DASH MultiMaker Mini 4 in Removable Plates, 2-Pack

What the maker puts in writing

• “Hop to It: With the Dash Removable Plate Set, featuring two 4-inch cooking surfaces, you can add a pinch of Irish luck and a sprinkle of Easter charm to breakfast all year round”
• “MultiMaker Plate Pack: Each Two-Plate Pack of the Dash Removable Plates is compatible with the Dash MultiMaker Mini Maker System; Waffle Maker sold separately”
• “Dishwasher Safe Plates: These mini waffle iron Plates have a dual, nonstick coating and go right into the dishwasher for a no-mess cleanup”
• “Collect Them All: Add all of these fun, easy-to-swap Plates to your collection, so you can have seasonal waffles for any occasion”
• “Happiness Is Homemade: Dash products invite families to gather together for the joy of cooking and eating at home”
• From the name: “Fun-Shaped Waffle Breakfast”, “Waffle Maker Not Included”, “Two-Pack - Grill Plates, 4-Inch”
• Reference DIWGG12RM50 · Catalog: 175 × 127 × 127 mm (6.89 × 5 × 5 in)

A shaped plate that never publishes its shape

The product name promises “Fun-Shaped Waffle Breakfast” and then calls the contents “Grill Plates, 4-Inch”.

Bullet one gestures at two holidays and names neither shape: “a pinch of Irish luck and a sprinkle of Easter charm”.

Bullet four is the business model: “Collect Them All… so you can have seasonal waffles for any occasion.”

So the cheapest item on this shelf is bought for a pattern it does not describe, and the only measurement on the page is 4 inches.

Why that matters more than it sounds. The shape is the entire difference between this and the plate already in the machine. And shape governs the bake: a deep, simple grid releases cleanly, while thin projections and narrow corners are precisely where batter sticks and where a shaped waffle tears coming out.

Two pages on this shelf publish a pattern specification. The Cuisinart GR-WAFP at $56.26 and the GVODE at $38.99 both state “4 deep pocketed, 3/4-inch thick Belgian waffles” — a count and a thickness, and the only waffle thickness published anywhere here. The GreenPan at $299.95 distinguishes “classic American-style” from “thicker Belgian” and ships a set of plates for each.

Here you get four inches and a holiday.

The practical reading: this is a pack to buy when you already own the Mini and have seen the picture, not one to buy from the written page.

Five plate sets and seven machines on one shelf

This is a plate-only item, and so are four others. The rest of the shelf is complete appliances with removable plates.

The five plate sets, and what they fit:

this, $9.99 — the Dash MultiMaker Mini Maker System Dash waffle 2-plate pack, $13.49 — the Dash MultiMaker Flex Press Grill System, a larger and different machine, two versions of which are themselves on this shelf at $34.99 and $49.74 GVODE, $38.99 — Cuisinart Griddler GR-4N, GR-4N(TK), GR-5B, GR-6, GRID-8N, and expressly not GR-4, GRID-8, GR-150, GR150P1 Deluxe or GR-300WSP1 Elite Cuisinart GR-WAFP, $56.26 — GR-4N, GR-4 and GR-5B only Breville, $64.95 — the Smart Grill BGR820XL, and the Sear & Press BGR700

The seven machines sold on Amazon.com: OSTBA $29.99 · Dash Forged Iron $34.99 · Aigostar $39.99 · BLACK+DECKER $48.99 · Dash Graphite $49.74 · Metine $49.99 · GreenPan $299.95.

And there is a trap in the middle of the plate list. The Cuisinart and GVODE sets are nominally interchangeable and their compatibility lists disagree: the maker’s own plates fit GR-4, which the third-party set explicitly excludes; the third-party set fits GR-6 and GRID-8N, which the maker’s own list never mentions. Neither is a superset of the other.

So the one thing to do before buying any plate on this shelf is read the model number off the underside of your machine.

This page is at least unambiguous: one system, named once, with “Waffle Maker sold separately” stated in the bullets and again in the product name.

Four inches, which is the smallest surface here by a factor of three

The published cooking surfaces on this shelf:

10.8 × 5.5 inches each — the Metine at $49.99, about 59 square inches 8 × 5 inches — both Dash Flex Press machines, 40 square inches “4-Square” — the GreenPan at $299.95, with no dimension given 4 inches — this, which as a round plate is about 12.6 square inches

At least eight of the fourteen items here publish no cooking surface at all, including the Breville plates at $64.95, the BLACK+DECKER at $48.99, the OSTBA at $29.99 and the Aigostar at $39.99.

