Quickcakes® — Pancakes in About a Minute

I think I've seen this before at a Holiday Inn.

Do you have to provide your own pancake original to make copies from or is the pancake stored in memory. Can you add blueberries or chocolate chips through an iPhone app? And most importantly, will it fax pancakes?

spinynorman99 wrote:Do you have to provide your own pancake original to make copies from or is the pancake stored in memory. Can you add blueberries or chocolate chips through an iPhone app? And most importantly, will it fax pancakes?

Probably the funniest comment that I have read on this forum in a long time.
Well played, my friend.

Shit I don't care what you guys say. If I could hit a button and come out of the shower every morning to pancakes it just might be the biggest change for the better in my life.

On the one hand, a bag of their mix makes 504 individual pancakes, so that would keep you in flapjacks for a long time.

On the other, I found the thing on eBay for a little under $2,400, plus shipping. Maybe you'd still be better off with pancakes in a spray can, especially since they don't take up as much counter space.

The magic in its original vanilla (non-Holiday Inn) branding. Don't miss the batter bag burping starting at the 3:30 mark. Or you could, you know, use a waffle iron.

MariaTheresa wrote:On the one hand, a bag of their mix makes 504 individual pancakes, so that would keep you in flapjacks for a long time.

Hi,

This machine went through seven bags of pancake mix for approximately 210 guests served breakfast on this occasion. According to the attendant, they pour water into the mix, massage the bag to mix, then insert it into the machine.

Regards,

Cathy2 wrote:

MariaTheresa wrote:On the one hand, a bag of their mix makes 504 individual pancakes, so that would keep you in flapjacks for a long time.

Hi,

This machine went through seven bags of pancake mix for approximately 210 guests served breakfast on this occasion. According to the attendant, they pour water into the mix, massage the bag to mix, then insert it into the machine.

Regards,

It's a shame you have to pre-mix the batter. If it could stand with dry mix and a water feed, it would be better for that random pancake craving... although any dispenser nozzle still runs the risk of getting awfully fully of crud.

JoelF wrote:

Cathy2 wrote:

MariaTheresa wrote:On the one hand, a bag of their mix makes 504 individual pancakes, so that would keep you in flapjacks for a long time.

Hi,

This machine went through seven bags of pancake mix for approximately 210 guests served breakfast on this occasion. According to the attendant, they pour water into the mix, massage the bag to mix, then insert it into the machine.

Regards,

It's a shame you have to pre-mix the batter. If it could stand with dry mix and a water feed, it would be better for that random pancake craving... although any dispenser nozzle still runs the risk of getting awfully fully of crud.

Or add some one-way vents in the bag and an agitator to the machine and you would not even have to pre-mix / burp, while still avoiding the mess of mixing in the machine environment (rather than in the bag environment).

I saw my first QuickCake machine at the Holiday Inn Express in San Antonio.

The pancakes that the machine put out were OK but that was about it. The cake has warm and had this weird looking sheen to it. It was rather shiny. My biggest gripe was that it really lacked a lot of flavor.

The machine was doing pretty well BUT that was probably because the hotel was pretty vacant. It takes about 45 seconds to a minute to put out a pancake.

zoid wrote:Shit I don't care what you guys say. If I could hit a button and come out of the shower every morning to pancakes it just might be the biggest change for the better in my life.

MariaTheresa wrote:On the one hand, a bag of their mix makes 504 individual pancakes, so that would keep you in flapjacks for a long time.

Maybe there could be some sort of Keurig-like single-dispensing pancake contraption in the offing?

jlawrence01 wrote:I saw my first QuickCake machine at the Holiday Inn Express in San Antonio.

The pancakes that the machine put out were OK but that was about it. The cake has warm and had this weird looking sheen to it. It was rather shiny. My biggest gripe was that it really lacked a lot of flavor.

The machine was doing pretty well BUT that was probably because the hotel was pretty vacant. It takes about 45 seconds to a minute to put out a pancake.

A pancake or a pair of pancakes, at the one mentioned in the OP it was a pair. Of course, there are lots of way to program that machine.

I found the pancakes tasted fine or at least not offensive. I make pancakes from scratch at home. Whenever I have tried pancakes from mixes, they often have an odd taste. These pancakes a the Holiday Inn did not have that off taste from mixes.

When I saw the videos demoing these devices, I didn't see what I hoped to see: exactly how the pancakes are made. I have a sense they are pressed between two heating elements to cook both sides simultaneously. That sheen could come from whatever releasing agent they use to keep them from sticking.

Regards,

Cathy2 wrote:When I saw the videos demoing these devices, I didn't see what I hoped to see: exactly how the pancakes are made.

Would this fit the bill?

mamagotcha wrote:

Cathy2 wrote:When I saw the videos demoing these devices, I didn't see what I hoped to see: exactly how the pancakes are made.

Would this fit the bill?

Hi,

It is pretty close to what I expected with heat coming from above and below. I thought the top heat element might be closer, though I expect is pretty hot. There is probably enough added sugar to the dough to get it to brown well, too.

I think those machines are pretty cool.

Regards,

Lol, had to check out the pancake machine on a recent trip. Pretty cool machine, but I didn't feel the pancakes produced were worth the stomach space with full days of eating and drinking ahead of me. Did have a small taste, tough, not light, bland. If I was in a pinch id eat a few I guess.

Jim,

To each his own, though I found these pancakes at a Kansas City Holiday Inn quite acceptable. I will admit to be charmed far more by the circuses than the bread.

I make pancakes at home, which are fairly plain because the jam and syrup dress them up later. These pancakes were quite similar to mine. Some mixes have an off taste or a vanilla flavoring added, which I don't like in my pancakes.

One of the best features of a complimentary breakfast, a nice glass of cold milk to start the day. I will stop in just for that.

Regards,