Toasters have been around for more than 100 years and the
Slate took on the task of testing eight toasters to see which one was really the toast of the town. Using a highly scientific scale which
judged toasting quality, ease of use, cleanup and value, the toasters were put to the test. After too many loaves of
bread to count, the results were in. The high-end toasters like the DeLonghi Aluminum 2-Slice and the KitchenAid Pro Line 2-Slice finished with the
best scores, though they were low in the "value" category. Generally, the less expensive toasters, like the
T-Fal Avanté
Deluxe 4-Slice and Michael Graves
2-Slice, did not perform as well as their more expensive counterparts.
Their list is a great way to start a toaster search, but Cooking.com and Amazon.com's customer reviews also provide great feedback.
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4-03-2006 @ 11:32AM
Mike said...
I've got way too many old toasters: Sunbeam 1,2,3 and 4 slice models, manual flip, one that drops the toast out the bottom when done.
But Slate missed one thing for current toasters: long slots. Long slots vs. the standard square ones. Long slots mean you can toast slices from rustic loaves or oblong sourdough and rye bread. For those pieces of bread your choices are putting the bread endwise (tricky) or cutting off an end so it fits.
My current favorite toaster is a Dualit Lite 4-slicer. It will do 4 slices of standard sliced bread, or 2 of longer slices. It also has the bagel feature to toast only one side. The slot are also wide enough to keep the bagels from hanging up.
Square holes are fine for wonder bread, but who wants to eat only wonder bread?
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