Braun Purease Serie 3 HT3000BK stainless steel Toaster, 7 variable browning settings, reheat & defrost function, highlift &removable crumb tray - white

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Long-slot toasters: Long-slot toasters are gaining popularity now due to the wider availability of rustic forms of bread. Opt for long slots if you love sourdough or other artisanal loaves. You'll rarely be able to fit a whole slice in a traditional toaster without cutting it in half.

A defrost setting is useful for frozen bread. First, it defrosts bread then switches to the toasting cycle. Each model is different: on some models, you need to press the defrost button before you push the bread carriage down, while others are pushed once you’ve activated the toaster.Extra features: While not every toaster will have additional special features there are some nice-to-haves that you can look for when selecting a toaster. Richard Hamilton, exhibition catalogue, Tate Gallery, London 1992, pp.40-8 and164, reproduced p.164. Material: The exterior material of toasters is more about looks than anything else. In our tests, we did not find that the material affected the quality of the toast. A glass window will allow you to peer into your toaster as it's toasting to help reduce the likelihood of burnt toast. A bagel setting is handy for anything, like bagels or English muffins, that you want to toast on just one side.

Plastic toasters: Generally, plastic toasters tend to be less expensive than metal, but they aren't always the most aesthetically pleasing. Practical and easy to clean: the included dust cover prevents the ingress of dust when you don't use the toaster, while the removable crumb drawer allows clean disposal of crumbs and crumbs. During testing, the Elegancy performed well. We were able to achieve a nice even brownness using all the settings for the most part, although sometimes the level of browness did vary – something we see a lot on mid-price toasters. The defrost setting works best on a lower setting and doesn’t dry out bread too much. What’s more, we found it very easy to clean thanks to crumb trays that are easy to remove. All in all, this is a nifty little toaster with some great functions at a decent price.Richard Hamilton: Exteriors, Interiors, Objects, People, exhibition catalogue, Kunstmuseum Winterthur 1990, pp.65 and 70-71, reproduced item 18, p.70 in colour. Style of toaster: When choosing a toaster, consider how many slices of toast you regularly make at once and what size of bread you like to toast.

Etienne Lullin, Richard Hamilton: Prints and Multiples 1939-2002, exhibition catalogue, Kunstmuseum Winterthur and Yale Center for British Art, New Haven 2003, pp.78-9, reproduced p.79 in colour.Toaster was printed by offset lithograph in four colours before being screenprinted from four stencils with collaged metallised polyester by the artist and Chris Prater at Kelpra Studio, London on T H Saunders paper. It was produced in an edition of seventy-five plus seven artist’s proofs and published by Hamilton. Tate’s copy is a printer’s proof, inscribed ‘July 67’ and signed by the artist in pencil. A reheat button usually activates a short (one-minute) cycle to heat up cold toast. Note that on some toasters, this function is marked on the timer dial instead of being a separate button. Similarly, the “a bit more” button gives your toast an extra 30 seconds. It’s also available as a four-slice model, which should perform similarly to this one and has the advantage of two great big slots (rather than the more common four smaller slots) so that you can toast longer items with ease.