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Easy
Take the joint out of the fridge 30 minutes before cooking to bring it up to room temperature. Preheat the oven to 230°C, fan 210°C, gas 8. Weigh the beef to calculate the exact cooking time – for medium, cook for 15 minutes per 450g plus an
Prep Time
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Cook Time
120 mins
Serves
4
Pasta in the Oven
Easy
Preheat the oven to 180°C. Mix the water, the mayonnaise and the yoghurt together. Boil the mixture. Put the pasta in the oven tray, cover with the ham, the mixture and finally the cheese. Bake for 30 minutes in the oven. Serve with a salad o
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Serves
4
Dutch Oven Hoecakes
Easy
Place the cornmeal, baking powder, salt, egg and water into a bowl and stir to combine. Once mixed, stir in the corn. The mixture should be the consistency of pancake batter. Brush the lid or griddle with vegetable oil until shimmering. Pour enough
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Serves
8
Oven Roasted Broccoli
Easy
1) Preheat oven to 210 degrees C/Gas 6. 2) Cut the broccoli florets into bite size pieces. Cut the stalk into 0.5-cm thick, round slices. Place the broccoli into a mixing bowl and toss with the olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper and set aside.
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Serves
4
Oven-Roasted BBQ Chicken
Easy
1. Combine the barbecue sauce, peach preserves, garlic and hot sauce to taste in a medium saucepan and heat over medium heat until nice and hot, 8 to 10 minutes. Set aside. 2. Preheat the oven to 200°C. 3. Drizzle some olive oil on 2 rimmed bak
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
60 mins
Serves
14
Best end of lamb
Easy
1) Preheat the oven to 180°C / gas 4.
2) Take a sharp knife and trim and pull off the top layer of fat, most of which will pull away. Disregard the fat. With a small sharp knife, peel off the sinew.
3) Place the oil in the pan and when hot,
Prep Time
25 mins
Cook Time
50 mins
Serves
2
Dutch Oven Cherry Clafouti
Easy
Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F or prepare charcoal for cooking outdoors by heating coals in a chimney starter until hot and ashy. Butter the bottom and sides of a 5-quart Dutch oven. If using fresh cherries, rinse, stem and pit the cherries. If u
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Serves
8
Oven-Roasted Fruit
Easy
1) Preheat the oven to 220°C/gas mark 8. 2) Place the peaches and plums snugly in a single layer, cut side up, in 2 glass or porcelain oven-proof baking dishes. Sprinkle with the sugar, and then top with the raspberries. Bake for 20 to 25 minu
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Serves
6
Easy Oven-Baked Sticky Mango Chutney
Easy
This oven-baked chutney is so easy.
All you need to do is pop it in the oven, sit back and relax. It's chunky, sweet, sour and spicy... perfect with cheese and bread. We love it with Cornish Yarg and seeded sourdough.
Preheat the oven to 170°C.
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
120 mins
Serves
-
Oven-Style Pulled Pork Sandwich
Easy
Preheat the oven to 150°C / gas Mark 2. In large bowl, mix together the pork butt (shoulder) and sauce. Transfer the pork mixture to a 20-by 20-by 5-cm pan. Cover tightly with foil and bake until very hot, about 1 hour. Divide the mixture on th
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
60 mins
Serves
4
Oven-Baked, Crushed Potatoes with Gorgonzola
Easy
Preheat the oven to 200°C.
Boil the potatoes for 10 minutes in salted water. Drain.
Meanwhile, pour a thin layer of oil over a baking tray and add the onion, rosemary, garlic and salt and pepper. Scrunch together using your hands.
Toss the par-boi
Prep Time
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Cook Time
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Serves
4
Perfect Whole Turkey in an Electric Roaster Oven
Hard
1. Take the insert pan out of the roaster and pre-heat the roaster to it's highest setting (on mine it's 450°F, but 500°F if your oven goes that high). 2. Prep the turkey by rinsing and patting dry. Sprinkle salt in the cavities. Stuff your turkey
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
240 mins
Serves
-
Sunny's Honey BBQ Oven Short Ribs
Easy
Heat the oven to 300 degrees F.In a small bowl, combine the paprika, onion powder, 4 teaspoons salt, oregano, garlic powder, cumin, cayenne pepper and a few grinds of black pepper. Rub the mixture all over the ribs and allow it to sit at room tempera
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
180 mins
Serves
4
Easy Parmesan "Risotto" in the Oven
Easy
1.
Preheat the oven to 175°C degrees.
2. Place the rice and 4 cups of the chicken stock in a Dutch oven, such as Le Creuset. Cover and bake for 45 minutes, until most of the liquid is absorbed and the rice is al dente.
3. Remove from the ov
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
50 mins
Serves
4
Oven-roasted potatoes
Easy
1. Heat the oven to 190C/Gas 5. 2. Cut the Peruvian potatoes in half or in quarters, about the same size as the small new potatoes. Do the same for the red bliss potatoes. Place all potatoes, garlic cloves, shallot quarters and rosemary sprigs on a b
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Serves
4
Oven-Baked Salmon
Easy
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
Season salmon with salt and pepper. Place salmon, skin side down, on a non-stick baking sheet or in a non-stick pan with an oven-proof handle. Bake until salmon is cooked through, about 12 to 15 minutes.
Serve wi
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Serves
4
Oven-fried chicken
Medium
1) Place the chicken pieces in a large bowl and pour the buttermilk over them. Cover with cling film and refrigerate overnight. 2) Preheat the oven to 180°C/gas mark 4. 3) Combine the flour, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Take the chicken
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
40 mins
Serves
6
Oven Fried Chicken
Medium
Finely grate 1 teaspoon of zest from the lemon; set aside. Squeeze the juice of the lemon into a medium bowl. Whisk in the milk, sugar, and cayenne until the sugar and cayenne are dissolved. Add the sprigs of rosemary and garlic. Pierce each chicken
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
50 mins
Serves
4
The Best Chilli Ever
Easy
The thing that makes this chilli stand out is the smoky authentic taste and it’s beautifully glistening dark red colour, it’s a showstopper.
I have people pleading for the recipe all the time, so this will make a lot of people very happy! It’s very
Prep Time
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Cook Time
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Serves
10
Mexican courgette oven chips
Easy
1) Preheat oven to 260C/Gas 10.2) Arrange courgette on nonstick baking tray. Spray courgette with cooking spray. Combine spices and sprinkle over the courgette fries.3) Place in very hot oven and cook 15 to 18 minutes.4) Serve hot and top with spoonf
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
18 mins
Serves
4
Oven-roasted turkey breast with leeks and cornbread stuffing
Easy
1. Preheat oven to 200°C / gas mark 6. 2. Fill a large bowl with water and add the leeks, swish around with your hands to get the sand out from in between the layers. In a large saute pan over medium heat, add one tablespoon each of butter and o
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
50 mins
Serves
10
Oven roasted maple gorp
Easy
1) Preheat oven to 190C/Gas 5.
2) Place maple syrup on the stove with cinnamon and vanilla over medium low heat to infuse the flavour. Warm syrup a couple of minutes, remove.
