This machine meets my expectations when cooking pancakes.(Specially Japanese Souffle Pancakes)They come out beautiful and the space is perfect to put multiple items at the same time without hassle.I have cooked other items as well but the copper platform its tricky if you want food not to stick. Cleaning is simple and easy but try to use salt, baking soda, lemon, etc and no hard soaps.Temperature keeps going for a long time and copper properties keep the heat uniform so no gaps in between like when you cook in regular pans.I wish I can change the temperature settings to Fahrenheit instead of Celsius but not a big deal. Love that it automatically apply heat to keep the temperature.