Hamilton Beach Breakfast Sandwich Maker with Egg Cooker Ring, Customize Ingredients, Perfect for English Muffins, Croissants, Mini Waffles, Perfect White Elephant Gifts, Mint (25482)

There are a lot of little "Gimmick Machines" but most are not up to par. This one IS! It is simple, works perfectly, easy to clean and does it's job. Plug it in, let it heat up, put the bottom bread with cheese (and meat if wanted) in the bottom ring, lower the middle ring and put the egg in, add the top bread and close. Wait five minutes, open it up and there is a perfect egg mcmuffin! Gets amazingly hot for efficient cooking of all parts of the sandwich. Enjoy! I've had mine for several months and it looks and works like brand new.

This is a breakfast game-changer. Fast, Easy, A breeze to clean. Sturdy construction. Counterspace friendly.

Revision to earlier post: I am embarrassed to say there was nothing wrong with the sandwich maker. I kept fiddling with it and i got the two halves to join finally! I have used the maker a few times and discovered i had to come up with a method, thanks to other reviews, that worked for me. My only caution is to clean any egg or cheese overflow right away. Much easier to clean. It really is a great little machine thst cooks great sandwiches. Old: The HB sandwich maker turns out a tasty egg, bacon, cheese and English muffin sandwich. (I used pre-made bacon.) I have experimented 2 times and came to the conclusion that my maker, unfortunately, is defective. I thought I might have been doing something wrong. You see, there are 2 small slots on either side of the hinge that a round silver bar fits into. That bar allows you to open and close the maker's lid and rings, as needed. There are several videos on YouTube with some excellent hints about using these makers. The videos showed me that my silver bar does not fit correctly. One side of the bar slips into place but the other does not. It is a tad too long. I have 4 days left of Amazon's return window so I will return it. I am hoping the problem was just a fluke, so i will ask for another.

