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Breville Die-Cast 2-Slice Smart Toaster BTA820XL
Designer toaster
- Sleek, modern design
- Toasts consistently and evenly
- Blue LED toasting countdown
- One-touch toasting time extension
- Expensive
- Slots don't accommodate long slices of bread
The Breville Smart Toaster has several clever features, including a blue LED toasting countdown, motorized slots that submerge and eject toast in one smooth motion, and a button that automatically extends toasting time with just a touch. What's more, reviewers say, it toasts bread consistently, batch after batch. Owners praise this toaster's attractive, die-cast metal housing, saying it doesn't sacrifice performance for style. If you're looking for a nice-looking yet less expensive toaster, reviews point to the KitchenAid KMTT200 (*Est. $70). While it lacks many of the Breville's features, it comes in a choice of colors, and its performance is rated very well.
We found the best review of the Breville Smart Toaster at CoolHunting.com, whose style-conscious editors pit four toasters against one another and the Breville comes out on top. Owners posting to Cooking.com say that this toaster is handsome enough to leave out on the counter, and toast comes out crisp, yet moist. We also read candid users reviews at Amazon.com and Buzzillions.com.
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Editors at CoolHunting.com, which covers products "at the intersection of art, design, culture, and technology," test four sleek toasters using two types of bread. Editors get their hands on a Breville before it hit the market and compare it against upscale models by Viking, Alessi and Krups. It's clear they love using the Breville toaster, giving it the highest overall rating. Some even say it has a personality. Bread "had an unrivaled level of evenness, with a consistent brown color from crust to golden crust."
Review: Toaster Challenge, Doug Black, March 14, 2008
2. Cooking.com
Cooking.com allows you to see ratings and number of reviews of all toasters without clicking on them, and you can sort the listings in a number of ways, including rating or number of reviews. The Breville Smart Toaster has earned only one review at this time of this writing, but it's generally positive. The owner says this toaster's slots are wide, but not long enough to accommodate lengths of baguette or other artisan bread. The toaster does a good job, the owner reports, but it's expensive.
Review: Die-Cast Two-Slice Smart Toaster by Breville, Contributors to Cooking.com
3. Amazon.com
At Amazon.com, we found mixed reviews for most toasters, but the majority receives an average rating in the neighborhood of four stars (out of a possible five). Among toasters garnering more than a dozen reviews, the Breville Die-Cast Toaster gets an extremely high rating: 4.5 stars out of five in about 35 reviews. A handful of owners complain of erratic toasting quality.
Review: Breville Die-Cast Smart Toaster BTA820XL, Contributors to Amazon.com
At Buzzillions.com, the Breville BTA820XL earns a high average rating in 20 reviews. Most owners like its variety of features.
Review: Breville Smart Toaster BTA820XL, Contributors to Buzzillions.com
We found one review of the Breville BTA820XL when we visited, and it's a negative one. The owner posting here says the "bread in the toaster caused a fire." It's unclear whether the bread was left in the toaster too long, or whether the toaster malfunctioned.
Review: Breville Smart Toaster BTA820XL, Contributors to Viewpoints.com
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