#VIKING 4 SLICE STAINLESS STEEL TOASTER FULL#

It offers seven levels of toasting, plus bagel and frozen-food settings, and it's extra-wide, self-adjusting slots can handle larger breads with ease. It might be the least-expensive toaster on our list, but this Black+Decker does pretty much everything a pricier machine can. This went away and didn't return, but we'd advise running the toaster empty once or twice before you put any food in it. We also noticed a burning-plastic smell upon first use.

This toaster claims to have extra-wide slots, but they don't seem much bigger than a standard toaster-when we toasted an extra-puffy bagel it needed a little pushing and wriggling to get in and out. Cleanup is also simple, thanks to a slide-out crumb tray.

#VIKING 4 SLICE STAINLESS STEEL TOASTER FULL#

The settings for bagels (which only toasts from one side) and frozen foods (which starts cooler to defrost the inside and ends hotter for full toasting) both worked very well. We got excellent results with all seven toast levels, with just-barely-browned bread on level 1 and dark-but-not-burnt toast on level 7. This Hamilton Beach model is kind of the archetypal two-slice toaster-basic, affordable, and easy to use-but it also has some extra features, with seven different toast settings on the dial as well as defrost and single-sided bagel modes, plus a 'toast boost' lever to lift up smaller pieces, and a keep-warm mode that holds toast hot for an extra three minutes without any extra browning.

Viking 4 slice stainless steel toaster