Blintz Maker - Kashrut

I have a blintz maker. I want to start using it for dairy, but before I make it dairy, I want to know what my limitations will be in the future. Also, regarding its status as 'ben yomo' etc., is the importance of the device similar to that of an oven? I prefer to avoid doubts and do not bake dairy in a pareve oven.

Hello,

Once you use the device for a dairy mixture, it will become dairy.

Regarding using the device for other types of mixtures.

It is forbidden to use the device for a mixture containing meat, but it is permitted to use the device for a pareve mixture and pareve filling, and afterward, there is no need to wait to eat a meat dish.

When the device is ben yomo from preparing a dairy mixture, initially, you should not prepare pareve blintzes there if you intend to fill them with a meat filling.

If pareve blintzes have already been prepared, according to the Sephardic custom, it is permitted to fill them with a meat filling. According to the Ashkenazi custom, you should not fill them with a meat filling.

However, if pareve blintzes have already been prepared and mixed with meat, they may be eaten even according to the Ashkenazi custom.

When the device is not ben yomo from preparing a dairy mixture, according to the Sephardic custom, it is permitted initially to prepare a pareve mixture there, even if you want to eat with a meat dish, and according to the Ashkenazi custom, it is forbidden to prepare pareve blintzes there with the intention of eating with meat.

Even according to the Ashkenazi custom, if you have no other pot to prepare blintzes, it is permitted to prepare in the device when it is not ben yomo from dairy cooking, a pareve mixture, with the intention to fill them with a meat filling.

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