If you look at a shades of toast chart online, I was looking for toast that you’d see squarely in the middle—golden brown, with a little bit of chew in the middle. We recommend you remove any loose fruit from the surface of the bread to avoid it falling into the toaster or sticking to the toaster carriage. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Like most millennials, avocado toast has been my tried and true breakfast for as long as I can remember. Pictures of five different types of starches—bread, bagels, English muffins, frozen waffles, and toaster pastries—are displayed so even younger users can easily identify a choice.

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The ultimate toasting experience, with custom settings for 34 bread types and a personalized home menu to keep your favorites just a tap away. This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may have other rights which vary from state to state. Marilyn Monroe’s Chrome Toastmaster is the most expensive toaster in the world, in no small part because it once belonged to one of the most famous and celebrated actresses of the 20th century.

In addition to the being able to choose between an analog clock, digital clock, or Revolution sleep screen, the R270 allows you to choose your top 10 favorite bread options and organize them as you please between two screens. Boasting a universal gluten-free mode for all food settings, with algorithms tailored to the chemistry of non-gluten ingredients for best results, the sophisticated unit has seven toasting shades. It’s essentially the same toaster as Dualit’s four-slice Classic Toaster (available in 21 finishes), but the stainless steel central frame is flanked by 24-karat gold panels. It also features commercial-grade heating elements that are far more durable and effective than standard consumer-grade versions. Despite the all-metal casing, this toaster only got a little bit warm to the touch on the sides, even after multiple batches of toast, but not hot.

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As I mentioned, I made quite a lot of toast, and this toaster was the most accurate (as in, it turned the right level of golden brown for each respective setting), browned the most evenly, and had as close to complete coverage (even toasting from edge to edge) as possible. The different moisture levels in breads do require various toasting times, which is why our smart sensor technology provides 5 food settings and 7 toasting shades to optimize toasting based on food type. The company recommends wiping the toaster with a soft, damp cloth to clean it, and then buffing it with a dry cloth. With around 34 toasting settings, including seven toasting shades, and three toasting modes, it's no wonder the Revolution R270 InstaGLO Toaster made it onto Oprah's must haves this year.This box-shaped stainless steel toaster has four large openings that are ideally sized for thick bread slices or hefty bagels. But if you’ve got money to burn and love having the latest tech in your kitchen, you could do a lot worse than the Revolution R280. I moved to Rome and worked at the Rome Sustainable Food Project, which to this day continues to inspire and influence the way I cook. This feature proved to be helpful for reheating cold toast during the trials, and crucial to solving another flaw: Our standard-sized frozen bagels and English muffins remained frozen at the core when we toasted them on normal settings. Still, the fact that this Toastmaster toaster was once used and enjoyed by Marilyn Monroe isn’t the only reason it’s so expensive.

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WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals including Styrene, which is known to the State of California to cause cancer, and Bisphenol-A, which is known to the State of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm. Revolution Cooking warranties this product to be free from defects in material or workmanship within the first year of ownership.

I used to only bake but I learned how to really cook at the firehouse, and I have never looked back. If you’re here, I’m guessing you’re in the market for a new toaster, and only the very best will do, right? After using the two-slot smart toaster for some time, I realized that this is way more than just a toaster!