The Toas-Tite Grill is back! This replica of the 1949 original is made of die cast aluminum, with steel rods and hard wood handles. Just like the Original, packaged in a retro box with reprints of the 1949 Instruction and Recipe booklets, this old time favorite can be used on gas and electric stoves, over a BBQ, fire pit, fire place or camp fire. The Toas-Tite Grill makes a luscious sealed-in drip proof Toas-Tite sandwich. Start a family tradition, the kids will love them!
How to use them:
Just fill it with two slices of bread and your desired filling and over the stove, fire, flame it goes! Toasty and delicious!!
Read Florence Fabricant's review in The New York Times
"Before we knew about panini machines, there was the Toas-Tite. This throwback is an efficient device for making pressed grilled sandwiches that some people may remember from decades ago, just as Janice Feigenbaum and her sister, Susan Caldwell, do. They grew up in the Chicago area eating sandwiches made with the gadget, whose brief life ran from 1945 to 1953. Recently, they learned that the company had gone out of business and that the patent had expired, but after buying a Toas-Tite on eBay, they “reverse engineered” it to figure out how to make it again. They now have the contraption made in China, and have trademarked it and reproduced the original packaging. Lightly grease the domelike cast-aluminum forms, place a slice of bread in each, add a filling, close the device and place it on a burner or grill for a minute or so. Turn it over, and in another minute you have a toasted sandwich. It demands cheese. Vintage Toas-Tites cost as much as $95 on eBay, so the replica is a relative bargain."
"The Return of the Toas-Tite"
By FLORENCE FABRICANT
Published: February 14, 2012
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