Product Description

High-tech toasting technology gets a high-style look with this sleek stainless steel two-slice toaster featuring beautiful brushed chrome accents. A six-setting browning dial and reheat, defrost and bagel buttons give you custom control, while wide slots fit a variety of bread and toaster pastries. Limited warranty. Model CPT-160.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9364 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Size: 2-Slice
• Color: Black
• Brand: Cuisinart
• Model: CPT-160
• Dimensions: 8.10" h x 8.10" w x 11.40" l, 4.20 pounds

Features

• 2-slice toaster offers 1-1/2-inch-wide slots and extra-lift carriage lever
• Reheat, defrost, and bagel buttons with LED indicators
• 6-setting browning dial; cord wrap; slide-out crumb tray
• Flat side for space-saving positioning; instruction book included
• Measures 11 by 8-1/2 by 8 inches; 3-year limited warranty

From the Manufacturer
Cuisinart’s classic stainless steel, 2-slice toaster with 1-1/2-inch wide slots offers many convenient features. Button controls specifically for reheat, defrost, or bagel and 6-setting browning control make it easy to get the results you want. This unit also offers an extra-lift carriage lever that brings small items close to the top for easy removal. Additional features include LED indicator lights for added convenience and a slide-out crumb tray for easy clean up. Instruction book included.

Features:

• 2-slice toaster; brushed, stainless steel housing; 1-1/2-inch wide slots
• 6-setting browning control; button controls--reheat, defrost, bagel
• Extra-lift carriage lever brings small items close to top for easy removal
• LED indicator lights
• Slide-out crumb tray; instruction book

Customer Reviews

Perfect
I was reluctant to spend this much for a toaster, but after trying a less expensive one (a Krups, no less) and finding that it made extremely uneven toast, I decided to spend a little more. I exchanged it for this one, and so far, this one makes perfect toast; in fact, I've never seen toast so evenly browned. The defrost works great, too -- I tried it on frozen bread, without changing the 'brown' setting, and it came out looking just like the toast from regular/thawed bread. (Sorry, I don't toast my bagels, so I can't comment on that feature.) In short, this is the best toaster I've ever used, and well worth the money.

Time for an in-depth review of this Toaster
I don't think there's a toaster made that is perfect for everyones taste. For years I'd use a toaster oven with a toast timed setting because I could not only do more than two slices, but I could usually get even browning. Now I have this, and have had it for nearly two years. I bought it here on the Zon. One of those kitchen specials they frequently have giving me a good price overall.

The problem with toasters is that not only do some of them vary because of cheaply made or defective thermostats (trust me you ain't paying for a furnace quality control here), but because of the bread. The key to toaster is know your bread. Standard Sunbeam or Wonder bread needs about a 3 on this thing, premium breads do well at 3.5, muffins using the bagel button and so on. Your's may toast a bit different. Realize the science of toasting has to do with both the moisture and fat content of the bread or bagel, or muffing being toasted.

Dry Bialy bread has little fat content and little moisture but takes a 5 or six to get it toasted. Dry grocery store brand standard white will toast using a 1.5 to two setting. It has fat content and no water, probably the best combo to get a fast toast browning. You will also see a big difference in one or two slices, since the overall heat goes up in the toaster a lower setting is typically needed when doing two slices at once.

For features this has a number of simple but useful items. The slide out crumb tray in the back makes for easy cleaning. The button array contains not only the standard toast setting, but settings for defrost and reheat. This helps overcome the problem with stand alone toasters. You need to remember to dial down a little on repeated toastings. My toaster oven used to sense what temperature it was and then adjust the toast time, even though the setting never changed. I know that because it had a digital time readout. It first confused me when I did repeated toastings and the time would decline by maybe fifty percent or more. I noticed later that it always had the same time when cool and much less when it was warmed up. Toasters typically don't do that, so you must. There is also a bagel button which works well on English muffins too.

Additionally I like the feature that allows you to "pull up" on the set bar to remove "short" slices of bread after toasting. One of the old household dangers of toast was people putting in metal knives to remove toast, and getting shocked. Here you just raise it up, and then pluck it out. I toast almost daily, so this has held up two years without any complaints, so I'd say its durable. It comes in colors, but I like the all stainless model, it shines up so nice.

Very Satisfied
We have toasted bread, bagels, and frozen waffles. It works just fine, toasting very evenly. This is the nicest toaster we have ever owned.