My kids bought this for father's day. The iron never gets hot enough. It is on the maximum setting and I've been waiting for you 10 min now. This is the second time I've used it. The first time I ended up toasting the waffles in a toaster. They have a very raw appreance and are mushy otherwise. The only 5hings good I can say is nothing sticks. I am missing my old waffle iron.