I have the typical cheap Walmart toaster

Works fine except there is no good way to thoroughly
clean a toaster's insides out!!

To me they look like a roach motel waiting to happen!!

Does there exist other devices that will make toast
well..... toast English muffins, etc..... yet can be
THOURHOUHLY cleaned of crumbs and such?

Or..... is there some trick to cleaning my current
toasters insides I'm not aware of?

In article >,
says...
> I have the typical cheap Walmart toaster
>
> Works fine except there is no good way to thoroughly
> clean a toaster's insides out!!
>
> To me they look like a roach motel waiting to happen!!
>
> Does there exist other devices that will make toast
> well..... toast English muffins, etc..... yet can be
> THOURHOUHLY cleaned of crumbs and such?
>
> Or..... is there some trick to cleaning my current
> toasters insides I'm not aware of?
>

The "trick" is to not be so fussy. Unplug the toaster, invert over the
sink, and give a few good whacks on each side. It won't be perfectly
clean but so what? If you have roaches running around the problem is not
your toaster, it lies somewhere else.

--
Peter Aitken

On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:16:53 GMT, "l, not -l" > wrote:


>I use a Toastmaster Coolwall Toaster Oven, the non-stick oven lining (top,
>sides, back) is removable as one piece for easy cleaning. I pull it out
>regularly and hand wash - works great.

Cool looking product -- where are the heating elements?

Do you have the patent number, by any chance? Thanks.

BTW, another solution for the OP is to simply use your broiler for toasting.

-- Larry

"l, not -l" > wrote:

>No crumb tray? Perhaps not in the cheapest Walmart varieties.

yes it does have a removable crumb tray.... but still
no way to get inside the thing and clean all the stuff
sticking to the insides!

wrote:
> "l, not -l" > wrote:
>
>> No crumb tray? Perhaps not in the cheapest Walmart varieties.
>
> yes it does have a removable crumb tray.... but still
> no way to get inside the thing and clean all the stuff
> sticking to the insides!

I have a Cuisinart and have the same problems, even with the crumb tray.
Loads of stuff hanging around in there which shaking over the sink
wouldn't dislodge. Having tried to clean it and becoming frustrated, I
decided to put up with it and not look. ;-)

Dora

One of the restaurants we are involved with has the same problem with
the commercial 6 & 12 slice toasters. They too have the crumb trays
and still get loads of bits stuck inside. Their head chef if very
fussy and he has special tool for cleaning the toaster and various
other little gaps. He has a liitle flexible tube with an opening
around 6mm which has a funnel shaped fitment on the the other end that
fits a domestic hoover. Its amazing the places he can get into and it
comes apart for easy cleaning. On the other hand I have a 4 slice
toaster with a clean tray and I never look inside.

Stu
www.cateringappliancesltd.co.uk

Stu wrote:
> One of the restaurants we are involved with has the same problem with
> the commercial 6 & 12 slice toasters. They too have the crumb trays
> and still get loads of bits stuck inside. Their head chef if very
> fussy and he has special tool for cleaning the toaster and various
> other little gaps. He has a liitle flexible tube with an opening
> around 6mm which has a funnel shaped fitment on the the other end that
> fits a domestic hoover. Its amazing the places he can get into and it
> comes apart for easy cleaning. On the other hand I have a 4 slice
> toaster with a clean tray and I never look inside.
>
> Stu
> www.cateringappliancesltd.co.uk

Good for that chef. I've decided that what I can't reach actually
isn't there. ;-0

dORA

"limey" > wrote in message
...
>
> Good for that chef. I've decided that what I can't reach actually isn't
> there. ;-0
>
> dORA

You're my kind of thinker. Reason and logic! ;-))
Dee Dee

"limey" > wrote:

>I have a Cuisinart and have the same problems, even with the crumb tray.
>Loads of stuff hanging around in there which shaking over the sink
>wouldn't dislodge. Having tried to clean it and becoming frustrated, I
>decided to put up with it and not look. ;-)

ha!

same here... try to ignore

BUT...even tho I don't seem to have a bug/roach
problem...still don't like the idea of so many crumbs
lodged inside the toaster waiting for them (bugs) to
find it. Hence the questions on buying a diff device
that CAN be cleaned

> wrote in message
...
> "limey" > wrote:
>
>>I have a Cuisinart and have the same problems, even with the crumb tray.
>>Loads of stuff hanging around in there which shaking over the sink
>>wouldn't dislodge. Having tried to clean it and becoming frustrated, I
>>decided to put up with it and not look. ;-)
>
> ha!
>
> same here... try to ignore
>
> BUT...even tho I don't seem to have a bug/roach
> problem...still don't like the idea of so many crumbs
> lodged inside the toaster waiting for them (bugs) to
> find it. Hence the questions on buying a diff device
> that CAN be cleaned

I have no cleaning answer, so read no further, me@privacy

But I am wondering if everyone does leave their toaster on top of the
counter. I do because I don't want any crumbs inside cabinets. But now
that I'm getting new countertops, I'm trying to clear up some countertop
space (yes, I know, that won't last long).

Dee