Nostalgia TCS2 Grilled Cheese Toaster with Easy-Clean Toaster Baskets and Adjustable Toasting Dial

It’s ok. Two pieces of bread and two slices of kraft single cheese doesn’t fully fit in the toaster, so I have to jam it in. On the inside part, it tends to be hotter.. leaving my bread toasted unevenly. One side will be toasted, the other burnt. It depends. Still easier to make a grill cheese versus a frying pan.

Hace muy ricos sandwiches

First, this thing could be great, the sandwiches were good, and exploring ideas was fun while it lasted. There in is the rub though, while it lasted. I bought the ‘toaster’ back in July and it lasted only a few months. As great an idea as it is, it’s flaws really work against it.

The issue with the thing are the baskets. There are three issues with them; first, they are too narrow, two standard slices of white bread and a slice of cheese are too thick, you have to squeeze to get the sandwich in. This is what causes the smoking others have mentioned, the bread is bulging out the grill causing it to smoke. Just a quarter inch more and it would be fine. This leads to problem number 2, the baskets are too short and don’t sit deep enough in the slot. So, a standard size slice of sandwich bread sticks out the top by about a quarter of it’s height, leaving most of it toasted … most. And problem number 3, the baskets are really cheaply made … really cheaply made. Both of mine are now broken, the tines started breaking away from the frame after the like 2nd use.

A final problem with the unit is, it does not cook evenly, one side always was about 25% more done than the other.

Make the slots wider, much wider, so the baskets when inserted site suspended away from the burners enough to stop the burning/smoking. make the baskets themselves wider to actually fit a sandwich and it has to be deeper, the entire sandwich needs to fit into the slot, not just part of it, and finally, put some craftsmanship into it, this thing is really cheaply made and looks it.

I found from using it, the secret to getting it to work was shorter times but repeat. So, a standard time I use was the #3 setting. Put the fixings together and in the basket, grill it at #3, then, take the baskets out and flip the sandwich around and upside down, then back in at #3 or less again. That worked perfectly for me every time … till both baskets broke … of course now it can’t be safely used at all.

Overall, a nice idea but bad design and construction make it a bad purchase … so, a warning for future buyers, it is a great idea but not well built, buy at your own risk … I’d certainly not recommend it.

Le grille-pain est très apprécié de toute la famille! Cependant, je le trouve limité puisqu’il ne sert qu’à faire des Grilled-cheese chez moi. Il est facile à nettoyer et à utiliser. Peut être utilisé sans les paniers pour les rôties ordinaires, mais nous avons déjà un grille-pain, alors nous ne nous en servons pas comme ça. L’image sur le côté a un peu fondue à cause de la chaleur du grille-pain, mais il n’y a pas d’autres défectuosités en lien avec cet événement. Fonctionne très bien!

El diseño está padre. El funcionamiento adecuado. Sólo considera que no entran dos rebanadas de grosor común. Necesitas pan delgado para que quepa bien (o aplastar un poco tus piezas de pan en su defecto).

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