Why is it impossible to find a decent toaster ?

[craigjm]

jesusbuiltmycar said:

Does the new toaster allow you to "Lift &. Look" function that allows you to check whatever you are toasting midway through, without having to stop the toaster, check, then restart (and end up burning you toast if you forget to turn the dial down).

Mine does that you can just lift the toast and move it round if you like and then drop it back down again without cancelling

[LeadFarmer]

jesusbuiltmycar said:

Does the new toaster allow you to "Lift &. Look" function that allows you to check whatever you are toasting midway through, without having to stop the toaster, check, then restart (and end up burning you toast if you forget to turn the dial down).

Yes it does, the icing on the cake. For a non brand toaster, it's very good.

[thetapeworm]

This just popped up from Techmoan...

https://youtu.be/4-nNEUBCvds

The Balmuda toaster.

[LeadFarmer]

If I had my way I'd have a catering conveyor toaster like you find in hotel breakfast restaurants..

[craigjm]

LeadFarmer said:

If I had my way I'd have a catering conveyor toaster like you find in hotel breakfast restaurants..

Why? Those things are awful

[LeadFarmer]

craigjm said:

Why? Those things are awful

So I can leave it on 24/7 incase I ever want a slice of toast.

[craigjm]

LeadFarmer said:

craigjm said:

Why? Those things are awful

So I can leave it on 24/7 incase I ever want a slice of toast.

Yeah but for the few seconds it takes to switch on a proper toaster those things toast really poorly

[LeadFarmer]

craigjm said:

Yeah but for the few seconds it takes to switch on a proper toaster those things toast really poorly

Thats only because the conveyor speed has been set wrong, or the person before you has adjusted it. Normally they are set too slow meaning you have to pop your bread back in, and then it comes out burnt. Nobody ever thinks to adjust the setting. When set right they are brill.

[RDMcG]

Had a Cuisinart...not great.

Now have a Breville which is absolutely perfect. Takes regular slices, bagels, the lot. Lift and look, easy to clean, perfect toast.

[craigjm]

LeadFarmer said:

craigjm said:

Yeah but for the few seconds it takes to switch on a proper toaster those things toast really poorly

Thats only because the conveyor speed has been set wrong, or the person before you has adjusted it. Normally they are set too slow meaning you have to pop your bread back in, and then it comes out burnt. Nobody ever thinks to adjust the setting. When set right they are brill.

I completely disagree. I actually lived in a hotel for over a year in 2018 and there was one of those units in the kitchen part of the suite and it was new and crap. Yes, I managed to get both sides to toast evenly as it had separate temperatures for top and bottom so you set the bottom lower because the element is closer. I got the belt speed right for the right amount of colour but while it produced toast that looked great when they was sorted it didn’t really produce hot toast or crispy toast which is just experience of every one I’ve ever experienced. I spent a lot of time in hotels in the last decade and if they had a great quality proper toaster rather than one of those it always gave much better results. Each to their own but I think a domestic toaster for the same price gives much better results. Obviously if you’re running a cafe and need 300 slices an hour that’s different

[LeadFarmer]

craigjm said:

I completely disagree. I actually lived in a hotel for over a year in 2018

Ahhaaa...

[craigjm]

LeadFarmer said:

craigjm said:

I completely disagree. I actually lived in a hotel for over a year in 2018

Ahhaaa...

I will let you off with that one

[ARHarh]

ZedLeg said:

We never bothered buying a new one after discussing all the reasons why they're rubbish. We just make toast under the grill.

never owned a toaster, I use the grill and I have toast every weekday. I get Perfect toast every time.

[thetapeworm]

LeadFarmer said:

If I had my way I'd have a catering conveyor toaster like you find in hotel breakfast restaurants..

It's refreshing to see one loaded efficiently rather than the one after the other spaced out diagonal slices with a croissant chaser you know is going to get stuck, set on fire and set the smoke alarms off.

They're not perfect but I agree they can do a decent job when set correctly (although I like my toast lightly done so may be an easy sell).

Edited by thetapeworm on Saturday 27th February 21:03

[craigjm]

thetapeworm said:

LeadFarmer said:

If I had my way I'd have a catering conveyor toaster like you find in hotel breakfast restaurants..

It's refreshing to see one loaded effic8rather than the one after the other spaced out diagonal slices with a croissant chaser you know is going to get stuck, set of fire and set the smoke alarms off.

