Toasted sandwich makers that last > 13 months ?

[jives11]

Hi, Slightly off topic, but this forum always manages to amaze and enlighten.

We eat lots of cheese toasted sandwiches, and have a Breville sandwich maker with removable & washable plates.

The Teflon usually starts to come off the plates after a while (usually just outside warranty). It's possible to buy replacement plates (=A311 for plates =A316 for the whole thing). I don't want to buy a new toaster which is wasteful, but I resent pouring good money into a never ending series of replacement plates. The economics look somewhat like inkjet printers, where it's cheaper to buy a new printer

has anyone found a toasted sandwich maker which:

1) Seals the sandwich (i.e not pannini style - a baked bean pannini is not easy to eat )

2) has plates which can be easily removed to be cleaned in a dishwasher

Cost may not be a factor IF I can find one which lasts

many thanks

Jonathan Ives

[The Natural Philosopher]

Yup. I gave up on em for similar reasons.

Following this thread with interest.

[Grunff]

No, by their nature they are disposable. Let's say you use it 4 times a week. That's 200 cycles a year, which if you replace every year is 8p per cycle. Not bad value. Not everything lasts forever.

[dom]

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[John]

?categoryCode=3I always use a microwave to do the cheese. Toast in the toaster then apply the cheese and give 30 seconds in microwave. No washing up!

[Weatherlawyer]

The life of PTFE is governed by the quality of the preparation which with Breville might well be quite good.

After that it is down to: operating temperature, cleaning regimens and amount of abrasion in use. Sugar can apparently damage it.

Maybe you leave the heating element on for too long?

[T i m]

So, apart from the Dualit our Breville Duo (non removable plates) is still doing well after a few years but then we don't use it

*very* regularly.

It has lost the teflon in a couple of the corners but not enough to case any problems it seems.

And unlike the toaster [1] provides very predictable results.

All the best ..

T i m

[1] Any toaster we have used so far (see toaster threads) ;-)

[ARWadworth]

?categoryCode=3Two coats of non stick! How did they get the second to stick to the first?

Adam