Pancakes are better for one reason and one reason alone!!! They don't need some form of grid-shaped apparatus to make them on. You can use a pot, pan, flat-top grill, griddle, you can even use a clothes iron. Waffles require the device referred to as: THE WAFFLE IRON!!! In a zombie survival situation, I'd rather not have to go looking for some abstract piece of technology to make my breakfast.