Same clearance price at Target as well, but exclude from free shipping.
Plenty of stock at Kmart, free shipping with Onepass.
Anko Microwave Toastie Maker $6 (Was $15) + Delivery ($0 C&C/ in-Store/ OnePass/ $65 Order) @ Kmart
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Neither did I, until I got one of these.
Get the red one. It makes the toasties faster.
but the blue one is luckier and i cant find my purple one
They work so so well. Make a toastie, put it in this and pack in your lunch box. Layer just 3 minutes in a microwave and you have a perfect hot tossted sandwich.
It's the metal plate. Same method as making popcorn in a microwave.
I'm banging my head. Which part of pop corn are metal?
The part where you make it in the office in total disregard of all the signs. Totally metal!
The metal base of the microwave popcorn packet. The part which you have to use facing down in the microwave.
Might be cheaper to cut that part of the packet out and toast sandwiches with it. No PFAS either. Bonus
It's called a susceptor, it's a bit of metallised film on the bottom of the packet. It focuses the heat on the bottom of the packet, a bit like cooking in a pan.
Tv dinners a long time ago used to do this too, as do some microwavable pies.
@Ezuku: Cheers mate. Never really thought about how they did it. Nice little fact to tuck away to impress someone at work one day lol.
It's the metal plate.
Actually, no. Aluminium is a very good electrical conductor, and will heat very little. If anything, aluminium reflects microwaves, most microwave dishes (the type used in microwave communications links, about 1 metre across) are made from aluminium precisely because it does reflect microwaves so well.
I have the toastie maker in this deal. If you take it apart, each half seems to just be a silicone housing around an aluminium plate with non-stick coating. But if you look carefully, the aluminium plate has a rubbery coating on the bottom side. This is rubber loaded with carbon, and it's the carbon that absorbs the microwaves and generates heat.
The metallised film in popcorn bags only works because it's so extremely thin (only a few atoms thick) that it has significant resistance compared to metal sheet. And it's mostly oxidised too, which increases the resistance.
This, in fact, looks hideous, yet I can't look away
it works. Just really messy though
TIL - If you cover aluminium with silicone and coat the whole thing in teflon, you can toast in a microwave
Funnily enough it isn't the covering. The metal has to be thick, and it can't have sharp edges, but you can put metal in the microwave. Which makes sense, because the microwave's interior wall is metal. If you're feeling brave you can try it with a spoon, as long as it's smooth and round, no sharp edges. And it will heat up.
this guy microwaves
I put a spoon in the microwave all the time for my soup
Have you not tried the traditional flavours ?
This is a good tip. The spoon heating can stop that sudden boiling/explosion that can happen with microwaving liquids.
How does the magnetron handle this?
Also, placement would be super important to get even heating. Its a wave, so very single point heating.
The middle won't work (especially on a microwave that doesn't spin).
So it would be best placed on the outside.Struggling with the physics of this.
Guess you spin it every 20 specs, and hope conductive heat spreads evenly?
what microwave doesnt spin these days?
There are plenty of new microwaves that don't spin now days.
They are called "Flatbed Microwaves", and are not necessarily cheaper options either.
Advantage of more cooking space as dishes will not hit the sides as they spin and they are easier to clean.
The metal plate in this sandwich toaster conducts heat well and it heats pretty even so you don't need to move it around even in a flat bed microwave.
Top and bottom heats slightly differently so it can benefit from being flipped over half way through (the sandwich toaster not the microwave), regardless of whether it is a Flatbed or Turntable microwave.
AFAIK most consumer microwaves without a turntable have a "stirrer" which rotates & shifts the hotspots back & fourth, as opposed to rotating the target around to shift it through the stationary hotspots.
Yeah, there is a reflector in the middle. The magneton fires the waves at the middle and they are then bounced off and around the microwave.
Apparently if you put stuff in the middle it doesn't work well (something to do with the wave length before it is reflected). Stuff heats quicker around the perimeter.