3) Combine oats, hazelnuts, almonds, sultanas, cranberries and seeds in a
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Serves
8
Oven-Roasted Chicken Wings
Easy
Preheat the oven to 260°C. Line a large rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil. In a large mixing bowl, combine the wings and the lemon juice and mix thoroughly. Add the pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, and salt. While crushing it between yo
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Serves
4
German style oven chips
Easy
Preheat oven to 125C/Gas 1/2. 1) Parboil potatoes for 4 minutes in a large pot over medium heat, or pierce with fork and microwave for 6 minutes. When ready, cut into 8 wedges each and sprinkle with vinegar. 2) In large skillet, heat the extra-virg
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Serves
4
German-style oven chips
Easy
1) Preheat oven to 250C/Gas 9.
2) Parboil potatoes for 4 minutes in a large pot over medium heat, or pierce with fork and microwave for 6 minutes.
3) When ready, cut into 8 wedges each and sprinkle with vinegar.
4) In large frying pan, he
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Serves
4
Thanksgiving Oven-Roasted Vegetables
Medium
Preheat the oven to 220°C. Cut the fennel bulbs into 6 wedges each, cutting through the core to keep the wedges intact. Place on a sheet pan. Cut the potatoes in half lengthwise and place them on the pan with the fennel. Drizzle 3 tablespoons of oliv
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
45 mins
Serves
6
Oven Fried Onion Rings
Easy
Preheat the oven to 220°C. Place parchment paper onto 2 baking sheets and set aside.
In a small bowl, combine the flour, paprika and 2 teaspoons salt. In another bowl or shallow dish, whisk together the buttermilk and eggs.
Add half of the flo
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Serves
4
Oven-Baked Omelette for Two
Easy
1) Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas mark 4. Cut the bacon crosswise in 2cm slices. Cook in an 20-cm ovenproof saute pan over medium-low heat for 5 to 7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until browned. 2) Drain the bacon on paper towels and discard the fa
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
35 mins
Serves
2
Oven baked red snapper
Medium
1) Preheat oven to 230C/Gas 8. 2) Wash the fish thoroughly and dry on paper towels. Score both sides of fish 3 times. Combine the minced garlic and jalapeno and stuff mixture into each of the 6 slits. Rub the fish with salt and pepper. Let fish marin
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Serves
4
Olive oil oven chips
Easy
1) Heat oven to 240C/Gas 9 and arrange rack in top. 2) Peel potatoes and cut lengthwise into 1.
5cm-wide planks. Cut planks lengthwise into 1.5cm-wide strips then cut strips in half crosswise. Cover potatoes in hot tap water and let soak for 10 mins
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
40 mins
Serves
2
Oven roasted lamb shanks with roasted tomatoes and toasted orzo
Medium
For the lamb:1) Preheat oven to 180°C/Gas 4. 2) Heat oil in a medium casserole dish over high heat until smoking. Season the shanks on both sides with salt and pepper and sear until golden brown on both sides. Remove shanks to a plate. 3) Add
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
300 mins
Serves
4
Freezer to Oven Berry Muffins
Easy
For the muffins: Line a 12-cup muffin tin with foil muffin cup liners. Toss the berries with 2 tablespoons of the flour in a small bowl. Whisk the remaining flour, granulated sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Beat the eggs in a medium b
Prep Time
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Cook Time
-
Serves
12
Oven Baked Corn Dogs
Easy
Preheat oven to 220C/Gas Mark 7. In a shallow dish, combine muffin mix with flour, then stir in eggs, milk and melted butter. Season the mix with chili powder, cumin, cayenne and spring onions. The batter will be a thick, sticky biscuit dough. Place
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
-
Serves
4
Oven roasted chicken tenders saltimbocca
Easy
1) Preheat oven to 210 degrees C/Gas 6. 2) Season chicken with salt and pepper, top each tender with 2 leaves of sage. Wrap each tender with a slice of ham. Coat the tenders liberally in olive oil, a couple of tablespoons. 3) Arrange meat on ba
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
40 mins
Serves
4
Big Mama's kitchen: Oven fried chicken
Medium
Big Mama's rub:
1) Place all ingredients into a resealable container and mix until thoroughly combined.
For the chicken:
1) Cover each piece of chicken in buttermilk, then lemon-pepper, no-salt seasoning and Big Mama's rub, to taste. Place in a bo
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Serves
4
Sweet potato oven chips with avocado dip
Easy
1) Preheat the oven to 230C/Gas 8. Line a baking sheet with aluminium foil and set aside. 2) Place the sweet potatoes in a large bowl and toss with olive oil until coated. Add the paprika, chilli powder, coriander, salt and pepper; toss to distribut
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Serves
6
Whole-Grain Caramel Apple Oven Pancake
Easy
Preheat the oven to 205°C. Blend the milk and eggs in a blender until thoroughly mixed. Add the flour, vanilla, cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon salt and lemon zest and blend again until combined, scraping down the sides if necessary, about 15 seconds. Cov
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
55 mins
Serves
4
Dutch oven potatoes
Easy
1) In a Dutch oven, cook bacon and onion for 5 to 8 minutes until bacon is just cooked through.
2) Add potatoes and cook for an additional 25 minutes, stirring regularly.
3) Add mushrooms and soup, stir thoroughly, and cook for 7 minutes. Remove
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
40 mins
Serves
10
Oven-dried tomatoes
Easy
1. Preheat oven to 120C/Gas 1-2. Lay the tomatoes in a single layer on a sheet pan and sprinkle with the salt. Cook the tomatoes for 5 to 6 hours or until dried and slightly shriveled, but still plump. 2. If not using immediately, store tomatoes in
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Serves
-
Oven-fried potatoes
Easy
1. Preheat the oven to 230C/Gas Mark 8. 2. Leaving peel on, cut the potatoes into 6 lengthwise to make long wedges, about 2 to 2 1/2-cm wide. Combine the potatoes, oil, salt and cayenne on the baking sheet and toss to combine (1 less bowl to wash).
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
35 mins
Serves
4
Oven fried chicken
Easy
1) Preheat oven to 190 degrees C/Gas 5.
Lightly spray a baking tray with olive oil. 2) Combine the crackers and corn cereal crumbs, sesame seeds, cayenne, and garlic powder in a shallow bowl. Reserve. 3) In a large bowl, combine egg whites, yoghurt
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
45 mins
Serves
6
Oven-fried chicken
Easy
1) Make the marinade by mixing together the buttermilk, yoghurt, mustard, hot sauce, tarragon, paprika and salt in a small bowl. Put the chicken in a heavy resealable plastic bag or a baking pan large enough to hold the pieces in one layer, and pour
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
45 mins
Serves
4
Oven-Fried Latkes
Medium
Preheat the oven to 220°C. Mist a baking sheet with the cooking spray.Peel the potatoes and then grate on the large holes of a box grater. Transfer to a fine-mesh sieve and squeeze out as much liquid as possible into a bowl. Let the liquid settle
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Serves
4
Oven fried chicken
Easy
1) Preheat the oven to 200 degrees C/Gas 6.
Set a rack on a foil lined baking sheet. Spray the rack generously with cooking spray.
2) Finely grind the cereal and toasts together in a food processor. Transfer crumbs to a large size plastic bag. Add
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
40 mins
Serves
4
Oven-dried tomato snacks
Easy
1) Preheat the oven to 125C/Gas Mark 1. 2) Toss the tomatoes in a bowl with the olive oil. Arrange the tomatoes, cut side up, in a single layer on a parchment or foil-lined baking sheet. Sprinkle with the salt and the fish sauce or celery salt. Bak
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
360 mins
Serves
-
Best Breakfast Potatoes Ever
Easy
Preheat the oven to 220 degrees C. In a large bowl, toss together the potatoes, garlic, onion, green bell pepper, red bell pepper, olive oil, butter, seasoned salt, cayenne pepper and some kosher salt and pepper. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, shaking
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
40 mins
Serves
6
Best Tomato Soup Ever
Easy
To begin, dice the onion.
