you can use the left overs by just leaving the pieces out at night and making mini french toast bites. 1 cup half-and-half 3 large eggs 2 tablespoons honey, warmed in microwave for 20 seconds 1/4 teaspoon salt 8 (1/2-inch) slices day-old or stale country loaf, brioche or challah bread 4 tablespoons butter or your can just pan fry them and make croutons for soups and salads
Also the older ones were square and bigger. So the Diablo makers just saw something old that kinda worked and said "What if we make it smaller and round?"
But Mike. You are suppose to have already defeated Diablo himself, and then command him to make you a sandwich with that tool. You are doing it all wrong!
Other's have mentioned the old-fashioned version of this for using around campfires. I must say, I was turned off of these as a child at summer camp where we called them "mountain pies" when I was badly burned by the cherry pie filling we were using.
That is a very bad idea. You will end up warping the pan by running cold water on it. Causing it to not sit on the stove right, but also cause food to not cook right when placed in it.
Flamezombie years of quenching hot pans in cold water have yielded zero warped pans, in my experience. It's not so hot that it'd affect the tempering either, surely. Source: worked in a restaurant with a bunch of disgustingly hot cast iron.
I admit I stumbled upon your videos because of the NC controversy and although I like your videos you only got me to chuckle a handful of times. But when you threw the bread to the birds I laughed out loud. It was such an unexpected moment :D.
There are square ones called "pie irons" that we used all the time when camping as kids. We held them over the campfire, because they have longer handles for it. Same concept as the Diablo, but pie irons can actually accommodate a sandwich without losing half the bread! I love those things.
The first thing I thought of when I saw the title was a scene from the first Smokey and the Bandit movie where the Sheriff (Buford T. Justice) walks into a truck stop and says "gimme a Diablo sammich n' a Dr. Pepper, and make it fast, I'm in a goddamn hurry."
these have existed since like the 1800, probably longer.... like for over camp fires... this is nothing great and revolutionary, though they actually are usually bread shaped... so I guess it's got it beat in the being wasteful department.
***** oh come on that one was made up. It HAD to be! What do you spread lalalili on it and have it with a nice glass of coocookachoo? England is weird.
Hey Mike, I know something you can do with all those extra bits! After cooking with your oven, put them in on a leftover aluminum tray. The residual heat toasts them up, and after doing this a few times, pulverize them in a food processor. Badaboom badabing, you've just made homemade breadcrumbs! Works well with the bread ends also.
When I was in the Boy Scouts, we used to use a device very similar to this. It was called a Pie Iron. It actually cooked full size sandwiches, since it was square. Never tried making anything else. Can't remember if it was cast iron or aluminum, but we used to use them all the time over an open fire or on our propane stoves. Very handy gadgets. Makes me want to get one for myself.
PsylomeAlpha I mean, when I go camping we get rid of the few beer cans we take by burning them down... I've even melted glass in a relatively small fire.
We have these in the US (minus the horns). But the thing we have is square and can actually fit the whole sandwich in it. My family use them over an open fire for making melted peanut butter and chocolate toasties while camping.
I have half a flip pan thing that my grandmother gave me (you can use them for like pancakes too)-- but it's much bigger and can actually fit a slice of bread. You get a nice melt on cheese.
we had those when i was a kid. we always took them camping. but the ones we had were square and had longer sticks for putting them in the fire. they were great to put fruits and stuff in. my favorite stuff to put in were pizza ingredients for a pizza sandwich
Oh no, now you've got me obsessing about sandwiches again. It happens every time I watch this video... Anyway, if you enjoy sandwiches as much as I do, here's a great one from Germany called "Strammer Max": Basically it's an open faced sandwich made from a base of rye bread roasted in a pan with a generous amount of butter, topped with thick cut bacon (which is sadly very hard to get in Germany) and a fried egg - sunny side up - with the yolk still nice and runny. Top it off with some grilled tomato slices, caramelized onions, mixed pickles, mature cheese,... or just any thing that'll make you happy! Enjoy ;)
When making the full-sized apple pie, it's best to spread butter upon the pastry before adding the apples. This will not only add to the taste, but also create a sort of barrier to keep juices from the apple from soaking into the pastry. I wonder if that would've made a difference here? On the other hand, from the amount of smoke it created, perhaps investing in an outdoor grill would have been a better idea than cooking it inside.
