IwataniTakoyaki Grill Pan , Medium, Black

We love this for making takoyaki as well as vegetarian takoyaki with mushrooms. It's easier than we'd initially thought. This unit is advertised for a specific counter top stove, but it works perfectly well on any gas stove top. I do have concerns regarding how well it would work on an electric stove though. Another plus is that it's quite easy to clean.

I used cheap electric plate before I try this.This one gives me better experience overall.Size of the ball is good. Durable. Don’t give me weird taste.Cooking time etc are totally fine.Good for price.

Works great on gas stove. Fun making takoyaki with the kids.

I've made several batches of takoyaki now. This is much better (and proper) way of making takoyaki, as opposed to what I was doing prior, which is improvising using a cakepop maker. The takoyaki pan has grooves running up and down and laterally between the takoyaki chambers, so after pouring the batter, just trace using a bamboo stick or takoyaki poker to divide the batter, just jam it in that notch and trace. So easy! And no doubting yourself whether or not one takoyaki had more batter than the one next to it. I also like the sturdy construction of this takoyaki pan. It's built to last.Sometimes good octopus and fresh octopus is not easy to get in Los Angeles. I pulled from the takoyaki Git repository and made a fork to the default recipe, replacing octupus with BACON. I call this creation BACOYAKI. What you do is this, cut a couple of bacon strips into good bite sizes. Then, before adding any batter, place a bacon chunk into each takoyaki (bacoyaki?) chamber. Let each bacon piece cook somewhat, but not too much, just enough to develop some color. If a piece of bacon is exceedingly fatty, soak it up using some kitchen paper. At this point go ahead and pour the batter as you normally would, and make the BACOYAKI as you normally would. Enjoy!!!

Works well. Very light, non-stick surface. Fits snug on portable butane cook top. Aluminum doesn't quite distribute heat as evenly as the old cast iron style, but the results are decent. Add some seasoned seaweed, some bonito flakes and some takoyaki sauce and it's all good. I would definitely recommend it.

Good product and it works well

It works pretty well on my gas stove. Easy to clean. The Takoyaki mixture gets well distributed. The divisions make it easier to divide each ball. Plus is made in Japan. Brings back good memories...

Made takoyaki on these. They fit and lock onto my gas stove well. Heat gets distributed well. They're also great for making pancake balls. Feels light hut durable.