Thread: I'm a damn mad toaster & I'm NOT gonna take it anymore!

Originally Posted by Chief Tiff

Duolit, Roband, Kempsafe and all the other industrial toasters are great (and actually have replacement parts), however they are designed to cook A LOT of toast. If you are only toasting for yourself and the Minister For War and Finance, these items are a bit overkill. Also, a lot of these toasters are either conveyor belt types or you physically have to lower and raise the toast; no automatic ejection and a good way of regularly testing your smoke alarms.

A European brand I like to use is DeLonghi. I can't vouch for their toasters but their fryers and coffee machines are good. They seem to be at the upper end of the quality spectrum with all their gear and they have a proper parts and service dept. My current toaster is a Sunbeam brushed steel model with many bells and whistles, it's actually very good at crumpets and muffins although typically the inner elements are hotter than the outer. In my caravan I have a white POS $10 from those good-good-good-good-splendid chaps, I don't think it has ever let me down, cooks perfectly but I'm informed it's too ugly for the kitchen

Oooohh .. I like the Kempsafe idea - a MARINE GRADE toaster for SAILORS - well - it has to be durable - and a vertical version as well as conveyors

i make my toast in the frypan or bbq plate. preferably after cooking bacon or sausages.

The words greatest toaster

Originally Posted by RossM

Hi All,

I've HAD IT with electric toasters The cheap one fall to bits. The mid priced ones fry themselves. The expensive ones... well they are all looks & no substance.

I got fed up with all the electronics in the newer ones - you know, the machines that go PING and the flashy lights and the electrinic timers - all that stuff seems to last until the warrant expiers. Day after & it goes west.

The last machine I got, I looked for something that has actual screws so you can take it apart, repaceable elements, a lever to lft the toast (none of your whimpy springs & stupid motors that both seem to break & then you can't get the toast out), a real bell rather than an electronic siren, and a clockwork timer rather than some electronic thing that fries when you look at it. Ended up with a Kenwood model that was built like a brick 5h!thouse.


HOWEVER the idiots used some very cheap clockwork timing switch where the electrical contacts arc & then stop working when they become carbonised

I've taken the fiddly thing (timing switch) apart three times now to fix it.

So, what I want to know is, what is the BEST toaster available. I like quality hand tools - Lie Nielsen, Colen Clenton, HNT Gordon, Chris Vesper, Blue Spruce etc. I like quality power tools - Festool etc. I would like to have the space for quality stationary tools like SawStop, Felder and to on. I WANT a quality toaster!!!

The money in throwing the junk away would have paid for a rolled gold machine, I'm certain of that.

I'm guessing there is such a beast available & it will be some sort of industrial mahine that is used in the catering industry, cafes, hotels, restaraunts etc. Maybe Dualit, maybe Roband, don't know if Hobart make one. Anyway, come on guys - help me out - what is the bees knees in toaster please??

Whatever you chose,
Be sure to TAKE IT OUT OF THE POWER POINT AFTER USE!
This was about 6 houses away from us last March. The poor lady went out early. She returned to this!
We have been told it was caused by a toaster, turned off, but left plugged in.
Regards,
Peter

Go buy youself a kitchenaid approx. $300.00 but you will never need another one

Originally Posted by RossM

Hi All,

I've HAD IT with electric toasters The cheap one fall to bits. The mid priced ones fry themselves. The expensive ones... well they are all looks & no substance.

So, what I want to know is, what is the BEST toaster available. I like quality hand tools - Lie Nielsen, Colen Clenton, HNT Gordon, Chris Vesper, Blue Spruce etc. I like quality power tools - Festool etc. I would like to have the space for quality stationary tools like SawStop, Felder and to on. I WANT a quality toaster!!!

Sorry Ross but as far as I know none of theses fine people make electric toasters!

Originally Posted by Lignum

The words greatest toaster

Oh, Lignum, if ONLY it were true (but I like the way you think!!)


@Artme - well, I asked about their culinary product range, but was bitterly disappointed to find none of these fine manufactutrers seem understand the value proposition of demand creation with diverisification into the emotional economy created via the inherent lifelong value of their current market offerings. Surely an HNT Grodon hand crafted electric toaster, fashioned with the finest brass, cryogenically treated steel and trimmed with exotic desert hardwoods is not too much to ask??

@China - One vote for KitchenAid. I think I prefer the Dualit to the Kitchenaid, but thanks.

Peter - That is certainly pause for thought. I hate to think how many appliances are left plugged in and in various states of power up, power down and paower standby

what's wrong with the old propane torch?
or the oxy acetylene (if you're in a hurry)...
lightly toasted = 1.2 seconds...burnt = 1.4 seconds

Originally Posted by lightwood

Whatever you chose,
We have been told it was caused by a toaster, turned off, but left plugged in.

Originally Posted by RossM

That is certainly pause for thought. I hate to think how many appliances are left plugged in and in various states of power up, power down and power standby

Turned off (I assume at the wall socket?) and plugged in is a worry. My BIL had a clock radio go up in smoke, something one would expect to be plugged in and turned on 24x7.

Another option would be to cruise the Charity stores and Cash Converters looking for an old Sunbeam Radiant Shade Control or similar suitable for rehab. Ready for the fettling an old toaster thread.

Ross!!! You have learnt Kevin speak exceptionally well!

I don't think Julia Speak translates so eloquently in the written form!

I just use my blow torch. Gas powered ones taste a lot better than my old primus (although a light drizzle of kero works wonders with hangovers).

We've got a ridiculous brushed stainless steel Breville toaster which varies the temperature with consecutive toastings. With the first pair of slices, the bright neon blue digital readout is set at '3' and when that lot pops up, I turn the toast upside down and plunge it down again, but on setting '2' to toast the top of the bread.

Subsequent slices are toasted at '2' and '1'. When the toast is 'done', it leaps out of the machine amidst a clattering of springs and cheap tin-work and when the ruckus has died down, there's a barely perceivable 'BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!' like some distant truck reversing. Why the designers at Breville deemed this gnat's cough was necessary when the ejection mechanism can be heard in the shed is beyond me.

Aside from the luxury of an open fire and a toasting fork, soaking the bread in meths and flicking a lit match at it is still the best method I've found for toasting bread.

Originally Posted by RossM

Oh, Lignum, if ONLY it were true (but I like the way you think!!)

Ross, it is true. Unfortunately it was a European promo only. Germany eBay had heaps at one stage, but sad they have all been snapped up. I love how it leaves the Rotex imprint. But is looks sooooo sexy for a toaster

Originally Posted by Lignum

Ross, it is true. Unfortunately it was a European promo only. Germany eBay had heaps at one stage, but sad they have all been snapped up. I love how it leaves the Rotex imprint. But is looks sooooo sexy for a toaster

OKAY !! RIGHT THEN !!! WOW !!!!

I'm off to trawl the DeutcheBay site to see what I can find !!!

Thank Zeus for the European Union & stanardised volatge & frequency - 230VAC+- 10% 50Hz - all that Euro stuff works here with no zap.