I've used something similar to this on a campfire for some sandwich, except it had a handle like a campfire stick and had a square end that fit more of the bread.
when I was a kid we used to use things alot like that while camping to make things called pudgy pies... you took bread and put pie filling inbetween it and then put it on hot coals and had a bread pie that was toasted...you could also use it to make a toasted sandwich with it most were square shaped to fit all teh bread but Ive seen circle ones as well...
You could use the crust to make something similar to stuffing. It likely wouldn't have the same texture and flavor since you would prepare it differently, but cooking some bread with onion, butter, herbs, and any other flavors you may like still sounds good.
Wait... that's something from the Ideal Home Show? As in, it's being advertised as something new and innovative? Those things have been around for decades... they're just not usually called sandwich toasters. Try looking for something along the lines of a "pie iron" on Google. Some of them are even square so that you don't have to maul the bread. The only thing new about this is the "Diablo" branding.
Newfoundlander here. I grew up in the 80s and early 90s, and remember using one of those plug-in countertop sandwich toasters. I loved making pizza pockets with bread, tomato sauce, cheese and wieners. Yum!
I don't know about over there in England but I grew up with several of those sandwich cooker. The one was older than me by at least 10 years. One of the best things we ever made in them was pizza pockets. I would suggest, if you like the Diablo, to scour the internet to find a larger one that won't waste any of your bread. Although I always preferred the round ones to the square ones
My family had a similar product we used while camping. It had a round pan and an elongated handle which you could use to hold it over the camp fire. Why not place it over a tiny fire to cook?
Please never stop making videos, Mike! I'm always looking forward to Sunday to see the weird stuff you come by... Keep up the good work :) Greetings from Italy
I used to make cheese toasties with a big plastic circle cookie cutter. Just make your sandwich and press the circle cookie cutter into the sandwich, and press it again with the flatter side (helps if you use a wooden cutting board). The egg sandwich looks delicious as does the dangerous apple pie!
Thinking again, I think the reason why this wastes so much bread is to ensure an encapsulated pocket sandwich. Something that you don't always have with regular sandwich pocket makers.
Come to think of it, I'm amazed at how close the dials are to the actual heating areas on your cooktop. Don't ever accidentally reach too far to the left. :x
It's not new, we had one under the stairs and it was old when i was young (currently 29) it's definitely older than me and was designed for open fires. it had the same basic design but i don't recall it ever being used and knowing my dad it's probably still there.
I have something similar to this that's square so there's no wasted bread crusts, works pretty well, though it's slightly bigger than the normal sized loaves of bread I get so they kinda slide around on the inside lol
I had a different version of this you'd use for camping, it's square and had a long handle. You'd stick it into the fire-pit for a few minutes each side and that'd be it, that had to be about 8 years ago, glad technology has "improved" this product to make it into a circle...
A quick walk down memory lane about the electronic sandwich makers I used to use the one my Grandma had all the time growing up. My cousins around lunch time would beg for me to use it and I would make all of our sandwiches. They honestly liked regular grilled cheese more, but liked how easily they could persuade me to make it for them. My Grandma was happy because she didn't have to get off her ass to make us lunch lol. And I liked the feeling of being the older one taking care of them. Ahh good times. Also a side note, I have been staying at a hotel so I haven't been able to cook anything that requires a stove for 3 months. Grilled cheese is one of the things that I miss the most. To mix it up a little I love putting a slice of tomato with basil on it in them sometimes. So yeah I'll probably eat a lot of those this next week.
as a lot of people have already said, if this was even just slightly bigger, it would be really cool. I think it is cool that it seals all the fillings in.
