Do you regularly clean your Toaster?

[Ice Tea]

It always reminds me of the above.

 

[Junglist]

I clean the crumb tray once a week and vacuum the top

 

[fretted]

I chuck it away and buy a new one

 

[R.P.L]

Nope. It's one of those things that pops into my head to do once in a while and I usually ignore it, then after way too long I finally get around to doing it and it's completely minging.

 

[wonko]

I don't think I've ever seen this question pop up before.

 

[Fluffybob]

erm.....nope

 

[ttaskmaster]

I don't think I've ever seen this question pop up before.

Har har.......

 

[labbby]

oh crumbs, what a good question

 

[firstborn]

I'd clean mine if I had any respect for it. It has one job and it is useless at it.

Recommendations for a one worthy of cleaning. I have a Dualit and it's pants.

 

[Kelt]

Clean mine about once a year.

Don't use it much these days, have largely given up bread.

 

[drakulton]

I have a self cleaning toaster. The crumbs build up in the bottom of it until they are high enough to be ignited by the elements. After a small fire the crumbs are gone.

 

[Kainz]

About every 2 weeks.

Recently bought a pos Russell Hobbs kettle/toaster set for approx £20 to add to our new place. Damn toaster is predictably almost already dead (dodge elements) and I hate throwing away appliances.

 

[Haze]

I shake mine out once in a blue moon, don't get used all that much

 

[Yaayuh!]

It doesn't get used all that much, maybe twice a week. I clear out the tray and give it a shake now and then.

 

[Terminal_Boy]

Every time I clean the glass plate our toaster sits on, the crumb tray gets cleaned and the toaster body gets a wipe.

 

[Junglist]

I think our toaster is our most used kitchen appliance item other than the coffee machine.

If I could get all of my nutritional needs from buttery toast I'd probably live off of it

 

[R.P.L]

I'd clean mine if I had any respect for it. It has one job and it is useless at it.

Recommendations for a one worthy of cleaning. I have a Dualit and it's pants.

In what way is it useless? Toasting bread is pretty straightforward, and I can't say I've ever come across a toaster that doesn't do it adequately.

If that's just your excuse for not cleaning it then fair play

 

[Semple]

I'd clean mine if I had any respect for it. It has one job and it is useless at it.

Recommendations for a one worthy of cleaning. I have a Dualit and it's pants.

They're all pretty much the same, i've not found an expensive one works any better than a cheap one.

Normally you're just paying for different functions, or a 4 slice v 2 slice.

Ours probably only gets used a couple of times a month, so i reckon easily 3-6 months before emptying the crumb tray.

 

[Andrew_McP]

Self-sterilising. And the crumbs eventually desiccate into dusty toast ghosts. It's what they would have wanted.

 

[Stumble Bum]

I only found out 2 days ago from watching a random video that toasters have a little draw at the bottom that slides out. It has now had its first proper tray clean in about 10 years