User Manual Cuisinart WAF-300 Belgian Waffle Maker

This waffle maker comes with a pancake plate which can be used to make Grilled Cheese, Toastie, or Panini sandwiches. The Panini would not have the grill marks that are traditional, but the taste would probably not be affected. I breakfast sandwiches with English muffins, cheese, bacon, and egg. You could use a roll just a well. When using a roll or thicker bread use a lower toast setting to make sure that it is heated all the way through and toasty

No. The pancakes are only on the bottom half. We used to have a GE waffle/griddle years ago that did open flat but this one doesn't. But, it's the best waffle maker we've had, we love it. It makes the best waffles and is so easy to use.

It has Teflon coating.

After researching and finding the manufactures manual, we did find that the coating is BPA free.