What is the deal with toasters? - Page 2

Griff · 03-23-2007, 06:31 PM

You really are not much of an a-hole.

Clodfobble · 03-23-2007, 06:32 PM

I have never made toast in my toaster. I make frozen waffles. But my Cuisinart has lasted, oh, maybe 5 years now...

Flint, I actually broke the toaster at my work by forcing the lever up rather than realizing there was something as stupid as a cancel button on it.

Griff · 03-23-2007, 06:40 PM

Did you look here for toaster reviews?

elSicomoro · 03-23-2007, 06:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Griff

You really are not much of an a-hole.

You're just saying that because you've been drinking.

Griff · 03-23-2007, 06:48 PM

I'm lovin' humanity but the bottle is empty...

wolf · 03-24-2007, 01:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

That's funny. Did you see Wolf's toaster recomendation? It actually got decent reviews, but the reviewer said he needed to read the owner's manual to figure out how to make toast with it.

The reviewer is clearly lame.

Like any toaster you set the doneness, and push the lever. Interesting features on that one include a muffin warmer (those grids on the top), a bagel setting that actually works, and a soft eject, so that your toast doesn't go flying across the kitchen when it's done. The doneness is assessed based on humidity rather than temperature, so you can toast multiple slices in a row and get them right every time, rather than progressively lighter toast with the same setting.

TheMercenary · 03-24-2007, 05:24 PM

This drives us crazy. Most toasters are uneven and unpredictable. I want one that will do a full sized bit of toast as well as bagles. So far we are striking a big zero. I will have to check out some of those on the sites above. $60, maybe; $320?!?!?!?! no frigging way.

glatt · 03-26-2007, 09:14 AM

Well, over the weekend, I took my toaster apart.

Had to break a little plastic latch that was holding the lever on in order to remove the case. Unplugged two cables, and had it apart. Cleaned crumbs out of it. There was one crumb wedged in between the plastic body and the circuit board. By the way, there were two integrated circuits on the circiut board for this toaster. Toasters with circiut boards! What the hell? Integrated circuits?! Anyway, now it works. I needed to repair the lever I broke, but drilling a hole and using a little strand of copper wire like a twist tie makes it work just fine. So now it works perfectly. I guess the crumb touching the leads to the IC was messing up the circuitry a little bit somehow. Hopefully I'll get a couple more years out of it.

footfootfoot · 03-26-2007, 09:26 AM

Flame on...

Pie · 03-26-2007, 09:34 AM

I got a Toastmaster Lightwave toaster oven/broiler about two years ago, and I love it. It's damn versatile. You have to be willing to "learn" how it does things, though. Once you've got it sussed, you get great, reproducible results every time.

Oh yeah, and I banished the old toaster to the bottom of the appliance cabinet. It hasn't seen the light of day in two years.

Perry Winkle · 03-26-2007, 12:21 PM

Toaster ovens rule.

Cooking, heating up left-overs, and they even make some awesome toast. It's awesome to be able to eat without heating up the entire house by firing up the full-size oven.

jinx · 03-26-2007, 12:36 PM

No need for a microwave if you have a toaster oven.

Shawnee123 · 03-26-2007, 01:05 PM

Remember the day before planned obsolescence that you would actually take a toaster in to be REPAIRED? I don't either, but I've heard tell of those days. We throw away everything now.

We have it way better than Lisa Douglas on Green Acres.

footfootfoot · 03-26-2007, 01:11 PM

OK newer model, much better than the last.

Urbane Guerrilla · 03-27-2007, 02:08 AM

Related question, I think: why do toasters actually get the toast to dark brown on their darkest-brown setting, whereas toaster ovens' max setting gets the toast to light yellow at most? I've never even seen a toaster oven that gets the toast visibly toasted and not merely warm and dry in a single cycle. I always have to do one long toasting and then a short one.

Some complain the ovens' distribution of heating elements doesn't tan the toast evenly, but I don't mind that; the flavor is still the same -- but if only the toasting setting were adequate to the task without having to fiddle with it!

03-23-2007, 06:31 PM	#16
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03-23-2007, 06:40 PM	#18
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Did you look here for toaster reviews? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

03-23-2007, 06:48 PM	#20
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03-26-2007, 09:26 AM	#24
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03-26-2007, 09:34 AM	#25
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	I got a Toastmaster Lightwave toaster oven/broiler about two years ago, and I love it. It's damn versatile. You have to be willing to "learn" how it does things, though. Once you've got it sussed, you get great, reproducible results every time. Oh yeah, and I banished the old toaster to the bottom of the appliance cabinet. It hasn't seen the light of day in two years. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

03-23-2007, 06:32 PM	#17
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I have never made toast in my toaster. I make frozen waffles. But my Cuisinart has lasted, oh, maybe 5 years now... Flint, I actually broke the toaster at my work by forcing the lever up rather than realizing there was something as stupid as a cancel button on it.

03-24-2007, 05:24 PM	#22
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	This drives us crazy. Most toasters are uneven and unpredictable. I want one that will do a full sized bit of toast as well as bagles. So far we are striking a big zero. I will have to check out some of those on the sites above. $60, maybe; $320?!?!?!?! no frigging way.

03-26-2007, 09:14 AM	#23
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Well, over the weekend, I took my toaster apart. Had to break a little plastic latch that was holding the lever on in order to remove the case. Unplugged two cables, and had it apart. Cleaned crumbs out of it. There was one crumb wedged in between the plastic body and the circuit board. By the way, there were two integrated circuits on the circiut board for this toaster. Toasters with circiut boards! What the hell? Integrated circuits?! Anyway, now it works. I needed to repair the lever I broke, but drilling a hole and using a little strand of copper wire like a twist tie makes it work just fine. So now it works perfectly. I guess the crumb touching the leads to the IC was messing up the circuitry a little bit somehow. Hopefully I'll get a couple more years out of it.

03-26-2007, 12:21 PM	#26
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	Toaster ovens rule. Cooking, heating up left-overs, and they even make some awesome toast. It's awesome to be able to eat without heating up the entire house by firing up the full-size oven.

03-26-2007, 12:36 PM	#27
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	No need for a microwave if you have a toaster oven. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

03-26-2007, 01:05 PM	#28
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Remember the day before planned obsolescence that you would actually take a toaster in to be REPAIRED? I don't either, but I've heard tell of those days. We throw away everything now. We have it way better than Lisa Douglas on Green Acres. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby Last edited by Shawnee123; 09-25-2007 at 11:49 AM.

03-26-2007, 01:11 PM	#29
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	OK newer model, much better than the last. Attached Images __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

03-27-2007, 02:08 AM	#30
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Related question, I think: why do toasters actually get the toast to dark brown on their darkest-brown setting, whereas toaster ovens' max setting gets the toast to light yellow at most? I've never even seen a toaster oven that gets the toast visibly toasted and not merely warm and dry in a single cycle. I always have to do one long toasting and then a short one. Some complain the ovens' distribution of heating elements doesn't tan the toast evenly, but I don't mind that; the flavor is still the same -- but if only the toasting setting were adequate to the task without having to fiddle with it! __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

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