# Alternative uses for toaster? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2011, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-uses-for-toaster/597006 "2011-09-21T00:11:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-uses-for-toaster/597006/1 "2011-09-21T00:11:38Z")
A [traditional slotted toaster](http://toasterville.com/wp-content/uploads/toaster.jpg): a decidedly nonversatile appliance; it’s fantastic at what it’s specifically designed for, but otherwise seemingly useless. In short, it toasts foodstuffs, specifically foodstuffs that are, for the most part, intentionally designed in a manner conducive to being toasted in a slotted toaster, e.g. sliced bread, cut bagels, frozen waffles, Pop Tarts, etc. My question is, as it pertains to food, what else could I use a toaster for besides toasting the above mentioned items? What have YOU used a toaster for besides toasting the above mentioned items? ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-uses-for-toaster/597006/2 "2011-09-21T00:36:30Z")
Frozen homemade pancakes. ---
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-uses-for-toaster/597006/3 "2011-09-21T00:44:37Z")
I toast leftover frozen pancakes. Edit: Tim, darn you beat me to it. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-uses-for-toaster/597006/4 "2011-09-21T01:05:02Z")
couldn’t let the moment pass without posting [this.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRq_SAuQDec) d&r… ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-uses-for-toaster/597006/5 "2011-09-21T01:44:26Z")
Back when I had a toaster, I opted for a wide-slot “bagel” toaster. Still did two slices of bread just fine, but also did thicker stuff. It also had an insert with which I could make toasted sandwiches. Made perfect cheese and melt sandwiches. I think it was a Rowenta. Lasted 20 years. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-uses-for-toaster/597006/6 "2011-09-21T10:54:56Z")
Steampunk Alt Toaster, via Girl Genius Wiki > **[Iago's Mechanicsburg Toaster](https://girlgenius.fandom.com/wiki/Iago%27s_Mechanicsburg_Toaster)** > > The Toaster is another of the implements found in the Red Playroom. To all outward appearances, it appears a toaster ✣ , although this toaster, in true Heterodyne fashion is capable of toasting the entire town of Mechanicsburg. It was presumably... ---
**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-uses-for-toaster/597006/7 "2011-09-21T12:05:25Z")
I saw foil bags marketed once which allowed you to make toasties without getting melted gunk all over the inner workings. Apparently you could also cook baked beans in them, but I never felt the need to try. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-uses-for-toaster/597006/8 "2011-09-23T03:40:36Z")
Years ago on _Unscrewed with Martin Sargent_ (I miss TechTV, screw you G4!) they reviewed some pouches that let you cook things in your toaster. They weren’t foil but high-temp silicone. Seemed to work pretty well… ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-uses-for-toaster/597006/9 "2011-09-23T08:31:15Z")
Toaster plus bath tub = suicide box. Toaster plus all kinds of stuff = timing mechanism for arsonist. ---
**Author:** ![Teufelblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@Teufelblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teufelblitz)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-uses-for-toaster/597006/10 "2011-09-23T12:57:44Z")
Hmm. If you’re not strictly going for personal experience, I can think of a few uses. Meat tenderizer Pop-tart incinerator (pretty fiiire) Walk in freezer doorstop Make-shift warming plate Timing a three minute egg Bene Gesserit pain box for testing potential sous chefs/Kwisatz Haderach? Ok, bottom of the barrel reached faster than anticipated. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-uses-for-toaster/597006/11 "2011-09-23T16:27:23Z")
You can cook anything in a toaster that you can fit into a [toaster bag.](http://www.amazon.com/Set-NoStick-Toast-Toaster-Bags/dp/B0012XGM92) They are one of the few allowed cooking devices at my college dorm, and they sold those things in the bookstore. ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-uses-for-toaster/597006/12 "2011-09-23T16:41:20Z")
You can also use one to create [religious icons](http://jesustoasters.com/). > [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > couldn’t let the moment pass without posting [this.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRq_SAuQDec) > > d&r… I really need to dig out my Red Dwarf DVDs. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-uses-for-toaster/597006/13 "2011-09-23T16:44:54Z")
I knew someone who toasted veggie burgers in a toaster. It worked pretty well, though I think you have to be careful getting the burger out. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-uses-for-toaster/597006/14 "2011-09-23T18:20:42Z")
I’ve noticed at my local Sobey’s that they have these pork and chicken cutlets shaped like pop tarts you can cook in your toaster. I don’t exactly trust my toaster to cook meat though, so I haven’t tried it. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-uses-for-toaster/597006/15 "2011-09-23T18:37:27Z")
Plug one in in the bathroom and you have your very own Dyson-like hand dryer.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-uses-for-toaster/597006/16 "2011-09-24T00:41:53Z")
You could be the second NON-Brazilian person to travel backwards through time: [- YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U52VT_TT-sQ) ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-uses-for-toaster/597006/17 "2011-09-24T01:11:45Z")
Convert it into a [Nintoaster.](http://www.stupidfingers.com/projects/nintoaster/) ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-uses-for-toaster/597006/18 "2011-09-24T01:15:01Z")
Cigarette lighter ---
**Author:** ![Teufelblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@Teufelblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teufelblitz)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-uses-for-toaster/597006/19 "2011-09-24T01:33:58Z")
> [@Cyros](#): > > Cigarette lighter Ooo! Ooo! I just remembered I have done this!