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If anyone wants a real answer for "best toaster": http://automaticbeyondbelief.org/ http://automaticbeyondbelief.org/

by jimmaswell 5y ago

pid-1 5y ago
The best toaster is having no toaster. Just eat "raw" bread, it's faster and likely healthier.
- alexb_ 5y ago
  Probably the most HN response to this question possible. "Well you wouldn't need x if you just did Y instead, which is just better"
Akronymus 5y ago
And the technology connections video about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OfxlSG6q5Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OfxlSG6q5Y
edgyquant 5y ago
I bet it still can’t make a toaster strudel that isn’t either burned or cold in the middle.
- jahewson 5y ago
  Just make your own toaster. https://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_thwaites_how_i_built_a_toaster_from_scratch?language=en https://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_thwaites_how_i_built_a_toas...
- onion2k 5y ago
  I bet it can't too, because "toaster strudel" cannot ever work in a toaster. A toaster is specifically designed not to cook bread all the way through. The idea is to caramelise (toast) the outside of a slice of bread to the point where it's golden and crisp while still leaving the inside fluffy and bread-like. Good toast is fundamentally opposed to what a "toaster strudel" is. To make good strudel you should heat it through consistently in a conventional over and then grill it.
  - edgyquant 5y ago
    Huh TIL. Kinda defeats the purpose of calling it a toaster strudels tho, doesn’t it?
userbinator 5y ago
That one has actually been discussed on HN a few times: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29346596 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29346596
Gigachad 5y ago
This toaster has several failings. Probably the biggest one is it’s always live and will kill your if you touch the inside even if it’s not toasting. But then a number of minor failings like not having the railings that clamp in so it can’t handle thick cut toast or crumpets since it’s fixed to the side of bread.

If anyone wants a real answer for "best toaster": http://automaticbeyondbelief.org/ http://automaticbeyondbelief.org/

pid-1 5y ago

The best toaster is having no toaster. Just eat "raw" bread, it's faster and likely healthier.

alexb_ 5y ago
Probably the most HN response to this question possible. "Well you wouldn't need x if you just did Y instead, which is just better"

Akronymus 5y ago

And the technology connections video about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OfxlSG6q5Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OfxlSG6q5Y

edgyquant 5y ago

I bet it still can’t make a toaster strudel that isn’t either burned or cold in the middle.

jahewson 5y ago
Just make your own toaster. https://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_thwaites_how_i_built_a_toaster_from_scratch?language=en https://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_thwaites_how_i_built_a_toas...
onion2k 5y ago
I bet it can't too, because "toaster strudel" cannot ever work in a toaster. A toaster is specifically designed not to cook bread all the way through. The idea is to caramelise (toast) the outside of a slice of bread to the point where it's golden and crisp while still leaving the inside fluffy and bread-like. Good toast is fundamentally opposed to what a "toaster strudel" is. To make good strudel you should heat it through consistently in a conventional over and then grill it.
- edgyquant 5y ago
  Huh TIL. Kinda defeats the purpose of calling it a toaster strudels tho, doesn’t it?

userbinator 5y ago

That one has actually been discussed on HN a few times: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29346596 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29346596

Gigachad 5y ago

This toaster has several failings. Probably the biggest one is it’s always live and will kill your if you touch the inside even if it’s not toasting. But then a number of minor failings like not having the railings that clamp in so it can’t handle thick cut toast or crumpets since it’s fixed to the side of bread.