If you cover aluminium with silicone and coat the whole thing in teflon, you can toast in a microwave
No, aluminium will heat very little or not at all. The toastie maker has carbon-loaded rubber on its back surface, and that's what heats up. See my post above for more explanation.
A stainless steel spoon, on the other hand, is a poor electrical conductor compared to aluminium, and will heat up.
I have a couple of these, I was skeptics but they work well enough. Not as good as a press.
yeah I saw a mum using one in a parents room microwave… brilliant idea.
they had them at my office. Tried them once, and was surprised they do work well. The only drawback is that, at least according to the instructions in the kitchen area, you had to microwave it for like 3 minutes, which seemed excessive
Hiow long do you usually toast a sandwich the original way?
I think it might be the same, yet a plate full of cold food takes 1.5 minutes on my home microwave, so 3 minutes for a cheese sandwich feels like deliberately trying to burn it
a plate full of cold food takes 1.5 minutes on my home microwave
The difference is that the microwave oven isn't heating the plate, although it does become warm from being in contact with the food.
With the toastie maker, you're also heating the "plates" of the toastie maker, and you're also heating them way hotter than you'd normally heat food in a microwave.
From Google:
The Maillard reaction, which is responsible for the browning and flavor development in toast, begins at around 155°C
Material: Cast aluminium plate with polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) coating and silicone
None of those are going into your food.
Not true.
it's probably already in your food
Yep PFAS avoidance is the new 'thing' to worry about.
It is everywhere - lots of it in fast food wrappers too
If you're eating fast food though, you have something more urgent to worry about
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$5$1 Microwave Meat Crisper"Enjoy crispy bacon straight from the microwave. The ribbed base helps drain away fat, promoting better texture without any mess."
Ordered for free delivery with OnePass.
Have used Corningware microwave browning dishes for years.
Work well cooking pies in microwave, with a crisp pastry."Browning dishes simulate a fry pan or skillet so that foods such as steaks, chops, hamburgers, and even french toast can be prepared.
Browning dishes are a pyroceramic material with metal imbedded in it."Received Microwave Meat Crisper…
It's just a plastic dish with ribbed base to drain fat & a clear cover to eliminate splatter with holes to remove moisture.
Does crisp up bacon a bit.
17.5cm (W) x 15cm (D)
BUT too big to ROTATE in my medium microwave.
Requires 35cm inside dimensions to rotate.
Solved by rotating 1/4 turn every 30s.Have a ceramic Corningware one that heats the food - much better.
I've been looking for a ceramic heating plate or dish for a while, sadly the Corningware ones are only available second hand.
I want something that isn't microwave safe!
I want ceramic because it can be put straight into the dishwasher, and it'll last me for the rest of my life (unlike things with non-stick surfaces).
Inherited Corningware from family members who bought in the 80's. No longer produced.
Broke one recently😭 Was in use several times a week@INFIDEL: I may have to talk with a potter, and get something made. I've been reading up on the subject, apparently using iron oxide glaze will do the job. And give it a nice rust-brown colour.
@Russ: Now that's dedication to a microwave toastie😉
After decades of use by family, my Corningware developed a small dent in its surface, which caused the dish to crack loudly when heated in microwave.
Sadly missed.Discussed above, wrapping a metal plate in silicon should work.
As you pointed out The toastie maker has carbon-loaded rubber on its back surface, and that's what heats up
Could take plate from Kmart product & wrap in heat proof non-slip silicon sheet I have from $2 shop.
But probably won't. Am not that dedicated to toasties. And a small chance of damaging my microwave is not worth it.You've been investigating this $6 device very thoroughly🤔
I like that👍[Walked past an Aussie Toastie shop in old part of Heidelberg Germany. Stopped for a chat.
The Germans didn't warm to toasties with names like Ewe Beaut! So the shop was closing that night.
Was told to help myself to the beer fridge, it had to be emptied by midnight.
