Sandwich Toasters > Kenwood Sandwich Toasters

Advantages: Makes a quick and delicious breakfast treat
Disadvantages: No healthy recipes included

I received this Mickey waffle maker as a Christmas present and I have to say that I have found it a great addition to my kitchen. From an English perspective I would say that the waffles that it makes are more like Scotch pancakes than a traditional waffle - I used the basic recipe which is included with the product. The waffle maker is so easy to use, as a weekend treat I would never again bother to get the frying pan to make pancakes with the added ...
...device all you have to do is plug it and wait for a few minutes for it to heat up and you are ready to go. Each mould of the four takes a small ladle full of batter and you then simply close the lid and wait for about 5 minutes. The outcome is four pancakes that are just the right size for a snack. I find that the basic batter makes about 20 pancakes which more than satisfies 2 adults for breakfast or brunch. The other good thing is how easy it is ... Read review

Advantages: It does considerably more than your standard Sandwich Toaster!
Disadvantages: A shame the plates can't be removed to clean.

...a reasonable price. The Kenwood SM606 ticked all of these boxes. It has a stylish chrome finish body. The non-stick coated cooking plates are made for easy cleaning. It has an easily seen indicator light. A nice sized cool touch handle. It stands upright for compact and space saving storage. The grill plates are ribbed, and the hinges "float" to allow additional space between the plates that a fixed hinge system doesn't allow for. This means ...
...food (we often do vegetables) you might want to griddle in there if you wanted to. We've also done waffles very successfully on this. You have a variable heat setting, which again is very useful and gives you some nice control over how your food cooks/toasting. It stores nicely and looks good whether stored on a work surface or out to use. A number of friends and family have now bought one of these after seeing ours in operations. It does 2 sandwiches ... Read review

Advantages: cheap, cooks evenly, easy to clean, looks good with unique design
Disadvantages: no timer or thermostat

...I opted for the Kenwood SM435 because it was reasonably priced and looked the business so would fit in quite nicely with our toaster, kettle and bread pot. Unlike most other toasted sandwich makers, instead of being quite flat to the work surface it looks a bit futuristic (I have attached a picture below to save trying to describe the shape which escapes me at this moment in time). I’m sure you’ll agree, it looks a bit different and with the silver ...
...than 20 quid. The SM435 has fixed hinges so opening and closing it quite straightforward, there is no trying to reposition the top section to align it with the base and the handle is insulated so it doesn’t get remotely hotter once it has been in operation for a while. There are two separate plates which both warm individually and it can make 2 sandwiches at once. More than adequate for our needs as I personally don’t eat that many toasted sandwiches ... Read review

Advantages: Tasty food
Disadvantages: Not so good over time

This toasted sandwich maker is quite good as it is quick and easy to use. All you need to do is butter the bread and put whatever you like inside it. At first this sandwich is great and food is quickly and readily available. There is a useful light on top of the sandwich toaster which turns off when the toast is ready to be taken out. This means the toast can be left on its own without worries of it burning. Also a wide range of fillings can be used ...
...there are quite a few disadvantages. Firstly when trying to remove the sandwich some bread sticks to the heater, this is not a big problem at first however as the equipment is used more it becomes increasingly difficult to remove the bread. Also unless it is turned off by the plug it stays on. This is an advantage if you have bread in because it keeps reheating it keeping the food warm. However if you are planning to clean it after you have eaten ... Read review

Advantages: Can be stored vertically, looks good
Disadvantages: No removable non-stick plates - makes cleaning a bit fiddly

As I had a voucher for my local ironmonger's - which happens to rather fortunately be a Le Creuset stockist - which was due to expire and couldn't find any Le Creuset stuff that I really wanted for the sum of the voucher I decided to plump for a sandwich toaster instead. I had not bothered to buy one in Austria as the sandwich bread was so tasteless, but with a wholemeal sandwich loaf now being available at last in the supermarket I go to, I thought ...
...SM420 series, which was being sold for EUR 29.99 (ca. GBP 20) whilst the SM406 was EUR 33 (GBP 22), and the differences appeared to be only cosmetic, although I went for the SM406 as it was in black and stainless steel rather than white. The SM420 had also got the added feature that the plates could be removed for cleaning - this seems to be the biggest bane usually, that sandwich toasters do not seem to be very easy to clean. However, as they explicitly ... Read review