No one has addressed at length (I've only covered it briefly)
the basic issue -- the counter-intuitiveness of the way
waffles are cooked while the grill is /returning/ to its "correct"
temperature. Most forms of cooking are normally done at
constant temperature.

But, is that *intentional* or just a consequence of the way the
device was hysterically made?

I don't know!!! You tell me!!! Why would anyone get upset over making
waffles??? There's really no need for it!!! You don't want to go running
around the kitchen like a chicken with its head cut off!!! (Unless you're
making chicken and waffles!!!) It would be too, too dangerous!!!

Waffles are one of the few quick-cooking foods that cannot be seen while
they're cooking, so some quasi-automated cooking system seems necessary. If
the grill has a sufficiently low thermal mass to cool quickly when the
batter falls on it, and the heating elements deliver the right amount of
heat to restore the temperature and cook the waffles by the time the
thermostat kicks out again, you have, in effect, a timing mechanism that
adds nothing to the cost of the unit.

While we're on the issue of thermostats... Most (if not all) modern toaster
ovens have dropped the conventional double-thermostat system for making
toast. You now set a mechanical timer of questionable utility. (There are
two toast symbols at the extremes, and no marks between.) I carelessly
burned some bread the other morning; had the sprinkler system gone off, I'd
still be drying out the condo.

Does anyone know how to remove smoke stains from glass? I've tried any
number of strong organic solvents (including MEK), and nothing -- not even
citrus solvent -- seems to dissolve it very well.