So this is roughly a third of a Dash Flex Press plate and a fifth of a Metine plate.

Which is the format, not a failing. Four inches is one waffle for one person — a mini maker is a single-socket appliance for a child’s breakfast or a dorm room, and the plate is sized to the machine.

The catalog footprint is 175 × 127 × 127 mm — about 7 × 5 × 5 inches for the pack — which says the plates are small and the carton is most of it. No weight is published, where the sister pack for the larger machine catalogs at 499 g for its two plates.

On price per square inch the bigger pack wins easily. $9.99 for two 4-inch plates against $13.49 for two 8 × 5-inch plates, from the same maker: three dollars fifty buys roughly triple the surface — if you own the bigger machine.

A dual non-stick coating, dishwasher safe, and nothing about either

“These mini waffle iron Plates have a dual, nonstick coating and go right into the dishwasher for a no-mess cleanup”

“Dual” is not explained anywhere on the page. The plausible reading is both faces — a plate pack has an upper and a lower, and both are cooking surfaces — but it could equally mean two coating layers, which is how the GVODE at $38.99 describes its own: “boards sprayed with double-layer TEflon”.

And that is the comparison worth making, because coating chemistry is published by three of the twelve items sold on Amazon.com and not by this one:

GVODE, $38.99 — “double-layer TEflon”, and “BPA free” Aigostar, $39.99 — “non-stick/teflon cooking surface” GreenPan, $299.95 — “Thermolon Volt, a diamond-infused ceramic nonstick… free of PFAS, PFOA, lead or cadmium”, which makes it the only non-fluoropolymer plate on this shelf The other nine, including this — “nonstick”, and nothing more

The dishwasher claim is universal here and only two items qualify it. All twelve say dishwasher safe. The GVODE adds: “Most of time, recommend hand wash with soap to protect the non-stick for long term use.” The BLACK+DECKER at $48.99 adds the only care warning on the shelf: “Avoid metal utensils, abrasive cleaners, and aerosol cooking sprays to help protect the coating.”

That third one is the item nobody else mentions and it matters most on a shaped plate. Aerosol cooking sprays carry propellant and lecithin, which polymerize on a hot non-stick surface into a gummy varnish that will not wash off — and a shaped plate with narrow corners is exactly where it accumulates.

Which is awkward, because a shaped plate is also the one most tempting to spray. Brush a little melted butter or oil instead.

What is not published

The shape, as above, on a plate sold for its shape.

Whether they are waffle or grill plates. The product name says both — “for Fun-Shaped Waffle Breakfast” and “Grill Plates, 4-Inch” — and the bullets say “two 4-inch cooking surfaces” without choosing.

No weight, where the sister Flex Press pack catalogs at 499 g.

No plate material. Two items on this shelf name one: the GVODE at $38.99 is “food grade aluminum”, and the GreenPan at $299.95 publishes “CAST PLATES: Removable and ultra-durable plates deliver optimal heat conduction”. Cast plates hold heat; a thin pressed plate drops in temperature the moment cold batter lands on it, which is what makes a second waffle paler than the first.

No moat. Two items on this shelf solve the characteristic failure of a waffle plate — batter running over the edge: the Breville at $64.95 with “the no-mess moat design feature prevents excess waffle batter spilling out and onto your counter top”, and the GreenPan at $299.95 with an “EXTRA-LARGE MOAT… frames the plates on all sides”. The OSTBA at $29.99 names the problem without solving it: “Avoid overfilling the sandwich press to prevent latch damage”. The other nine say nothing, and overflow on a small shaped plate is the likeliest mess on this shelf.

No batter quantity. A four-inch plate holds a specific volume and the page gives none, which combined with the missing moat means the first waffle is a guess.

No metal-utensil guidance, as above, where the BLACK+DECKER forbids it. A shaped waffle that sticks gets a fork to it, and a single cut in a non-stick film propagates from that point for the rest of the plate’s life.

No warranty, which no item on this shelf publishes.

No country of manufacture, which no item on this shelf publishes either.

Availability

Read on the day this page was built: $10 at the American Amazon shop.

Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.