My first pancakes 'fail' (no-one minds eating them :) not because of that but because I need to get the feel for the batter spoon in my wrist, get a feel for the cooking time and get a feel in my wrist for the pan & flipping motion. I do not bake them that often so that feeling needs to come first. After a few it's there and then I can bake 100s of the same ones. Which I do at (beer) festivals.

Also sorry to contaminate the thread.