Cuisinart CPT-2400P1 Bakery Artisan Bread Toaster, 2 Slice, Silver

This is more like a Cadillac then a Rolls Royce for toasters. But it's sleek, elegant, nice looking, very study, heavy duty, and perhaps well made. Time will tell how well made it is. But after bagels and bread, it's work pretty good for me. I like the defrost button, that works well for my frozen bagels. I used the defrost and the bagel button together and it works well. With the slider in the middle between 3 and 4, this works well for me. I looked at dozens of toasters, even images on Google, and I read tons of reviews. As far as I can tell, this is perhaps the best choice for the money, although a bit pricey now, I paid less. However it seems really solid and the outside does not get hot, except near the very top. The biggest beef with toasters, and that includes nearly all of them I have read reviews from, just about every brand, they all complain that the bread is never heated evenly. I won't go out on a limb here and say this one does, but it works well enough for me. I didn't see any huge disparaging synonyms that my bagels or bread were zebra striped with dark spots and light spots. I think you just have to test it and adjust the settings, and with a little tender loving care, you can get by ok. I don't believe any toaster is perfect in this regard, but this one seems to do a fair job. There are a few toasters that cost many, many hundreds of dollars, and why waste money like that? This one is a bit pricey, and the Brand name is well known, so a another reviewer said, this is probably as good as it gets! Slots are long and wide enough for just about any slice of bread, French, Sour Dough, or otherwise! Update: It's true that the bread does burn faster at the very bottom of the toaster. What I do is flip the bread or bagel half way through to insure it does not toast unevenly. The results are good if you flip it. I am not sure why this happens, but I can see the wires at the bottom become more red and hot then the wires in the middle. This might be similar to what some electric heaters do sometimes. It seems some parts of the wires are hotter then other parts, maybe closer to where the conduction starts. Rather then a design flaw, maybe it's a bit of technology they haven't quite fixed yet. My old toaster West Bend, had solid plates installed in front of all the conduction wires. This insured that the heat was distributed evenly over all parts of the bread, and it toasted bread perfectly. Also this prevented electric shock from touching the wires with a stainless steel knife. However, it did not come in long slot size, but came as a 4 slice toaster with a poached egg attachment. The West Bend was good for about two years, then it gave out.

This is hands down the best toaster I've ever owned. I was looking for a very versatile toaster that would handle a wide variety of bread sizes and also bagels. I frequently purchase artesian breads that are longer and sometimes thicker than normal packaged breads, and this toaster handles everything I've tried. And this includes toasting bagels perfectly. And on this topic, there is a bagel setting (along with defrost and normal) so only one side of the bagel will toast - it warms the other side. I however am an odd duck and like both sides toasted, so by not selecting the bagel setting, both sides will toast. It will easily accommodate two slices of "normal" bread in each slot. And there are heating elements on both sides of each slot, but again, in the bagel mode, the elements on only one side of each slot glow red when you depress the bagel mode. I can't imagine anything one would want to toast that this toaster couldn't handle. I am very pleased with how it toast as well. Very evenly, or as evenly as one could hope for. A little browner around the edges, which I love, but pretty uniform overall, and fine for my tastes. There are 7 darken position on a very easy to use slider. There is nothing flimsy or poorly designed with this toaster. The slider is well made as well as the toast lever. There is another feature I really like and that is a "cancel" button that you can depress if you want to end the toast cycle and raise the bread so you can remove from the toaster. And the crumb tray slides out easily so you can easily clean crumbs out of the toaster. The slots measure 10" long x 1 9/16" wide and it is just over 5" deep. With these measurements you might expect this toaster to be rather large, and it is. It takes up a fair amount of the cabinet work surface. But it is a very attractive toaster - solid chrome with attractively designed buttons on the side along with the darken slide lever. It's not the cheapest toaster on the market, but for what you get I think it's a great value. I highly recommend.

I really like this toaster. It doesn’t take up a ton of space, and will toast slices of bakery long thick bread or work as a 4 slicer for English muffins/bagels when we’re making breakfast sandwiches. The temperature can be a little persnickety, I’ve seen it not toast all the way or burn within a notch of the dial, as we’re getting to know each other I’m beginning to learn the sweet spot. I wish the crumb tray was a bit wider to easily clean it more thoroughly, but it’s still a great product for the size, shape, and price.

I love this toaster, it does get hot to the touch ( metal will do that). While in use it does get hot above slots about 8" so i wouldn't put anything above or against it. Probably a good rule of thumb for any toaster though. Cleans easy with a damp cloth or some vinegar dilluted. Looks nice and holds my homemade bread easily. As some people have said it does seem to toast more on one side than the other (as if it's on the bagel setting, it wasn't) but it works good enough toasting in my opinion. Takes several minutes to toast ( depending on setting) so make some coffee while you wait or eggs ... Whatever your fancy. The cord ( 3') comes out the front where the settings are. On the underside there are guided cord storage prongs, you can run the cord along and make the cord come out on another side if you prefer. I have mine part way as I don't need a bunch of extra cord hanging out on my counter. Anyway, heres some pictures....

Funciona de maravilla para pan artesanal y bagels, estéticamente es excelente

Fantastique. Cuisson parfaite et rapide de toutes les sortes de pains et bagel.

Après 9 mois d'utilisation, aucun problème présentement.

Had to get used to the operation. Unlike our old toaster the elements did not glow but heat was being generated. At first we thought the toasted needed to have its control knob increased. This initially resulted in burning of the bread and bagels. We finally found the correct setting after trial and error but interestingly the elents do not glow as all our previous taster did. Perhaps there is a newer technology now incorporated in toasters to make them more energy efficient yet still toast as required. This was a slight learning curve for us but the toaster now works fine. Better instructions perhaps would have helped

parfait pour les grosses toast