Breville The ToastPro 4 Slice

Ahh, yes, another toaster review . I'm getting addicted to finding the perfect toaster and this one comes awfully close. Just a heads up when you're purchasing. The toaster is not sold by all retailers and it's not to be confused with the Toastset 4 slice, they are different, look closely and you will see the buttons are in a different place.

The reason I point this out is the look alike is older and also has a look alike in stainless steel, both of these are not as good as this one .

The other thing I suggest is to do a search for coupons and discount coupons and use the Breville site and give yourself a discount. I saved 16 dollars on this unit and it was lower than the price on Amazon.

It's a great looking unit; I really like it.

The finish is not gloss but a matt finish still looks good though.

The question was to me which Breville do I buy? I had the Breville top of the range long 2 slice toaster in the past, does not look like it changed much, but then I saw they had two 4 slice toasters in the same range, but I really liked the look of this one, maybe my tastes have changed, I always liked sleek no-nonsense modern things, now I'm becoming more arty and reflecting my true passion, or maybe I am just getting old.

It boiled down to what I could do without, and I didn't need the crumpet setting because I had been toasting crumpets the same way before these crumpet setting "we will toast one side " came along, so I am fine with that.

Then the long slots versus shorter slots. Can I do without the long slots? how many times do I actually toast long artisan sour loaf slices?

Not very often it turned out.

The slot size:

160mmx37mm ,

the slots are still a big size , check out the photo, you can see there is still plenty of room for bigger toast. Maybe take a tape measure to the supermarket and measure your favourite Artisan slice , this might help you decide.

But , does this thing toast ?

My results show it toasts very even and consistent, probably the best I have experienced over my toaster journey.

The fruit bread setting is accessed by a double press of the frozen button and glows blue. I toasted thick raisin toast and it came out perfect to my taste, still nice fresh and moist on the inside and at two the toasting was very even on both sides and toasted to the edges, a slight variance in colour when looking at both sides, but still the best I have seen from a toaster.

I tested normal bread and timed it. Setting 3 and 3.5 were almost identical in timing and similar in colour so I moved than to the 2 setting and got my desired colour .

Cook times for normal loaf varied from 3minutes at 3.5 and 2 minutes at 2, and 1.33 for the raisin toast also on the 2 setting.

The toaster gets quite warm on the outside, so be careful when around children, the temperature clocked in at 54 C.

All in all, a very nice toaster, best of the bunch so far and I will keep tabs on its performance and change this review when and if necessary.