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Any recommendations for a regular toaster? My current one is giving out.

All I need is the ability to toast two slice of bread or a bagel evenly and reliably.

i have a delonghi toaster oven... i just bought it because it's the only one i could find that was under 12" deep (i have a shelf in the kitchen at that depth). it was $60, and the only downside is it beeps so frickin' LOUD. bedbath has it (the only delonghi for $59.99)

i read in quite a few places that the best toaster ovens are kitchenaid, but they're often more than $100.

good luck to you!





and one eye: i also have a delonghi toaster, which is now tucked away since i got the toaster oven...it always worked fine, was about $30, and is pretty in stainless.

We got this as a wedding present a few months ago:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002I40GU/ref=wl_it_dp/102-5608693-0412125?ie=UTF8&coliid=IWL0DB99IS3N1&colid=NNNM3HSO5M23

I'm not sure why it's not available anymore... in any case, it was about $80 and works very well. It's also easy to clean and such an upgrade from my old yard sale toaster oven.

I have a DeLonghi Convection/Toaster Oven and it's GREAT. My brother has a regular DeLonghi Toaster Oven and he loves his too. Oh, and personally, I don't find the bell sound is too loud.
Good luck!

I have a DeLonghi toaster oven in its tenth year of life. Rather ugly, but it makes a decent toast.

My mother in law has a convection toaster oven and I hate it because whenever I want to make toast, I have to wait 10 minutes, then I get a dried out piece of bread. Fully untoasted.

Can toaster ovens be used to dry food (tomatoes, fruit slices, etc.), or do I have to buy a special food dehydrator thing? It seems like on a low setting a normal toaster oven would work, but I've looked on the boxes of a bunch of them, and they don't say anything about food drying. Anyone have experience with this?

I got a cuisenart toaster oven as a birthday present. It's nothing fancy, but it's attractive, and both cooks small meals and toasts efficiently, which is all I ever wanted.

I got this model but in black and stainless steel. I think I bought it at Target or Home Depot, it was relaly afforable and easy to clean.

http://www.bdappliancestore.com/product_detail.asp?T1=APP TRO651W&HDR=

When my reliable old DeLonghi from the early '90s finally bit the dust last Spring, I got a Cuisinart Classic. Great-looking with a small footprint.

I'm looking for one as well. I want one with convectioon cooking and big enough to fit a 12" pizza in it. I bake cookies, homemade pizzas and toast, so I need something versatile, safe, not too small and durable.

I actually did lots of research on this recently and settled on the Cuisinart TOB-165 ... it's over $100 ($150 for the white on Amazon, the chrome is more expensive for some reason), but it's wonderful. We don't actually have an oven in our kitchen, we use this solely and it impresses me everytime ... it has a regular toaster-type cooking, regular oven baking (you actually set a temperature like a regular oven and convection baking. I've made pizzas, toast, even red velvet cake and it has all turned out wonderfully. I highly recommend it.

AT is such an amazing resource. : )

Just look at all these great suggestions here!

I had an old black and decker basic model (the kind that you can mount under the upper cabinets if you want), "upgraded" to the sanyo super toasty oven (double decker, so a small footprint!)

http://www.amazon.com/Sanyo-SK-7S-Saving-Toasty-Silver/dp/B00006JL02

i miss my basic b&d and if i were to do it over i'd go back to that one.

the benefits of the Sanyo are that you can use just the top or bottom rack at a time if you want (saves energy) the downside is it does not have temperature controls, so doing longer-cooking foods like baked french fries is a crapshoot. If you only use your toaster for toast or cheese sandwiches, it's fine.