Love love love this waffle maker! Took it right out of the box washed it up and used. Was excited to get started. So easy to use. Put your batter in when the light turns on. Then flip it over and it kicks into place. Light comes on when it is done. I tried it couple of times and let it stay longer and it never burned. I like how it doesn’t stay stuck in it. The waffle comes right out. Super easy to clean when finished. I made blueberry waffles and some of the batter poured out of sides and honestly it wasn’t hard to clean up and it came right off. We use this almost every morning.