Best pancakes ever!

While back in Chattanooga, we went to Aretha Frankensteins, a small diner in a quaint neighborhood that is famed for its breakfast food and slow service.  M got the shrimp and grits and my niece and I shared the famous buttermilk pancakes.  They were amazing--enormous, but height wise as they were so fluffy.  Check 'em out:

And thankfully they now sell the mix so that you can make your own at home!  I heard the pancake angels sing when I spotted this mix.  I suddenly felt hopeful about tackling pancakes.  I am truly horrendous at making them.  They burn or aren't done in the middle or just taste bland, much to the supreme disappointment of B who holds a special place in his heart for his mother's pancakes.  Now, thanks to this mix, they at least taste amazing.  I just have to figure out now how to get them tall and fluffy and cooked in the middle.  Would a griddle and maybe a pancake ring (if such a thing exists?) help you think?