Nostalgia MyMini Personal Sandwich Maker, Nonstick Panini Press, Pizza Pockets, Quesadillas, Mint Green

Here is an another excellent example of an real from kitchenless to a tiny kitchenette food preparation alternative especially for people with no to limited kitchen access and/or no longer needs to prepare more food than for no more than 2 or so.. This appliance could also possibly be pressed for emergency use during unexpected situations (like blackouts) hooked up to an alternative power source. This style of food preparation/cooking does makes this activity/chore much more easier-or at least tolerable-to do in rather less than these ideal situations & circumstances either planned or unplanned. Which is incorporated into the these ultra portable "mini" type of LOW (generally around 500 watts and under) compact appliances.This particular one reviewed here covers the frying, stir frying, grilling spectrum well. At only 260 watts! It can also steam, rolling boil liquids, and warm up pre-cooked foods. Although as it's advertised Ramen Cooker, not so much. I feel that it's really much better at frying.I've been using the traditional, very basic 1 button/switch mechanical Rice Cookers for years to prepare most of my meals & snacks rather than on a more traditional stove. The only thing they could not offer me was a real true way to sizzle fry/griddle my foods. With this new MyMini appliance, I can do it all now very well without drawing too much power just like those much higher wattage type of appliances did previously!This little appliance is very unique in it's design. It has 2 (!) cooking surfaces. The upper one has a removable skillet & glass lid (included in the box) which nestles into the lower plate. This lower one is simply a nonremovable flat griddle hot plate also intended for cooking. I chose to only use the upper part with the skillet to actually do all my meals in. I have also been purchasing SEPARATELY more pots/pans/skillets to cook a much wider variety of stuff from a camp kettle to boil water for tea/coffee to a tiny cast iron pan for grilling a hamburger pattie! All these accessories nestle very well into the lower level hot plate like a well fitting jigsaw puzzle piece or the included skillet & lid. Plus they all are much easier to clean after use.I also learned to cook my food in batches (first Teriyaki marinated beef strips, then carrots sliced at a approximately 45 degree angle as "chips", finally thinly sliced mushrooms) as the tiny 5 inch diameter size of this unit cannot fit all the ingredients together at once. It might be a bit slow, but it works well. As you can see with my heaping Teriyaki Beef Plate just smothered with carrots and mushrooms. Though I did used one of the bit larger at 300 watts "6 cup" Rice Cooker I already owned to boil the Udon Noodles separately. I usually use 2 appliances as once to speed up the cooking process-just like on a multiple burners on a typical stovetop. And the result was so tasty. Without using any stovetop whatsoever.I recommend purchasing this product for yourself and for truly wonderful gifts for others.

I bought this little cooker for a couple of reasons, primarily to cook an egg for my young granddaughter when she wants one and to cook simple ramen without having to get out and then clean a bigger pan. It seems to work well for both of these applications and many others. The specifics include:- takes about 4-5 minutes to heat up in the "grill" mode and the blue indicator light will go out when it's at full temperature. The grill looks like it's non-stick, but it's not really. Just add a quick spray of cooking spray and it works great. You can make fried over eggs, sunnyside up eggs, or scrambled eggs easily. I suppose you can also make easy poached eggs with the pan mode, but I haven't tried that. The unit is too small to immerse a full egg to make hard boiled eggs.- the pan only holds a bit more than one cup of water to cook the ramen in when the ramen is added, but that's fine for my tastes. It takes about 9-10 minutes to heat the water to boiling, but it develops a rapid boil from then on and cooks the ramen well.Note that:- there is no on-off switch, so you just plug it in to cook- the cord is less than two feet long, so you'll need to be near your electrical outlet- there is no temperature control adjustment, so once it's fully hot, it's going to stay there. The heating will cycle on and off itself when it reaches full temperature, but I'm not able to tell how hot that is. Based on the speed that it cooks eggs, I would say the full heat temperature is probably nearly 350-400 degrees F.Overall, I think it's a versatile simple device that saves cleaning bigger pans when they are not necessary and I look forward to trying new things to cook in it.

Overall, am pleased with this mini hot-pot. I like the small size and convenience. My purpose was for cooking eggs and a variety of meats and sausages only and this is ideal. I like the short handle that doesn’t get in the way. Used it twice so far and it felt good to eat a fried egg almost perfect without breaking. I don’t see this pot as big enough to boil ramen - much too small being a little more than a cup.There are no controls. The instruction booklet is clear and concise. It explains how the indicator light that goes on and off to signal when it has enough heat and when the temperature heats up again.I haven’t used the lower section yet. It seems harder to wash since the electric cord is attached and can’t be submerged in water to clean. Instructions say to clean with a soft cloth.There were so many electric hot-pots to choose from and my choice got narrowed down to this. Everything about it fits my needs. Too bad not deep enough for ramen. I’m better off cooking my ramen in the microwave.