Appliance Reviews

i buy this unit because of the look. but i hardly achive crispy brown toast. i have often to do it 2 time or at least put the defrost on the get correct toast. The build quality doesnt impress me. one side of the toaster his jammed for no reason.

I bought this toaster because I'm attracted to retro appliances and it fit well into my kitchen design. Amazingly, it's the best toaster I've ever owned, by far. It accommodates breads and bagels and everything between and toasts them evenly at any setting. It doesn't just sit there and look good...it works.

We bought this brand toaster in the two slice chrome finish and WOW what a great machine! It is not a light machine but has some weight to it which we like, as well as a non slide bottom

The three button (bagel, defrost, release) are on the one end of the machine and are easy to use and read as well as classy looking. And the toast turns out absolutely perfect!

It is a machine we are proud to have in our kitchen. It is the second machine this company makes (bought their coffee-espresso-cappuccion machine as a gift for my husband) that I have bought and I recommend the maker to anyone who wants a quality product at an excellent price.

Being a big fan of the Kenwood major machine, using it several times a week, I have been very disappointed by the Kenwood pasta maker.

Why - heres the story :

The pasta maker works by forcing pasta dough through a dish containing a number of holes, the shape of the holes determine which pasta you thought you were about to make.

The holes are placed vertically as well as horizontically (rows and coloumns).

When using the pastamaker, gravity pulls the fresh and slightly wet pasta dough towards earth.

On the long and indeed dangerous journey towards earth the pasta emerging from a vertical set of holes collides with pasta emerging from the same vertical set of holes - producing the bubble of dough you put into the machine in the first place - instead of pasta..

The pastamaker mey be good for something, but its not making pasta.
I believe Kenwood should change the name of this appliance or take it of the market alltogether.

Some custumers have been disappointed by this pasta maker because pasta sticks after the holed dish. They also say "the slightly wet pasta dough". That is the problem.
The dough, mixed with the K beater at speed 1 and even less and not overworked, has to be like breadcrumbs, as stated in the instructions.
The measuring cup is perfect; I use 5 eggs medium, exactly reaching the upper line in the cup and honoring the golden rule "1 egg for each 100 gr. of flour".
Do not use light or allpurpose flour, too sticky, or pure semolina, too strong and dangerous for the machine, but that special for pasta (in Montreal it is currently sold in the supermarkets). If it is not available, use a mix 50/50 allpurpose and semolina.
If only allpurpose is available, less liquid will be added to obtain a dry breadcrumbs consistence. In the kitchen spoons, cups and scales must be counterbalanced by the brains.
The best is to pour the mix in the pasta maker by hand and the hands have to remain clean and dry.
Cut the pasta beyond the dish with the back of a knife.
The pasta is so dense that the average cooking time is 12 minutes, while eggs pasta homemade usually takes 3 or 4 or 5 minutes only.
All, I say again all, the pasta makers working with the system of a screw pushing through an holed dish want to process a dry dough!! The main beauty of the Kenwood pasta maker is that the motor is not 150 watt, but much, much more powerful.
Why I rated this equipment 4 and not 5? Because the fettuccine dish makes fettuccine too thick.
Bon appetit
ps sorry for my elementar English. It is not my mother tongue, but I love it.

This toaster looks great. The matt finish won't show finger prints, wipes clean easily. The old fashioned heat settings are like radio tuner knobs. Nicely made. The settings include "bagel" which means in only heats one side the same as if you broiled a bagel.

Except for one small detail which would drive me nuts. The handles for lowering the toast are the cheapest plastic. They wiggle like they are ready to fall off. It's like they spent all their manufacturing money on the case, the heat knobs, the controls and then said "Whoops! We can't make any money on this, cut the cost somewhere." So the nice handles went and these were slapped on. What were these guys thinking? The part you use the most has the cheapest feel! If I'm buying a top of the line toaster, I'll pay to have it ALL perfect.

I gave this toaster a 2 star rating because it does look great, which bumped it from one star. However, from day one all it does is burn anything that goes into it, even at it's lowest setting. Nice bagel setting but it too burns the one side to a crisp. Not worth the money and I'm embarrassed I spent so much on a toaster thinking the DeLonghi name was worth it. It wasn't. Going back to a $20 toaster.....

This toaster does everything. We've had it at least 5 years. If the toast comes up and you can't reach it, push up on the handle and it's easy to grab. If you only like bagels toasted on one side, you can put the halves in, push the "bagel" button, and voila! your bagels are toasted on one side (be sure the cut sides are facing out). The bread is frozen? Keep it on the toasting temp you like and push the "Frozen" button. The toaster gives you your toast just the way you want. Easy to clean. Should be advertised better. Great bet!

Despite being given tender loving care, after 18 months the timer
will go off and come back on causing a serious fire hazard. Making toast takes forever and the walls of this toaster oven are impossible to clean very well. I bought it at Linens and Things.
They will not take it back. The approved service center is fifty miles away. Calls to the Delonghi Company are not returned.
I am disappointed, furious and without a toaster oven. I see from the other reviews that I am not alone.

I have had the same problem as Tom just a week ago. Our timer keeps ticking, but won't toast or turn on. In order to toast we have to manually hold the timer all the way on dark. The toaster also keeps ticking and seems like it is a fire hazard unless we unplug it everytime. I took it apart, and found a part number on the timer, and am trying to replace it. We'll see how easy it is. Of course ours broke 13 months after buying it (1 month out of warranty).

I got this toaster 1 1/2yrs. ago. It worked fine for a while, but the dial started to give me trouble. It finally just quit working - the dial would rotate but the bell stopped working and it wouldn't turn on at all. Linen's n Things wouldn't take it back and De Longhi was not helpful.
It looks cool, but not worth the money.

Great idea if it had a door to keep the heat in. Don't buy this, it takes forever to heat up a simple slice of pizza.

It toasts unevenly in the vertical or horizontal position. Forget about reheating a slice of pizza. The horizontal postion is the worst. The hot air escapes because there is no door.