Best 4-Slice Toaster in 2019

Best
4-Slice Toaster
TechnoBuffalo
2019

Best Overall: Breville Impressions 4-Slice Toaster

Breville’s Impressions range comes in black, white, red or cream with matching kettles available. The four-slice toaster has you covered for variable-sized bread products with self-adjusting slots, nine different toast settings to suit your preference, a high lift function, so you don’t burn your fingers when removing your toasted goodies, and a removable crumb tray.

If you want to use two of the four slots, you can stick your bread in the right-hand side to heat up only those elements.

While this toaster can handle four slices of your preferred ordinary sliced bread, its long slot design means it’s also suitable for lengthier bread-based products like pittas, paninis, hoagies and baguettes. There are six browning settings, the usual defrost, reheat and cancel mid-cycle options, and a high lift function.

This stands out from the competition with an integrated bun warmer that sits over the heating elements when in use and folds flat when not.

You can always trust De’Longhi to bring some retro chic to your kitchen countertop, and the Icona toaster is no exception. Behind the good looks, there are four extra-wide slots which adjust to the size of your bread, a bagel setting which toasts on one side and gently warms on the other, a removable crumb tray and high lift functionality to rescue smaller items.

What is impressive is that you can operate just one side at a time, and each side has an independent browning control, perfect for families who’s taste in toast varies.

This affordable option doesn’t have the bells and whistles of rival products but is a robust extended slot model, capable of toasting four slices of smaller sliced bread or longer alternative products such as paninis or pittas. It offers self-centring functionality, so will hold your bread carefully in place while the seven-level browning options cooks it to your satisfaction.

Elsewhere there are high lift abilities, a removable crumb tray and non-slip feet to keep it steady on your kitchen counter.

Available in various colours, and with matching kettles, Breville’s Lustra Shimmer range has a glam look with an attractive “glistening pearlescent” finish.

It’s not all about the looks though as it offers nine settings, separate browning and operation between the two sides, 1,950-watt power, variable slots and a “Lift & Look” function that lets you check on the progress of your toast without having to cancel and re-start the cooking process.

This high gloss, textured toaster with stainless steel accents and cool blue LED illuminated buttons would look great in modern kitchens. If you want to complete the look, a matching kettle is available.

It has all the functionality you’d expect from a fab four-slicer — variable browning, high lift that also works as a Lift & Look option, defrost, reheat and cancel buttons — as well as two removable crumb trays.

Toast of the town

If you want to cut the congestion around your breakfast bar in the mornings, splashing out on a toaster that can handle four slices of bread at a time is an excellent way to go.

Over overall pick, the Breville’s Impressions model will sort you out for four slices of toast, done to your liking and ready to remove with no risk of singed fingers.

Alternatively, if you regularly toast lengthier bread products such as pittas and paninis, consider a more flexible long slot option that allows you to heat such items without doing the half-way flip.

Credits — The team that worked on this guide

Amy-Mae Turner As someone who suffers from some serious “hanger” issues first thing in the morning, looking at toasters with multiple slots for All Of The Breads was a job for Amy-Mae.

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