Customer Reviews

Cuisinart CPT-90BC Classic-Style Electric Toaster, Brushed Chrome

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I paid what I consider quite a bit of money just for a toaster, but I thought Cuisinart would make it worth my money. I was lulled into a false sense of security for the first two weeks, as that produced pretty decent toast. But after 2 weeks, it started to barely toast the middle of the bread, and to burn the crusts. I tried multiple settings but nothing helped. The instructions said that users might have to change the settings with each piece of bread because of variations in moisture and such. Good heavens, who can make such an assessment at 7 AM? The feature I really liked was the long horizontal slot that could hold a slice of bread machine bread. They don't fit in most toasters, so that was what convinced me to return this model for an identical one. But alas, the same thing happened, and now I will be returning the second one as well. Now if you love burnt crusts, this the machine for you!

I stupidly ignored a friends advice who owned one, and purchased because of the design. It rarely toasted evenly (bread/waffles) nor did it handle bagels well. Now after 3 years, it is dead.
So for 80 bucks you get poor performance, good looks, and a warranty which expires before it does. Nice job Cuisinart! You won't fool me with ANY of your other products.

September 2004: I had one of these too....bought it on sale and thought it looked nice and was a Cruisinart so expected it to be great. It worked for a few months and then began to toast things very unevenly....not all the elements were working. It finally died after 2 years. I reviewed lots of toasters on-line and finally bought the KitchenAid Pro Line toaster. It is terrific. Yes, it cost three times what the average high-end "good" toaster costs but it is a solid piece of equipment, works flawlessly, and has some great features, such as a manual lift so the toast stays in the toaster and warm until you're ready for it. It has wide enough slots for bagels and English muffins. So, stop buying cheap (in quality) toasters every 2-3 years and spend the bucks to buy a really good machine. By the way, speaking of KitchenAid quality, my stand mixer is still going strong after 25 years...

Update October 10, 2006: See the KitchenAid Pro Line 4 slice toaster for a full updated review....but in a nutshell, the Pro Line toaster isn't up to the same KitchenAid quality.....it worked well for acouple of months but then half the elements died and it was recalled by the company to boot for faulty wiring....it's replacemnent (about 2 years old) works OK but is nothing special in the toasting department (although it does look nice and the wide slots are good).....I'm listing the Pro Line as adequate (3 stars) but not worth the money....so skip the Pro Line toaster, unless you like form over function. By the way, the old KitchenAid mixer continues to hum along as flawlessly as ever.....purchased in 1979.

This Cuisinart toaster is still not worth the money either.....Geez, there must be one good toaster out there somewhere......

Never had the problems others had with uneven toasting. My one beef was always the way the switch to turn on the second slot was oriented. Never made sense to me that it should be depressed towards the right hand slot when it was only toasting on the left slot. Like many toasters it was a hassle to remember to reset the darkness if I changed breads, so I usually toasted things twice instead of messing with the dial. English muffins usually take two full cycles, but the single cycle was good for many kinds of regular bread. Sadly, after many years of service I noticed an odd smell for a few days, and now it has just died. I'm leaning towards a Kitchen Aid as a replacement, though. Will work better for where I can put the toaster now. I disagree that buying the more expensive toaster to last for ever is better than occasionally replacing it. Keep the difference in you pocket to buy bread. In a couple of years you might want a different design.