We have had a number of sandwich makers in the past.........this is by far the best one yet. Easy to use, smart appearance and the build quality is excellent. None of the dribbling out that we have experienced with other sandwich makers and the easily removable plates are quickly cleaned, nothing sticks!
So.......why 4 stars and not 5?..........
Unfortunately one of the plates lost a smal fingenail size piece of the teflon(?) coating after only about half a dozen uses. This does not seem to have impaired the performance, but may do if the loss spreads.
We contacted Cuisinart about 3 weeks ago and they immediately promised to replace the plates, but as yet this has not happened, they are awiting delivery of spares. Presumably Christmas/New Year and the snow has/will cause delays.
In summary we are very pleased with the Cuisinart overstuffed sandwich maker, toasties are a joy to make now.