Temperature

[woodchips]

Most things have suggested temperature to cook at, but some don't.

Toast, the standard electric radiating toster is not very good, the toast gets singed but also dried out. If you ever have the chance to toast on a coal fire then take it, toasts in seconds. But, went for a meal and had scrambled eggs on toast, but the taost was really nice, crisp outer and soft inner. Didn't have a chance to ask them what toaster they used. Any suggestions?

Toasted sandwiches, similar problem, the cheap sandwich toaster I bought just doesn't get hot enough. Should crisp the bread and also seal the edges, this doesn't, so filling falls out. Any suggestions?

From the coal fire it is radiant temperature that is the important thing, do it quick.

[David Hess]

I find that an upright electric toaster works fine, but a toaster oven more mummifies the bread.  I get better toast by toasting with butter in a frying pan, but it takes a lot more effort than an upright toaster.

[Halcyon]

Toasted sandwiches, similar problem, the cheap sandwich toaster I bought just doesn't get hot enough. Should crisp the bread and also seal the edges, this doesn't, so filling falls out. Any suggestions?

In Australia, toasted sandwiches with all the edges crimped are sometimes referred to as "Brevilles", because of the way Breville/Sage sandwich makers clamp down on the sandwhich. Kind of like how "hoover" means to vacuum. Maybe you need one of those?

Secondly, do you butter the outside of the bread? If not, give it a try, it doesn't need much, but it makes a huge difference to browning/crisping.

[beanflying]

You want a Jaffle Iron evilbay search for that. Quick check not a thing in the UK so GL 

Not mine here but I still have one in the camping gear.


EDIT Found one in the UK for you and it comes with pretty Animals to burn into your Toasties    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/127034998188?

[jpanhalt]

In the US, one occasionally sees hot-plate toasters called Breville, but a more common name seems to be panini.  And I agree, toast with a little butter in a hot pan is best, but a pain to make.  One of my favorites is eggs in a basket.*


*Use a biscuit cutter to make a hole in a slice of bread.  Then put that over an egg while it's being fried. You get pan-toasted bread and egg in one.

[Marco]

Don't restaurants usually use salamander grills for that kind of stuff?

[beanflying]

Back when I had no life and a Cafe....

We used a Flat Press for Toasties and the Salamander was generally for Toast (fat sliced) or heating Bowls and Plates.

I kind of gather the OP is wanting to put things like Chilli/Bolonagse/Stews etc into Toasties so the Panini/Jaffle Irons work better for that. There is some Cafes in Oz that do Jaffles on their rotation as a sort of variable Pie option.

[David Hess]

Don't restaurants usually use salamander grills for that kind of stuff?

I read that as "antimatter grills" at first.

[themadhippy]

Toast, the standard electric radiating toster is not very good, the toast gets singed but also dried out. If you ever have the chance to toast on a coal fire then take it, toasts in seconds

yet to find anything to beat toast made on a coal fire.You can get more heat into the bread with a standard pop up toaster,use a 4 slice model and only use the middle 2 slots

[PlainName]

Our toaster has a switch to disable one side, so toast can come out crisp and brown on one side and just hot and fluffy on the other. Kind of halfway to what you want.

[David Hess]

Our toaster has a switch to disable one side, so toast can come out crisp and brown on one side and just hot and fluffy on the other. Kind of halfway to what you want.

My vertical electric toaster has that.  It is for bagels, but I use it for hamburger buns.