I've made three batches of waffles so far. I used my own recipe the first time, then tried the "Classic Waffles" recipe out of the booklet that came with it for the last two. All three times, with both recipes, I could not get the waffle batter to fill all the little squares (six total batter pours). I tried a lot of different ways to pour and spread it around and different amounts of batter each time, but still ended up with holes in my waffles. The nutty thing is that it lets "excess" batter overflow into the "No-Drip" trays along the side... but it still doesn't fill some of the holes. It shouldn't overflow until all the squares are full. I took a photo of my "holey waffles", but I don't see the option to include a photo in my review. A bit disappointed actually. Otherwise, it does do everything else it claims to do and cleans up easily.