Melt the butter in a large pot or Dutch oven. Throw in the onion and cook until translucent.Now dump in the diced tomatoes and stir to combine. Add the tomato juice.Next - and this is important - in order to combat the acidi
Prep Time
25 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Serves
6
Best Tomato Soup Ever
Easy
1. To begin, dice the onion. Melt the butter in a large pot or Dutch oven. Throw in the onion and cook until translucent. 2. Now dump in the diced tomatoes and stir to combine. Add the tomato juice. 3. Next - and this is important - in order to
Prep Time
25 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Serves
6
Oven baked onion rings
Easy
1) Preheat the oven to 230 degrees C/Gas 8. Spray a baking tray slightly with oil and set aside. 2) Place potato crisps in the bowl of a food processor and process into crumbs, about 20 seconds. Transfer to a shallow bowl, add cayenne, and set aside.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Serves
4
Oven-style barbecued chicken
Easy
1) In a large bowl, mix together the oil, chili powder, paprika, sage, mustard, ginger, and cayenne until a paste is formed. 2) Add the chicken pieces and rub the spice paste all over, including under the skin. Cover with cling film and refrigerat
Prep Time
120 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Serves
4
Lamb osso bucco with rustic lamb demi-glace
Medium
For the roast lamb (lamb stock recipe below): 1) Preheat oven to 140°C / Gas mark 1. 2) Season lamb osso bucco liberally with salt and pepper and set aside on a plate. In a heavy-bottomed roasting pan over medium-high heat, heat olive oil on
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
165 mins
Serves
4
Oven Roasted Cauliflower with Turmeric and Ginger
Easy
1) Preheat oven to 210 degrees C/Gas 6.
2) Whisk together the oil, mustard seeds, jalapeno, ginger, and turmeric in a small bowl. 3) Place cauliflower in a medium baking dish and toss with the flavored oil and season with salt. Roast until lig
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Serves
4
The Best Berry 3-Layer Magic Cake
Easy
1. Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 325 degrees F. Line an 8-inch square metal baking pan with a 12-by-8-inch piece of parchment paper leaving an overhang on 2 sides. 2. Melt the butter in a small microwave-safe bowl in the
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
60 mins
Serves
9
Bakewell Tart Biscuits
Cream together the margarine and caster sugar in a large bowl. Add the egg yolk and almond extract and beat until combined. Sift over the flour and mix it all together with your (clean) hands until it is all combined and forms dough. Roll into a ball
Prep Time
-
Cook Time
20 mins
Serves
22
Easter Basket Pie
Medium
Special equipment: a 9-inch pie plate; an 18-inch ruler; a 3-inch bunny head cutter; a 3-inch egg cutter; a 3/4-inch round cutter; a 1-inch diamond cutter; a 1/2-inch and 1-inch flower cutter; a small craft paintbrush Combine th
Prep Time
90 mins
Cook Time
-
Serves
10
Sue's fruit cake
Medium
1) Line a 23cm round cake tin with greaseproof paper and set aside.
Position the oven rack to just below the centre of the oven so that when the cake is in the oven it will be central. Preheat the oven to 150C/Gas 2.
2) In the bowl of an electric
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
180 mins
Serves
20
Parmigiano Reggiano Roast Potato Salad with Parsley Egg and Caper Dressing
Preheat the oven to 200°C/Fan oven 180°C/Gas Mark 6. Put the potatoes into a roasting tin and add the olive oil, tossing to coat. Season with sea salt and black pepper, then roast until brown and crispy. Meanwhile, hard-boil the
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
50 mins
Serves
2
Classic Parker House Rolls
Easy
Combine all of the ingredients in a large mixing bowl or in a stand mixer fitted with the hook attachment. Combine the dough until it comes together and then if mixing by hand, turn the dough out onto a work surface and knead until smooth, about 5 m
Prep Time
70 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Serves
18
Stuffing and Gravy from Tristan Welch's Mum
Easy
Tristan's Turkey Tips:
The best way to cook a five kilogram turkey is from a cold oven.
Using this technique will take a minimum of four hours but it’s worth the wait!
Always take care to check that the turkey is cooked properly. You can do this by
Prep Time
40 mins
Cook Time
80 mins
Serves
-
Braided Egg Buns
Medium
Combine all of the ingredients in a large mixing bowl or in a stand mixer fitted with the hook attachment. Combine the dough until it comes together and then if mixing by hand, turn the dough out onto a work surface and knead until smooth, about 5 m
Prep Time
90 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Serves
12
Soda Bread
Easy
1. Preheat the oven to 200°C, Gas Mark 6 and put the top shelf in position. 2. Place the flours, bicarbonate of soda and salt into a large bowl and stir together. 3. Make a large hole in the centre of the flour mixture and pour in the melted butter
Prep Time
-
Cook Time
40 mins
Serves
-
Sticky Ribs BBQ'd with Apple, Black Pepper and Honey
Medium
Preheat the oven to 150°C.
Begin by preparing the ribs. Season the ribs with salt and black pepper and place the ribs in a baking dish, deep enough to be able to cover the ribs with stock (if you can leave for 1 hour for the salt to slightly cure
Prep Time
-
Cook Time
-
Serves
-
Croque madame, sauce mornay (toasted ham and cheese sandwich with a fried egg and mornay sauce)
Medium
1) Preheat the oven to 190C/Gas 5.2) Lay out the bread slices. Divide the ham among them, making sure it doesn't extend over the edges of the bread. Place the cheese over the ham. If the cheese is larger than the bread, bend it over to fit.3) Heat tw
Prep Time
100 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Serves
4
Prince or Princess Cupcakes
Easy
Have you ever wondered how best to let your friends, family, and assorted world leaders know whether you are expecting a little Prince or a little Princess? Fear not, because these easy ‘gender reveal’ cupcakes are a delicious way to share your happy
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Serves
12
Choux Pastry Buns with Coffee and Caramelised Almonds
Easy
To make the choux pastry buns: It is best to do this with an electric hand whisk so get that ready and have all the ingredients weighed out before you start.
Place the butter and 200ml of cold water in a pan and bring to the boil. Take it off the
Prep Time
-
Cook Time
-
Serves
6
Hawaiian BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich with Grilled Pineapple Relish
Hard
For the roast pork: In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, coriander, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, black pepper, cinnamon and cumin to make a dry rub. Massage the rub over the pork, making sure to rub it in between the scored fat cap. Wrap t
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
240 mins
Serves
4
John Whaite's Cranberry, Chocolate and Pecan Biscotti
Easy
Preheat the oven to 180°C/Gas 4. Place the flour, sugar, baking powder, orange and lemon zest, cranberries, nuts and chocolate chips in a mixing bowl and stir together until evenly dispersed. Beat the egg into the milk, and then pour this into
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
45 mins
Serves
20
Waffled Falafel
Easy
Preheat the oven to 90°C (to keep cooked waffles warm).
