Imagine this: It’s Saturday morning, and the kitchen is a mess. Pancakes and scrambled eggs are fighting for room, and the bacon is curving up in strange ways because the skillet is too small. Add some hungry kids and a spouse asking for French toast, and you’re sure to get angry. Before the best extra large electric skillets came, that was my life. When I plugged this beast in one morning, it felt like the whole house let out a sigh of relief.
This gizmo doesn’t just make your kitchen bigger; it changes the way you use it. The surface might also be used as a landing pad for a cat. All of a sudden, there’s space for everything—bacon on one side, pancakes on the other, and no one gets squeezed. Hash browns don’t have to sit in a sad corner anymore. You won’t believe how you managed to make breakfast without this much cooking time.
Cleaning up used to mean frightening your sponge with an early death. Now all you have to do is swipe and wipe, and you’re good to go. That smooth, nonstick coating is to blame. Cleaning up is nearly fun because the skillet doesn’t stick to messes. Drop-ins for dinner? You plug it in, put six grilled cheese sandwiches on it at once, and let everyone be amazed at how quickly you can do two things at once like an expert.
The secret to your success is being able to control the temperature across the whole surface. You can grill veggies on one side and sear steak on the other, and both will turn up perfectly. No one is picking at soggy sides anymore. Your kitchen goes from being a mess to being calm almost overnight.
On Tuesday night, make stir fry, fajita veggies, or anything else you have in the fridge. There’s enough space for everything to get crispy and sizzle. Cleanup doesn’t fight back. That means more time hanging out with the family on the couch, and the dish rack won’t mind.
Camping excursion with a group? An electric skillet that is really big. Brunch with the neighbors? The same answer. Feeding a group of teens? Once again, the trusty skillet comes to the rescue. You might find yourself going back to recipes that you thought were “too much.” You can be creative by making a huge hash or having breakfast for dinner. There’s nothing like it.
This big skillet might not fix all of your cooking problems, but it sure makes you feel like you can do anything. The mess gets smaller, the tastes get stronger, and all of a sudden, cooking for a lot of people seems less like a disaster and more like a party. And who wouldn’t want to rejoice with friends over a hot meal?