Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

After considering an electric griddle for months and doing some research, I decided on this model. I have a family of 5, so the large cooking surface appealed to me, as I could cook more food in a shorter period of time. I didn't need a "Mercedes" version with all of the bells and whistles, but I wanted to have a model with even cooking and a non-stick surface. This product seemed to fit the bill. At first... I have only used this griddle 5 times (the 5th being this morning), and only for pancakes and bacon. The temperature has never been set above 350°. This morning, I cooked pancakes on it and there was a noticeable warp from the ends declining toward the middle. When I poured my pancake batter on it, it slid toward the middle and made my pancakes tear drop shaped and it was difficult to keep the batter from running into adjacent pancakes. The previous two times I used it was for bacon, so if the warping occurred then, I didn't notice. In reference to even cooking, I don't have really any complaints. Yes, there are "stripes" but I can live with that, as the pancakes still turned out pretty well. And, I didn't have any issues with bacon cooking unevenly. The non-stick surface is great- I have never used oil and I don't think I ever will. My biggest issue, as stated above, is the bowing toward the middle. If I could return it, I would, as making pancakes is the primary reason I bought it. Call me OCD, but I want my pancakes to be ROUND- not tear drop shaped.