Over the past few years, my family has spent time with several of the most highly rated toasters, but each one has been a disappointment in one way or another.
Some claim to have slots wide enough for bagels. They do, but only if you pre-condition your bagel with a rolling pin. Otherwise, you're stuck. Literally.
Some claim to be durable. Gotta hand it to them -- they look really durable. Hint: the flimsy parts are hiding. You become acquainted with them when you inevitably take the toaster apart to fix it.
But, the main thing here is toast. Seems like it should be easy to get great toast, but it isn't. The landscape of crunchy bread is littered with potholes and land mines.
After a sampling from the Breville Smart Toaster, I now realize we've long been cheated of the simple but profound pleasure of correctly browned bread, bagels, hamburger buns, etc. We've eaten a lot of counterfeit toast.
Correctly toasted bread has a texture, density, and -- lest we forget -- flavor -- that is addictive. We want it. We want that calculated crunch and -- yes -- that flavor.
The Breville stands alone in a field of high end toasters, able to satisfy that yearning. Yes, you are helped on your quest by slots wide enough for breads of all kinds, the mechanism that keeps your bread centered, the "bagel" "a bit more" "lift and look" and "defrost" features, but those features wouldn't be worth a crumb if the Smart Toaster couldn't deliver on its promise of great toast.
But, the Breville truly does.
I'm not kidding.
Do not settle for mediocre toast.
This is the one.
Treat your family.
Buy this toaster.
Some claim to have slots wide enough for bagels. They do, but only if you pre-condition your bagel with a rolling pin. Otherwise, you're stuck. Literally.
Some claim to be durable. Gotta hand it to them -- they look really durable. Hint: the flimsy parts are hiding. You become acquainted with them when you inevitably take the toaster apart to fix it.
But, the main thing here is toast. Seems like it should be easy to get great toast, but it isn't. The landscape of crunchy bread is littered with potholes and land mines.
After a sampling from the Breville Smart Toaster, I now realize we've long been cheated of the simple but profound pleasure of correctly browned bread, bagels, hamburger buns, etc. We've eaten a lot of counterfeit toast.
Correctly toasted bread has a texture, density, and -- lest we forget -- flavor -- that is addictive. We want it. We want that calculated crunch and -- yes -- that flavor.
The Breville stands alone in a field of high end toasters, able to satisfy that yearning. Yes, you are helped on your quest by slots wide enough for breads of all kinds, the mechanism that keeps your bread centered, the "bagel" "a bit more" "lift and look" and "defrost" features, but those features wouldn't be worth a crumb if the Smart Toaster couldn't deliver on its promise of great toast.
But, the Breville truly does.
I'm not kidding.
Do not settle for mediocre toast.
This is the one.
Treat your family.
Buy this toaster.