Hamilton Beach Dual Breakfast Sandwich Maker with Egg Cooker Ring and Timer, Breakfast Station, Silver

A little confusing to use at first, but once I made a couple of sandwiches it was pretty easy! My favorite sandwich is the McDonalds egg and sausage McMuffin and this breakfast sandwich maker makes it easy to make my own.

When I received the Hamilton Beach Dual Breakfast Maker I was actually a little intimidated by it. It seemed like there were a lot of steps in the instructions. I was pleasantly surprised by how easy it actually is to use. You must follow the instructions exactly. They provide you with a Quick Start sheet which is what I followed. Be sure to PREHEAT the unit before using it. The first time I used it I forgot to use the cooking spray but it was still not hard to remove the sandwich. I used english muffins, eggs, onion and cheese. It turned out really good and next time I will add salami and alfalfa sprouts and a little ranch dressing. The clean up is super easy as the cooking rings and plates come right off of the machine. Then I just washed top and bottom of machine and rinsed it. What I really like about the Hamilton Beach Dual Breakfast Sandwich Maker is that you can cook two sandwiches at once and that you know what ingredients are in your sandwich. If you buy a sandwich at a fast food restaurant, it can be full of sodium and other ingredients you may not even know about. I also did a little experimenting and made a reuben sandwich. I sprayed the maker with butter flavored cooking spray and then pressed a ring on the regular bread, cut it into the circular shape with a scissors. I added corned beef, sauerkraut,thousand island dressing and swiss cheese. I didn't put the plate in between, just left it off to the side. I cooked them for 5 minutes after preheating and when the time was up, I just flipped them and let the top side get a little browner. They turned out awesome! So next I tried grilled tuna fish sandwich by using the same method as above but used tuna, onion, celery, banana peppers (optional) and mayo. I cut the bread the same way as the reuben sandwich using the rings and also flipped it over after the timer was up to brown the top side a little. Clean up was a cinch once again. I am really pleased with this sandwich maker as I can have a tasty sandwich in five minutes. It comes with a one year warranty in the US and five years in Canada. I am looking forward to making the pancake sandwich and I want to try using Eggo waffles too. I will just have to cut them circular like the bread. I would definitely recommend this sandwich maker!

What’s not to like about the Hamilton Beach Dual Breakfast Sandwich Maker. For the person that’s on the go this is a no-brainer. Even if you’re a home maker that has all the time in the whole, you will find this product valuable. Let’s start with the brand. Hamilton Beach is well-respected and that is not by mistake. Hamilton Beach makes products for the masses that are well make and affordable. This product is no exception. The build on the Breakfast Sandwich maker is solid, sturdy and well thought out. There is the easy to see orange power light and the green ready light on the lower left side if you’re facing it. Also, they included a digital timer to take the guessing out of readiness of the sandwich. Just set it and listen for the timer and breakfast is served. I’m a fan of the “McDonald Egg McMuffin” and thus I’m incline to use English Muffins as my bread of choice but you are not limited to one bread or one ingredient. Go ahead and experiment but I’m kind of a basic fella. I layer the muffin first then the cheese and Canadian bacon or Ham. I crack the egg and top with the muffin and close the unit. I set my timer to 5 minutes while I get ready for work. Beep,beep, beep, 5 minutes it perfectly done. Another thing I love is the easy clean up. Everything is nonstick and the moving parts are simply to take apart, wash and put back. This belongs in the modern family’s kitchen.

This has made having a healthy, protein-rich breakfast at home so quick and easy! My 5 kids age 8 %26 up all use it to make their own sandwiches before school. We also use it just to make a quick scrambled egg for my toddler. We like to change up the bread (bagel/English muffin) type and flavors, proteins, cheeses, and sauce types to make all kinds of gourmet sandwiches that are better than going through a drive thru at Starbucks or Dunkin’.

When researching this product, I read reviews online and noticed that it had rave reviews so I was looking forward to trying it out myself to see what the hype was about. Now I know, this product is amazing! My daughters (ages 5 and 6) are reluctant to try new things but they both loved the breakfast sandwich and helped me prepare it. I kept the sandwich simple for them... english muffin, egg, and cheese. The product is simple to use. You plug it in, wait for the Ready light to shine, and start layering all the items. After all the items are layered, you close the lid, and set the time (recommended for 4 to 5 minutes), and within minutes you have yourself a yummy meal!

