Just when you thought there were already enough fancy gadgets to prepare your food a million different ways to Sunday, the Balmuda steam oven toaster had to show up on TikTok and announce that, yes, “steam toasting” is a thing, and, yes, you may never go back to regularly toasted bread after trying it out for yourself. Kristen Aiken, HuffPost’s founding food and beverage editor and a culinary school graduate, knows a thing or two about kitchen appliances that are worthy of our attention (and coin). A proud Balmuda owner herself, Aiken said this appliance is “actually designed with culinary science in mind, and utilizes steam technology to toast bread perfectly without drying out its insides, resulting in toasty bread with a plump interior that won’t get cold after 30 seconds.”
Thanks to its multiple heating settings, Aiken says she also uses the toaster for re-heating pizza to its former glory as well as baking small trays of food. According to her, “it’s a leftovers hero.”The precise temperature control system is to thank for heating foods that have incredible flavor contrasts, varying textures and moist, fluffy insides every single time. Its three oven settings also allow you to heat previously frozen foods, grilled vegetables and meat and fish dishes, while the bread modes ensure everything from perfectly warmed pastries to bread that’s the perfect texture for sandwiches.
