original and is made with pride in the usa just like the well loved one of days of yore. i use it on weekends and try to concoct little things to make with it (a growing list). try not to wash it. the fire will clean it. a spoon gets the gook off with a bit of elbow grease. talk to the chinese about that. love it now like in the fifties, just not using pb&j this goround.also, go with fire! electric will surely disappoint. we had a four burner gas stove/oven (who had electric then?). so since my cul de sac only has electric (glass cook top) stoves, i spent about $30 for a butane camp cook stove and bought 8oz butane fuel canisters (also quite inexpensive), to appropriately re-create the fifties experience. working wonderfully. cleanup is no biggie. we set it on the glass cook-top and do it like the omelet makers do for those nice hotel brunches. i can't recommend it more highly.