I have a really old one like this. It was my grandmother's and made of cast iron. My mom always told me it is called a toast tight. It looks the same as the Diablo one you have, except older and no horns. Also the handle at the end is made of wood. It does get rid of most of the sandwich, but as a child I hated the crust anyways. I still use it from time to time, but only to make cool round and sealed grilled cheese sandwiches, kinda like the first thing you made. However, if a person likes the crust, there sandwich normal size, or do not like hard toasted edges to their sandwich, then it is probably not for them. I thought it was cool they still make them, even with cute themes like Diablo. Anyways, great video as always. ^-^
It's called a hobo-pie-maker, and it dates back by a century at least. The design actually means you can put almost any solid food in and then put it in a bowl or on a plate. The general idea is that if you can scrounge even one slice of bread together, then you can fold it over and put something in it. But you can put random leftover bits in it and make something. A hobo wouldn't waste the bread crust, and would probably have the crust for breakfast, cook the sandwich in the coals while packing up his bindle, and then pull it, and let it cool on the walk until he got a bit more hungry later. The compact design meant that it was the only cooking implement you needed and nothing was wasted. If you had bread crusts and an egg, then you crack and egg into the crusts and close it up, and it makes a fine meal.
When cooking the pie, cook it on a lower temperature for longer. No need to have it on full blast all the time. It's selling point is that it seals the food and doesn't leak.
I could see this being a very nice thing to bring camping, given it's small size and ability to hold things inside without risk of losing them on your fire :3
That pan looks *a lot like what's known as a "hobo pie maker" in the northern US, only crud, and not made to throw directly into a fire to bake. But yes, those sandwich pockets from those machines was definitely a delight to be had during my time in England, and it was sad times when my machine went the way of the dodo. Took until about 2 years ago before I found one here on this side of the planet. Granted, I didn't look very hard, but still.
When camping, I leave my square cast iron jaffle (toastie) iron open on a rock. I found It cooled down a wee bit quicker. Just thought I'd put that out there. :) That unit looks pretty freaking groovy!
Man, you've been able to buy sandwich makers (usually sold for camping) for years, they're older than the hills. The square cast aluminum ones only cost $10 or so, AND fit a whole square sandwich.
The main concerns seem to be the size and hot bits (that isn't unusual though). And despite the waste, those things did look amazing, and I would not say no. And the pancakes don't see any of the size problems, so that is cool
Perhaps this thing is primarily for the U.S. market--I think it would fit the standard-sized sliced bread over here pretty well, with less waste. Or, you know, they could've just made it square...
Mike, by Jove i think I've got it! The true purpose of the ultimate chopper is to make fillings for tiny circular toasted sandwiches. Blast up some cheese, tomato, onions, peppers....whatever really...then put it in this. I accept no responsibility if it somehow explodes and kills you in the process.
It's seems that every exhibition centre in London looks the same. I worked at the Business and Design Centre for a while and it literally looks like the Olympic Centre.
HistoricaHungarica Why would you even say that? Are hamburger rolls a technology that only the United States has managed to develop? Do they not sell rolls or buns in other countries?
Don't get me wrong. There are a large variety of bakery goods that can be asked, but jumping to "hamburger buns" (or hotdog buns) for the very next thing to test is - let's be honest - very stereotype american. I would try to make meatballs in it next... or fried bananas.
I wouldn't say the sandwich toaster came first. I grew up eating toasted sandwiches made by my grandma with something very similar to that diablo, except it could actually fit the bread.
We had those kinds of products in the US, as well, Mike. I remember making grilled cheese sandwiches as a kid. We even made pizza sandwiches. Also, the Diablo would be awesome if it was a little bigger. It looks like it can cook pretty well.
In denmark we have something called "toast bread" in addition to "sandwhich bread" It's basically slightly drier, smaller pieces of sandwich bread, which fits perectly in a toaster (what you'd call a toastie)
MaMastoast Some companies now are selling "Toastie" variants of their bread, smaller thicker slices usually, so a loaf that's a great size for toasted sandwiches, but that runs out much more quickly than a nice medium sliced loaf.
David McCooey Sometimes I wish they'd just make toasters (toasties) that fit with sandwich bread :P. The reason I don't wanna buy the dedicated bread is because it's pretty much too dry to eat normally after 1 days of being opened.
