Summary: This is a great griddle for those of us who are short on cabinet space. It folds up to a manageable storage size and can stand up on end in the cabinet. The surface area is large enough to cook a good amount of pancakes at the same time. It has separate controls for each side for doing different items at the same time and both sides heat evenly all the way to the edges. The only things I don't like about the griddle are 1)the short cord - I had to totally rearrange my counter space to make it workable for me and 2)the space in the middle where it folds makes it very hard to scramble eggs on it - but on the plus side to that at least the plates overlap so if food runs into that area it hits the bottom plate and is easily cleaned off. It is easily the best griddle I have ever owned.