Combine the oil, coriander, flour, parsley, baking powder, cumin, salt, coriander, cayenne, egg whites, garlic and chickpeas in a food processor and pulse until smooth.Lightly brush the top a
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Serves
4
Piri Piri Chicken
Medium
1. Place the chicken, breast side down, on a clean, flat, work surface. 2. Starting at bottom end of the chicken, cut along one side of backbone with sharp kitchen scissors, then do the same on the other side of the back bone. 3. Turn the chicken
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
60 mins
Serves
-
Cherry Tomato Tarts with Parmigiano Reggiano
Easy
These tarts are so easy to make as they use ready-rolled puff pastry. They’re best eaten whilst warm - a few minutes after they come out of the oven. 1. Preheat the oven to 200°C / fan oven 180°C / gas mark 6. Lightly grease a large baking
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Serves
4
Almond and Raisin Biscotti
Medium
Preheat the oven to 150°C.
In a mixing bowl, combine the butter and granulated sugar and beat, with a whisk or hand mixer, until light and fluffy, scraping down the sides periodically. Add the orange zest and beat in the whole eggs one at a time.
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
40 mins
Serves
36
Chocolate pudding with candy roses
Medium
1) For the chocolate pudding: sift the first 5 ingredients into the cold single cream, whisk well to homogenize. Begin to heat while stirring constantly to 80 degrees C. Add chocolate and cook, stirring, for 1 full minute. Pass through a strainer and
Prep Time
55 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Serves
3
Beef bourguignon
Medium
1) Preheat the oven to 140C/Gas 1. Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a large dutch oven. Add the bacon and cook over a medium heat for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the bacon is lightly browned. Remove with a slotted spoon to a large plate.
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
75 mins
Serves
6
English Muffin Pizzas
Easy
Heat the oil in a large pot over medium-high heat.
Add the onions and cook, stirring, until softened and starting to brown, about 5 minutes. Stir in the carrots, peppers and courgette and cook, stirring, until softened, about 15 minutes. Add the gar
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
-
Serves
12
Sticky Lips Pie
Medium
Pre-heat the oven to 190°C. For the oatmeal cookie crust, in a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a stand mixer, fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar for ab
Prep Time
-
Cook Time
-
Serves
55
Coffee Cake for Challenging Days
First of all, weigh your eggs and try to remember the number - this is the amount of margarine, sugar and flour that you will need. Preheat your oven to 180°C (or 160°C fan). Cream together the margarine and sugar until they're light
Prep Time
-
Cook Time
25 mins
Serves
-
Spiced Blackberry, Pear and Apple Pavlova
Medium
1.
Preheat the oven to 140°C, Gas Mark 1. Line a large baking tray with baking paper.
2. Put the sugar and lemon juice in a large bowl. Add one egg white and whisk for a minute - the mixture will look hard, but don't worry. Add another egg white and
Prep Time
-
Cook Time
-
Serves
-
Cream puffs
Medium
1) In a medium saucepan, combine the water, butter, sugar, and salt. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Remove the pan from the heat and sift the flour directly into the pan. Stir the mixture into a paste with a wooden spoon. Return the pan to a mediu
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
80 mins
Serves
-
Nichola Smith’s Sea-Buckthorn Posset and Fig Tart
Medium
A posset is extremely easy to make and steeped in history, more than 500 years old and said to be one of Henry VIII favourites. It has 3 components, citrus, sugar and cream and in this recipe I’m using what I call ‘the UK’s answer to citrus’! Sea
Prep Time
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Cook Time
-
Serves
24
Candied cashews
Easy
1) Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas Mark 4.
2) Place the cashews on a baking tin and place in the oven. Toast the cashews for 10 minutes, or until golden brown. Be sure to watch the cashews carefully so they don't burn! Remove the cashews from the ov
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Serves
4
S'mores Tarts
Medium
Preheat the oven to 190°C and line a baking tray with parchment paper. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the puff pastry dough into a 12-inch square, about 1/4 inch thick. Trim the edges and then cut the puff into 4 squares and place the
Prep Time
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Tenderstem, Pumpkin and Pine Nut Tart
Easy
Preheat the oven to 200°C/gas 6. Put the pumpkin, red onion and thyme in a roasting tin and pour over the olive oil. Toss to mix well and roast in the oven for 15 minutes. Then add the Tenderstem and garlic to the roasting tin, mix through and roast
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10 mins
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6
Cheese Soda Bread
Easy
Preheat the oven to 190?C/fan oven 170?C/gas mark 5.
Grease a baking sheet with butter. Heat the oil in a medium, non-stick frying pan and add the leek and cook gently for about 10 minutes, until it is just starting to brown. Add the sage and allow
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
35 mins
Serves
6
Black bean-steamed scallop with noodles
Medium
Notes: My favorite sauce of all time is black bean sauce. I love this homemade sauce cooked in a number of ways, and I think it goes best with poultry or shellfish. This is a simple low-fat sophisticated supper for two - perfect washed down with a ch
Prep Time
35 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Serves
2
Individual molten chocolate coconut cakes
Easy
1) Preheat the oven to 160C/Gas 3. Butter and flour 6 (175ml) custard cups.
2) Spread the coconut on a nongreased baking sheet and put in the oven to toast until lightly brown and fragrant (about 10 minutes). Remove from the oven and reserve.
3)
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
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6
The secret to cooking great ribs
Medium
1) Select a lean rib and cut off the visible fat. We like our ribs lean, tender and beautiful. Cook them low and slow. 1 kg or less will take 4 1/2 hours at 107C. In the smoker is best. 2) Lay the ribs out and put your seasoning rub on them. Let them
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Pepper Breadsticks
Easy
1. Dust two large baking trays with flour. 2. Put the flour, yeast and the 1 1?2 teaspoons of salt into a large bowl and add enough of the water to make a soft but not sticky dough. 3. Knead well for 10 minutes by hand on a lightly floured wor
Prep Time
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Cook Time
20 mins
Serves
12
Fig, Cream Cheese and Mint Tart
Easy
1. Preheat the oven to 180°C, Gas Mark 4.
2.
Roll out the pastry on a floured work surface to the thickness of half a £1 coin and use it to carefully line a 20 x 30cm rectangular fluted tin.
3. Homemade pastry is short and so will be quite crumbly.
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25 mins
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Honey and Paprika Pork Chop with Tenderstem and Lemon Couscous
Medium
Remove some of the fat from the chops, leaving a thin layer around the outside. Place the pork chops in a large bowl. Mix star anise, thyme, paprika and 1 tbsp of the olive oil to create a marinade. Coat the chops in the marinade and cover with cl
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Serves
4
Chocolate and Orange Christmas Cake
Medium
1. Put the raisins and sultanas into a bowl and cover with half of the orange liqueur. Cover the bowl and set aside for 24 hours.
2. When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 150°C. Grease a 20 cm springform cake tin and double line it.
3. In a large
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Margherita Pizza
Medium
Preheat a wood-fired pizza oven to very hot 4 hours before cooking. Alternately, you can use a preheated pizza stone in your home oven. It's best to heat it for 1 hour at 500 degrees F before baking. Add tomatoes to a food processor and process un
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Serves
8
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We updated this article in October 2022 to add more information about each featured product, based on extensive testing done by the Good Housekeeping Institute. Our original top-rated picks, selected by the Kitchen Appliances and Innovation Lab, remain the same except for new picks from Cuisinart and KitchenAid.
Toaster ovens take up minimal space, can replace several kitchen appliances (like your toaster and air fryer — some are already air fryer toaster ovens) and shorten cooking times, especially when you use the convection setting. In addition to toasting bread and bagels, they can cook whole chickens and roast vegetables. Since most toaster ovens don’t require preheating, they’re great for the summer months when you don’t want to heat up your entire kitchen with your full-size oven. They're also energy efficient and use as little as half the energy of a conventional oven.