I love Sandwich makers. they're perfect to make mini pizzas with toast. Also if you want to waste less crust you could try smaller sandwiches. I get them in two sizes here regular and small. Not sure what you guys have.
Am I the only one who sometimes rewatches the older infomercialism videos because they're so fun?
If this was about 50% bigger it would maybe be a pretty cool device.
ShyGuyXXL yes, they need it in American size. :3
EienXavior
If it means not having to waste half of your bread then sure.
ShyGuyXXL I meant I just eat bigger portions =P
EienXavior lol bigger = america comedy fucking gold
EienXavior May I tell you, not all of us Americans are fat fucks. Including me.
Am I the only who loves his "Look at that! That is the greatest egg sandwich! (took a bite) YEESSS!!"? It always brings me a smile XD
you can use the left overs by just leaving the pieces out at night and making mini french toast bites.
1 cup half-and-half
3 large eggs
2 tablespoons honey, warmed in microwave for 20 seconds
1/4 teaspoon salt
8 (1/2-inch) slices day-old or stale country loaf, brioche or challah bread
4 tablespoons butter
or your can just pan fry them and make croutons for soups and salads
you genius.
The Diablo is actually a version of the first toasted sandwich makers that people used to use in fireplaces or when out camping.
Also the older ones were square and bigger. So the Diablo makers just saw something old that kinda worked and said "What if we make it smaller and round?"
Jordan Green We had the square ones! Mmmm campfire pie!
You can still get them in the camping section of any department store. Pie irons made by Coleman, I never thought of using it on the stove though.
***** And if it was larger and not round, the problem with wastage of bread wouldn't have occurred.
zh84 like the camping versions already are?
We have these for camp and they're square so you can actually put all the bread in
But Mike. You are suppose to have already defeated Diablo himself, and then command him to make you a sandwich with that tool. You are doing it all wrong!
Lonewolf1925 and you're using "your" wrong
Vegren My Bad. I will correct it. :P
+Lonewolf1925 It'd work pretty well as a pair of maces.
After so much time I think a revisit of the Diablo would be great
" it's cooked fuck off lorry it's cooked" I laughed so hard I hit the floor.
You have to firmly grasp it first.
(drops Diablo)
And it's butter
Think about the innuendo before you comment.
*****
(screams in pain as hand is impaled)
+GodzillaFanForever 1 then what pull it back and fouth?
Other's have mentioned the old-fashioned version of this for using around campfires. I must say, I was turned off of these as a child at summer camp where we called them "mountain pies" when I was badly burned by the cherry pie filling we were using.
You can rinse it under cold water for a sec in between uses so you don't burn yourself.
That is a very bad idea. You will end up warping the pan by running cold water on it. Causing it to not sit on the stove right, but also cause food to not cook right when placed in it.
fleacythesheepgirl Terrible idea, like Lonewolf said.
Lonewolf1925 You'll also ruin the heat tempering, causing the hardness of the metal to change, probably to something more brittle.
Flamezombie years of quenching hot pans in cold water have yielded zero warped pans, in my experience. It's not so hot that it'd affect the tempering either, surely.
Source: worked in a restaurant with a bunch of disgustingly hot cast iron.
The problem with doing that isn't warping, it's loosening the non-stick coating on it. And I certainly have had that happen.
You need a ridgemonkey in your life its like a diabolo but fits the whole slice of bread in it. And you can cook all sorts of things in it
I admit I stumbled upon your videos because of the NC controversy and although I like your videos you only got me to chuckle a handful of times. But when you threw the bread to the birds I laughed out loud. It was such an unexpected moment :D.
I've got some ideas.
-roast coffee beans in it
-cook pasta in it
-make tea in it
-sear apples in it
-extract information from prisoners with it
There are square ones called "pie irons" that we used all the time when camping as kids. We held them over the campfire, because they have longer handles for it. Same concept as the Diablo, but pie irons can actually accommodate a sandwich without losing half the bread! I love those things.
they made it small on purpose, now everyone is going to buy the diablo 2 its new feature is that its bigger. And thats it.
