It was a present for my granddaughters eighth birthday, I hasten to add that she had requested it. On the day of her birthday, the family all nine of us got together and had one great delicious toasty sandwich making sessions. We christened the toaster with Warburtons white sliced bread, quality ham, cheese, tomatoes, mustard and various chutneys not all in the same toasty.They were all very evenly cooked and every one was happy. Initially my granddaughter will be supervised as it is a serious hot piece of equipment and she is looking forward to coming up with her own Receipes as well as trying some out of the booklet. I, the grandmother is going to get The same Cuisinart deep filled sandwich toaster for myself. So far a great success.