Wahei Freiz Stovetop Sandwich Press — Small

Ingeniously simple and efficient to use, the Milk Street-exclusive Wahei Freiz Stovetop Sandwich Press is the better way to make grilled sandwiches—and so much more—at home. Typical panini presses are clunky and large, requiring a plug to work, while old-school Toas-Tite sandwich makers squish crusts and trap fillings. The Wahei instead is a simple, space-saving metal clamshell with no electrical component, simply place your assembled sandwich in one tray, close the other side over it and place the sandwich press over your stove. Your sandwich will brown evenly as both metal plates heat up—if you do want to flip, this won’t make a mess—crisping on the outside and becoming melty on the inside. And we tested it for more than sandwiches: the press makes the ultimate breakfast sandwich (we even fried an egg over easy right in the press first), sears scallops, perfectly cooks chicken thighs, makes cheeseburgers and produces moist salmon with crispy skin. This model of the sandwich press works on gas, electric and induction stovetops.