KitchenAid KTT570OB 4-Slice Digital Toaster with Bagel, Warm, and Frozen Functions, Onyx Black
From KitchenAid
Unmistakable KitchenAid style and quality. Easy to use with extra wide slots and Baker's Bagel toasting system for gentle browning. Precise, even heating, warming function and soft-rise feature. Also includes an easy-lift lever, self-centering racks, stainless steel interior, removable crumb tray and under-base cord storage. In a sleek, heat-resistant polycarbonate housing. Model KTT570. Manufacturer's one-year warranty.
- Amazon Sales Rank: #18203 in Kitchen & Housewares
- Color: Onyx Black
- Brand: KitchenAid
- Model: KTT570OB
- Dimensions: 8.70" h x 9.50" w x 17.30" l, 6.20 pounds
This single-slot digital toaster from KitchenAid not only toasts most widths of bread to perfection but also warms pastries, gets bagels just right, and handles frozen items intelligently. A simple user-friendly display governs all these functions, with a dial for browning preference and three buttons for the "warm," "frozen," and "bagel" options. The "warm" function heats without toasting, while the "frozen" function gently thaws, then toasts. The "bagel" function toasts the cut side 100 percent and the crust 50 percent. Each function includes an indicator light, and the digital display shows the selected browning level. If you toast several servings in a row, KitchenAid's Even Heat system adjusts cooking time to ensure consistent results.
Structurally, the toaster is sound and accommodating, holding two slices at a time. The toasting rack automatically centers bread between the elements, and the Soft Rise feature raises finished toast high for easy removal. The toaster also features heavy-duty heating elements, a full-width dishwasher-safe crumb tray, a stainless-steel interior, and stain-resistant polycarbonate housing. The power cord has an especially tidy feature--it wraps out of sight underneath the toaster for storage or shortening. The unit measures 5-1/4 by 14-1/2 by 8 inches and wipes clean easily with a damp cloth. --Emily Bedard
Back to the drawing board
KitchenAid hurts its brand name for each day this product is on the market. Here's the good news: The soft rise feature seems to work well for me; toast is easy to remove. The bagel function works well for bagels and hamburger buns. I have to change the darkness setting for different bread types (sandwich slices, buns, bagels, etc.), but I expect that, so it's ok. The digital setting knob is convenient because you don't have to guesstimate the correct setting. The bad news: The thing won't toast consistently. Almost every day, I wake up and load the toaster with two refrigerated bagels (4 sliced halves). It's always a cold start in the morning. I set it to brown on #6. The results range from moderately overdone to no browning at all. There's no excuse for it. As another reviewer has said, it also doesn't cook very evenly with 1 or 3 slices. Evidently, the radiant heat from the opposite side hits only one edge of the single slice and overcooks just that side. If you stick a single slice in the center of the slot, it gets even worse, because both edges will be overdone, while the center is underdone. I have to turn the toaster down one notch if I plan on running a second batch of toast. The Even-Heat System is bogus. I give this toaster an A for effort and an F for execution.
The Quest for Fire Continues!
...designed by engineers who have never eaten toast, and think a toaster is a cartoon character on their PC's screen saver. The KTT5700B is unable to produce evenly toasted bread. It has alot of controls and sensor functions like most of the newer toasters on the market, but all the toasters I've tried have the same problems. New toasters have a heating element made from a thin conductive cord or wire wrapped around a heat resistant card that does not heat evenly or predictably, reguardless of their computerized controls.
What the public needs is a simple timer controlled toaster, made with a thick wire element supported by ceramic insulators in a chromed steel body ( like a quality blender ) with slots that are wide enough and a spring capable of completely lifting the contents, wheather they are toast slices, bagles, or poptarts. ...
I Got Burned
This toaster is terrible. It doesn't toast evenly, it pops up randomly, and its functions mean nothing. For instance, the frozen button does nothing to improve the toasting of frozen items. I wanted a good, solid toaster .... I should have gone down to the hardware store and bought a Proctor Silex ....
