Toasters - Talk, Tuning & Tweaking

[Paul the 6th]

I know a few people have been going on about the useless drivel which has been posted on the forums of late, so I thought I'd keep it relevant to the masses and ask for a bit of advice about my toaster...

It's a breville toaster which we've had for just over a year and I think it may be on its way out. You know, when the elements don't have a consistent/evenly distributed glow, so a slice of bread becomes burnt toast at one end whilst the other end is warm floppy bread. Is there a way to tune or tweak the element to get it back to new? Cleaning maybe? Or is it just something which happens with toasters over time?

This is really starting to affect my state of mind, and me and vicky have been arguing alot recently... I think this could be one of the underlying causes.

If the toaster is completely buggered, could anyone recommend me a decent one? Ta!


edit: just look at it... http://lh6.ggpht.com/_c5nU_S1VtbY/SYa2fvyVXzI/AAAAAAAAAnY/jXnra3SLIZE/s720/Picture.jpg

[Miss Alpinestarhero]

Oh dear, unevenly cooked toast is not good..! Maybe you should just buy a new one :D I have no idea what one (who knew there was so much choice), but at the moment I have a £5 one from morrisons which seems to be doing ok so far :D Only downside is that it isn't deep enough so part of the bread doesnt get toasted very well. My solution? Jab it in! (ok the toast ends up a bit deformed but im only going to eat it anyway :lol:)

Maria

[Reckless Rat]

Interesting... Our Breville toaster is now doing a similar pattern.
I'm not sure there's a fix, time for a new one!

[Dappa D]

ahhh drivel.....love it.....personally if i were to purchase a new one id have to stick with the 4 slice variety....however....tesco direct have £22 off this little number...classic black.....2 slice....

check it out http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.205-4591.aspx

HTH

[Mr Speirs]

anyone else noticed that bread doesn't seem to fit into toaster properly anymore? i.e. about an inch sticking out??

[Messie]

I blame the government :(

[Odin]

Without any doubt the coolist toaster on this or any other planet

http://ktm.co.uk/index.php?id=248&powerpartID=20080726&isotype=19

nuff said

[shonadoll]

I've got a Dualit toaster, got fed up with chucking them out. You can replace most of the bits, buy spare elements etc. Mine also makes toasted sandwiches. Not cheap but good cos you can get spares.

[Sudoxe]

Pop the bread up half way through and turn it upside down. Both sides get toasted evenly.

It's an art, but easily achievable...the toaster at work did this for the past 4 years, so its an acquired skill...

Dan

[pmapp]

Oooo, get the one with the egg poacher on the side. We found it about 2 weeks after we purchased ours last year.

[carty]

We have a circulon toaster which seems pretty good. Only two slice but I can handle that - worksurface space is a premium in our kitchen.

[monkey]

anyone else noticed that bread doesn't seem to fit into toaster properly anymore? i.e. about an inch sticking out??

Try a standard sliced loaf but turn each slic on it's side. Just about fits in my cheap one like that.

Paul I'm sorry it's startd to take it's toll on your relationship. I hope you're both strong enough to work through the toasting problems. Maybe you need a fresh start? Tried using the grill?

[startrek.steve]

Why are you trying to hack your cylon?
thats how all the trouble started!