Toasters!

I think if you get a supermarket own brand toaster like Tesco's it's more likely to fit your Irish size slice.

is that a very young Paul Young in the pop vid??😶

This toaster looks phenomenal. It only does one slice at a time, but it appears to do it to perfection. $270, but it takes thick bread and seems to have enough space for a arched-top pan slice.

think i'll wait for black friday

We have a bread machine that produces loaves that protrude a good bit out of the top of most toasters. So we end up having to rotate the bread multiple times while it's toasting to avoid one end being untoasted.

I've been hunting for a suitable toaster for ages but the one important thing that's hardly ever mentioned in the specs is the size of the toasting compartment!

I may be reduced to cutting out a cardboard replica of a slice of bread and trying it out in the shop at this rate.

Some sandwich makers have the same issue - they can only fit perfectly square micro sized slices - no hope of squeezing in an Irish doorstep.

Regarding toasters, our current one is particularly badly designed. It is a four slice toaster, with two, two slice sections and the minimum you can toast is two slices - no provision to do a single slice. if you need to toast only one slice, the other half of the two bay section also heats up.

Also ... you don't have a choice as to which two slice bay section you use - the right hand two slice bay has to be used first. It will burn out quicker than the other left hand two slice bay, because if you are continually toasting two slices, you can not share the usage load.

If you have two slices already in use and then have to go for another two, the second two slice bay (only operable if first is also being used) will turn on, but it will pop up at the same time as the first, even if the first bay has been on for longer. If you then have to top up the second slices again (because they popped early) you will have to move them back to the first bay, because the second bay will not operate again on its own.

First world problems, I know ..... but I am seriously thinking of throwing it out, just for the stupid design and energy wastage that it contributes to. The wife bought it, because it fitted the kitchen colour scheme - I would have brought it back shortly after using it for the first time, or changed the colour of the kitchen to match a better toaster.

I say "Cheers to toasters"

It's a toast,. I'll... I'll, ah, get me coat.

You could also just let your bread go stale and colour it brown with a marker.

The Mitsubishi jobbie is airtight, so it seals moisture in. You're not just grilling the toast (which a regular toaster does), but steaming it too. Next level future tech for elite toast aficionados, not your average pleb who frets about a mere 270 of your earth dollars.

Was the invention of toast not just a means of making stale bread more palatable for plebs who couldn't get it fresh?

Not really that was the Qtips which he was a member of plus it was called "toast" 😶

wah?? not really? either its him or not😙

It is him.

In 2011 when we were also in straitened times, the Toast Sandwich re-emerged from the 19th century as a cheap meal suggestion. 7.5 pence Sterling. Not to be confused with toasted sandwiches.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toast_sandwich

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.

More expensive toasters will toast 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."

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?

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.

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.

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

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.