Electric bread oven TO-ST1-T retro brown Toaster which burns 1 sheet of ultimate

Excellent. Easy to use and clean.

Several things (and youtube) videos led me to this purchase. My lack of counter space leading to my need to be able to put a toaster in a cabinet and take it out easily without having to worry about putting crumbs in that cabinet. My love of most things bread especially toasty bread. My laziness and incompetence in the mornings. I love mine. That said it is not for everyone. Pros: - When using Japanese milk bread when instructions are followed every time cooks bread consistently to the selected end state - Egg on toast variations come out perfect every time and involves no hot pan watching nor lids - The overnight french toast is an amazing souffle like experience with practically 0 effort - Helps with portion control (see reality) - Easy to clean - Small counter footprint compared to toaster ovens that use steam cooking - 1.5 week old bagels stored in the fridge come out as if they were fresh out the bagel shop - The steam that rises from it is beautiful - The build on this is beautiful from a mechanical/electrical engineering perspective. If well taken care of it will last for possibly a lifetime Cons: - Takes extra long using lower sugar content breads - Takes a while to cool down afterwards - I wish the height limit for the stuff you pile on top was higher. If you cut your bread a little thick, you have to squish it or cut it down if you want to put an egg on top - Outside of Japan, there is no warranty or repair. So you will have to be extra careful with it - Manual is only in Japanese. A really friendly reviewer, my google translate on my phone, and my barely conversational understanding of the language and a dictionary was required to feel as if I had a good enough handle on how to properly run and take care of it. Realities: - Toasts one piece at a time so if you have more than one American wanting toast at the same time this might not be for you. Two people could probably split the milk toast overnight french toast and have some fruit and technically by dietary calories be set for breakfast. If you have two or more people you could split it and enjoy it slowly while the next piece cooks. Which is honestly what I did because I eat two whole pieces at a time before full because lazy brunch consists of French toast only. But it might not be for you depending on your toasting needs. - You have to have a transformer to run it if your country has different electric than Japan - Milk bread can be hard to find outside of Asian grocery stores and some hipster stores. Making your own milk bread is a medium bread difficulty level slightly above basic white bread since you have to heat up some milk, flour, and water and then cool it off first. That said I am so lazy I haven't made anything but no Knead bread during the pandemic while all my friends are making sour dough. The recipe for milk bread definitely seems easier than making sour dough. Potential Improvements: - Instead of measuring with the back of the spatula and looking from the side, it would be nice if there were markings on the inside of the lid. - It would be nice to have a cool down indicator when the toaster gets at the best heat to clean it. Right after is too soon and it might burn you through your paper towel. But waiting for it to be all the way cool looses the benefit of cleaning a warmer surface (faster dry times and no need for leaving the damp cloth on top in the rare event of stuck on food) - Instructions in English would also be nice?

I bought this as an unreasonably expensive toaster, and it's worth every cent I paid for it. It does an amazing job on just toast, but it can be used to prep open faced sandwiches. It does a perfect job on open face melt sandwiches. Only use plastic tools on it, my son scratched the surface using steel tools, but it still seems to work OK. You won't be disappointed with this toaster!

Great toaster.... Do yourself a favour and get one.

Changes the way you eat bread. It's more of a bread oven than toaster. Only eat pre buttered toast now.