Long Handled Sandwich Grill, Pie Iron, Panini & Sandwich Press for Toasted & Sealed Hot Pocket Sandwiches, Pies - Best for Stovetop, Grill, Fire pits

In 1970 my grandmother bought a cabin on the north shore of Lake Tahoe, had a fireplace put in and purchased a toast-tite from a local hardware store which she kept hanging on the brick wall of the fireplace. My sisters and I spent every winter break, spring break and a good chunk of summer vacation with my grandma and we LOVED Tahoe and that cabin. One of our favorite things to do was make sandwiches and pies in the fireplace or on the gas stove in the kitchen.Long before I knew what a Panini was, we were creating little sealed flying saucer shaped ham & cheese, salami, pizza sauce & cheese, fish stick & tarter sauce, sausage & scrambled egg sandwiches- Yummy little slightly crisp, golden brown sandwiches with perfectly melted cheese. It only took a couple of minutes for each one and we could easily make enough to feed all four of us in a short while. My grandma would use blackberries or peaches with a little butter, sugar and corn starch to make pie filling, we'd make dessert pies using white bread. They were divine and tasted extra good because we made them ourselves.I've always loved those memories and many times thought about getting a "pie iron" like my grandma had. I finally got one and it did not disappoint. I seasoned the inside with a few very light coats of peanut oil the night before I used it for the first time and used just a wee bit of cooking spray when making sandwiches. I tried it out on my induction stove top, it worked perfectly and took a little more than a minute for each side.This will be fun to use in the backyard on my little Weber Q and I might even use it on my little emergency butane stove during a power outage. I don't go camping any more, but it will be fun for beach fires too. LOVE IT♥ps it's very sturdy and well-made, the quality is fantastic. The retro packaging is cute. Next time I use it I will come back and post some photos.

Used it many times already, good product. Made something called "flying saucer" that the kids call it

I love this toaster my breads come out perfectly it doesn't burn neither does it leave a burn taste.

So far it is good. Has the rememberable saucer shape that was hard to find, among all the square ones made today.The only problem is that the handles and latch are terrible. The latch is on the handles instead of the pole/arm and it keeps popping off. The handles themselves keep sliding and turning. It is really annoying but workable. I much prefer the wooden handles over these plastic ones.

I had one of these many years ago passed down from family, and lost it . I was surprised the exact same model and brand name was still in production. Works perfectly and brings back a lot of great old memories.

This is designed after the original Toastite !It’s simple to use a gas or propane stove, propane grill depending on the handle length. I bought both sizes. You can make grilled cheese, mini pizzas, individual fruit pies or even s’mores! Love it!

I grew up with these a daily staple. Loved 'em. I was delighted to see this renewed manufacturing, but all has not been rosy. My main complaint is that the (inferior soft-wood) handles are not even remotely secured to the shafts - they rotate and slide back and forth at a touch - BAD.Times have changed - bread is shorter than the 50s - fitting a good seal works, but it takes practice,Easy cleaning - BS! maybe after 50 sandwiches, it will season to what I remember.If you don't mind tinkering and a long learning cycle, toast-tite sandwiches rock - if you have the choice find one in your local antique/junk store

had one of the originals in the fifties. owned by my parents and well used and very well seasoned. i was in grade school when i made use of this one (using pb&j).that went to a dear family friend at the household disbursement (age related). I went looking for this device using the nickname we used in the 50's- 60's, "quicikie pie maker" after a late night snack attack recently. gotta love google. turned up this and another, and i bought both, but gave the other to goodwill. this is a repro of the original and is made with pride in the usa just like the well loved one of days of yore. i use it on weekends and try to concoct little things to make with it (a growing list). try not to wash it. the fire will clean it. a spoon gets the gook off with a bit of elbow grease. talk to the chinese about that. love it now like in the fifties, just not using pb&j this goround.also, go with fire! electric will surely disappoint. we had a four burner gas stove/oven (who had electric then?). so since my cul de sac only has electric (glass cook top) stoves, i spent about $30 for a butane camp cook stove and bought 8oz butane fuel canisters (also quite inexpensive), to appropriately re-create the fifties experience. working wonderfully. cleanup is no biggie. we set it on the glass cook-top and do it like the omelet makers do for those nice hotel brunches. i can't recommend it more highly.