Roger Schooneveld And then after everyone loves that you'll have to wait over a decade for the Diablo 3
Dr. Forrester And that one will need to hook to the internet, even though it doesn't need it.
Diablo 2
Electric Boogaloo
John Carver daredevil should use this toaster as his primary weapon.
Dr. Forrester And then it will lose half of its features
The first thing I thought of when I saw the title was a scene from the first Smokey and the Bandit movie where the Sheriff (Buford T. Justice) walks into a truck stop and says "gimme a Diablo sammich n' a Dr. Pepper, and make it fast, I'm in a goddamn hurry."
these have existed since like the 1800, probably longer.... like for over camp fires... this is nothing great and revolutionary, though they actually are usually bread shaped... so I guess it's got it beat in the being wasteful department.
This would be tasty with an english muffin and fillings.
Holy shit you're a genius. MIKE GET ON THAT!
Nexius We don't call them English Muffins in England though. They're called RuuDaDoos here.
***** oh come on that one was made up. It HAD to be! What do you spread lalalili on it and have it with a nice glass of coocookachoo? England is weird.
Yeah, Mike see if it will work on English muffins (not saying you were using it wrong).
If I heard anybody shouting ruudadoo or piggly wiggly in the street I'd think they were having a stroke. the English language is weird.
This device is just begging to be used for sandwiches at a church potluck.
Great episode
I bought one of these because of this video. 5 years later I still have and use it. Great product, best used with burger buns of bread slices
You did it all wrong, you where supposed use the Angel version
ATOMIZER He has to use it only on tuesdays with the lights off. duh.
Don't complain
CRAFT
ATOMIZER Hell no.
ATOMIZER The only thing here he made right was the egg sandwich, as he used eggs and breadcrumbs so it takes shape.
ATOMIZER
It makes a heavenly pancake before singing 'American Pie'
Hey Mike, I know something you can do with all those extra bits! After cooking with your oven, put them in on a leftover aluminum tray. The residual heat toasts them up, and after doing this a few times, pulverize them in a food processor. Badaboom badabing, you've just made homemade breadcrumbs! Works well with the bread ends also.
Wow a cheese toastie... In America we call em grilled cheese.
You just reminded me how much I miss my childhood toasted grilled cheese. I think I need to buy another one.
When I was in the Boy Scouts, we used to use a device very similar to this. It was called a Pie Iron. It actually cooked full size sandwiches, since it was square. Never tried making anything else. Can't remember if it was cast iron or aluminum, but we used to use them all the time over an open fire or on our propane stoves. Very handy gadgets. Makes me want to get one for myself.
Leo LeBron Probably cast iron... but that could just be me hating aluminum pans... and I wouldn't trust the stuff on an open fire...
Brandon Cowan oh yeah, aluminum pans melt on open flames... I killed one on a barbeque.
PsylomeAlpha I mean, when I go camping we get rid of the few beer cans we take by burning them down... I've even melted glass in a relatively small fire.
Since it's round, why not use a bagel?
That this is too small for a bagel.
Lord Spoice What about mini bagels?
The air would make if fucking explode due to pressure.
Classy Man all the more reason why HE should do it and film it for us to watch
thescaredshadow You mean to tell me this ENGLISH product would be great for ENGLISH muffins?
You're doing it wro.....
Oh wait, everything seems fine and your cooking has improved... carry on.
We have these in the US (minus the horns). But the thing we have is square and can actually fit the whole sandwich in it. My family use them over an open fire for making melted peanut butter and chocolate toasties while camping.
10:53 I laughed too hard at that.
*throughs like HowToBasic
"There you go, you ungreatful bastards!
...throughs.