My family loves breakfast sandwiches but the frozen ones have so much sodium that we don’t eat them very often. With the breakfast sandwich maker they can be done quickly and more nutritious. It is very easy to take apart, to use and to clean. The cups slide right out, put them in the dishwasher top rack or put into some sudsy warm water and wipe clean. They go back in just as easy. The entire unit is fairly small so it doesn’t take up a lot of room. Using cooking spray on the trays kept anything from sticking. You want to make sure any meat you use is precooked. It only takes 4-5 minutes to get the sandwich just right. Make sure to preheat the unit and have all the ingredients you want to use ready before starting the pre-heat which takes a few minutes. Once it’s ready to heat start adding your sandwich fixings. Lower the bottom cup and put the bread in the bottom, top the bread with the meat, vegetables and or cheese on top of it. Slide the top cup down and make sure the divider is in place. If you want eggs crack them into a bowl first and then put into the top cup, poke the egg yolk with a fork to spread it evenly in the cup, lay your bread on top and close the cover. Set the timer for the length you want. You many need to play a little bit with the timer to get the sandwiches the way you like them. I tried out several types of bread and it worked really well with everything. I used sugar free bread, flat bread, English muffins, waffles and thin sliced bagels. The booklet that comes with the unit also suggested small croissant sandwiches which I didn’t have but I believe it would work well. I used both sliced and shredded cheese, they both worked but the sliced cheese really covered the entire sandwich. You want to make sure that the cheese is thin enough that it will melt. The bread I use is sugar free and I didn’t know how it would work but it turned out very well. I set the bread under the bottom cup and pressed down lightly. It was enough that I had the impression to cut the bread to the perfect size. The extra bread went to the birds. When I used the sugar free bread which is much lighter than regular bread I set the timer for 3.5 minutes. The bread was just slightly toasted and golden brown. If you use a lighter bread go light on the cooking spray, I used too much the first time and the bread was soggy. The English muffins and the thin bagels came out perfect when I set it for 4 minutes. The waffles were frozen and I set it for 5 minutes and they turned out great for us. The waffles were a little too large for the cups but they still came out good. If you have all the items you need to make a breakfast sandwich you can make two in under 10 minutes. If you need to cook the meat it will take longer. What I did was made enough sandwiches to last a week and put them in plastic containers. It took me about 40 minutes all together but I had meals for an entire week of breakfast. I let the unit cool down, slide the cups out and into some warm soapy water, then wiped the unit itself down, then wiped the cups down, dried them off, put them into the unit and it was done. I’m also going to try this for warm sandwiches during the week. I can see thin sliced turkey, ham or even ground beef if the patty is thin enough and pre-cooked. Great little gadget to have in your kitchen!

This is so easy to use. Plug it in, choose what you want on your sandwich put it all together and enjoy. Make sure the egg plate is closed and you preheat the machine to prevent the eggs from leaking... It's great so you can choose what ingredients you want to use. You can use a large egg, scramble, just egg white or egg with the yolk. With the cooking process, you would think that putting the top of the muffin, bagel, or pancake directly on the uncooked egg wouldn't let it cook... Well the egg was cooked all the way through. (I did scrambled and regular with yolk) really only took 5 minutes and the muffins top and bottom were crispy and everything was completely cooked... So much better then McDonalds... Very easy to take apart and clean. The egg rings and plates whiped clean with no problem... Cheese also melted on the side and wiped clean with just a paper towel. I lifted the rings and the sandwiches were together perfectly... The rings come out for easy cleaning and they are dishwasher safe. (Do not use metal utensils) Easy to put back together... Also small enough to fit in a kitchen cabinet... The only cons about this is the cord is really short and the timer sound is very low so don't walk to far away while cooking... Other then that, this is a great machine... Have fun with it...

