KitchenAid KMTT400OB 4-Slice Metal Toaster, Onyx Black and Stainless Steel

Very Satisfied
This is one toaster thats a bargain for the money. Very well constructed with quality stainless body, removable crumb tray, oversized controls, and thick commercial electric cord. This is no small toaster! Toasting different breads was easy, and it toasted to perfection. I have found the best setting of shade control (10 settings) at 4 for perfect results. I have looked at almost every toaster in the 20-100 dollar range with disapointing results, until I seen the Kitchen Aid. I highly reccommend it!

GREAT TOAST!
This toaster does a perfect job at it's unique requirement-to make great toast. The wide range on the light to dark dials (1-9) gets it just right for everyone. It has been nice to move up from a two-slot to four-slot with the addition of kids and not spend all of breakfast processing bread through the toaster. The bagel feature really works. It looks very handsome on the counter, but it is large - as large as some small toaster ovens, so measure first. The only thing that hasn't fit well are long slices from a round of sourdough, I just cut them in half and it was fine. It has been so nice to have toast that is perfectly done on the entire surface of both sides of the bread!!

What a machine!
This toaster is all and more than described. We make our own whole grain breads and it was always a problem to get the dense breads browned without burning. This toaster's settings allow the bread to brown perfectly! The bagel setting is a dream as well. Looking forward to many years of use.

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Kitchenaid Stainless Steel 4 Slice Wide Toaster

5 stars for Support, 4 stars for performance
Note: I was not able to change the rating from my first review which was based on a defective toaster. The new rating should be 5 stars. We've discovered the best bagel toaster ever!

In my first review I said I'd be back when KitchenAide sent a replacement toaster. Not only did the one I ordered from Amazon not toast, the stainless steel stained with fingerprints and smudges of all things. That was three weeks ago. The replacement came last week, and I'm quite satisfied with the new one. It does not retained smudges and fingerprints and, more important, it toasts just fine. I especially like the way it handles bagels -- crisp on the outside, toasted on the inside.

It still has a minor "problem" with English muffins which I don't understand, and buyers note that you have to use the "bagel setting: to toast English muffins. Still, they need a higher setting, perhaps because they're thinner than bagels and regularly sliced bread.

Why not 5 stars? Because...

Finally a toaster that does the job
I have tried them all, good brands, brand x, expensive, cheap. For nearly 30 years, I have been unhappy with every toaster I have tried until this one. What could one reasonable expect from a toaster? That it browns evenly on both sides of the toast without flipping mid-cycle? That bagels fit? That it stays cool? Well, this one delivers the most basic of my requirements. It is large and solid, but I would build a room for it, if necessary. You can't go wrong with this one.

Finally the perfect toaster!!
Apparently, toasting a slice of bread evenly IS rocket science. After trying too many toasters, we purchased this Kitchen Aid model and our search is over. It does exactly what it was meant to do, toast bread evenly and handles bagels easily.

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