The aroma of a hearty breakfast on the griddle can lure eventhe sleepiest person out of bed and into the kitchen. With 220sq. in. of nonstick cooking surface and a warming tray to keepfood warm, this griddle can feed a crowd whether it’s aweekend tradition or a holiday celebration. Holidays andfamily gatherings seem to be synonymous for cooking largemeals. “When preparing breakfast, it seems there’s neverenough cooking space,” states Betty Byrne, consumer testkitchen manager, Hamilton Beach Brands. “Having a griddlewith a large cooking surface makes it easy to cook extrapancakes and meats and then place a batch in the pull-outwarming tray…

There was a time when choosing an electric cooktop over a gas model meant settling for splatter-prone electric coils and far less precision than that afforded by a highly visible and infinitely adjustable gas flame. Why, asked serious home cooks, would anyone choose electric over gas?

Well, things have changed. And for those who prefer or have no choice but to cook with electricity, the change is a welcome one…

Miele, the world’s largest family-owned appliance company, has recently won Interior Design’s esteemed Merit award in the appliance category for their newly updated CombiSet™ cooktop collection. This innovative product range allows customers to pool a variety of power sources together, creating their ultimate, personalized cooking surface. From double and single burner modules powered by induction, electric and gas to boiler/fryer and the debut of a Tepan Yaki contact griddle, the build-in options are countless for both expansive and space challenged kitchens…