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Acrêpe maker is a cooking device used to makecrêpes,galettes,pancakes,blinis ortortillas. It should not be mistaken for a regular pan or acrêpe pan.
Crêpe makers were originally largecast-iron plates set over thefire to cook cereal-based batters. The machines have since evolved and the cast-iron plates were set on top ofstainless steelframes. These first machines wereelectric machines, and later on, gas crêpe griddles were developed as well. Although professional cast-iron crêpe makers usually need to beseasoned, non-stick cast-iron griddles can now be commonly found on the market.
Crêpe cooking machines are commonly referred to as crêpe makers or crêpe griddles.
They are also known asbillig, mainly inBrittany, France, wherecrêpes originated.Billig is amutated form of thebreton wordpillig meaning "crêpe maker".[1]