Toasters
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Toast is one of the most quintessential breakfast items because of its versatility and delicious flavor. You can put just about anything on a piece of toast. In order to get toast quickly, the best thing to use is a toaster. Toasters are a great kitchen or office breakroom appliance to have at your disposal because of their wide range of uses. Learn more about toasters below.
What Foods Can You Make In a Toaster?
Though commonly used for bagels, toast and other bread products, toasters can make a variety of different foods. Fun breakfast frozen foods like waffles and pancakes can be prepared in a toaster, along with pop up pastries and strudels. Alternatively, meals like quesadillas or veggie patties can be quickly prepared or reheated in a toaster.
What Brands of Toasters Are Available?
There are a huge variety of toaster brands to choose from, with each one offering unique features and attributes that can help you to narrow down your choices to find the perfect toaster. Some of the toaster brands available at Staples include Black & Decker toasters, Brentwood toasters, Oster toasters and more.
What Are the Settings on the Toaster For?
At first glance, toasters may have more dials and buttons than you know what to do with. Although their primary function is to simply toast food, toasters have settings that ensure that every time you use one, the food is prepared to your liking. Many of the common toaster buttons are self explanatory. The bagel button can be used to toast bagels or English muffins. Since these foods are thicker than a typical slice of bread, they take more time to toast properly, so by pressing this button the toaster will adjust the toasting time accordingly.
Another common button found on a toaster is the defrost button, which can be used when attempting to toast an item that you’ve just taken out of the freezer. Additionally, there is a reheat button, which can be used similarly to a microwave to reheat previously prepared foods.
Many toasters have dials with numbers on them, which refer to how done you want your toast to be, with 1 being the least done.
How to Clean a Toaster
Toasters can be intimidating to clean since they’re an enclosed appliance that you can’t submerge in water. However, you rarely need to clean the entire toaster – you only really need to clean the crumb tray. Be sure follow these steps to do so:
- Always unplug your toaster prior to cleaning. If it has been recently used, make sure it has cooled off completely.
- Locate your toaster’s crumb tray, which is typically located at the bottom of your toaster, and remove it.
- Dump the contents in the garbage can, and then thoroughly rinse the tray with soap and water.
- After you have allowed the tray to fully dry, replace it in the toaster so your appliance will be ready for the next use.
- If you use your toaster frequently, be sure to clean it often as a large amount of accumulated food crumbs and debris can be a fire hazard.
What Is the Difference Between a Toaster and a Toaster Oven?
Pop-up toasters and toaster ovens are both great kitchen appliances that share a lot of the same features, and are used to prepare a lot of the same foods. However, toaster ovens are larger and have a wider range of food items that can be cooked as compared to a regular toaster.