We are now on the market for a new toaster. I’ll probably just buy a cheap pop-up toaster tonight for immediate use (hello, Amazon Prime), but I’m going to get a new toaster oven eventually. I like them. And that’s what died.
I mentioned the issues we were having with the toaster back in November (link here), and we’ve been coasting along in that state since then (plug in the toaster, watch it like a hawk, unplug when done). I had toast this morning, no problem. I picked up a panini from Starbucks on my walk at lunch, and when I got home, I plugged the toaster oven in so I could heat up the panini. Seconds later, I heard a small whoosh, I saw some orange flickering, some smoke drifted out with the smell of burning plastic, and then I yanked the plug out of the wall.
Bye-bye, toaster.
Anonymous
That’s what happened to my last toaster oven, and we had only had it a few months. Don’t trust those little fire hazards.
Zannah
That one lasted for YEARS. But yeah – I’ll do some research before I buy another one. It’s just so much faster than the oven for reheating smaller things.