The Back to Basics Egg & Muffin Toaster

What's the difference: Not only does it toast bread or English muffins, it also cooks eggs and heats breakfast meats. (Hey, the drive-through breakfast experience in your own kitchen!) It uses steam to poach a single egg in a shallow pan or soft- or hard-boil as many as four eggs in a rack. It can make toast at the same time.

What we thought: "Back to Basics," our Aunt Frannie. This gizmo is an awful lot to deal with first thing in the morning. The manufacturer instructs you to spray the poaching pan with nonstick cooking spray, break an egg into it and then break its yolk with a fork (so it will have that authentic mass-produced drive-through breakfast sandwich quality). Then you measure water into the heating tray, insert the steaming tray and set the poaching pan on that and top it with the optional meat-warming tray. Finally, you put the lid on the egg gadget and insert your bread in the toast slots.

Still, it works (although the center of the slice gets decidedly browner than the edges), and it's cleverly timed so that the poached egg, warmed meat and toast are all ready at the same moment. (You can't make toast while steam-boiling eggs, though.) It might be useful in a dorm room.

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