Imagine this: you are hosting a small, intimate gathering. People are milling this way and that, leaning forward in conversation, each with a drink to hand. Then you’re to bring out some magic: a famous stir-fry. You turn the electric skillets with removable pan; wait–what’s this? You can take the pan out for a mix. Which is much, much easier than wrestling the whole great jack of a spindly thing. It’s every amateur chef’s dream materialized! Removable pans on electric skillets are like finding that long-lost sock under the couch which completes the pair–nothing but confirmation.
This is absolute versatility these gadgets have. They make like stovetops for a sizzily fragrant stir. They are caught between a pancake griddle and a frying pan in the morning–what will it be today? They can be whatever your taste dictates. Plus taking that pan out for a rinse or to trade with another makes the cleanup step easy. And what chef doesn’t need a cookery cleanup that’s easy as pie? No more than a graceful gesture is needed for carrying your carefully grilled chicken from stove to dining table.
One friend (let’s call her Jane) told me how these skillets saved her Thanksgiving once. With many dishes crying out for attention, a detachable pan miraculously brought sense out of the jumble. She put things in one by one quite smoothly and evenly, so that in between checking on turkeys she could grill a veggie. Her guests were none the wiser: they all enjoyed the banquet feeling as though there was an endless stream of dishes put before them.
Talking of guests, just imagine the effect when you bring the hot dish right up to the table–the food still sizzling merrily in its juices. It is like having your own little teppanyaki show at home. Let that trusty iron skillet take center stage as you leisurely flip your own pancakes and pass on secret recipes to peers.
None of these things is trivial. Have you ever tried to force one of these big pieces into the dishwasher? Never. These skillets, on the other hand, are far from reluctant when you’re ready to pop them in–they fit snugly. No tiresome washing-up brigade you need to join then, leaving you free for anything else want! As they say, “Our friend’s sudden urge to sing karaoke after dinner was a definite safe call.
Well, next time you’re searching for kitchen gadgets, just think about the gentle shiftable pan in the bottom of an electric skillet. It could exactly be your steady companion for every kitchen mood. Ready to make a splash, swelter and endlessly amaze. But most important of all: When everything that possibly can go wrong somehow does– and it will soone or later–you have at least one secret weapon on hand…