A waffle machine in the shape of a keyboard, you had to think about it. And it seems that it is an idea that pleases, because it is selling like hot cakes.
Its name is the Keyboard Waffle Iron (sometimes abbreviated to KWI). It's not really a machine because it's not electric. Perhaps the more appropriate term would be kitchen utensil. Indeed, as one would for a saucepan or a frying pan, the device is to be used on a hob, because it does not produce heat itself.
That doesn't make it complicated to use, though. All you have to do is prepare your waffle batter, while the Keyborad Waffle Iron is heating up on the hob. Then we pour the dough in, let it cook, turn over to cook on both sides, and it's ready! Then garnish the waffle as desired. Salty, sweet, or both.
It was the ingenious Chris Dimino, a graphic artist from Brooklyn, who had this incredible idea.
Initially, the project was not intended to be commercialized.
In 2001, Chris Dimino had created a prototype from a typewriter. It was the first time he tried to make his drawings, which are above all concepts, a 3D object. At that time, it was a unique product, an artistic project. The only moment of glory that this invention was to know was the exhibition for students of the School of Visual Arts in New York.
Three years later, he decided to post the photo online, and several sites interested in the project obtained it and shared the information.
And from there, he was constantly receiving emails from people who wanted to buy his invention from him. He always replied that there was only one copy, and that it was an artistic project.
But as the messages and time passed, he realized that the typewriter waffle maker had a commercial future. The number of requests was important and he had to make a product out of it to be able to respond to them.
After multiple attempts to develop something that works, Chris Dimino was finally able to market his waffle maker and satisfy the demands. It has been available online since April 2015. If you want it too, it's over here!
So, do you prefer traditional waffles, Liège waffles, or keyboard waffles?
