Sandwich Maker With Grill

Sandwich Maker With Grill
A pie iron also called pudgy pie iron sandwich toaster snackwicher jaffle iron or toastie iron is a cooking appliance that consists of two hinged concave round or square cast iron or aluminium plates on long handles. Its clamshell design resembles that of a waffle iron but without that appliances honeycomb pattern. Pie irons are used to heat toast and seal a sandwich typically called a toastie or a Breville consisting of two slices of bread enclosing a filling.

The most common type in most countries are electrically heated counter-top models and names vary from place to place: in the United Kingdom the pie iron is referred to as a sandwich maker in Australia it may be called a Breville after the appliance manufacturer in Ireland it may be called a toastie maker and it is sometimes referred to as a snackwich-maker or snackwicher in South Africa. The term jaffle maker is also used in Australia and Indonesia.

Modern versions of the pie-iron are commonly more domestic if not necessarily more refined with subdivisions allowing pairs of bread slices to be clamped together around fillings to form pockets or stuffed sandwiches. A combination of heat and pressure seals the bread at the outer edges.

Campfire versions are still made of cast iron and can be cooked over coals open flames or over a stove but lightweight aluminium stove-top versions are made generally be coated with a non-stick surface both as a cleaning aid and to allay fears regarding aluminium in the diet.

Once the device is hot the sandwich can be assembled inside out where the buttered side of the bread faces outwards against the metal plates and the filling sits inside. This produces a crunchier toastie and helps prevent the bread from sticking. Alternatively, bread can be placed inside unbuttered which produces a chewier toastie.

An alternative counter-top preparation method—one more common in the U.S.—employs a toaster oven where the sandwich toastie is arranged open face and then toasted grilled which not only toasts the bread but warms the meat and melts the cheese that is the traditional content of the classic Dutch toasted sandwich. While most informal eateries in Europe offer some form of toasted sandwich very few use clamshell-makers preferring the grill or toaster-oven methods.