Customer Reviews

Rome's #1605 Double Pie Iron with Steel and Wood Handles

5 star:		(8)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

I've been using the single pie iron for years.

I like putting in a piece of bread larger than the actual form of the pie iron. That way it crimps the bread together and nothing oozes (highly sophisticated term) in to the pie iron and makes a mess. Secondly when you eat it less ends up on your shirt.

This double one sounds like a great idea but doesn't allow for the crimp. I highly recommend just buying two singles and you will have to wash less shirts and less maintenance on the pie iron.

note: Marshmallows, chocolate and bread may sound good but doesn't work. My marshmallows just disappeared into the bread and I was left with lumpy Hersheys (not what it use to be). :)

For best results buy bread with large slices (not necessarily think but wide and tall for the crimp).

We have used this pie iron to make grilled ham and cheese sandwiches, fruit pies with bread, sausage links, and french toast. It has recipes for so many different foods that we know we can have fun learning to make new things. Like any pie iron it takes awhile to make enough food for a group of people, but it is easy and fun.

Very Good product with one minor thing, the handle needs to be thicker and longer. As for the pie maker it is the best that i have and i have several pie makers. All in all your product gets a A+ A+

My wife got to use a single sandwich pie-iron and thought she'd one-up that one with a double... Well, It does the trick, but is quite heavy. If you have something to rest it on within the fire, it will do the trick. Our handle on one of the sides separated after the first use which makes this a bit challenging to manage. I'm certain it is easy enough to fix if the pin that is supposed to hold it in place comes out, however it is disappointing to have to deal with something poorly put together after the first use. All-in-all, the sandwiches tasted great and my forearms got a good workout but the construction could have been quality checked a bit better.

This product does what it's supposed to do well, but I have 2 reservations about it:

1) It is only a "double" pie iron if you are using Wonderbread. No other standard slice of bread will fit into this side by side.

2) The advertising for Rome on the outside of the pie iron makes cleaning and maintaining a rust-free pie iron very difficult. Rust forms very quickly between the raised letters on the surface of the exterior and it's very difficult to scour out. It's also difficult to get oil between the letters to prevent more rust from forming once you've managed to get the old rust out. A smooth outer surface would have been much easier to deal with.

My family love this item. It has been so much fun making different recipes while camping. We've used it many times and will use it so much more!! Thanks for a great product.

ordered this dec 21 and had it by the 24th...

wonderful service,,,

and great mountain pies in the fireplace....

My famly uses these at camp all the time. I think after I got mine I order at least 6 more. They are great and easy to take care of. Clean them right away after use and you will not have any problems with them. Great

Just received my Double Pie Iron today and seasoned it for use. Overall construction is good and I'm sure this thing will last longer than I'll be around. I should have gotten the short handled version as I love grilled sandwiches so I'll probably be using this more at home, but this one will work double duty at home and while camping so the extra long handles will come in handy outdoors.

As with all cast iron, they take time to season so this one will take a little more preparation before it's ready for full time work. My first grilled ham and cheese stuck a little but they'll get better. As for the size of the iron, the bread here (Japan) is a little larger than American bread so I had to cut it down to size, but the deep pockets of this iron gives plenty of room to add lots of goodies. I cut my ham thick, added two slices of cheese, some tomato slices, the dressing and spices, and all fit well within this iron.

The one thing I would like to see, however, is a crimper around the edges and down the middle. My sandwiches fell apart as I pulled them out because there is no crimper to fuse the two slices of bread together. Perhaps I should have tried making them without cutting the bread to fit inside and just left it hanging out, but that would have really smoked up the place as the edges would have burned in the fire. It might work, but I'd rather have everything inside away from the flames and sealed for easier removal.

All in all, a good product and I'm sure I'll get lots of use from it.

Bought this for my fiance and we used it on the firepit last night - what fun! We made a "dessert panini" I suppose you could call it - ciabatta bread, nutella, and strawberry preserves - mmm!

It cooked really fast...faster than we thought (the first round burned). When we tried again we gave it maybe 2 minutes on either side in the hottest part of the fire and it was perfect. We have yet to try other kinds of sandwiches or eggs, and it seems like the possibilities are endless.