need advice re: cooking pancakes

[jrabbit]

I'm trying to minimize and have the best and healthiest gadgets. I'm all about multi-tasking, and we have a very limited amount of kitchen space for gadgets. I've done a lot of down-sizing of the gadgets, but I need help with this one:

We cook pancakes and waffles quite a bit. Often enough, that I don't mind having a waffle iron *and* something dedicated to pancakes. We use a griddle that fits on top of the stove burners. I like it, but it's teflon, and I don't want teflon anymore, so I really need something new. We used to have an electric skillet, but it took up so much space that I got rid of it. I'm torn between wanting to find a cast iron griddle or a smaller-than-the-skillet electric pancake griddle, such as what Alton Brown likes. The cons to those are: a cast iron griddle would be awfully heavy and the electric griddle is teflon, I am sure.

I have tried to make pancakes in my cast iron frying pan, but that was awkward, and with a family of 5 now, it was also way too slow.

thanks for any thoughts!!
--janis

[LemonPie]

I have a cast iron griddle that fits over 2 burners and I just leave it on my stovetop all the time. I use it very frequently that I don't usually miss the space it occupies. I don't have to move it very often, so the weight isn't really much of an issue.

[onlyzombiecat]

I have a smaller one burner cast iron griddle. I love it for pancakes, making tortillas and quesadillas.

[tbone_kneegrabber]

i have a cast iron griddle, it is "grill" on the flip side. we use it all the time, pancakes, english muffins, naan etc.

our stove is on its last leg and when we get a new one we're getting on with the 5th burner with a griddle down the middle (i can' t wait!)

[Ruthla]

I have two frying pans, both solid metal (I think stainless steel.) When we're making a lot of pancakes at once, we heat up both pans at the same time.

[lil_earthmomma]

Originally Posted by Tiger Lily

I have a cast iron griddle that fits over 2 burners and I just leave it on my stovetop all the time. I use it very frequently that I don't usually miss the space it occupies. I don't have to move it very often, so the weight isn't really much of an issue.

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I love my cast iron griddle. I store it in the stove drawer, and it's not that heavy. It's a bit of a shuffling act when I want to get it out from under pizza stones and cookie sheets etc. , but if you make pancakes often you could either store it in the oven, or right on the stove. I mean, do you ever use all 4 burners at once?