# I've never used a toaster. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 13, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-never-used-a-toaster/289891 "2005-02-13T18:48:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-never-used-a-toaster/289891/1 "2005-02-13T18:48:29Z")
This is, in case you couldn’t guess, astoundingly mundane and pointless. I just realized: I’ve never used a proper slit-in-the-top toaster. I’ve used those big conveyor-belt ones, I’ve used a big grill-type panini toaster where you smoosh your sandwich/bread/etc between two hot pieces of metal, and I’ve used toaster ovens. But I’ve never used an actual toaster. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-never-used-a-toaster/289891/2 "2005-02-13T18:55:11Z")
I’ll see your ‘I’ve never used a toaster’ and raise you with ‘I’ve never used a oven!’ Well, until recently, when my toaster expired after a loyal 5 years or so. Now I use something called a ‘grill’. Apparently it uses the same principles as the toaster… ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-never-used-a-toaster/289891/3 "2005-02-13T18:55:49Z")
Toaster ovens are an instrument of Satan. Especially those horrible DeLonghi ones with the frickin timer. Tick, tick, tick, tick, Ok, your dried-out piece of roofing material is finally done! When it comes to toaster ovens, my rage burns with the fire of a thousand…toasters. I’m going now. ---
**Author:** ![pasunejen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@pasunejen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pasunejen)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-never-used-a-toaster/289891/4 "2005-02-13T18:59:17Z")
Hey, I love my toaster oven…and FTR I’ve only ever gotten horribly burnt toast out of traditional toasters, plus they’re the antithesis of versatility. ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-never-used-a-toaster/289891/5 "2005-02-13T20:00:11Z")
I have a toaster oven here in my house at college. I can’t wait to get back home so I can have some proper toast again ☹ ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-never-used-a-toaster/289891/6 "2005-02-13T20:30:58Z")
I must have a bagel in the [toaster](http://www.drtoast.com/toasthaiku.html) just about every morning! mmm [toast points](http://www.drtoast.com/condor2.html) Used to have a Delonghi TO, miss it! Have a cuisinart four slice now, I really shopped around and nearly obsessed for a new toaster! almost bought a bulky conveyor type one figured I save the counter space and go work for Quizno’s instead for the full grand toaster experience 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-never-used-a-toaster/289891/7 "2005-02-13T20:41:43Z")
I love my toaster! Sometimes, I toast bread just so I can fill the house with the smell of warm toasty goodness. OTOH, I have come to hate every toaster oven, I’ve ever owned. Sure, it’s convenient, and the perfect size for small portions. But then you have to dismantle the damn thing just to get the crumbs out. And don’t even think about trying to clean that little glass door. ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-never-used-a-toaster/289891/8 "2005-02-14T01:29:31Z")
I have a toaster oven at home and no. toaster. at college (we aren’t allowed, and I almost can’t survive. At least I have a microwave.) The dining hall has the conveyor belt kind. The last time I used a regular toaster was on senior week (my friends and I rented a house at the shore for a week after graduation) and I burned my hand pretty badly on it. :o ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-never-used-a-toaster/289891/9 "2005-02-14T02:41:24Z")
I’m in the **toaster ovens are from hell** camp. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![gfloyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d2c977/32.png) [@gfloyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gfloyd)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-never-used-a-toaster/289891/10 "2005-02-14T03:02:37Z")
Toaster overs are evil!!! I have scars from them. Toasters are good. ---
**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-never-used-a-toaster/289891/11 "2005-02-14T03:11:17Z")
[old Calvin joke] Cool. Toast. But, where did the bread disappear to? [/joke] ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-never-used-a-toaster/289891/12 "2005-02-14T10:57:13Z")
**NinjaChick** , if you need a toaster to practice with, I’ve got a spare. I got a new one for converting **Miller** to The Pink Side. It’s a little, you know, _fruity_, but still perfectly functional. As long as you don’t mind the pounding dance music while it’s warming up and the whiff of potpourri as the toast pops out. **SolGrundy** ’s current ratio of gay posts to non-gay posts: 6/1. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-never-used-a-toaster/289891/13 "2005-02-14T11:14:03Z")
> [@hillbilly queen](#): > > And don’t even think about trying to clean that little glass door. Try spray-on degreaser. Costs about a dollar a can for the generic stuff, and it takes it right off. My toaster oven’s door is as clear as any window. It also works great on oven windows and the wall behind my Fry Daddy. I had no idea so many people had such a violent hatred for toaster ovens. Color me confused. With an oven, you can actually _see_ your bread toasting, so you can quickly turn if off if you start to see black spots developing on your toast. With regular toasters, you have to wait until you smell the burning, and by then it’s too late. I use my toaster oven for all kinds of things you could never use a regular toaster for (which is pretty much limited to bread and bagels). It’s great for heating up leftovers when I don’t want to wait for the oven to preheat. Usually, I zap the leftovers in the microwave first to get them hot, then toast them on low or medium to rid them of microwave-induced sogginess.