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Title: Flawed design
Review: I've been through two of these in the past three years, and I believe the design is inherently flawed. The first one stopped working in the middle of cooking a waffle, about a year ago. To Cuisinart's credit, they honored the 3-year warranty even though I didn't have an actual receipt (I only had the credit card statement that showed the store where I bought it) and replaced it within a month at no charge. The second one just died a few weeks ago, this time the thermostat won't shut off, which could actually be a fire hazard. If you look closely at an actual model, you'll notice that there's a couple of small holes in the upper handle housing that will allow steam to make it through to the thermostat circuitry, and indeed when you cook a waffle you'll get steam coming out from the temperature control knob area. I believe that sooner or later this causes something to short out in the thermostat circuitry. I wouldn't buy another one of these, although they do bake a good waffle.
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