Instruct: Classify the given review as either positive or negative.
Query: Avoid at all costs

I virtually never rate products but this griddle is astoundingly horrible! As others have noted it has hot spots and cold spots. I used it for the first (and last) time this morning to make THIN pancakes. It took so long to cook them I was literally over an hour feeding three kids on the highest heat setting - and I didn't even use all of the single-recipe Bisquick batter. "Even" browning required extreme patience and rotating each pancake. I went out this afternoon and bought a Presto. Having lost the receipt and thrown away the packaging, returning the unit is impossible. I won't even send it to Goodwill. Rather than simply throwing it away I will take it into the classroom - surely it will be able to melt crayons in art projects?!?!?!