In the Good Housekeeping Institute Kitchen Appliances and Innovation Lab, we've tested about 60 toaster ovens in the past ten years.
We test to see which ones can produce the most even, golden brown toast in the shortest amount of time. We also melt cheese on open faced sandwiches, bake cakes and air fry chicken wings if there is an air fry setting. Here are our top picks for the best toaster ovens you can buy in 2022 based on testing:
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Best Overall Toaster Oven
Compact Smart Oven Breville
$190 AT AMAZON
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Best Value Toaster Oven
Sure-Crisp Air Fry Toaster Oven hamilton beach
$81 AT WAYFAIR
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$81 AT WAYFAIR
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Best Toaster Oven Air Fryer
TOA-65 Digital AirFryer Toaster Oven Cuisinart
$288 AT AMAZON
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$288 AT AMAZON
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Best Small Toaster Oven
FlashXpress Compact Toaster Oven Panasonic
$150 AT AMAZON
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$150 AT AMAZON
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Best Toaster Oven for Toasting
KCO211 Digital Countertop Oven KitchenAid
$150 AT WALMART
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$150 AT WALMART
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Best Smart Toaster Oven
The June Oven June
$849 AT AMAZON
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Scroll to the bottom of this article for more about how we test toaster ovens in our Lab — plus everything you need to consider when shopping.
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Best Overall Toaster Oven
Breville
Compact Smart Oven
Breville
| Dimensions | 10.2" x 16.7" x 15.6" |
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| Weight | 22.7 pounds |
| Bread capacity | Four slices |
| Settings | Toast, bagel, bake, broil, pizza, roast, cookies and reheat |
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Best Value Toaster Oven
hamilton beach
Sure-Crisp Air Fry Toaster Oven
Hamilton Beach
Now 26% off
$81 AT WAYFAIR
| Dimensions | 9.41'' x 18.74'' x 15.24'' |
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| Weight | 13.7 pounds |
| Bread capacity | Six slices |
| Settings | Bake, broil, toast, airfry |
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Best Toaster Oven Air Fryer
Cuisinart
TOA-65 Digital AirFryer Toaster Oven
Cusinart
| Dimensions | 17" x 21. 73" x 15.75" |
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| Weight | 20.3 pounds |
| Bread capacity | Six slices |
| Settings | AirFry, bake, broil, toast, bagel, pizza, roast, dehydrate, proof, low, dual cook, reheat and warm |
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Best Small Toaster Oven
Panasonic
FlashXpress Compact Toaster Oven
Panasonic
| Dimensions | 13" x 10.25" x 12" |
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| Weight | 7.5 pounds |
| Bread capacity | Four slices |
| Settings | Toast, frozen waffle, reheat roll, frozen pizza, quick reheat, frozen hashbrown |
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Best Toaster Oven for Toasting
KitchenAid
KCO211 Digital Countertop Oven
KitchenAid
| Dimensions | 16" x 17" x 11. 3" |
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| Weight | 15.9 pounds |
| Bread capacity | Nine slices |
| Settings | bake, broil, toast, warm, reheat, bagel, pizza, cookies, roast and frozen |
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Best Smart Toaster Oven
June
The June Oven
June Oven
$849 AT AMAZON
| Dimensions | 19" x 19.6" x 12.75" |
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| Weight | 39 Pounds |
| Bread capacity | Twelve slices |
| Settings | Convection, toast, air fry, dehydrate, grill, slow cook, broil, proof, pizza, roast, warm and so much more |
How we test toaster ovens
In the Good Housekeeping Institute Kitchen Appliances and Innovation Lab, we've tested about 60 toaster ovens in the past ten years.
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A well performing toaster oven should be able to toast multiple slices of bread evenly. For our most recent test of more than 20 toaster ovens, we toasted more than 500 slices of bread.
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We check for evenly cooked baked goods as well as the ability to broil steak and to melt cheese on open-faced sandwiches.
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For toaster ovens with air fryer functions, we test how quickly and evenly they crisp up chicken wings and frozen French fries. We also evaluate toaster ovens based on their design quality, user manuals, control panels, ease of use, number of rack positions, interior visibility, audible alert and cleanability.
What to look for when shopping for a toaster oven
✔️ Space: Consider how much room you have as well as what you want to use the oven for. If space is not an issue, dream big: Ovens like the Breville Smart Oven Air and the June Oven can fit a small turkey.
If space is an issue, there are many compact ovens on the market, like the Hamilton Beach Sure-Crisp, that can still fit six slices of bread at one time, or a 13-inch frozen pizza.
✔️ Design: Since your toaster oven will most likely live on your counter, aesthetics are important. Digital toaster ovens with stainless steel housing are typically sleeker and more modern looking than their mechanical counterparts.
✔️ Rack positions: Most toaster ovens have two rack positions, but the largest have three. The added rack position allows for even more cooking versatility and usable space, especially for air frying or dehydrating. As a general rule of thumb, the uppermost positions are used for broiling, while the middle are used for toasting bread and baking, and the bottom is used for cooking large roasts or pizzas.
✔️ Accessories: Most toaster ovens come with at least one rack and a baking/broiling pan (note: a heavier baking pan means less warping over time).
Most toaster ovens now come with a removable crumb tray that is dishwasher safe too. Being able to toss them in the dishwasher is also very important: Dishwasher-safe parts help with toaster oven maintenance by preventing smoking from caked on gunk and keeping things looking new and shiny.
✔️Additional features: Toaster ovens come with an air frying basket/rack, others with pizza stones or rotisseries spits, and many include an interior light, which helps you see inside without opening the door. We found this feature to be very useful, and were also pleased with toaster ovens that had large, glass doors for the easiest viewing.
✔️Settings: Toaster ovens come with a variety of different settings and functions. While some may only have a few like toast, bagel, bake, broil, pizza and reheat; others like the June Oven have over 200+ settings like convection, toast, air fry, dehydrate, grill, slow cook, broil, proof, pizza, roast and warm just to name a few.
If you're specifically trying to replace a few different kitchen appliances with one, make sure that the toaster oven you purchase can perform the certain functions you are looking for.
Which is better a microwave or toaster oven?
Toaster ovens and microwaves can be used interchangeably for kitchen tasks like reheating leftovers or melting butter and can both live on your countertop as a fixture of your kitchen.
A toaster oven utilizes a heating element to brown and toast food similarly to an oven. While a microwave heats water molecules through electromagnetic waves, cooking food from the inside out, not resulting in a browning effect like a toaster oven. Ultimately, both perform very different functions and create different results because of how they operate.
If you cook a lot of popcorn, like quickly steamed vegetables and need to defrost ingredients quickly a microwave will be your best bet. However, if you are looking to bake golden cakes, toast multiple slices of bread at once and broil steak for a quick lunch a toaster oven is a good choice.
Because of their different strengths, many people have both kitchen appliances in the home.
Why trust Good Housekeeping?
The Good Housekeeping Institute Kitchen Appliances and Culinary Innovation Lab, Director Nicole Papantoniou oversees all content and testing related to kitchen appliances, tools, gadgets and gear. She's been testing kitchen appliances professionally since 2013 and lends her experience working at kitchen appliance companies where she helped develop popular air fryers and such recipes. Her knowledge extends to this roundup, in which Nicole conducted the testing, analyzed the data and rounded up the best toaster oven picks.
