GE – 4-Slice Toaster – Stainless Steel

The GE 4-Slice toaster is an elegant yet practical toaster; it is everything a toaster should be and more.
Pros:
Easy clean/no crumb leaks!
Even toast
Thaw setting
Four toast compartments!
Cons:
Toast settings
First, the GE 4-Slice toaster is easy to clean, not to mention the compartments to empty are simple when you have crumbs piling up. What I enjoyed the most was the idea of moving the toaster on the counter without any crumb leaks from the bottom. My old toaster did this too often no matter how many times I cleaned it and emptied the tray; it continuously leaked. I am happy to report that this unit, after putting it through toast warfare, passed the “no-leak” test.
The toaster shade settings were a little wonky to me (from 1 to 8; 8 pretty much burning the toast), but whatever shade setting I put it on, or type of toast selection (bagel, or frozen), the toast was always even. Though what I truly enjoyed the most about this machine was the “frozen” setting. Somehow, GE was able to thaw whatever was placed in the toaster compartments without burning or allowing the food to become soggy. For lunatics like me, that freeze their bread, having the option to thaw and eat toast was a blessing. Additionally, the use of 4 toaster compartments was necessary for me. I was able to toast both a bagel and toast for my son simultaneously with no issues. Thus, the time to prepare food was reduced, and everyone ate what they wanted.
The only con I can give the GE 4-Slice toaster was the shade settings. From 1 to 8, you were able to select how dark/toasted the food you wanted to eat was. For giggles, I set the toaster to 8; after some time, my toast popped up black. I am all for equal toasting, but man, who eats burnt toast?
Ultimately, the GE 4-Slice toaster should be a staple on your countertop. With its elegant design, cleanliness, and ease of use, toasting your food in the mornings (or whenever) will come with ease.

While I don’t normally assess the looks of kitchen appliances, I think it is an attractive toaster with its use of a stainless-steel housing, buttons, and levers. There are two sets of controls on front of the toaster, each controlling two toasting slots on either side.
The bread slots are normal sized – meaning that you can place a slice of bread or a bagel in each one, but nothing too thick or too long.
There are three buttons for each toaster pair, as well as one turn knob for controlling how well done the slices will be when finished.
The three buttons are: Bagel, Frozen, and Cancel. When you put a slice or two in the toaster and push down the lever, the Cancel button illuminates by default. Pressing Cancel stops the cooking process and raises the lever allowing you to easily eject whatever you’re toasting.
If you are toasting a bagel, push down the lever, and then press the Bagel button. In doing so, both the Cancel button and the Bagel button will be illuminated. If the item you are toasting is frozen, push down the lever and press Frozen. As with the Bagel option, the Frozen button and Cancel button will illuminate.
Okay, so how does it toast? Well, I’ve toasted a number of slices of bread to find out. A thick slice of Rye bread required setting the doneness knob to the number 5. By comparison, that same thick sliced Rye bread would be done on a 2 ½ setting on my old toaster. On this toaster, I initially had it on 4 but it wasn’t toasted to my liking. So, I had to increase the doneness to 5 to get it how I liked it. A regular slice of bread was perfectly done at 4.
I am merely pointing out that you’ll have to play with the toaster to find which doneness levels work best for you.
I haven’t run into any problems with overcooking or undercooking on one side versus the other. And both sides of this 4-slice unit worked equally as well.
We toasted the thick sliced Rye bread I mentioned, a normal slice of white bread at room temperature, and a slice of frozen white bread. All came out to our liking. The frozen slice, of course, required us to press the Frozen button at the outset. We don’t normally keep bagels at home, so we haven’t tried those as yet. But we’ve always had to smash the bagels thinner to get them to fit our toasters. I’m curious to see if the same is required with this toaster.
All in all, this toaster does exactly what we expected it to do: toast our bread quickly and uniformly. Plus, it is attractive whether it is being used for toasting or simply sitting there looking pretty.

When my wife joined me in retirement our aging 2 slice toaster was no longer adequate as we were now eating breakfast together at home most mornings.
This toaster is nicely designed and very attractive and has multiple settings to toast that perfect slice for nearly everyone.
There are 7 numbered settings with half settings between them.
We both like a medium brown toast and #4 makes it to the desired shade for us. # 4.5 was just a bit much for our tastes.
You can do toast on one side and frozen or bagels using the appropriate button for the item on the other side of the toaster if desired. Or of course 4 of the same thing, two on each side.
Each side has its own crumb tray and the entire unit is easy to clean.
Operation is simple and the knobs, buttons and levers move easily so on issue with it being too stiff for older hands.
The only feature I wish were on this toaster that was on my other toaster is a reheat button, but #1 setting works with very little change in toast color and doneness.

Great 4 slice toaster. Very well built and toast evenly. Bright shiny stainless looks great in the kitchen.