I have half a flip pan thing that my grandmother gave me (you can use them for like pancakes too)-- but it's much bigger and can actually fit a slice of bread. You get a nice melt on cheese.
we had those when i was a kid. we always took them camping. but the ones we had were square and had longer sticks for putting them in the fire. they were great to put fruits and stuff in. my favorite stuff to put in were pizza ingredients for a pizza sandwich
God I have my headphones on and I hear Mike whisper "it's cooked" into my ear
Oh no, now you've got me obsessing about sandwiches again. It happens every time I watch this video... Anyway, if you enjoy sandwiches as much as I do, here's a great one from Germany called "Strammer Max": Basically it's an open faced sandwich made from a base of rye bread roasted in a pan with a generous amount of butter, topped with thick cut bacon (which is sadly very hard to get in Germany) and a fried egg - sunny side up - with the yolk still nice and runny. Top it off with some grilled tomato slices, caramelized onions, mixed pickles, mature cheese,... or just any thing that'll make you happy! Enjoy ;)
I died at "It's Cooked. It's Cooked."
*Cooked*
'Izhalfafukkinsanwich!'
You sort of channeled Dave Lister there XD
I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed it or found it funny too XD.
When making the full-sized apple pie, it's best to spread butter upon the pastry before adding the apples. This will not only add to the taste, but also create a sort of barrier to keep juices from the apple from soaking into the pastry. I wonder if that would've made a difference here?
On the other hand, from the amount of smoke it created, perhaps investing in an outdoor grill would have been a better idea than cooking it inside.
Damn you, Jeavons. I really want a cheese toastie now.
I've used something similar to this on a campfire for some sandwich, except it had a handle like a campfire stick and had a square end that fit more of the bread.
when I was a kid we used to use things alot like that while camping to make things called pudgy pies... you took bread and put pie filling inbetween it and then put it on hot coals and had a bread pie that was toasted...you could also use it to make a toasted sandwich with it most were square shaped to fit all teh bread but Ive seen circle ones as well...
You could use the crust to make something similar to stuffing. It likely wouldn't have the same texture and flavor since you would prepare it differently, but cooking some bread with onion, butter, herbs, and any other flavors you may like still sounds good.
These have been around for decades. My mum used a similar device in the 70s.
Wait... that's something from the Ideal Home Show? As in, it's being advertised as something new and innovative? Those things have been around for decades... they're just not usually called sandwich toasters. Try looking for something along the lines of a "pie iron" on Google. Some of them are even square so that you don't have to maul the bread. The only thing new about this is the "Diablo" branding.
Bruwulf well, I learned something new today.
mamberu
or hobo pie maker but it all the same
Bruwulf I agree. their is a more crude looking one for camping. You basically throw the thing in the fire, and then attach the handle to flip it over.
Indeed, I have one that can fit two sandwichs at the same time. It's not as good to make pancakes and pies though.
Newfoundlander here. I grew up in the 80s and early 90s, and remember using one of those plug-in countertop sandwich toasters. I loved making pizza pockets with bread, tomato sauce, cheese and wieners. Yum!
I don't know about over there in England but I grew up with several of those sandwich cooker. The one was older than me by at least 10 years. One of the best things we ever made in them was pizza pockets. I would suggest, if you like the Diablo, to scour the internet to find a larger one that won't waste any of your bread. Although I always preferred the round ones to the square ones
But can you cook the Diablo IN the George Foreman grill?
If you do , get ready for the ultimate toasted exoerience£
+VAIO User2 I meant to put !
Haven't even seen the video yet, but you're doing it wrong Mike :P JK
This thing has existed for quite a while, and we have one from quite a few years back and it works really well.
My family had a similar product we used while camping. It had a round pan and an elongated handle which you could use to hold it over the camp fire. Why not place it over a tiny fire to cook?
Please never stop making videos, Mike! I'm always looking forward to Sunday to see the weird stuff you come by... Keep up the good work :)
Greetings from Italy
Crusts can be made into breadcrumbs for other dishes or get a round cut loaf for the diablo.
I used to make cheese toasties with a big plastic circle cookie cutter. Just make your sandwich and press the circle cookie cutter into the sandwich, and press it again with the flatter side (helps if you use a wooden cutting board).
The egg sandwich looks delicious as does the dangerous apple pie!
I like the intro music, it make it seems like something exciting is happening. When really it's just a toasty maker.
Thinking again, I think the reason why this wastes so much bread is to ensure an encapsulated pocket sandwich. Something that you don't always have with regular sandwich pocket makers.