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Best toasters, top 10 rating of good toaster models in 2022
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The toaster is a small kitchen appliance used for making toasted slices of bread. Due to its design, this device quickly dries the slices, gives them a unique taste, color and aroma. It will not work to prepare a similar dish using other devices.
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What should I pay attention to when buying a toaster?
Although the toaster is quite simple, choosing one is not easy. Here you will have to take into account a number of important points that are responsible not only for the process of making bread, but also for the safety of use: If all these points are observed properly, then you can not be afraid of overheating of the equipment, the occurrence of a short circuit;
Semi-automatic - toasts are immersed in the device manually, and come out automatically. Manual - you will have to load and remove it yourself, which is not very convenient, since you will have to be nearby all the time and make sure that they do not burn; We have developed a rating of the most popular toasters, which took into account user reviews, functional aspects of devices, value for money and a number of other points. We hope that our top 10 best toasters will be of maximum use to you in 2022.
Top 10 best home toaster models
10+. REDMOND RT-405
It was developed by engineers of this well-known company in our country specifically for home use.
With the help of this device, it will be possible to simultaneously obtain two pieces of toasted bread with a very tasty crispy crust, which, moreover, will look very attractive. The degree of roasting can be changed using a mechanical rotary regulator. For the most comfortable operation, there is an automatic ejection of finished products. Such a function will not allow the bread to burn or dry out. The design has a special centralizer that will place the slices strictly in the center of the working area. This contributes to uniform frying on all sides, regardless of the thickness of the pieces and their size.
The body of the machine is made of high-quality plastic, which is highly resistant to scratches and other types of damage. During the entire period of operation, the device will retain an attractive appearance. The toaster has a tray for collecting loose crumbs. Due to this, the kitchen table will always be perfectly clean. The product has a function of heating muffins, buns and croissants - a special stand is provided for them.
The power cable, if necessary, can be removed in a special compartment. It is advisable to periodically wipe the case with a slightly damp soft cloth without the use of detergents.
Benefits:
- Decent power rating;
- Plastic body, strong enough;
- Bread slices toast evenly;
- Includes crumb tray and bun and croissant rack;
- The temperature of the heating elements can be adjusted;
- Ready toast exits the cooking area automatically;
- The frying process can be stopped manually if necessary.
Weaknesses:
- The design is somewhat rustic;
- Housing without thermal insulation.
Toaster REDMOND RT-405
10. Kitfort KT-2050
The model was created specifically for people who cannot imagine their morning without a couple of slices of fragrant and crispy freshly toasted bread. The design is characterized by compact overall dimensions, so it is perfect even for a small kitchen.
Despite its compactness, two slices of bread can be loaded into the toaster at once. The slots are wide enough, so you can lay both thick and thin slices. The model is equipped with a rotary regulator of the roasting mode. The user can choose the best option for himself, ranging from a barely noticeable browning of the pieces and ending with a golden brownish crust.
A number of additional functions are available. In particular, with the help of this device it will be possible to warm up the cooled buns and toasts, making them crispy again. There is a unique mode that allows you to work even with frozen bread. The control is carried out using buttons equipped with LED indication. At the bottom of the case there is a retractable tray where crumbs will accumulate. The device is very easy to clean, it has a very nice design and a long service life.
Benefits:
- Effectively toasts and reheats baked goods;
- Low energy consumption;
- Long service life;
- Attractive design;
- Includes crumb tray;
- High quality components;
- Stands on anti-slip feet.
Disadvantages:
- The power cord is short - it will have to be placed in close proximity to the socket.
Toaster Kitfort KT-2050
break. It has two compartments for making toast, a cancel button is provided.
The case is made of good heat-resistant plastic, capable of resisting even high temperatures. The toaster is controlled mechanically - not very convenient, but its surface does not heat up at all even with prolonged continuous operation. The power is 750 W, so you will have to wait about 3-4 minutes for ready-made toasts. When the toasts are ready, they rise from the heating zone automatically. A crumb tray is provided, and there are also six degrees of roasting at once. If necessary, you can smoothly adjust the heating temperature of the product.
Advantages:
- Beautiful appearance;
- Defrost and reheat functions available;
- Six roasting modes at once;
- Has a niche for storing the power cord;
- Housing does not heat up during operation;
- The toaster cools down very quickly;
- Evenly done;
- Good value for money.
Disadvantages:
- The power cord is short, has memory, so it will not be possible to straighten it completely;
- There are some difficulties when roasting a loaf;
- Slow.
toaster VITEK VT-1582
8. Tefal TT 420D30
its design style. The model will be an excellent assistant in the process of preparing delicious and healthy breakfasts, various snacks. The toaster has two compartments for slices of bread, its functionality is represented by seven roasting modes, it can also defrost and reheat pastries. Pieces of bread are automatically placed in the center of the working area, so they are fried evenly from all sides, burning is excluded.
Designed with a removable crumb tray for easy removal and cleaning. The walls of the case are distinguished by excellent thermal insulation, so the device does not heat up at all even when choosing the most intensive roasting mode. Ready-made toasts rise high from the working area, so you can not be afraid of getting burned.
The control system is represented by a panel with buttons and a rotary switch. The device is equipped with heating elements with a total power of 900 W, so toasting takes a minimum amount of time. This is very important in the morning, when there is usually not enough time to prepare breakfast. The buttons and the regulator are mechanical - this solution can significantly extend the life of the unit. The design also includes a compartment for storing the power cord. Overall dimensions are small - 26.5x19x17.5 cm, the toaster weighs only 1.61 kg.
Advantages:
- Attractive and stylish appearance;
- Housing made of high strength stainless steel;
- Bread slices toast as evenly as possible;
- Multiple operating modes;
- Cord storage compartment included.
Faults:
- It is a bit difficult to remove the crumbs left inside the toaster and not falling into the tray.
Toaster Tefal TT 420D30
7.
Philips HD 2595 also defrost food. Takes up minimal space in the kitchen. The case is painted white, made of high-quality food-grade plastic, and has good thermal insulation, thanks to which it does not heat up even with very long use. The design has seven roasting modes at once. The last two of them should be used as carefully as possible, since there is a high probability of getting a burnt crust.
The power of the device is 800 W, which is quite enough for fast and high-quality toasting of bread - the process itself takes no more than one minute. There are only two branches, but they are quite enough to satisfy the need for toast for a small family. There is a smooth adjustment of the degree of toasting, a crumb tray is provided, which greatly facilitates the cleaning process.
Advantages:
- Very easy to use;
- Good security system;
- Stable design, takes up little space in the kitchen;
- Attractive appearance.
Drawbacks:
- Short lead;
- The toast lifting lever is weak and can fail quickly.
Philips HD 2595
6. Bosch TAT 3A011
A quality model from a well-known brand. This device has a fairly long service life. The design has a convenient pressure lever that automatically lowers slices of bread into the toaster and starts the roasting process. The stop button is equipped with an LED backlight. To adjust the degree of browning, a rotary temperature control is provided. There is a convenient stand for warming up or toasting buns, the set includes a crumb tray and a spacious niche for storing the power cord.
The device is quite powerful - 980 watts. This is one of the highest rates in our review. It is controlled mechanically, the design provides two compartments at once. The security system is very reliable - if the toast gets stuck, the device will turn off automatically, the case is made of plastic with good thermal insulation. If necessary, you can activate the function of heating already prepared toast.
The design provides a compartment for the power cable, like most of the models considered here, it is equipped with a convenient retractable crumb tray.
