New ✔️ Hamilton Beach Dual Breakfast Sandwich Maker With Timer, Silver (25490A) 🤩

3 reviews for New ✔️ Hamilton Beach Dual Breakfast Sandwich Maker With Timer, Silver (25490A) 🤩

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   Rated 4 out of 5

   Diane Kistner – December 10, 2021

   I am a senior who has to cook for two, and there is little I hate doing more than cooking. I suppose I could be good at it if I enjoyed it, but I heavily depend on my Ninja Foodi to throw things together for dinner. My partner, who doesn’t want to be bothered with anything, microwaves his lunches, and it’s your typical over-priced, over-processed stuff that creates a ton of plastic trash. Also, I just don’t like the way food cooks in a microwave so I avoid it myself.So I watched YouTube videos of people using this little egg sandwich maker and bought a Kindle book with recipes. So much advice from so many people! All say “It takes trial and error to find out what you like.” So I thought I’d just ruin something to take this tidy little machine on a maiden voyage. I brushed a thin layer of olive oil on the rings and griddle parts before I cooked my first sandwich. We haven’t bought muffins or bagels yet, but I did buy a set of stainless steel cookie cutters that has a 4” ring in the set so I can cut bread or tortilla or other circles. But when the cooker came, I was too excited even to fool with that. I cut a piece of that wide rye bread with the rounded edges in half to make one sandwich, fully expecting leakage because the bread didn’t extend to the edges of the rings. Put in the bread half, a slice of ham, a slice of cheese; closed down the top ring and cracked in an egg, using an edge of the shell to break the yolk. (I am confused why Hamilton Beach’s instructions say to prick the yolk with a fork, but then says not to use metal utensils because they’ll damage the non-stick coating.) Following advice from others, I didn’t put the top piece of bread on the raw egg until the last minute or so—they say it keeps the bread from having egg soaked into it—but that was probably unnecessary and prevented the top piece of bread from being as toasty as the bottom one.Initial impression: Easy. Tasty. This thing is forgiving as long as you remember to use oven mitts and give your cooked sandwich time to cool down some—especially if you cook it a little too long, as I did. Also, next time I make TWO of these, I’m going to scramble one egg and mix in a few veggies fritata-like, divide it between the two top sandwich rings, then put the cheese on top before putting on the bread instead of putting it in the bottom ring. Or maybe put half a cheese slice on the bottom and half on top. The book I bought with egg sandwich maker recipes does the cheese on top of the egg, and I think that’s a good plan to keep egg out of the bread while ensuring the top and bottom pieces cook evenly.People are nothing but creative with this egg sandwich maker. Just search for Hamilton Beach egg maker on YouTube. My mother used to make a marvelous enchilada casserole she got out of some 1950s magazine: four lightly turned-in-oil corn tortillas in a layer, a layer of chopped onion, a layer of sharp grated cheddar cheese; repeat for two more layers; then top it all off with a can of Hormel or Old El Paso chili without beans and more cheese. I’m going to try adapting that recipe to this egg cooker to make little dinner enchiladas for the two of us. The worst that will happen is that it will make a mess and it won’t cook quite right, but I’m game to experiment. Now I just have to try to wean Robert off his Jimmy Deans, which always seem to be sold out…and he ought to be able to manage it with this cooker.UPDATE: I use this almost every day. Street taco sized tortillas work great in it, the corn ones less well than the flour. The La Banderita flour tortillas curl up the sides a bit and cook to a satisfying crunchiness with sides that help keep the ingredients from sliding around. I make two with real bacon bits and cheese and an egg on top of each, then flip one over on top of the other for a perfect two-egg sandwich. I’m still experimenting with how best to time cooking the eggs so they’re not overdone and rubbery, but this little appliance is great!

2. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Just my .02 – April 19, 2022

   Right off the top, I love yet loath gadgets. I only bought this because of the incredible deal on it, so ‘why not’, right?If you don’t want to read a bunch of extra stuff then simply…. this actually does make me eat breakfast, it’s just too easy not too.Now for the long part of it.Space wise it’s smaller than a toaster over, but just about the size of a small pop up toaster. You do need some clearance on the sides (if you have a small work area, this matters to you) to slide out the egg cooker/separator things. Overall, the footprint isn’t that bad, especially if you have a space to store it away.Basic usage and tips. Read through the reviews and you’ll get the gist of it, that’s what I did. But in summary, I use an oil sprayer that I fill with whatever oils I choose to use, and I mist the egg part (not doing this results in sticking and left over egg ‘skin’). The machine takes no time to pre-heat, so if you need to microwave a frozen sausage patty, start that first. The lights seem counterintuitive considering the ‘pre-heat’ light comes on when it’s heated, but there you are. From here you decide what goes in, add ons, bread choice, what have you. Before inflation doubled the price, the best thing I found was the whole wheat burger buns as the bread choice. At the time they were .88 and fit the rings perfectly (this is no longer the case). I’d started with canadian bacon (way to expensive for what it is) then switched to frozen pre-cooked sausage patties. A minute in the microwave was good enough (45 seconds was better but took finding an extra button to press) and the machine was already set to go.Place bottom bun, sausage, close that part, then add egg to top part. How do you like your egg? Use part of the shell to break the yoke and swirl it around a bit, or if you want to mess up another dish, scramble before hand. Do not add top bun, just don’t! Let cook for about two minutes or so (check how done the egg is) and now season if you didn’t before, unplug machine, add top bun and close. This way you can walk off and finish getting ready, whatever, the come back and slide out egg ring thing, take out sandwich, and NOW is when you can add cheese. Don’t add cheese before hand unless you are using something other than sliced version.I top mine with salsa and this is how I get great results every time. I mean, this isn’t fast food results, and is always messy, but good enough for me.Someone asked and at the time it was about .77 a sandwich. It’s a bit more now thanks to inflation but still cheaper than getting take away. That is unless you are grabbing a $1 deal somewhere, then by all means, that’s honestly a better option probably.Things that angered me in the beginning: (I say ‘angered’ cause people pay $40 for this)The egg tray is temperamental. Large egg? = mess. Maybe it will spill over, maybe not. This is the reason to not only make sure the plate is well heated but that you don’t even try to put a top bun/bread on it for a couple of minutes.Short power cord. Seriously, it’s annoying.One of the main reasons I could only suggest this thing to someone is because they have kids and would like them to be able to make something without using the stove. However, this also means they prob won’t take the time to do it properly and just throw an egg in and put the bread on top, worse yet, even the cheese and just walk away. Both of those things will be burnt to the sides of the machine and maybe spill onto your counter.There you have it. I wanted to dislike this thing as using it I said “I can do all of this with just one pan”, but it serves a purpose. It’s a no fuss devise that does what’s indented but with caveats.It encourages me to eat breakfast (that I don’t normally do) and others can use it with a bit of learning curve. I’d fully expect to see an overflow mess on the counter when I got home if you have others who don’t take basic precautions. But then again, they probably didn’t burn down the house with it.

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   Rated 4 out of 5

   XOXOXO – November 28, 2022

   I may never have my fill of gadgets, and this is easy to use with some caveats. It definitely needs an automatic “off” at the end of the timed cycle. I haven’t made anything yet that hasn’t burned the outside crust, but I assume shortening the cook time may help until it doesn’t cook enough. So far everything comes out very hot, so wait. Also don’t be discouraged at first. I never purchased a similar breakfast bagel/muffin cuz they looked hurtful. On this sandwich maker I’ve used very soft/same sized hamburger buns and regular bread and I’m experimenting with ingredients. Eggs cook wonderfully well. Put lettuce/tomatoes on after cooking the rest. Also purchased a 2000 recipe “Hamilton Beach Breakfast Sandwich Maker Cookbook 2021-2022.” I also have a set of round graduated-size cookie cutters, and the largest is perfect for cutting the layers of bread, cheese, and meats. So confidence is high. Not sorry.