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Technical Details
- 1500-watt 4-slice toaster housed in premium brushed stainless steel
- Wide, self-centering toasting slots; "toast ready" sound alert; high-lift lever
- Lift-and-look function for checking progress without interrupting cycle
- LCD display; browning control dial; bagel, defrost, and reheat settings
- Measures 14 by 5-1/2 by 8 inches; limited lifetime warranty
Product Description
Breville Ikon four slice electronic toaster has a premium brushed stainless steel exterior. It also has extra wide and deep self centering toasting slots. This item has many features including electronic browning control dial, removable crumb tray and a tidy cord storage.Similar Products
Customer Reviews
2010-10-27
By Texi
It seems there must be some inconsistency in these toasters b/c some reviews report it works fine. But I can tell you in my personal experience, I've developed a hatred for this model. The toaster looks nice enough, very pretty stainless steel... but it functions horribly.
Three complaints:
1. Like many others have said here, all the high settings on this are useless, as it will incinerate your toast. When I first got this toaster 3 years ago, I found that the setting 2 (out of 10) would toast it just enough without burning. Now it's somehow worsened... I can only toast bread on 1 or else it burns.
2. It has never managed to toast anything evenly.
3. The release mechanism catapults toast into the air, literally. Sometimes I have to go searching for my toast once it's done because it has been tossed behind the toaster. Other times it has landed on the floor. Seriously, could they not at least get this one right?
The only reason I gave this toaster 2 stars instead of 1 is because I have yet to find a toaster that works perfectly. But I've used plenty of toasters better than this.
2010-10-08
By Elisabet Maedl
The Breville CT75XL Ikon 4-slice toaster is awsome! We have tried a number of toasters over the last several years, and none of them worked very well. It has been very frustrating until we got the Breville toaster.
This Breville unit toasts quickly, evenly, and to the right amount every time. We set it at "5" (the halfway point) and it works best for us on everything, even hard to toast Sour Dough or multi-grain breads. Note that if you are toasting "Wonderbread", you will want a lower setting such as "3".
I'd recommend this toaster for anyone who uses a toaster.
2010-09-28
By Jean-Luc (Putnam Co., NY USA)
This is the first Australian appliance ever for me. There was about everything right about this toaster except for its price. So I got it from Amazon refurbished at half of regular Amazon price and almost third of what Williams-Sonoma asked. I expected some signs of use, but couldn't find any. It also stunk for awhile like brand new unit when first turned on.
So far I couldn't find anything to complain about. The Pane de Casa slices are hard to pick up with finger tips, but $.99 mini-thong from Party store does the job. I also use it for frozen pancakes and bagels with excellent results. Never needed to go higher then 6, so I understand why other reviewers were wondering why they designed it with 9 levels. I think it was done to address some inevitable variations in heating element power.
Like with any other toaster some inconsistency in outcome does take place when toaster was reloaded hot. In such instance you need to reduce the time one step or so, or use the reheating button, but it does the same job consistently every time from cold start while memorizing last setting.
I would recommend this unit.
2010-09-23
By Diesel
We needed a toaster that could toast long pieces of bread and this is almost perfect. The bread does not evenly toast on both sides but it is close so it is more of a visual issue than a toasting issue. It is nice that you can also get bagels into the slots and it does a real nice job on bagels especially when you remember to push the bagel button! I rate this a good buy.
2010-08-24
By Diane (Iowa)
I thought I was getting a top of the line toaster but it was not. Some of the heating wires did not heat. Would not toast about 1/3 of the way up from the bottom no matter which toasting number was set. The lift only lifted the toast up about 1/4" so still could not get it out of there at times. Not impressed. Returned to Amazon.com for refund.
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