Very beautiful object that makes REAL GAUFRES, 2 sides and cooked evenly Thick listed 2. The hotplates in the deep grooves allow to obtain waffles "at the Fair!" stiff plate removal system is very simple and fast. You can clean them in the dishwasher. After preheating of 7 minutes, cooking is pretty fast. Please note it will not take too fill your dough sheets without risking a small overpressure cooking. The recipe specified in the manual can definitely improve ... to test. I, who also uses a conventional LEGRAND waffle plates with cast aluminum, the advantage will be on the Krups greater thickness but waffles taste viewpoint and cooking quality, they are identical.