WARNING PLEASE DO NOT OVERHEAT THE BUDARE BECAUSE IT WILL BURN THE AREPAS and they will stick. We recommend you follow the instructions and cook on LOW-MEDIUM HEAT (¼) This budare heats faster than other budares. We recommend you to follow the instructions. (Yes, you always have to put oil on the budare). Each kitchen has a different heat power and each budare heats differently. Therefore, even at the beginning the best arepologists get their arepas burned and stuck. That is because you are learning how this budare heats. ADVERTENCIA POR FAVOR NO RECALIENTE EL BUDARE PORQUE SE VAN A QUEMAR LAS AREPAS y se pegarán. Te recomendamos seguir las instrucciones y cocinar a CALOR BAJO-MEDIO (1⁄4). Este budare se calienta más rápido que otros budares. (Sí, siempre hay que poner aceite al budare). Cada cocina tiene un poder calorífico diferente y cada budare se calienta diferente. Por lo tanto, al principio hasta a los mejores arepólogos se les pegan las arepas, porque están conociendo cómo se calienta éste budare. Traditional grills have rising ribs on top of their surface. Our design is a flat griddle / grill with furrows. Due to the furrows, the flat surface area of this griddle has less contact with food than a traditional griddle, thereby diminishing the chances of the food sticking to the surface. When you apply oil to the surface, some of it drops to the furrows. When the griddle / grill is heated and the oil reaches its smoking point, the fumes it produces increase the transmission of heat to the food and give way to a smoking effect.