And to add the practical element into this argument-to-be, they’re cheap, take up little space, and use less power than literally any other device you would use to perform the same task, other than plain toast.
Bacon.
Put the hamburger buns on the toaster tray and set it to toast.’ The uncut sides of mine stay perfect. Even better, if you are making cheeseburgers you can put the slice of Velveeta on the desired side, hit toast, and it melts nicely while toasting the other side. The tray is especially good there if the cheese drips.
Yeah, the first time I figured out to do this while making nachos it was a :smack:moment. Why not before? And now we line our broiler pans with aluminum foil which takes about half the work out of cleaning up.
**What is a toaster oven good for? **
Re-gifting.
And anybody who would put a steak in a toaster oven is a Blasphemer!
I did use the Toast setting. The buns still dried out. Better to use a cast-iron frying pan. Velveeta does not belong on a cheeseburger. American cheese (not the ‘food product’) is what goes on cheeseburgers. Velveeta is for dip or macaroni.
I remember when dad was stationed in Daggett with the FAA. They had a toaster oven in the kitchen. He would butter two slices of Wonder bread. Between the unbuttered sides he’d put one of those Oscar Meyer ham steaks and two slices of Kraft American Cheese. He’d toast it on the rack. Sometimes he’d do the same thing, only with two slices of bologna and Miracle Whip on the inside of the bread slices.
Well alrighty. Yikes. But that’s not the toaster oven’s fault.
Reheating pizza, toasting bagels, making nachos, and if you keep bread in the refrigerator, un-refrigerating bread. (Particularly refrigerated hot dog/hamburger rolls.)
For me, it doesn’t replace an oven, it mostly replaces a microwave. Reheated food just plain comes out better.
Why? It’s just being used as a broiler.
Many well known and respected steakhouses use broilers.