We pulled some of the toasters off the shelves at Cavalcade and took a closer look. While we were at it we toasted up some bread!
Talking Toasters
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I love toast.
Thanks for this, Kevin (and Ralph) it's a welcome distraction.
Thanks for this, Kevin (and Ralph) it's a welcome distraction.
Thanks for demonstrating those toasters. We had a manual toaster too at home. You flipped the toast by pulling the flaps all the way down, the toast would slide down on the flap and thus "automatically" the other side was being put ready for toasting. I think more overhere more of those manual toasters worked like that. The only condition was that the flap of the toaster could be lowered enough to achieve that. Does yours open low enough to do that? Here's an example of a toaster that can flip the bread.
vacerator
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Now that Sunbeam!
My folks got the first Toastmaster for their wedding in 1959. Had it for decades. I bought a cheap Proctor Silex in 1980 from K Mart. I havn't used a slice toaster for decades. They didn't do bagels, or baguettes.
My folks got the first Toastmaster for their wedding in 1959. Had it for decades. I bought a cheap Proctor Silex in 1980 from K Mart. I havn't used a slice toaster for decades. They didn't do bagels, or baguettes.
twintubdexter
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;">I bought one of those 4-slice motorized Cuisinart toasters a year or so ago, despite reading terrible reviews. The toaster was new in an unopened box and it was thrift-store priced. You have to double toast everything to get decent results, but I've gotten used to this. I dropped the toaster on my tile floor and put a dent in one corner. It seems to work better now. </span>
My family had the long chrome Sunbeam for years! Bought in Portland, OR with Grandma's Green Stamps. It was a great toaster! Wish sunbeam was still around! Greg
I've got a Cuisinart motorized 4 slice toaster and it works great...toasts the bread very evenly and relatively quickly. I had the Kitchen Aid equivalent prior to the Cuisinart and it was horrible...toasted unevenly and very slow.
Gary
Gary
I wish I could find another old Toastwell toaster. I gave one like the pictured toaster to my sister back in the '70s and I don't know what happened to it. It had the ticking timer like the one in the clip. As my sister said, it looked like it could get up and start dancing around the kitchen in a Betty Boop cartoon.
twintubdexter
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Gary,
<span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">It's good to know that your toaster works great. Maybe I just like very dark toast or the bread or English muffins I use require longer times. The electronic controls are kind of cool and I like the way it centers the bread in each slot. The tone it sounds when finished is helpful too.</span>
<span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">It's good to know that your toaster works great. Maybe I just like very dark toast or the bread or English muffins I use require longer times. The electronic controls are kind of cool and I like the way it centers the bread in each slot. The tone it sounds when finished is helpful too.</span>
I have had my Sunbeam T-20c circa 1958, since 1999. My first vintage appliance. It was put away during my kitchen renovation. But I have since put it out again. Would love a single slice Toastmaster, and might look for one.
