Cuisinart Belgian Waffle Maker, Vertical Iron, Silver, WAF-V100P1

I wanted a Belgian waffle maker and this is the first one I've had. Very happy with my purchase. Review say it comes with a recipe book but it does not. I thought it was missing it and Amazon swapped it with another one and it still wasn't in it so I don't know why people are saying it comes with a recipe book and it does not. But that's why they have the internet. The plates stay clean and are non-stick. When I first used it I thought oh no I forgot to put oil on the plates. It didn't need it the waffles come right off. The only thing I can criticize is where the batter is poured into the rim is made of plastic so of course the batter cakes onto this and it's hard to clean off. I guess maybe I can put a little oil on this to make it easier. Very happy with the purchase and makes great waffles.

Love this waffle maker! Easy to use and clean. Slim to keep tucked out of the way on my counter.

This is my first waffle machine, and I’m very happy with it! Very easy to use, very easy to clean and it never sticks to the surface. However, during the first few times there was a horrible smell no matter what I did I couldn’t get rid of the smell. After cleaning it with warm water and soap, I made waffles at least 6-7 times that I had to dump into the garbage bin because of the smell. If there was a solution and I didn’t know it, that’s on me, but I washed it multiple times and heated it without the batter in it just to get rid of the smell. Now that we have been using it for months, the smell is gone and we are very happy about it if you buy this just find a way to get rid of the smell in a different way.

Pretty much perfect! The pour opening is a little small so you will make a small mess. Waffles cooked perfect every time!

Their is a slight learning curve to this waffle maker. We used the Belgian waffle mix from Winn Dixie. First try I could not get the waffles completely round. I use milk instead of water when making these so now I add 1/2 cup more than called for which makes the batter a bit runnier. I also move from side to side when pouring into the slot at the top. Once I changed these 2 things I have prefect waffles every single time. I use the #5 setting so they are a darker brown and crispy. I also bought some butter flavored cooking spray (this will leak out the bottom) so make sure you set your maker on a round pan or something so you don't have a big mess. I spray top and bottom plate make 2 waffles then spray again. Never have had and issue of it sticking when done this way. If you choose to use chocolate chips grab the mini ones they work so much better!Kids love it, I love it so a win win for our family!

Extremely simple and you can’t make a bad waffle!

I love waffles now! So easy and perfect waffles every time!

This waffle maker is very flawed. The batter (even very thin) gets stuck at the top and does not get distributed well to the rest of the iron. The batter funnel at the top that gets cooked does not cook fully so the raw-ish waffle part has to get cut off. It is interesting that they provide a measuring cup and do not tell you how much batter needs to go in. It is definitely not one cup. And if you add another cup, it gets stuck at the funnel top. A workaround is to wobble the hot waffle iron in order to distribute the batter and try to push down the batter at the top with a small spatula. I don’t think warbling/shaking a hot waffle iron is the best or safest plan. Finally, the waffle iron does cook the waffle very well (on the #3 setting of darkness). But what a pain to get it there. Of course the size is good, nonstick aspect is great, and heat level is perfect. The vertical part of it is not good. Nice idea, but bad execution.