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Category: Kitchen
Brand: KitchenAid
Model: KMT223CU
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KitchenAid KMT223CU Review by bigdogdad
This toaster is great. As with all new things there is a learning curve but once you've learned it your good to go.
Some complain about the bell being too loud. I know I'm not going to stand next to the toaster and wait for it to finish so the bell for me is great. I hear a bing and I know its done. Easy. Others complain about having to put their bagels down twice. Appartenly they don't have the learning curve down yet. Just in case they don't know there are settings on this toaster!
I would recomend this toast to everyone. Some might say its expensive but hey, it works great and looks just as great.
KitchenAid KMT223CU Review by Thomas K. Seibold "Amish Suburbanite"
I consider good toast one of life's simple, but deeply satisfying, joys. Whether a chewy bagel spread with cream cheese or a slice of whole wheat topped with mayo, sliced tomatoes, and lemon-pepper, I am often happier eating good toast in my own kitchen than the overhyped but mediocre concoctions of mainstream suburban eateries (and even some supposedly amazing high-end restaurants that disappoint).
After several years of limping along with an old and cheaply made toaster picked up in a thrift store (an appliance which seemed to be losing the ability to properly time the end of the toasting cycle between "barely warm" and "burned"), I began shopping seriously for a proper toaster to prepare one of my favorite daily staples.
When I was a kid, my parents had what I think was a Sunbeam toaster with a single long slot. It was designed to sit along the back edge of a kitchen counter or table, with its controls on the long edge. But what I remembered most about the toaster, and didn't realize the rarity of until I had my own home, was how technologically advanced it was for the early 1970s. Namely, it dispensed with the push-to-drop-the-toast lever for a single pushbutton in the center of a degree-of-toasting control knob. Press the button, and the toast quietly lowered into the toasting chamber, and elegantly rose without an annoying "clunk" when the toast was done.
I waited many years for some small-appliance manufacturer to rediscover and revive this cool toaster feature, and was delighted to find an Australian maker, Breville, which had done so, in coordination with an electronic count-down display that visually indicates how much of the toasting cycle remains. I almost bought the Breville, but decided against it at the last minute due to what I felt was its boxy styling.
Soon thereafter, I was browsing the site of a big-box electronics retailer, known for its big yellow tag logo, and discovered that KitchenAid had a toaster with similar features and superior styling. Being a long-time fan of the KitchenAid brand, but deterred by their existing commodity-grade toaster products, I immediately headed over to Amazon where I found the same model in stock. (Please be aware that there's a similar-looking model with the electronic display but a normal up/down toaster handle rather than the motorized up/down control of this model.) I ordered immediately and received it only days later. What I found:
Pros: Attractive styling; wide slots; accurate centering of toast; reliable operation; ultra-cool auto-lower and auto-lift feature; controls for defrost, bagel (toasts just one side), warm (holds toast in toasting chamber for additional minute without over-toasting it), and reheat; digital toasting "shade" control ("1-7") and remaining-length-of-toast-cycle progress bar on display; loud triple-beep alert when toast is done; a one-year warranty with a KitchenAid customer service number you can call for possible repair/replacement issues
Cons: No way to disable beeping or control its loudness (a no-brainer feature, and electronically trivial to add); stainless steel portion of appliance casing is (like all stainless steel) easy to smudge and hard to clean; unevenness of toasting side to side (the sides of bread in each slot facing the center of the toaster get a bit darker than the sides of bread facing the outer edges of the toaster, even when bagel button is not engaged--I may have to call KitchenAid about this)
One more thing that's not necessarily a pro or a con--just something to be aware of: The existence of a clear transparent ring around each of the four small buttons on the display (like "Defrost") might give some buyers (like me) the impression that they light up when pressed. In reality, only the main button really has a meaningful glow around its perimeter, a pleasing blue color that appears whenever toasting is actually occurring. There is a little "spillover" of this light, behind the control panel, to the rings around the other buttons, but the "engaged" status of the other buttons is actually indicated by an appropriate word on the digital display.
Overall, I would consider this the ultimate toaster if the "cons" listed above were fixed. As it is, I'll say it's pretty good and step up from the ancient piece-of-crud toaster I was using before.
KitchenAid KMT223CU Review by R. Hastie "Rod" (DC)
Don't go for this good looking toaster if you mind loud noises! It has the most annoying beep when you first press the button and then three ear piercing beeps when finished. So much noise in the house when others are still asleep is just not worth the hassle even if its a KitchenAid model. What could the engineers have been thinking? I am returning this back to Macys after two weeks and will buy a normal toaster which does not shatter the peace of my mornings with these loud sounds.
I don't need a jolting beep to tell me when I have started my toaster and three more to tell me my toast is done. It would be much better if they had a button to tune these sounds off. Until then, you should tune out this KitchenAid toaster.
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KitchenAid KMT223CU::Description
The KitchenAid 2 Slice Toaster features an attractive metal housing that gives the toaster durability and style that you’ll love displaying on your countertop. The LCD display featured on this toaster remembers the last shading and function set, so you can get your toast the way you like it every time. A sleek, digital progress bar counts down time, so you’ll always know when your toast will be ready.
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