Oster 4-Slice Long-Slot Toaster
Long enough at 10.38 inches, and the clearest illustration in the dataset of why depth is the axis people forget.
The measurements
- Brand
- Oster
- Model number
- TSSTTR6330-NP
- Slots
- 2
- Slice capacity
- 4
- Heating element
- Wire
- Controls
- Dial
- Lift
- Bread-lift lever
- Time to medium toast
- 2 min 3 sec
- Body, W × D × H
- 16.75″ × 7″ × 7.5″
- Price when recorded
- $52.89 (at time of testing, not a current price)
- Functions
Best for Showing exactly what a shallow slot does to a bagel
Watch out for At 4.75 inches the slot is the shallowest here, and bagels stand proud of it
Independently measured. Source: America's Test Kitchen, toaster review.
The length is fine. At 10.38 inches this clears the ten-inch bar with more room than several models still in production, and two sandwich slices go in side by side without a fight.
The depth is the problem, and it is the reason this model is worth keeping in an index of things you can no longer buy. At 4.75 inches the slot is the shallowest measured here, below the five-inch working minimum, and the consequence is exactly what you would predict: a bagel sits with its top above the opening and comes out with an untoasted strip across it.
That is the whole argument for recording three axes instead of one. On any spec sheet that prints a single slot figure, this machine looks like a long slot toaster, because on the axis that gets printed it is one.
The surface also ran hot and showed fingerprints, and browning was uneven front to back. It is out of production now, which on balance is not a loss.
What this slot takes
Judged on length alone, against the slot figure on record. Width and depth decide whether a thick or tall slice clears, and where those are blank we cannot answer for them.
- Sandwich slice4.5″ Fits A standard supermarket slice, laid flat.
- Two slices, side by side9.5″ Fits The reason the shape exists. Needs about 10 inches with room to load.
- Bagel half4.5″ Fits Length is easy. Bagels fail on width, not length.
- Sourdough round slice8″ Fits A slice off a large boule, cut across the widest point.
- Bakery batard slice10.5″ Too short The slice that defeats almost everything on the market.
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