Come to think of it, I'm amazed at how close the dials are to the actual heating areas on your cooktop. Don't ever accidentally reach too far to the left. :x
What I hate about regular sandwich toasters is that the hinge that keeps them shut can break so easily, at least that applies to the cheap ones.
you could also use the leftover bread bits for a hasbrown fry up
It's not new, we had one under the stairs and it was old when i was young (currently 29) it's definitely older than me and was designed for open fires. it had the same basic design but i don't recall it ever being used and knowing my dad it's probably still there.
I have something similar to this that's square so there's no wasted bread crusts, works pretty well, though it's slightly bigger than the normal sized loaves of bread I get so they kinda slide around on the inside lol
I had a different version of this you'd use for camping, it's square and had a long handle. You'd stick it into the fire-pit for a few minutes each side and that'd be it, that had to be about 8 years ago, glad technology has "improved" this product to make it into a circle...
A quick walk down memory lane about the electronic sandwich makers I used to use the one my Grandma had all the time growing up. My cousins around lunch time would beg for me to use it and I would make all of our sandwiches.
They honestly liked regular grilled cheese more, but liked how easily they could persuade me to make it for them. My Grandma was happy because she didn't have to get off her ass to make us lunch lol. And I liked the feeling of being the older one taking care of them. Ahh good times.
Also a side note, I have been staying at a hotel so I haven't been able to cook anything that requires a stove for 3 months. Grilled cheese is one of the things that I miss the most. To mix it up a little I love putting a slice of tomato with basil on it in them sometimes. So yeah I'll probably eat a lot of those this next week.
as a lot of people have already said, if this was even just slightly bigger, it would be really cool. I think it is cool that it seals all the fillings in.
I've decided that If they made a square one that didnt cut the crust off I'd fall in love
Worcestershire sauce on a grilled cheese sandwich... no wonder the empire crumbled
Yeah everyone knows you're suposed to use Hendos
I have a really old one like this. It was my grandmother's and made of cast iron. My mom always told me it is called a toast tight.
It looks the same as the Diablo one you have, except older and no horns. Also the handle at the end is made of wood.
It does get rid of most of the sandwich, but as a child I hated the crust anyways. I still use it from time to time, but only to make cool round and sealed grilled cheese sandwiches, kinda like the first thing you made. However, if a person likes the crust, there sandwich normal size, or do not like hard toasted edges to their sandwich, then it is probably not for them.
I thought it was cool they still make them, even with cute themes like Diablo. Anyways, great video as always. ^-^
My family catches and cooks seafood very frequently so we would blend the edges and use the bread crumbs to batter the fish
Seems like this is the kind of gag gift you give to a nerdy friend that doesn't cook much
although you do have a lot of leftover crust, the way it cuts it is quite satisfying.
Same as a Pudgy-Pie Iron. I used those camping in the 70's when I was a toddler!
It's called a hobo-pie-maker, and it dates back by a century at least. The design actually means you can put almost any solid food in and then put it in a bowl or on a plate.
The general idea is that if you can scrounge even one slice of bread together, then you can fold it over and put something in it. But you can put random leftover bits in it and make something. A hobo wouldn't waste the bread crust, and would probably have the crust for breakfast, cook the sandwich in the coals while packing up his bindle, and then pull it, and let it cool on the walk until he got a bit more hungry later.
The compact design meant that it was the only cooking implement you needed and nothing was wasted. If you had bread crusts and an egg, then you crack and egg into the crusts and close it up, and it makes a fine meal.
When cooking the pie, cook it on a lower temperature for longer. No need to have it on full blast all the time. It's selling point is that it seals the food and doesn't leak.
Diablo sandwich toaster: use for everything except sandwiches
So...it does nothing your frying pan can't do, but with half of your sandwich? Yaayy...let me go and get one now!!
Oh that's neat that your applesauce has little squares of apple in them. And that looked like an awesome egg sandwich.
