Description
Price: $29.95 - $24.95
(as of Mar 18, 2025 17:37:38 UTC – Details)
The classic toaster gets a modern update with the Compact toaster by Cuisinart. It saves space, placed sideways or facing forward, to fit any kitchen counter. Whether making thick bagel halves or thin sliced breads, the wide slots, high-lift carriage and custom controls ensure even, precise and convenient toasting, every time.
FUNCTIONS: This compact toaster is able to fit comfortably on your countertops while toasting bagels, toast and a preheat, defrost and cancel option.MC Cubic Feet: 2.116, UC Cubic Feet : 0.464.Display type: LED
CAPACITY: Has 2 1.5-inch wide toasting slots for a wide variety of sizes
MUST-HAVE FEATURES: The 7-setting shade dial gives you control over the toasting shade and the slide-out crumb tray makes clean up easy
PERFORMANCE: Whether you want a thick toasted bagel to snack on, toaster pastries, or thin sliced bread for a healthy twist on croutons, the wide slots and high-lift carriage make it easy to toast every time
LIMITED 3-YEAR WARRANTY: Refer to user manual for troubleshooting steps and questions surrounding warranty policies – this product is BPA free
Customers say
Customers appreciate the toaster’s good value for money and simple design. They like its size. However, some customers have reported issues with burnt toast. Opinions differ on toasting accuracy, quality, and heat level.
Lana –
RELIABLE, AFFORDABLE, TOASTER
I originally bought this toaster as a temporary solution until the one i wanted to buy was back in stock. But after using this toaster I no longer see the need in buying a more expensive one because this one does everything I need it to.At this price point you will NOT find a better toaster. It’s simple, yet looks attractive on my counter. The shape and design makes it easy to clean. I have toasted bagels, and other types of bread in it and so far it works great.I notice in alot of reviews, not only for this toaster but many others as well, that people complain about the toasters not toasting “perfectly even”. I never realized how many OCD people there were in the world until I read those reviews. LOL. The reality is no toaster will ever make a piece of toast exactly the same shade top to bottom, front to back. It’s simply unrealistic due to science. Toast is toast. As long as it’s toasted, and not burnt… who cares what it looks like?It is important to remember that different types of breads, and different brands of breads use different ingredients. Therefore my toasting experience may not be the same as yours. You have to experiment with your new toaster to find the settings that work for you based on the kind of bread you are toasting. Different ingredients in different breads cause them to toast within different time frames. My preferred setting on this toaster is 3. I started at 5, then 4, and kept going lower until I found a setting that didn’t burn the brand of bread I buy. You will have to do the same. But once you find the heat level setting that works for your brand and type of bread, it’s smooth sailing moving forward.I would also like to address the “chemical smell”, “burning plastic smell” reviews. YES THERE WAS A BURNING SMELL THE FIRST TIME I USED THE TOASTER. It’s normal when you are running electricity through heated metal coils for the first time. Again… this is science. It is to be expected. IT WILL GO AWAY AFTER A COUPLE USES. I turned on the toaster for 3 back to back cycles without bread, then 3 back to back cycles with bread that I threw away. After that… NO SMELL. Make sure you have the windows open when you do this.This is currently the #1 top rated toaster on amazon. I think it deserves that spot in the rankings. Buy it.
L. Bradshaw –
Not as good as the old ones
How old are the two of these hoping that at least one was not a mistake but both of the ones that I bought only toasted one side of the bread and while looking into the toaster while it’s on you can see that not all of the heating bars were working. I am very disappointed. I’ve always had a Cuisinart toaster until the spring when my old toaster decided to only toast on one side. Now all of the new toasters that I’ve ordered only toast on one side even when you put two slices in only one side of each slice gets toasted .
TolkienFan –
Good value
So okay… It’s a toaster…. And an inexpensive one at that. I am not typically a guy who searches out the cheapest thing especially when it comes to appliances or “durable goods”. But with a toaster, I thought I would just give it a try. This toaster replaced an earlier, far more expensive, upscale model that performed just “okay” and lasted about ten years. Since I no longer really care about what visitors think about my purchase decisions and I am no longer interested in “keeping up with the …”, I figured this toaster would be fine…. as long as it worked the way it was supposed to. The one it replaced was also a Cuisinart….. long slot, beautiful finish, high tech controls, heated with fancy glow bulbs…. Well, the bulbs gave up and it seemed such a waste of time and dollars to try to replace them… especially since the toaster never performed nearly as well as it should have (considering the original price…). So I decided to go the opposite way this time. This Cuisinart toaster looks good, toasts two slices at a time, will accept and toast bagels and English muffins, and works the way it was designed (at least so far…!!).Toasting normal sandwich bread is easy. Set the darkness to the center (#4) and push the lever/handle down. Shortly you will have toast. Both sides toasted to a close approximation of each other. If you toast other bread styles like the more upscale bakery breads (7-grain, Oatmeal-honey, All-grain, etc., …) then you will probably need to set the control to #5 to get a satisfactory “crunch” on your toast. English muffins take longer (in all toasters..). Bagels toast fine too. If you use the special bagel “feature” (button..) then the bagel will toast mostly on one side…. And as long as you put the bagel into the toaster the same way each time, it should be mostly satisfactory. I like the defrost setting… It works. I will usually keep a loaf or two of bread in the freezer… The defrost setting allows you to defrost and toast quickly. Should be a relatively simple process … and apparently it is because it works the way it is supposed to.I like the wide slots and the way the toaster keeps the bread centered (mostly… as long as you aren’t toasting really thin bread..). The cord is short, but that is to be expected because the law requires it. It can be routed around several little hooks on the bottom of the toaster so that it exits out from under the base on the side or the rear… whichever you prefer.Overall, I’m happy. If it quits tomorrow, I will send it back. If it quits after a few years, I will have received my money’s worth of use. No complaints.
Loulou –
Works great ! I don’t regret my purchase. Love the look too!
Atalaya P. –
Es algo voluminoso, pero para lo que es funciona perfecto.Siempre he tenido algo de problema con el hecho de que en cualquier tostador siempre se llena por dentro de migajas. Pero este al menos tiene el plus de que por debajo hay una bandeja que uno puede quitar para limpiar las migajas que le caigan.Tiene varias funciones, aunque en realidad solo lo usamos para tostar. Quisimos este porque precisamente estaba muy bien reseñado en The Wirecutter para tostar correctamente, y asà ha sido hasta ahora.Muy recomendable 🙂
Mauro De Luca –
Ok
Fernanda –
Nunca funcionó, intenté de muchas maneras hacerlo trabajé y ninguna funcionó, me tenéis que tener si tenido la palanquita para poder que trabajara y de repente también dejaba de calentar
Nina G –
first one sent to me had to be returned as some of heat elements not working – second one received still showed some heat elements not working so parts of bread are white and not toasted – small compact size good for limited kitchen space – suits my needs