Toastmaster 6420 Basic Burner Single-Burner Buffet Range
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Toastmaster 6420 Basic Burner Single-Burner Buffet Range
Customer Review: But Wait! It's NOT a stove!
Summary: 5 Stars
This product has produced consistant heat for me for 3 years. I use it in my smoker about 3-4 times a year on high for 12-15 hours each time. Most of the reviews I read were dissatisfied after trying to make this unit perform as a stove, not an auxillary warming surface. I have found it to be extremely durable and well constructed, as we leave it in the smoker year round (snow, rain, etc. - in Nebraska). I would buy another if this one should die. If you want to replace or supplement your stove, buy something with a little more wattage. Customer Review: Good while it lasted
Summary: 2 Stars
This burner died after less than a month of (admittedly heavy) use. It worked fine one morning and later that day when I tried to turn it on, nothing happened.
It was great when it was working, though.
Customer Review: long lasting but it's a fire hazzard.
Summary: 1 Stars
long lasting but it's a fire hazzard.
used it for 3 years but the open top design lets in liquids from your pan or pot into the mechanics of it and cause a fire. I threw it away when it almost did that; there were sparks from the coil that went into the main mechanism which has a small opening.
I never trusted it so i always made sure it's electrical source was cut off everytime it was not in use and in my sight, and it's a good thing I took that precaution, or it could have lead to a major fire. They should really discontinue these coil style mini-burners altogether.
Customer Review: long lasting but becomes a fire hazzard.
Summary: 1 Stars
I had this for a few years and it worked great but I was always extremely careful with it, always cutting off its' power source after every use because I didn't trust it. And sure enough, it had fire-sparks from its' old and over-used state today. I switched to a NON-coil hotplate some year in between, figuring it was less of a fire hazzard, but it broke after a year, so I went back to this one.Customer Review: Breaks After 6 Months--AVOID this one like the plague!
Summary: 1 Stars
I have just thown away the second Toastmaster 6420 burner to fail within a year--the first one lasted four months, this one lasted 8 months. I know, I know, I am idiot for buying a second one after a failed first. You would think I would learn my lesson.
After they failed, if you shook them to try to make them work (which was effective at times), you could see sparks inside the unit--very dangerous to say the least.
I have seen several posts across the internet that I am not the first to experience problems with these inexpensive Toastmaster burners dying after a very, very short time. Mine failing (as well as sparking) were NOT isolated incidents.
This is as bad and cheaply made as a product can get. Not to mention just plain dangerous!
AVOID THE TOASTMASTER BURNERS LIKE THE PLAGUE!!