Advantages:
- Beautiful appearance, will look good in any kitchen interior;
- Power cord storage included;
- Crumb tray;
- Bun warmer.
Disadvantages:
- Uneven roasting of bread on high modes;
- Some models become less powerful over time;
- Crumbs often accumulate above the crumb tray and are not easy to clean out.
toaster Bosch TAT 3A011
5. KitchenAid 5KMT2204
This appliance is one of the most powerful among the models presented in our ranking of the best home toasters - this figure is 1250 watts. The design provides two compartments for the simultaneous preparation of two toasts at once, and the roasting temperature can be adjusted manually. As with all budget models, there is no one-sided frying system.
The case has reliable thermal insulation, but sometimes it still starts to heat up, but strictly within the permissible limits.
The product has automatic toast centering, which ensures even toasting. If necessary, the bread can be raised before the end of cooking. The case is made of high-quality stainless steel, the set includes a convenient grate for heating buns, a crumb tray, all control elements are equipped with LED backlight. The design has seven operating modes at once, and it occupies a minimum amount of free space, there is a compartment for storing the power cable at the bottom.
Advantages:
- Very bright appearance;
- Includes a grill for making sandwiches and sandwiches;
- Long cable.
Drawbacks:
- Not as easy to clean as other models;
- Casing gets hot;
- High cost.
KitchenAid toaster 5KMT2204
4. Redmond RT-M403
Belongs to the middle price category, has good speed, toast does not burn.
The main feature of such a toaster is the presence of a liquid crystal display that will show several operating parameters at once: the selected mode, the amount of time remaining until the end of cooking, the countdown, and so on. In the toaster, you can not only prepare toast, but also defrost bread. The smart operating system will first defrost it, and then automatically proceed to toasting. The function of warming up and maintaining a suitable temperature is provided.
The power of the device is 1000 W, due to which it will quickly prepare toast. When immersed in compartments, they are automatically centered. The case is made of stainless steel, has good thermal insulation, due to which it practically does not heat up during operation. An important quality is a very long warranty period - 25 months.
Benefits:
- Toasting takes a minimum amount of time;
- Very easy to clean;
- Beautiful appearance;
- Well built and good thermal insulation;
- Presence of electronic display;
- Large variety of operating modes.
Disadvantages:
- Short supply cord;
- Dimensions may seem large for a small kitchen.
Redmond RT-M403
3. Kitfort KT-2014
It has a very interesting and stylish appearance, fits perfectly into any interior and goes well with any kitchen set. With this appliance you can toast or defrost bread within a few seconds, as well as reheat croissants and rolls. The level of roasting here is regulated stepwise - in total there are seven different degrees of roasting, due to which the user will receive slices exactly to his taste, from lightly browned to crispy and covered with a golden crust. Wide slots allow you to load even fairly thick slices of bread. In general, the design of the device is well thought out by the developers - buttons with LED backlight are used here for control. They are located on the surface of the case quite conveniently. In case of overheating, the device switches off automatically.
The product has a crumb tray, and it is removable, which is also quite convenient.
The case is metal, made of stainless steel - this gives the device not only style, but also increased strength, besides, various contaminants will not accumulate on it, including dust is not too noticeable. The device is compact, so it is easy to store, and during use, it also does not need a lot of free space.
Benefits:
- Quickly and fairly evenly toasts slices of bread, regardless of their thickness;
- Removable crumb tray included;
- Extra wide bread bin with self-centering function, thanks to which the product will be evenly toasted on both sides;
- Small dimensions for a toaster;
- Possibility to reheat and fry buns and croissants;
- If necessary, even frozen bread can be processed.
Disadvantages:
- The power cord is short - it is advisable to keep the device in close proximity to the socket.
toaster Kitfort KT-2014
2. Gorenje T800ORAB
All the main working elements and the control system are placed in a rather interesting case, which is made of heat-resistant plastic with metal inserts.
This gives the device an attractive appearance, besides, its walls do not heat up during operation. You can choose from six browning levels. Slices of bread are placed strictly in the center of the working area, which ensures uniform toasting and prevents burning. The kit comes with a very handy stainless steel grate, with which you can warm up buns, pies or croissants. Electronic control, if necessary, the roasting process can be interrupted at any convenient time. Overall dimensions are compact - 30x20x17 cm, the product weighs only 1.5 kg.
The toaster is also suitable for defrosting and reheating semi-finished products, such as spring rolls. It is perfect for making croutons for soups and salads. The body is black in color. It has rubberized feet on the bottom to prevent slipping on any surface. For the period of storage, the cable can be hidden in a special compartment. The loading openings are quite wide, so even very thick slices of bread can be placed in the working area.
Benefits:
- Easy to use;
- Has a very rich functionality;
- Even thick slices of bread can be loaded;
- Clear electronic controls;
- The roasting program can be interrupted at any time;
- Includes crumb tray and cable storage.
Disadvantages:
- The LED backlight is not on the buttons themselves, but along the contour of the controls, so you have to look closely to select the desired mode.
Toaster Gorenje T800ORAB
1. Toaster Zigmund & Shtain ST-80
We are glad to present you one of the leaders of our today's rating of the best toasters - the products of the German company Zinmund & Shtaon Gmbh, which has been manufacturing household appliances since 2002. All models are of high quality, affordable, characterized by advanced functionality, thoughtful ergonomics and attractive appearance. The body is made partly from plastic, partly from special stainless steel.
The thermal insulation is good - the products practically do not heat up during operation, and the plastic itself is heat-resistant. The device has three modes - heating, defrosting and toasting. Comes with a recipe book for making delicious sandwiches. Rubber feet are provided at the bottom, as well as a special groove on which you can wind excess power cable.
The browning temperature is adjustable in steps - there are seven positions, the control elements also include the switch lever. It is he who is responsible for lowering the bread inside the device. There is a cancel button that instantly turns off the heating element. All buttons are equipped with LED indicators. In such a toaster, you can heat and fry not only toasts, but also pastries - pies, croissants, buns and so on. It is natural that there is a tray for collecting crumbs.
Advantages:
- Very nice appearance;
- You can work not only with slices of bread, but also with various pastries;
- Small overall dimensions;
- Multiple cooking modes;
- Excellent build quality;
- Ability to turn off the toaster at any convenient time.
Flaws:
- Not found.
Zigmund & Shtain ST-80 toaster
Finally useful video
All the models presented in our rating can be easily found in most home appliance stores, so we hope that the review will help you choose the most suitable product in terms of price, appearance, functionality and service life. You can share your opinion on the top 10 best toasters in 2022 in the comments to this article, as well as tell us about your experience with such kitchen appliances.
How to choose a toaster: help you decide on the criteria
The toaster is a compact appliance for toasting slices of bread. This is a fairly simple device that can often be found in kitchens around the world.
As a rule, these devices rarely break, and therefore, when purchasing a toaster, you need to be prepared that you will have to live with it for a long time. How to choose the most suitable toaster, and what nuances should you pay attention to when choosing this simple kitchen device? Let's figure it out.
The design of the toaster
All toasters are basically the same: the appliance has chambers corresponding to the size of a standard (toast) piece of bread. Inside the chambers there are heating elements, as well as "paws" for capturing toast. Outside, there are controls - a knob for adjusting the heating and timing, as well as a lever that lowers the toasts into the working chamber (it also acts as a button for starting the heating process). At the bottom of the chamber are springs that eject the finished toast at the end of the cooking process.