An interesting evening, lots of drinking & chat… but no toasties!]Now that's dedication to a microwave toastie
Actually, I want it to reheat left-over pizza in the microwave. A conventional oven takes too long, and I don't have an air fryer.
The microwave is conveniently fast, but it'd be much nicer if the pizza base wasn't soft/soggy.
I've tried searching for plates that aren't "microwave safe", and all I find are plates with a gold ring around the edge.
I've only got the K-mart toastie maker because my jaffle maker died recently, and I couldn't find a "deep dish" jaffle maker. I've since found one, and bizarrely it's not described as a jaffle maker, it's the Breville "The Big One" sandwich maker. Which actually makes jaffles!
I saw these in store yesterday at $15… $6 is a bargain.
These work great for work lunches.
They're still advertised in store @ $15 (picked one up tonight). Scans @ $6 though.
Wonder why they are being cleared out.
To make room for the next cheap product from China?
Overstock maybe? I don't think they're phasing them out as it seems to be a really popular product
metal in microwave? This moment I know I am old….
old….news!
Coated metal used in microwaves to cook like this has been available at least since the 80's!
eg Corningware microwave browning dish
1986 Corningware microwave browning dish guide
Just bought…….heaps available. Marked as $10 but scanned at $6.
Tested…..works well….easy to clean…..much easier than the normal sandwich maker. Only thing is sandwich maker can make up to 4 at a time and probably slightly crispier. 4 mins in microwave probably isnt enough time for the moisture to escapeThey are great to make the sandwich and put it in the toastie maker and bring to work. Hot toastie in 3 minutes.
put it in the toastie maker and bring to work
This device weighs 582g!
Maybe leave toastie maker at work & take sandwich in a bag.We have one. It doesnt weigh that at all, not even close to that.. Its two silicone covers and two aluminium plates, about the size of a sandwich.
@PVA: Don't guess it's weight - weigh it! That's what I did!
Aust Post parcel yesterday shows 700g with packaging.
Weighed my blue one = 582g!
It's hefty. Surprised me.We have one. It doesnt weigh that at all, not even close to that..
But is it this Kmart one??
By estimated large weight difference - doubt its this one.So many similar looking ones…
Much lighter $15 BigW 300g
Very similar size & look 534g
This Kmart weighed 582g!Of course weight is only an issue if travelling with it. As some suggest.
Mine will stay on kitchen bench.@PVA: Places like Aldi (and in this case Kmart) promote the same consumer product with same description for years.
When people say they have the exact product as in Aldi Deal…
I frequently warn it's likely sourced from a different factory. May be very different!
(Consulted to a consumer electronics supplier to Aldi.)So past experience may not be good indication of current product quality, features & specs.
As is the case with this Kmart product. Very different!
Can't you just stack 4 of them on top of each other? :D
How is it easier than a regular toastie maker?
I would think a regular sandwich press is much easier to clean too
just purchased. on the same shelf as the "YUM" type that seems to imprint a confident YUM into the top of your toastie for the full $15. the non-YUM variant scanned at $6 - will do a toastie test later this week
These surely have to be great when travelling
Not sure what other use I'll have for them, bought 2 thanks op
Heavier than expected @582g due to cast aluminium plates.
As mentioned. They do not weigh that at all. It's about the weight of my phone.
And its pressed aluminium not cast.Really?? I weighed it.
Yours maybe different to this Kmart one?? Weigh it…Aust Post parcel shows 700g with packaging, delivered yesterday
Weighed blue one = 582g!
Aluminum alone weighs 230g - more than the weight of average mid-range mobile (thanks Google).
Silicone covers are heaviest partTook "cast' from Kmart description: (Complain to Kmart)
Material: Silicone and cast aluminium plateMine is pressed aluminium. Note the rolled/folded edge in the photo:
https://files.ozbargain.com.au/upload/58622/123508/img_20250…
Weird. I never imagined you could toast bread effectively in a microwave.