I LOVE breakfast sandwiches but was really skeptical in selecting this product to review. My first concern was, why do I need a sandwich machine that can only make one type of sandwich? I wondered how versatile this machine could be, and was additionally concerned about how much space it would take up in the cabinets. The front of the box made it seem like it had a few complicated parts and I was a bit intimidated to give it a try. I started by reading the basic instructions that said the meat had to be pre-cooked. So I purchased some frozen pre-cooked bacon as well as pre-cooked sausage. With all of my ingredients in hand, I began Saturday morning testing out this breakfast sandwich maker. Past experience with other sandwich makers indicated that I should be prepared for a mess, for stickiness and for lots of cleanup of the machine. Saturday morning I followed the instructions to a "T." I wiped down the machine and cleaned the two circular assemblies. The two assemblies pop out incredibly easy! After hand-drying the two non-stick assemblies (can also place in the dishwasher), I sprayed them with "Pam," re-installed them and began heating up the machine. From there I just followed the simple instructions for layering the sandwich, cracked and egg and pinched the yolk and 4.5 minutes later I had a spectacular sandwich! There is no temperature to set - the machine takes care of that for you!! It's really ingenious! There is NO mess! Nothing leaked out or over the sides, nothing was burned! It's incredible that an egg can cook THAT FAST without ever touching the grill! It's more incredible that it can do all this and not burn!!! By Sunday morning I was ready to put it to the test. Off came the two circular assemblies (pop out) and now I wanted to see if this machine could grill too! With the two circular assemblies removed, I began heating up the machine (plugging in starts the warm up). This time I buttered the insides of the muffin and laid them flat on the "grill." (See photo.) Yup, even shut the top portion of the machine to give the muffins more heat. I flipped the muffin a couple of times and got a nice, toasted and crunchy muffin! Woo-hoo! Well, if it will toast my muffin on both sides, I guess it will brown my frozen sausage too! And it did!!! Surprisingly again, no mess! No grease! No run-off! My reason for testing this in this manner is because, what if one wants a toasted muffin and does not have access to a toaster? Regardless of taking the time to toast or not toast, both sandwiches came out incredibly delicious! If I had to compare the two sandwiches, I would say the first sandwich on Saturday (just following the directions) was much better than the toasted sandwich on Sunday. But at least you know this machine can grill-toast if you are really wanting to do that. However, there is no recommendation in the instructions to grill on this machine -- this was just one of my own GadgetGirl tests to see what this machine was capable of. I am VERY impressed with this BEAST of a sandwich maker. It will now become my new lunchbox. I am a 12-hour shift worker who starts work at 3 am. I cannot find a fast food place that serves breakfast at that hour. I will be taking this sandwich maker to work and will keep it in my locker so that I can make breakfast when I get there. Yes, it is small enough to fit in the average locker. I plan to share this item with my hungry co-workers as well. I believe I will find many other uses for this machine over time as I continue to challenge it. I may make a tiny cake or two in it, or perhaps a big chocolate chip cookie! So yes, I found this machine to be versatile (grill / toast). There are a couple of safety concerns as noted in my "CONS" section below. Just know that, it is SOOOOOOO EASY AND SOOOO CLEAN! I wonder now why I ever raised an eye-brow to it wondering if it was all that it said it was. Take it from me....YES!!!!!! CONS: Can be very hot to the touch - use oven mittens DOES NOT shut off after sandwiches are done

This product is a great gift or item to have for an on the go person very quick and easy to use. Caution: All surfaces are HOT! When operating please have oven mittens available. I highly suggest spraying the cooking surfaces to prevent your bread from sticking. Operating this product is extremely easy. I allowed my children to create their own sandwiches (under my supervision). This product contains two lights and two buttons. One of the lights is of course the power button which remains lit. The other light indicate whether the product has reached the preheat temperature. You do not have to set this product to a preheated temperature it is already programmed. The two buttons on this product are used to start the timer. This product consists of two different levels. It’s the bottom level where you place your bottom bun meats and/or cheeses and the top layer is where your egg and top bun is placed. This product does NOT cook meats. Any meats used should be precooked. It also contains a plate which cooks your egg. When placing your egg on the plate, be sure to puncture the egg yolk or it will spill over once you close the lid. This product is very easy to clean. The surfaces are nonstick allowing for a quick and easy clean up. FYI: There is NO on or off switch. Once you plug the product in it automatically starts to preheat. This happens to be one of the dislikes I have about this product. I wish it contained an on or off switch. Overall, I love this product, easy to use and easy to clean. I highly recommend this product for an on the go person or simply for someone who would rather make their own breakfast sandwiches at home in minutes.

I have no idea how this thing gets good reviews. It’s a pain to clean. If you actually crack an egg in it, you’ll get egg in all sorts of tiny crevices and screws, good luck ever getting it actually clean. Second, it didn’t cook an egg. I went to the store and bought two different sized eggs, used two different kinds of bread, the egg was runny. I tried cooking it for a total of six minutes until my bread was burnt, and the egg was still runny. Their troubleshooting says to preheat with the device closed, which I did. And then they recommend cooking the eggs beforehand. Hey, I already have a device that warms things up and it’s called a microwave. This thing is just a microwave. Totally worthless waste of space.