How long does this take to heat up for a standard Panini? Is it overkill for home use?
1768494
It takes 20 minutes to heat up. The good thing about using it in a house would be the ability to cook up to 4 sandwiches at a time, depending on the size of bread.
1768495
It is overkill for home use. But it is an AWESOME unit. I have a food truck and it is wonderful. And it is a great price. $150 less than what I have seen.
1768496
It takes about 20 minutes to reach our desired temperature of 375. It could be overkill, but I really like its robust construction and ease of use.
776285
It heats up well, but I use it mostly for instant heat rather than heating up the room, since it is a fan forced type. I guess, if you're going to use it for the main heater, about 10X15 would be the maximum you can get, without other heating source.
2088577
I considered the exact same thing, I came to the conclusion that I did not want to purchase or store a big panini appliance - that for the most part does one thing, depending on which one you buy. I use mine for paninis, I am not sure if Panini "Purests" would agree, but we use this George Foreman for so many other things too - like vegetables and fish, all made at the same time, in a healthy way.
1487643
I use "Bakers & Chefs - Safe Heat" 6 hour chafing fuel cans (same dimensions) as a back up. It produces enough heat and you can boil water over a long period time. I would not recommend this as a main source of fuel as there are other options that produce more heat.
990374
I'm not that sure since I don't even like it much for outdoors. If I were you I'd get a Foreman or Panini maker. That way you'd know when it's cooked.
1381953
From my experience this heater is good for small area to heat up fast , kiwi say 10 by 10 or 12 by 12 is good to heat up fast, about 10 minutes, but for the area you described May much take longer or you have to buy 2 of them to put each end to be able to feel warm
1023050
I have a very small bathroom 5 x 10 and it provides very little supplemental. Basically this will only take the chill out of your towels and we leave it on 24/7. There's no 5-10 min warming for us that others have stated. Overall, if doing it over, I'd have spent the money on the nicer Amba's (~3 times).
2211266
No. Booklet states for household use only. And based on my experience with it, no-it would over heat with non-stop use.
734440
I would have to agree with the others, about 5 min is good, but if you want to pre heat to 400 I think that will take a bit longer.
713830
I think cord length is good. My outlets are a ways from my stove top (they have to be for code, right?!), but I have no problem reaching pots on the stove. I don't generally blend for a long period of time with my stick blender, so I can't really speak to the cooling off question. However, even my standard blender gets "hot" running for more than about 30 seconds, and it's a decent one (though certainly not top of the line), so I wouldn't shy away from this stick blender because of that concern.
612085
Personally, if I wanted to reheat I would use microwave. This appliance takes toooooooooooooo long to heat.
535803
I leave mine on for around 15 hours, but have not left it on any longer, I never leave the house with a appliance on. But it does not take that long to heat a full pot, it also has a reboil button and a 6 hour delay feature. I really like this pot.
1489921
no way. i mean, it takes longer the more water you have in it, but this is by far the fastest way to boil/warm up water. so much faster than my stove. but i never remember it taking 7 minutes to boil.
562261
What are you cooking? This is like any other appliance it takes about 3-4 minutes to get to it's main temp. So I plug it in and put my meat on when I'm ready.
248407
I usually cook for two (about a nickle diameter bundle per person) and it cooks in about 15 minutes
1137383
about 5 minutes. I had mine cook the dogs first, then turned it down to hold them for my customers for lunch. It ran for about 4 hours per day.....all 3 machines (2 replaced) died within 2 weeks (rotation motor). If this is for home use, you will be fine... if for commercial use, spend more money on a better product.
1589654
Heating the pans slowly on medium or low is time consuming. Ie: 30 minutes to get a pot of water to boil. Heating on medium high has resulted in very small chips in the interior ceramic coating. You get what you pay for.