Toasters!

AllForIt

Bought one of these for my large Irish sliced bread, very happy with it.

Ryath

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058238985/toasters

Kenwood used to make one, I have the previous version of this discontinued model, width adjusts and it fits everything from double decker club sandwiches made on batch to naan breads. Don't know what I'll replace it with when it dies. It's actually my second one first one only lasted about 4 years but this one is well over 10 years old. I really should have brought a spare.

Vita nova

Another thing that annoys me about most dual slot toasters is that for a slice of bread, the side facing the middle is more toasted than the side facing the outside. Sometimes it's so unbalanced that I have to flip the slice mid cycle. It's obviously because there are 2 toasting elements back to back in the centre, so it's hotter than the sides but one would think they'd balance the elements better to prevent that happening.

Btw, really like the toaster in the previous post.

dxhound2005

More expensive toasters will toast evenly.

https://homefixerhq.com/why-is-my-toaster-not-toasting-evenly/

"All these problems can be traced back to the cost of the toaster. Cheaper toasters can never toast the bread evenly, but more expensive ones will."

cml387

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118851371#Comment_118851371

Paul Mc Cartney chose "Toast" as one of his Desert Island Disks.

I don't have any views on toast except the special place reserved in hell for people who adjust the settings of the conveyor belt toaster you get in hotels

timmyntc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119901769#Comment_119901769

What does the toast dial mean? Is it heat? Is it time? Is it the seed of a random number generator which decides whether to burn your toast or not?

Gregor Samsa

I for one was very disappointment when I joined my local Toastmasters group, and none of them had a fúcking clue. Toast amateurs, more like!

Deebles McBeebles

Toast rack + long handled lighter. Game changer. Yes it takes longer but it means perfect (if slightly cold) toast and you can call it artisan. Stick some avocado on there and you can charge Qatari beer prices.

L1011

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119901792#Comment_119901792

It depends on the toaster. It does not mean time, like is often claimed, except possibly on some extremely specific models.

Fancier toasters detect the heat of the bread (this mainly means you don't need an extra defrost button if using frozen bread) and in that case the dial refers to that; except if you're using the slot empty to get heat to a toasting rack above in which case it means whatever the hell the manufacturer decides it means for that usage.

HeidiHeidi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119902550#Comment_119902550

I have a bog-standard two-slice toaster, and the dial is definitely time. The lower the number, the quicker it pops.

Agree wholeheartedly with the OP, my go-to crap white bread is Brennans sliced pan, and it annoys me no end (far more than it should) that I can't toast the whole slice properly.

Next time I'm definitely getting a long-slotted one that you can put the slices into sideways.

L1011

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119902561#Comment_119902561

It will always pop quicker the lower the number - no matter what way they work.

But the digits don't mean minutes and there won't be a consistent step between them.

timmyntc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119902571#Comment_119902571

Well yes they dont mean minutes, it is time specified in units of toast-time

L1011

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119905488#Comment_119905488

Except it usually isn't that at all. It's almost always heat based.

Adding a timer means adding modern electronics to actually count the time. Doing it on heat means you can use bimetallic strips and so on

If you do a second round of toast immediately after it won't take as long to toast as the elements will still be warm. A time based system will burn that toast - but a heat based one will automatically correct for that

I haven't had breakfast yet and don't have any bread in the house and would now absolutely kill for a pile of toast

Cluedo Monopoly

My toaster ejects the toasts completely out of the toaster. It can end up anywhere on the kitchen top depending on the bread used. We used to think it was funny but not anymore.

Cluedo Monopoly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119897655#Comment_119897655

How often do you rebuild your toaster?

I remember people were very worried before Y2K that their toasters would not work from 1-Jan-00. There was no need to worry.

Planet X

I don’t rebuild my toaster. Just got it last week.

Parts are available, from the manufacturer, to enable the owner to simply replace them should they malfunction. (as opposed to throwing it in the skip)

I’ll keep you in the loop.

Gregor Samsa

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119905740#Comment_119905740

I wonder is there a vibrant underground community of toaster modders, replacing standard parts with custom, performance ones? Elements that will char custom images onto your toast, soft touch dials and levers for luxurious comfort when operating, LEDs that project the exact colour of your toast as it's being made onto your celling, ejector springs that will launch your toast into orbit, that sort of thing.

Graces7

I was looking at toasters just now but will have to wait.... Just a simple toaster... The gas grill is not effeciient..Last one died of overwork...