In a machine for making pancakes in an automatic operation which includes a cabinet with a compartment at the top in which is a container for batter, and a compartment therebelow in which griddles are disposed, and insulation between the compartments; means for heating the griddles individually and sensing the heat thereof, including in each an imbedded heating element and an imbedded sensing element; means for mounting the griddles and made of material for insulating the heat directly from the griddles so as not to transmit the heat to the batter; the mounting means including a hollow tube for enclosing a plurality of electric wires leading to the heating and sensing elements in the griddles; the mounting means also including self-contained means demountably supporting the griddles, with detachable electrical contacts between the wires in the mounting means and the elements in the griddles, and arranged so that upon mechanical mounting of the griddles on the mounting means the electrical contacts are automatically interconnected; the griddles are sealed so that, when demounted, they may be immersed in a cleaning liquid; and means for moving the griddles individually from a vertically aligned stacked position, into a position for filling from the supply of the batter, and then into dispersed positions for distributing heat in the baking cycle, and then again into a stacked position for discharging the pancakes onto a receiver or plate.