Submitted by R. Neal on Sun, 2008/03/02 - 11:50am.
I can! Our old Toastmaster toaster oven died after only four years (or more accurately it's computer got brain damaged or possessed or something) and I needed to replace it.
That thing was awfully slow to make toast, so my main requirement was speed. I thought about just getting a separate toaster, but I like to butter my toast before plus we use it for other stuff, so a toaster oven is more versatile.
I settled on the Krups. There are three different models, but I got the FBC2 because that's the one they had at Bed Bath and Beyond and that's the only place I could find one locally.
This thing is great. It has three heating elements (the only one that I could find that does, which is the main reason I picked it). They are "quartz" elements, so they come on and go to work almost instantly.
Toast takes three minutes or less, which is about twice as fast as our old one. You have to play around with the right oven rack position to get it perfect, and it's way overpriced, but other than that it works great. Now I just hope it lasts. Ask me again in a couple of years.
Submitted by WhitesCreek on Sun, 2008/03/02 - 12:45pm.
We have all the usual kitchen apliances and I would guess that the old GE Toast-R-Oven does the most duty. At $10 fifteen years ago at the Good Will Store, it is the second best appliance we ever bought. The Krupp coffee grinder from 1989 wins the prize.
I don't know how I would go about replacing it. Baked sweet potatos shouldn't be cooked any other way, and what about toast?
My thoughts are with you guys in this time of personal trial.
We must be doing something wrong. We've probably been through three toaster ovens for your one (three different brands). I don't think we've ever tried a GE and I don't think GE has sold them for a while.
I bought a good sewing machine at Good Will for 10 bucks, and no, I didn't buy it to sew dresses! I needed it to work on my boat upholstery. Speaking of Toasters, I thought maybe this blog post was about our Presidential candidates. They remind me of the feeling you get when you get a toaster as a gift. It's okay, but you really wish you got something else.
We have all the usual kitchen apliances and I would guess that the old GE Toast-R-Oven does the most duty. At $10 fifteen years ago at the Good Will Store, it is the second best appliance we ever bought. The Krupp coffee grinder from 1989 wins the prize.
I don't know how I would go about replacing it. Baked sweet potatos shouldn't be cooked any other way, and what about toast?
My thoughts are with you guys in this time of personal trial.
We must be doing something wrong. We've probably been through three toaster ovens for your one (three different brands). I don't think we've ever tried a GE and I don't think GE has sold them for a while.
Maybe we should go to Good Will next time.
I bought a good sewing machine at Good Will for 10 bucks, and no, I didn't buy it to sew dresses! I needed it to work on my boat upholstery. Speaking of Toasters, I thought maybe this blog post was about our Presidential candidates. They remind me of the feeling you get when you get a toaster as a gift. It's okay, but you really wish you got something else.
Adrift in the Sea of Humility
You....you guys mean you don't use a propane torch to make toast??
Surely you've tried it??
You can burn smilies into the toast you know.
"The mind is like a parachute, it only works when it's open."
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