Below (under the cooking chamber) there is a small crumb tray, and on top, some models allow the installation of a grill for heating sandwiches, croissants and other baked goods.
Heating element
Older models of toasters often use a metal heating element (for example, a tubular heating element), more modern ones use a nichrome filament, a ceramic or quartz heater.
Toaster interior From the user's point of view, there is little difference between heating methods: it is believed that a toaster with a quartz heater heats up faster and provides slightly better toast, and also consumes less electricity. However, these advantages can be easily leveled by errors in the design of the device, and therefore, the presence of only a quartz heater cannot serve as an unambiguous recommendation in choosing one or another model. The same story happens with other types of heating elements. Therefore, the only recommendation that is not in doubt is that, if possible, you should avoid buying a device with a metal heating element. However, it will not be so easy to encounter such a device today: they are practically not used in modern models.
Cooking chamber and number of toasts
The most common toasters on the market today are designed for 1, 2 or 4 slices of bread. It is clear that the number of toasts that need to be cooked at the same time depends on the size of the family. The most common are models for 2 toasts - they are used by families consisting of 1-4 people. Models for 4 toasts are suitable for families from 2 people, as well as for use in small offices. Single toast models are designed for one person.
Toaster for 4 slices of bread with two independent chambersNote that models designed for 4 toasts sometimes have two independent control units, which allows you to fry the toast in pairs - with different degrees of doneness. This will be useful if there is no consensus in the family about how hard to toast the bread.
Power
The power of the vast majority of toasters is in the range from 700 to 1300 W, although sometimes you can find models with a power of 1.
5 kW for 2 toast models and up to 2-2.5 kW for 4 toast models.
Is there any rule that more power means better toasted bread? In our opinion, no. However, logical reasoning suggests that a higher power will brown the bread more on the outside, leaving it soft on the inside. Heating at a lower power for a longer time, on the contrary, will dry the bread both outside and inside.
It is clear that these arguments do not claim to be universal (after all, in the end, everything depends on the design features of the device and the settings of various cooking modes), but we would take this moment into account as an additional (but by no means the main!) parameter when choosing a toaster.
Built-in programs and adjustment of various degrees of roasting
This item is the most important when choosing a toaster for the home. The fact is that the quality of the toaster primarily depends on how well it copes with the roasting of bread in various modes.
A high-quality toaster will equally well cope with the minimum roasting of bread (barely more than simple heating), and will not burn bread at the maximum allowable modes.
Therefore, the key parameter that you should pay attention to when choosing a toaster, we consider convenient operation - the ability to flexibly adjust the degrees of roasting. Well, since the vast majority of household toasters do not have the ability to adjust (that is, they can either heat or not heat), the presence of various programs and modes essentially boils down to setting different time intervals during which the bread will be toasted.
Don't be put off by the fact that on the lowest setting the bread can look underdone, and on the highest setting the toaster can burn the toast to a black crust: different types of toast require different toasting times. For example, ready-made "sandwich" sliced bread will toast faster, while special toast bread (which looks slightly damp) will take longer to cook.
The presence of a large number of programs / modes will allow you to choose the most suitable roasting time, depending on the bread that the user is used to. Agree - it is better to have a device with several "extra" modes (which will never be used in real life) than to purchase a toaster that, even at the maximum duration, will not be able to fry the toast to a golden crust (which you are used to).
In our opinion, when choosing a toaster, it makes sense to consider models that allow you to set from 6 (and preferably more) different degrees of roasting.
The presence of additional features, in our opinion, only slightly increases the attractiveness of certain models over competitors: almost all models have a “cancel” button, the mode of heating bread or pre-toasted toast may be convenient for those who are late for breakfast, however is not decisive when choosing a toaster.
The same can be said about the mode of defrosting bread.
But what you need to pay attention to is the presence of the function of automatic centering of bread in the working chamber and the uniformity of heating / roasting of bread. If everything is clear with the first function as a whole: when the roasting process starts, the bread is automatically pressed with the help of wires and, thus, is placed in the most “correct” position relative to the heating elements, then it will not be possible to determine the uniformity of roasting “by eye”.
Unfortunately, many toasters that look more than pretty on the surface do not perform well when it comes to toasting uniformity. This is especially pronounced at maximum modes. As a result, the user gets some toast, which turns out to be overcooked or even burned in some places.
Unfortunately, it is not possible to predict such a result by examining the toaster in the store. And therefore - the only recommendation that is relevant here is to go before buying a toaster to visit the owner of the model you are interested in and fry a few pieces of bread there.
Well, or just study reviews and tests of popular toasters on Internet forums and thematic resources (for example, on iXBT.com).
Design features
The reader may get the impression that when choosing a toaster, in principle, it is impossible to understand whether the device will be convenient in everyday use or not. However, it's not all bad. A visual inspection of the device and the study of its design features make it possible to cut off clearly unsuitable models with a sufficiently high degree of certainty. So, for example, it would not be recommended in principle to consider devices without a button to cancel the cooking process, as well as without the function of automatic centering of toasts. Additional convenience will be provided by heating modes and the presence of a special grate for heating baking. It is also worth paying attention to the presence of a function, usually called "extra lifting". With its help, it will be possible to remove non-standard (reduced) pieces of bread from the working chamber without resorting to improvised accessories such as forks.
An important parameter is the thermal insulation of the body. The fact is that in the process of operation toasters heat up quite strongly, and therefore if the heating elements are located close to the metal case, then it will be quite easy to get burned on such a toaster. Therefore, among other models, it is better to pay attention to those that have thermal insulation (for example, heat-resistant elements on the case). And, of course, it will be good if the developer leaves a lot of free space inside the device (first of all, between the heating element and the metal case of the device).
It's also worth thinking about how easy it is to take care of your toaster. Shiny metal cabinets will certainly look spectacular in any kitchen. However, as you know, such devices are especially good at collecting fingerprints and all kinds of splashes. Well, since the body of the toaster can heat up to fairly high temperatures, all these contaminants can “stick”, thereby significantly complicating the cleaning of the toaster.
Non-standard toasters
Finishing the conversation about toasters, one cannot fail to mention "non-standard" devices that are practically not found in ordinary apartments. First of all, these are, of course, horizontal toasters, which are, in fact, a mini-oven for making snacks, sandwiches and other small-sized products. Such devices are not very popular primarily because of their rather large dimensions.
In small hotels and hotels you can find horizontal toasters that work on the principle of continuous feeding of pieces of bread through the working chamber: the future toast is placed on one side of the appliance and slowly moves out the other side. Such a device allows you to quickly feed a large number of people in self-service mode.
Separately, it is worth mentioning hybrid breakfast devices that combine the functions of a toaster, coffee maker, egg cooker, grill pan (all at once, or in any combination). Such a gadget, in our opinion, may be appropriate only in small apartments.
And even then its expediency remains in doubt: it is clear that such a "centaur" is unlikely to be able to show a better result than several independent highly specialized devices.
But toasters with the function of printing images on bread deserve attention: if there are children in the family, then a cute drawing on the bread will certainly cheer them up. In nature, there are even toasters that allow you to program the device to print an arbitrary picture, but we will naturally place these devices in the category of “devices for geeks”. It is clear that for the average user this functionality is redundant.
Toaster Printer allows you to print arbitrary imagesConclusions
Summing up the above, we are forced to come to not too rosy conclusions: having put together our experience, we could not come up with an algorithm that allows us to choose a good and high-quality toaster with 100% efficiency, which will serve faithfully and will not cause complaints during operation.
