At Giz, we’re in the habit of introducing new products every day, and in the world of gadgetry, specialty kitchen products are a dime a dozen. Today, though, I was taken by surprise by the simplest of inventions: a flat, barbecue-style toaster. When I spotted the Fagor TP-2006 X (with “acoustic warning device”) on Appliancist today, not only did the form of it surprise me, but—after a little Googling—so did the fact that the flat toaster is not a new concept:
The Toast One is so simple; it’s a toaster that flips upside down to release the crunchy goodness straight onto your plate. Why hasn’t anyone thought of this before? Sure, Jesus may be right in raising alarm about the dramatic increase of crumb concentration in your life, but the dangerous dance of the knife-fork quick grab will long be forgotten, and who’d pass up that opportunity?
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Getting toast out of your toaster without lighting your fingers (or eyes, if you turn it upside down and shake it like we do) on fire is difficult. With these magnetic toaster tongs, you can reach in and grab your toast, then stick the tongs back on the side of your toaster when you’re done. Sure, wooden tongs means they may actually light on fire too, but…uh…whatever! [Shop Catching Fireflies via Damn I Like that via Uber Review]
Those kooky designers are feeding our toast fetish again this morning, and this time it’s Toasty, a design concept for a cassette deck–style toaster. Designer Arthur Wu tips his hat to the old cassette deck tilt-away routine while catering to that loneliest number, one, which is all this retro-chic postmodern toast-o-matic can handle.
But who, pray tell, is satisfied with just one measly piece of toast? Never mind that. Toasty is pretty enough to have sitting there on your table, where you can pop in another piece and it’ll be hot and ready to go by the time you’re finished with the first one. We especially like that lit-up Toasty logo up front. Way to go, Artie! – Charlie White
Toasty, Cassette-deck Style Toaster [Yanko Design]
We likes us some crispy crunchy toast slathered with creamy butter around here, so we were immediately attracted to this Toastit flash card reader from Boynq. The product’s site says it’s pour homme, which is fancy Frenchie talk meaning “for man,” and we can see why, because it has the word “tit” in it and it also mentions boinking, although they really need to learn how to spell that word.
Besides its attractive and evocative retro look, this little card reader can accommodate most flash cards, and will cost you a whole lot less than your average boinking, just $30. Too bad it doesn’t pop up the flash card once it’s finished burning its data within. But they’ve got to be kidding about that brand name, right? Boynq? – Charlie White
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Boynq has new take on card reader [ubergizmo, via technabob]
This “pop art” toaster (so clever, these marketers) comes with six preset designs, and none of them feature any religious iconography that’ll net you 10 grand on eBay. Which begs the question: Why would you want to burn lame, cutesy designs like flowers into your toast? They just make your toast taste burnt. If I wanted burnt toast and cheese, I’d make a grilled cheese, not drop $35 on this toaster. – Matt Buchanan
Product Page [Target via Slashgear]