When I first saw this I was skeptical that it would work without making a mess to clean up afterward. I've bought many of these little gadgets in the past and usually the clean up is never as easy as it is shown on TV or the product doesn't quite come out the same. This one works great!! I was eager to check it out when I first received it from UPS. I didn't have any english muffins and just had some thin lite bread in the fridge so just used that. Seasoned it first (and I highly recommend doing this every time you use it) with some vegetable oil after I washed it like recommended. I heated it up, squeezed the first piece of bread in so it fit in and didn't leave any gapes, added my cheese and bacon, then an extra large egg (it's what I had) and then gently shaped the top piece of bread to fit too without squeezing out the egg. Came out great! Then my daughter came over and I remembered I had some frozen pancakes in the freezer and offered to make her a sandwich and she loved it. My "McGriddle" is made with two small blueberry pancakes (store bought that come in a big bag). I put the first one in, put a small bit of maple syrup to coat it, add some cheese and the sausage or bacon (have done both), then the egg and the top pancake that I also put a thin layer of maple syrup as well. Those come out tasting so good! I've made them with English muffins, bread and pancakes. I believe because I season it with the vegetable oil each time after I've cleaned it and it's dried that when I go to use it nothing sticks at all. I don't have the white residue from the egg that one of videos showed except once and that was when I made another sandwich right after the first one. It wasn't a big deal, still cleaned up easily. I also tried to make a Reuben style sandwich as well. I used Weight Watcher's rye bread that I put in and squeezed into the bottom to fit, a little mustard, Swiss cheese, pastrami and sauerkraut and the top piece of bread also molded to fit. I had the "egg" tray slid out when I tried this and the top bread didn't brown because it wasn't up high enough but it was warm and crispy. I may try to arrange the ingredients a bit differently next time and leave the "egg tray" in this time and put the meat on top of that so it gets a bit hotter because it was just warm before and the bread should toast nicely. Bottom line is, you could make a variety of hot sandwiches in this and doesn't necessarily have to be for breakfast. One thing I did notice and I think others had mentioned was the top and bottom having a sticky residue feeling to them after using. I ran into this too and as it tells you not to use a scrubbing pad on it it is hard to get rid of. I do have non scratch type scrubbers for my smooth top stove and I gently tried using that. Still found it was sticky. One of the things that I think helps tremendously is that after your sandwich is done leave it on and closed while you eat and then wet a dish cloth and wipe the top and bottom with that being careful not to burn yourself and that helps remove that residue. I also just rinse and repeat and wipe down the rest of the the cooking surfaces as well. A couple of other tips, if you want to try making a sandwich and your bread is too big and you don't want to deal with trying to squeeze it in just use the one of the circles to "cut" the bread like a cookie or biscuit cutter and it will fit perfectly. The pancakes I use are varied in shape and sometimes too big too fit and are frozen so trying to use the cookie cutter idea isn't plausible so in that case I just trim them around the edges a bit with some kitchen scissors I have. Also, the sausage I buy that is round is rather small and we found the first couple of sandwiches would slide around so, after I microwaved it to thaw, I mashed it down a little bit to spread it out to fit better and give you more sausage per bite (and I do recommend thawing out any frozen meat first in the microwave). We also like to scramble up the egg sometimes before we pour it in and that works out well too, haven't tried this yet but for a western style sandwich you could scramble up the egg, pour it in and throw in a little bit of chopped up peppers and onion. Things I haven't tried but think would be good for hot sandwiches are Italian bread with butter spread on it and garlic powder sprinkled on top of that with the buttered side facing the heating sides and maybe some mozzerella and mashed meatballs or sloppy joe mixture on the inside, the reuben style I already mentioned, maybe a hamburger bun with a thawed chicken patty and your choice of cheese. Basically, just be creative and don't just limit your ideas to breakfast. Edited on 1-18-2014 Still enjoying my sandwich maker very much. One thing I'd like to suggest and it worked well for us is that if you are making your own biscuits or buying a can of pillsbury grand biscuits you can make up a batch of sandwiches or cook for a crowd easily. While the biscuits are baking in the oven I cook up a couple of eggs at a time in the sandwich maker. I crack an egg in a bowl, scramble it up a bit, pour one egg in the bottom slot, quickly scramble up another and pour it into the "egg" slot and cook for about three minutes. I repeat this process while the biscuits are baking and then when they are done I put my sandwiches together reserving the last two hottest eggs for my husband and I to have a hot sandwich. I get everything ready ahead of time, precooked bacon and the cheese out and just do it like a quick assembly line. The rest of the sandwiches I individually wrap in wax paper and have some breakfast sandwiches ready to throw in the microwave or for my husband to take a couple to work with him. I like that the sandwich maker makes perfectly round little egg patties. Think you could cook up a dozen eggs like this and freeze them too to have a quick and handy, throw in the microwave, pre-cooked egg whether you wanted it in a sandwich or just to throw on a plate with some bacon or sausage.

This is a niffty little sandwich maker. Easy to use and easy to clean. The unit heats up quickly and the sandwich does not stick to it. I may buy these as Christmas gifts this year.

El producto ha llegado en buen estado. Es muy bueno para hacer sandwich de huevo. En México no he podido encontrar en las tienditas de la esquina el pan que sea de la medida adecuada, por lo que tengo que cortar o doblar el pan para que quepa. Es fácil de limpiar y aunque se puede quedar huevo pegado, se quita muy fácil todo lo pegado a la hora de lavar. Recomiendo no presionar demasiado a la hora de colocar el huevo y el pan de la parte superior ya que la pieza donde va el huevo queda justo y al presionar se puede abrir y derramar el huevo. Un buen producto para los amantes del sandwich del huevo y ayuda a ahorrar tiempo.

I would love this if the egg didn't leak EVERY time.

Its crap...burns the bread every time

Compré esta sandwichera por curiosidad, Que sorpresa me lleve. Es excelente. Si te gustan los sandwiches de desayuno de los drive inns, esta es tu maquina, quedan igualitos. Puedes comprar el pan y todo lo necesario en cualquier supermercado, y de verdad quedan iguales. Ya empece a experimentar con diferentes recetas, todas quedan perfectas. El único pero que le pongo, es que no tiene time que te avisa que el sandwich está listo. Pero de ahí en fuera, Perfecto!!!!

Fait de bon sandwich, il suffit qu’il soit bien réchauffer avant de mettre les ingrédients et se lave très bien aussi ne colle pas