There are so many crepe pans available on the market at price ranges to suit every pocket that it can be difficult to understand why anyone would buy an electric crepe maker. In truth, there are only four reasons why someone would by an electric model and these are that there are fewer models to choose from compared to crepe pans so choosing is easy, they are easier to use than most crepe pans, prices are competitive and these machines make a novel gift idea.
Easy To Choose A Model
If you are looking to buy a standard stove top crepe pan you will soon discover the amazing amount of choice on offer. You can get blue steel crepe pans or aluminum non stick pans, pans that are 8ins diameter and others that are 12ins diameter. You can opt for a pan that costs $15 or a pan that costs $140. There are famous brands and unheard of brands. All this choice makes a simple task hard and no matter which you opt for you won’t know if it cooks evenly or warps till you have tried it on your particular stove at home.
Conversely, there are about four electric crepe maker models on the market offered by three manufacturers. The four models consist of three griddle style machines and one dip, flip and cook machine. Whichever type you choose will heat evenly because they have dedicated heating filaments designed for the cooking surface ensuring an even cook. Now doesn’t that simplify things?
Easy To Use
The biggest problem with stove top crepe pans is that you need the “knack”. If you don’t get the correct starting temperature you waste the first attempts, the crepes turn rubbery from under cooking. Electric models all have temperature warning lights to ensure your first attempts aren’t wasted. Blue steel crepe pans (the perfectionists choice) will need seasoning to create a non stick cooking surface, non of the electric models do. To thick or to thin a spread ed mix and the crepe is easily ruined. Electric paddle models do the hard work for you and griddle models come with instructions and batter spreaders with recipe books based on the size of hotplate to make life easy and ensure consistent crepes.
Price
Crepe pans start at $15 and run to $150 dependent on brand, size, construction. Cheap pans are sub $40, expensive are over $80. You may get a cheap model that turns out great, but you are just as likely to get a pan that won’t cook evenly and after a year will be warped. Electric models are generally $40 and only the very top model from the best brand is over $100. Electric models are competitively priced machines that will come with a manufacturers warranty and are easier to use.
Novel Gift Idea
Electric crepe pans make great gifts for foodies. They usually come as an all in one package with spreaders and recipe books so all you have to do is make the batter, turn the machine on and cook. Conversely, who is going to get excited receiving a plain pan, and even then will the recipient get any use out of it or will it be tossed aside when they discover they can’t/don’t master the knack?
Put simply if you want to enjoy home made crepes with the minimum of fuss and practice, you just want results and don’t need the hassle of buying a less than perfect pan opt for an electric crepe maker. You won’t loose out on price and they make great gifts.