On 10/4/2018 2:21 AM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Wed 03 Oct 2018 09:07:30p, jmcquown told us...
>
>> My toaster caught on fire! Sorry, no news at 11:00 or link to a
>> news story.
>>
>> I was toasting a slice of sourdough bread and the toast was done.
>> I had just taken it out of the slot with when flames burst up!
>>
>> I quickly unplugged the toaster and grabbed a box of baking soda
>> from the cupboard. I doused the flames.
>>
>> I have NO idea why the toaster suddenly caught on fire. I keep
>> the crumb-tray clean and empty. It was a 10 year old toaster but
>> that's no excuse.
>>
>> Good thing I never toast bread without standing there waiting for
>> it.
>>
>> Jill
>
> Quick thinkig on your part! Sure glad you weren't hurt. Posibly a
> short in the heating elements.

I doubt that. In retrospect I think it was an errant small piece of
bread that failed to fall down to the crumb-tray and somehow got stuck
to the still-hot element.

> Two slice? Plastic housing? We just
> tossed a Two slice Cuisinart after 7 years because the bred wouldn't
> stay down when you pushed the lever. We replaced it with a four slice
> stainles stel Cuisinart on sale for ~$60. I'm not inclined to buy a
> $200-300 toaster. We don't make that much toast. A feature this one
> has is a release buton to pop up the toast if it looks like it's
> overbrowning. It was highly rated. God luck with your next choice.
>
It's a four slot toaster, wide slots. Yes, it has a plastic housing but
it stays cool to the touch, not that that has anything to do with it.
It's a Proctor Silex and I misspoke - it was older than 10 years. Wide
slots so I can toast bagels if I want to, not that I want to. It, too,
has the release button to pop up the toast if you think it's already
done. Also you can push the levers up so smaller slices of bread can be
raised up for easy retrieval.

FYI, I dislike stainless steel appliances. And, IMHO, the name
Cuisinart just drives up the price.

Jill