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What toaster do you guys have? (New models)

Mine is a clearance model Everstar, and the toast don't come out evenly brown. I have to flip it half way though.

My partner don't do this, he just puts it back in and the next thing the smoke alarms (4 of them!) are going off! LOL

I am getting tired of this going off in the morning when I'm still sleeping.

I want a perfect toast! And I know this is a lot to ask for, I want to be American made, and stainless steel.
 
Sunbeam and Kitchenaid

I have a T-35 Sunbeam Radiant Automatic Toaster that self lowers and is a fabulous machine. I also have a Kitchenaid slim line digital that works very well. I first got one in white to match other appliances and later switched to black when the curve tipped that direction. I have an extra white Kitchenaid toaster. Its peeking up in the background of this old picture and up for grabs if you want it.

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We have an Oster cool touch 2 slice we bought about 2 years ago.
The exterior does remain cool to the touch. But it takes forever to toast a slice of bread or an english muffin. When it finally does get around to finish toasting it toasts pretty evenly.

Dadoes bought one of the same for a member of his family.

I'd love to find a Sunbeam T-9 toaster to match our Coffeemaster.
 
Sunbeams....

....all the way in this house...

I've several Australian Toastermatics...both black and orange end panel versions....

...but for everyday use, have the relaunched TA-4100. They were on the market for about 18months, and only in Australia (possibly NZ). For a 'made in China' toaster they were also very expensive at $130 12yrs ago...

However, we use it every day.....

I also have one still sealed in its' box too.....

 
My dad got a cheapo toaster simply because it had wide slots for bagels, english muffins, etc.

Thing is, he rarely ever eats them!

Anyway, I don't like how it toasts. It doesn't get it dark enough for me.

So, I like to use a vintage 40's-50's Toastmaster two-slot automatic. It works flawlessly (as it probably has for 60 years) and gets my toast perfectly dark without smoke or burning. I got it for $5 at an estate sale.

~Tim
 
"And I know this is a lot to ask for, I want to be American made, and stainless steel."

I don't know the current toaster market, but I wouldn't be surprised if the only American made choice would be used and vintage.

The last toaster I bought new--by "last" I mean the most recent time I bought, plus, I hope, last time ever!--the best I could do was made in Mexico. I THINK the brand was Proctor-Silex, but I can't remember for sure. It worked OK, as I recall, and was still working when donated to a thrift shop at probably 2-3 years old. (Not very old, but given modern quality, 2-3 years is doing pretty good!)

I no longer have a toaster in active service. My primary use for a toaster was dealing with cheap bread. Between the feeling that life is too short for eating anything "lesser quality," and the fact that cheap bread from the supermarket might make that all-too-short life even shorter due to effects of long term exposure to chemicals that even a scientist wouldn't recognize, I pulled the plug on cheap bread.

I do have a lovely old GE chrome toaster available if I ever need a toaster. The only problem, as I recall, was the thermostat was off quite bit. The very lightest setting got dark toast, and the second lightest got dark toast plus the fire alarm screaming.
 
Vintage toasters do seem to do a better job than modern ones.

We currently have a KitchenAid Pro-Line that looks substantial (it weighs 10 pounds) but is basically like any other toaster inside. It does a decent enough job. I think they're discontinued. They were way overpriced. We didn't pay full price for ours when we bought it a couple of years ago.

If your toasting bread of choice is the plain white stuff, you will not find a toaster that does a better job than an older Sunbeam Radiant Control automatic. Next choice would be a '50s vintage Toastmaster
 
I have a 1980s vintage Sunbeam toaster that works extremely well. I have never had burnt toast with it before, ever. I'm not sure when it was made, but it was when Sunbeam was still in Chicago and it was made in the USA.
 
The two cd I bought my last toaster from have sold out or closed down. First toaster is a manual toaster last one made before they sold out. I got it about 2 ears ago.
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Other one I got was a munsey oven made in the usa a mt95. down right after I bought it in 2005. So sad to see them go last oven this type of toaster oven made today. I use it daily and wonder if it could be fixed when time is needed. It is just a element and a chrome box with a slid in tray. I love this baby.
Photo here.
http://www.amazon.com/Munsey-MT95-The-Original-Toaster/dp/B002LVNHGK

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Vintage Toasters Especially Toaster Ovens Are *HOT*

Toaster ovens from the 1960's and 1970's especially go for nice sums on fleaBay and elsewhere.

As for modern toasters, one assumes as with so many other appliances that generate heat, things were changed because of too many accidents. Probably more so when it came to children and such.

Have a vintage NIB Farbarware "Flip" boaster oven/broiler that one purchased for about $10 at local thrift. Used it once during a summer heatwave to make chicken. Food came out well, but the clean up got on my nerves and that was the end of that.

Probably should get the thing down to use for making "hot" sandwiches or perhaps heating up pot pies without having to crank up the big oven.
 
Tip for the flip over toaster. Butter the bread before you toasted it.
Also great for chesses toast.

The munsey oven says you can grill meats in it. But no way would I try it. Clean up would be to hard.

But I do uses it for pizza bread and other small things. Great for grilled mushrooms reheat a slice of pizza.

A modern toaster I watched a thing a few weeks ago on news. They are all the same just the outside is different so news said. They did a test with a 10 dollar toaster and a 100 dollar toaster both came out the same and about the same time.

One thing I would do is look at the watts it uses. Higher should be more heat. Also look at the cord on it. I hate a sort cord myself so I looks for the one with the longer cords.
 
To my knowledge there are no toasters made in the US of A or Canada any longer, probably not even Mexico if that for much longer either.
Even KA's are made in China including their highly expensive Pro-Lines
One thing though is price doesn't equate to toasting quality so hopefully you can find something with a style you like that also toasts as good as it looks
 
We're still using our vintage Sunbeam Model T-9.

I've got a 2 slot vintage Toastmaster with the flutted sides (like a greek column).

And just this morning scored what IMO is the king of all vintage toasters, the Toast-O-Lator Model J.[this post was last edited: 9/26/2010-17:31]
 
Unashamed to say that I dont have any vintage toasters although keeping an eye out for 70's/80's ones in decent nick.

Daily Driver is a 3 month old Bosch Private Collections toaster in gloss black.

Us UK folk love out toast and we like it thick, Door stop wedges made of soft white bread with lashing of REAL butter. Lactic Lurpak or Creamery Countrylife it just has to be real.

Ultimate comfort food!

Only reason I went for it was because it matched my Bosch Tassimo and seemed to have the deepest slots.

Has performed flawlessly - toasts evenly and really well. Controls are easy to use and the adjustments cater for all tastes.

Even takes a slice of Roberts Bakery Mega Toasty - IMHO the best mass produced white bread for toast. Ok so its not real bread but it sure is good when you need a toast fix!
 

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