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Tips and Troubleshooting

• Toasting is affected by the temperature of the bread. Room

temperature bread may toast to a medium color on setting 3.

The same type of bread that has been refrigerated may require

setting 4, and if frozen, setting 5.

• The moisture content will also affect toasting. Fresh bagels,

made locally, will have a higher moisture content than bagels

purchased in the bread section of the supermarket. The bagel

setting extends toasting time to allow most bagels to toast in

one cycle. Fresh bagels made locally may require two toasting

cycles.

• Because of the irregular surface of English muffins, they may

require more than one toasting cycle. After toasting for one

cycle on setting 6, if a darker shade is desired, adjust shade

selector to setting 2 or 3 and toast for a second cycle. Watch

closely to avoid overbrowning. English muffins cut with a knife

toast more evenly than English muffins split with a fork.

• Many toasters have thermostats that must reset after toasting

one cycle. The electronic controls of this toaster allow toasting

batch after batch, with no waiting for the thermostat to reset.

• Thick foods may become wedged in the toaster slot. If food

Toasting Guide

FOOD

Shade Setting

 

 

Regular bread

3 to 5

English muffins

6

 

 

Bagels

3 to 6

Frozen bread or buns

4 to 5

Frozen waffles

2 to 3

Toaster pastries (such as Pop Tarts®)*

1

 

 

®Pop Tart is a registered trademark of the Kellogg Co.

*NOTE: Hamilton Beach/Proctor-Silex does not recommend heating toaster pastries in your toaster. Toaster pastries should be heated in a toaster oven broiler. However, if an alternative is not available, and you must use the toaster, be sure to set the toaster to the lowest possible setting, and never leave the toaster unattended during use.

Cleaning

becomes jammed, the toaster will automatically shut off at the

end of the toasting cycle. Unplug the toaster and let cool. Use

a wooden utensil to remove food.

• When toasting only one slice, the bread may be placed in

any slot of the toaster. When toasting a single slice, you may

notice variations in bread color from side to side.

• Setting 6 is the darkest shade of toast color. If a darker shade

is desired, reset at setting 3, watch closely and toast for a sec-

ond cycle.

The bread lifter will not latch down unless the toaster is

NOTE: If the toaster is used daily, the crumb tray should be cleaned weekly.

1.Unplug toaster and let cool.

2.Leave the toaster sitting on the counter. Slide out crumb tray, discard crumbs and wipe tray with clean cloth. Replace crumb tray.

Crumb Tray

plugged in.

3.Wipe outside of toaster with a damp cloth. Do not use abra- sive cleansers that may scratch the surface of the toaster.

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