Save your money
We've just returned this waffle iron to the store after using it once for a large batch of waffles. The recipe that we had successfully used for several years turned out soggy with this waffle iron even on the highest setting. The exterior gets hot to touch, and the temperature control dial is very loose. The alarm is loud and annoying. Our cheap waffle iron, which finaly wore our after many years, was much better. We'll go back to that model and save $25.