I could see this being a very nice thing to bring camping, given it's small size and ability to hold things inside without risk of losing them on your fire :3
That pan looks *a lot like what's known as a "hobo pie maker" in the northern US, only crud, and not made to throw directly into a fire to bake. But yes, those sandwich pockets from those machines was definitely a delight to be had during my time in England, and it was sad times when my machine went the way of the dodo. Took until about 2 years ago before I found one here on this side of the planet. Granted, I didn't look very hard, but still.
It seems like it would take a long time to make a whole meal with this, especially for multiple people.
A pudgie pie iron! We had these in the 70's, but they were big enough for a standard sized piece of bread.
When camping, I leave my square cast iron jaffle (toastie) iron open on a rock. I found It cooled down a wee bit quicker. Just thought I'd put that out there. :)
That unit looks pretty freaking groovy!
Man, you've been able to buy sandwich makers (usually sold for camping) for years, they're older than the hills. The square cast aluminum ones only cost $10 or so, AND fit a whole square sandwich.
We used these things, but with longer handles, over the campfires when we were kids.
When I was lad in the 70s we had one of those square cast iron ones. I guess when this one would be slightly bigger I think it would be a grand idea
Just ordered one, cheers fam.
As a half-American half-Brit, Worcestershire sauce is the bee's knees.
Not even .1% British and I love that stuff.
Somewhat British Australian and I'm not a fan.
HP sauce, however...
Pro tip... run the cookware under cold water if it's too hot to handle.
I want a gif of him throwing the bread to the birds
The main concerns seem to be the size and hot bits (that isn't unusual though).
And despite the waste, those things did look amazing, and I would not say no. And the pancakes don't see any of the size problems, so that is cool
Perhaps this thing is primarily for the U.S. market--I think it would fit the standard-sized sliced bread over here pretty well, with less waste.
Or, you know, they could've just made it square...
Mike, by Jove i think I've got it! The true purpose of the ultimate chopper is to make fillings for tiny circular toasted sandwiches. Blast up some cheese, tomato, onions, peppers....whatever really...then put it in this.
I accept no responsibility if it somehow explodes and kills you in the process.
It's seems that every exhibition centre in London looks the same. I worked at the Business and Design Centre for a while and it literally looks like the Olympic Centre.
You know I have seen some very small pieces of bread and this makes me thinks I have found a use for them
I come back to this video just to watch Mike enjoy the egg sandwich.
Use burger buns
You must be american.
HistoricaHungarica Why would you even say that? Are hamburger rolls a technology that only the United States has managed to develop? Do they not sell rolls or buns in other countries?
They have burger buns in the Uk too lmao being American has nothing to do with it
HistoricaHungarica
Don't insult me
Don't get me wrong. There are a large variety of bakery goods that can be asked, but jumping to "hamburger buns" (or hotdog buns) for the very next thing to test is - let's be honest - very stereotype american.
I would try to make meatballs in it next... or fried bananas.
I feel like it's almost as though you're just going through the stages of "What the hell can't this thing do?"
I wouldn't say the sandwich toaster came first. I grew up eating toasted sandwiches made by my grandma with something very similar to that diablo, except it could actually fit the bread.
We had those kinds of products in the US, as well, Mike. I remember making grilled cheese sandwiches as a kid. We even made pizza sandwiches.
Also, the Diablo would be awesome if it was a little bigger. It looks like it can cook pretty well.
In denmark we have something called "toast bread" in addition to "sandwhich bread" It's basically slightly drier, smaller pieces of sandwich bread, which fits perectly in a toaster (what you'd call a toastie)
MaMastoast Some companies now are selling "Toastie" variants of their bread, smaller thicker slices usually, so a loaf that's a great size for toasted sandwiches, but that runs out much more quickly than a nice medium sliced loaf.
David McCooey Sometimes I wish they'd just make toasters (toasties) that fit with sandwich bread :P. The reason I don't wanna buy the dedicated bread is because it's pretty much too dry to eat normally after 1 days of being opened.
I love Sandwich makers.
they're perfect to make mini pizzas with toast.
Also if you want to waste less crust you could try smaller sandwiches.
I get them in two sizes here regular and small. Not sure what you guys have.