They're not perfect but I agree they can do a decent job when set correctly (although I like my toast lightly done so may be an easy sell).

Yeah croissants cause havoc at the hotel breakfast

[LeadFarmer]

craigjm said:

thetapeworm said:

LeadFarmer said:

If I had my way I'd have a catering conveyor toaster like you find in hotel breakfast restaurants..

It's refreshing to see one loaded effic8rather than the one after the other spaced out diagonal slices with a croissant chaser you know is going to get stuck, set of fire and set the smoke alarms off.

They're not perfect but I agree they can do a decent job when set correctly (although I like my toast lightly done so may be an easy sell).

Yeah croissants cause havoc at the hotel breakfast

The queue at the toaster evokes much anger and frustration, not knowing if the slice that has dropped is yours, not knowing if someone else is going to claim it as theirs, putting the slice back in because it is underdone - only it wasn't your slice, you pushed in without realising.
All that stress and anger......suppressed, naturally, because we are British.

[craigjm]

LeadFarmer said:

craigjm said:

thetapeworm said:

LeadFarmer said:

If I had my way I'd have a catering conveyor toaster like you find in hotel breakfast restaurants..

It's refreshing to see one loaded effic8rather than the one after the other spaced out diagonal slices with a croissant chaser you know is going to get stuck, set of fire and set the smoke alarms off.

They're not perfect but I agree they can do a decent job when set correctly (although I like my toast lightly done so may be an easy sell).

Yeah croissants cause havoc at the hotel breakfast

The queue at the toaster evokes much anger and frustration, not knowing if the slice that has dropped is yours, not knowing if someone else is going to claim it as theirs, putting the slice back in because it is underdone - only it wasn't your slice, you pushed in without realising.
All that stress and anger......suppressed, naturally, because we are British.

Haha I stayed at a hotel more stressful than that in Eindhoven where there was a hot plate above the conveyor toaster to fry eggs and anyone new didn’t realise you had to cook your own so eggs were stolen left right and centre. There were many close shaves with fights almost breaking out

[Ken Figenus]

thetapeworm said:

It's refreshing to see one loaded efficiently rather than the one after the other spaced out diagonal slices with a croissant chaser you know is going to get stuck, set on fire and set the smoke alarms off.

They're not perfect but I agree they can do a decent job when set correctly (although I like my toast lightly done so may be an easy sell).

Edited by thetapeworm on Saturday 27th February 21:03

OMG you must have been in that Gretna Hotel on the way to the NC500 that morning when Mr 'I want it hot and crispy' did just that!!! Apologies. But no one should serve cold croissants or offer to microwave them. Smack em down a bit, load them on the conveyor and leg it!!!

The best toaster I ever had is 4 slice British Dualit - £150 or so but it's the most even toasting. And you can DIY change the filaments when they bust and get a new timer. The future is British made!!!

[RizzoTheRat]

LeadFarmer said:

craigjm said:

thetapeworm said:

LeadFarmer said:

If I had my way I'd have a catering conveyor toaster like you find in hotel breakfast restaurants..

It's refreshing to see one loaded effic8rather than the one after the other spaced out diagonal slices with a croissant chaser you know is going to get stuck, set of fire and set the smoke alarms off.

They're not perfect but I agree they can do a decent job when set correctly (although I like my toast lightly done so may be an easy sell).

Yeah croissants cause havoc at the hotel breakfast

The queue at the toaster evokes much anger and frustration, not knowing if the slice that has dropped is yours, not knowing if someone else is going to claim it as theirs, putting the slice back in because it is underdone - only it wasn't your slice, you pushed in without realising.
All that stress and anger......suppressed, naturally, because we are British.

I was in a hotel some time back where a young girl put 2 slices of bread on the belt side by side, and her idiot mother told her off and put them in one behind the other, so I had to wait for an extra slice to go through before I could put my 2 slices on side by side. Stupid bloody woman cost me 30 seconds of my life and was actively teaching her daughter to be stupid
I kept my cool and merely stood there waiting rather than tutting rudely.

[Bacon Is Proof]

ARHarh said:

ZedLeg said:

We never bothered buying a new one after discussing all the reasons why they're rubbish. We just make toast under the grill.

never owned a toaster, I use the grill and I have toast every weekday. I get Perfect toast every time.

Amen brother.
Every time.