# Do you own a toaster? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 19, 2011, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-toaster/582439 "2011-05-19T13:33:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-toaster/582439/21 "2011-05-19T16:44:41Z")
I just bought one today after years of not having one - a slot toaster, that is. My oven has a grill, but it’s broken, and the microwave technically does grill but doesn’t properly toast bread at all. We also have a Brevile-style sandwich toaster, but it takes ages. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-toaster/582439/22 "2011-05-19T17:30:58Z")
We have a toaster oven with a slot in the top for regular toasting. Similar to [this](http://www.target.com/Hamilton-Beach-Toastation-Black-22708H/dp/B000A1FFZE/ref=sr_1_28?ie=UTF8&searchView=grid5&keywords=toaster%20oven&fromGsearch=true&sr=1-28&qid=1305826159&rh=&searchRank=target104545&id=Hamilton%20Beach%20Toastation%20Black%2022708H&node=1038576%7C1287991011&searchSize=30&searchPage=1&searchNodeID=1038576%7C1287991011&searchBinNameList=subjectbin%2Cprice%2Ctarget_com_primary_color-bin%2Ctarget_com_size-bin%2Ctarget_com_brand-bin&frombrowse=0). ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-toaster/582439/23 "2011-05-19T17:45:10Z")
I have a regular toaster but hardly ever use it. I usually use the toaster oven, especially if I’m toasting bagels or homemade bread. When I make turkey, I use the regular oven to make a loaf’s worth of toast at a time for the stuffing. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-toaster/582439/24 "2011-05-19T20:01:35Z")
I have a toaster, but before I got it I used my oven to make toast. It’s kind of overkill, though, so I don’t do that any more unless I’m putting something on the bread first (cheesy garlic bread, or the like). ---
**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:** [May 19, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-toaster/582439/25 "2011-05-19T20:16:31Z")
I find it odd to have an oven but not a toaster. I even make garlic bread and grilled cheese with my toaster. (The latter if I don’t want the extra fat.) ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-toaster/582439/26 "2011-05-19T20:24:16Z")
I never use my toaster oven. I use a traditional toaster maybe once a quarter. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-toaster/582439/27 "2011-05-19T20:32:41Z")
Toaster oven. But I couldn’t give up my microwave. Mmm, microwave popcorn. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-toaster/582439/28 "2011-05-19T20:33:11Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I find it odd to have an oven but not a toaster. I even make garlic bread and grilled cheese with my toaster. (The latter if I don’t want the extra fat.) You mean a regular toaster? How do you keep it from getting gunky? Turn it on its side? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-toaster/582439/29 "2011-05-19T20:42:32Z")
toaster only > [@Paintcharge](#): > > Toaster oven. I no longer have a microwave. Got rid of that when the last one died and I realized I hadn’t used it in 6 months. how do you know it died? ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-toaster/582439/30 "2011-05-21T21:00:56Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > You mean a regular toaster? How do you keep it from getting gunky? Turn it on its side? Why did I never think of that???!!! That could totally work! ---
**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:** [May 21, 2011, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-toaster/582439/31 "2011-05-21T21:50:03Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > You mean a regular toaster? How do you keep it from getting gunky? Turn it on its side? [Toaster bags](http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=toaster+bags&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=9931687881702082182&sa=X&ei=6zLYTYubNqnn0QHJyJn8Aw&ved=0CGsQ8wIwAA&biw=1067&bih=581#) (which I’ve found for less than a dollar a piece locally and they last forever), or, when I’m in a pinch, just toast the toast, put cheese on it, add a few squirts on each side of fake butter spray (less than 30 calories worth) and stick it in the microwave for just long enough to melt the cheese. Also, my toaster has a clean out tray–though I only use it when pieces of bread fall off. Oh, and I make garlic bread either in the bag or toast it and then just add room temperature butter and garlic. The latter isn’t as good, but it’s better than plain toast. ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Eel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/977dab/32.png) [@Old\_Eel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Eel)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-toaster/582439/32 "2011-05-21T22:55:23Z")
I prefer a toaster oven, but I am living with people who have a slotted toaster. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-toaster/582439/33 "2011-05-21T23:01:04Z")
I have a toaster that sees daily use. Bread, Pop-Tarts, what-have-you. It has four slots, but two of them have died. They won’t pop up, so anything in them just burns. I really need to get a new toaster. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-toaster/582439/34 "2011-05-22T18:05:42Z")
Our stove unit had two ovens. A normal big one and a small one. The small one has a toast setting and makes the best toast ever. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-toaster/582439/35 "2011-05-22T19:15:55Z")
The toaster oven is an indispensable piece of equipment that would toss my entire world upside down if it were to ever disappear, as it makes re-heating pizza and toasting bread for sandwiches the best thing in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-toaster/582439/36 "2011-05-22T19:35:40Z")
We have a toaster oven, but it’s used mostly by Mr. Tao during the summer for small things, when it’s too hot to turn on the oven. I use it on occasion…um…maybe once. Toaster for bagels and toast, oven for pretty much everything else. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-toaster/582439/37 "2011-05-22T19:37:46Z")
I had a toaster with a slide out tray for years. Like a toaster oven except tiny. It made great toasted cheese sandwiches. Buttered toast came out better too. I put a gob of butter on the bread. Let it warm under the element a few seconds and then spread it out. After it finished toasting it was delicious. I have a regular 2 slot toaster now. Have to waste a lot of electricity to make cheese toast under the broiler in the oven. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-toaster/582439/38 "2011-05-22T20:45:56Z")
Toasted bagels? Heresy! ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-toaster/582439/39 "2011-05-22T20:45:59Z")
I’ve been on my own for about 5 years now and just now bought my first one. I got it because I only recently needed to be awake early enough for me to want to toast waffles on it. However I don’t see it getting much use. It’s funny however that I bought it and just NOW see this thread ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-toaster/582439/40 "2011-05-22T20:56:55Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > re-heating pizza _LOL_ When I read that, I thought you were talking about actually re-heating leftover pizza. You know, making it hot! 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-toaster/582439.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-toaster/582439.md?page=3)