How do you start your day on the breakfast front? A fuss-free bread bun filled with your favourite filling? Perhaps a cheese toast, a muffin or a bagel with butter and jam? Yums.
To make these taste even better, eat them warm. And you can easily warm them up using a toaster, or a mini electric oven.
Best bread toasters for breakfasts
These small appliances are inexpensive and come with useful features to enhance food prep. Generally, they let you heat up food at any time of the day, and some of them even come with grilling and baking functions.
They come in different formats. For instance, if your family is big on toasts, get a heavy-duty toaster that can toast several slices, thick or thin, at the same time.
Have a small kitchen but want appliances to heat up and cook food items of different sizes and portions? Choose one multi-tier, mini electric oven to help you save counter-top space.
On the other hand, those who intend to do small bakes should look for mini ovens with specified temperature settings.
Now, if you love eggs in the AM, look for breakfast stations with multiple features that let you cook eggs and even make coffee using one appliance.
11 Best Toasters And Mini Electric Ovens
Whatever your needs are, we have you covered with this list of value-for-money toasters and mini electric ovens.
| Toaster, Mini Oven Toaster | Price | Best for… |
| Loyola 15L Electric Oven | $75.70 | For hosting |
| Morphy Richards Scandi Titanium Aspect 4 Slice Toaster | $95 | 4 Slice bread toaster |
| YQ25 Mini Electric Oven | $47 | With egg and milk |
| Finetek Macaron Toaster Oven | $37 | For small kitchens |
| Bear Steam Oven | $143 | For steaming |
| KitchenAid Proline Series 2 Slice Toaster | $324 | KitchenAid toaster |
| Odette 2 Slice Bread Toaster in Mint | $24.90 | For cleanliness |
| Toyomi 8L Toaster Oven TO 8030 | $59.90 | Best overall toaster |
| Toffy Double Oven Home Baking Multi-function Mini Small Electric Oven 9L | $82.72 | For large families |
| ACA Retro Mini Electric Oven ATO-M12D | $134 | Best retro toast |
| Tefal Toast N’ More Toaster | $79 | For eggs |
Loyola 15L Electric Oven, $75.70
Best For Hosting
At breakfast, this countertop electric oven makes a good option for big families as you can toast and heat up different items at the same time.
The compact oven comes with a baking pan and wire rack, and lets you make cookies, cake and pizza. It also features a removable crumb tray and a scald-proof handle for ease of use.
The Loyola 15L electric oven is available from $75.70 on Lazada (currently out of stock).
Morphy Richards Scandi Titanium Aspect 4 Slice Toaster, $95
Best 4 Slice Bread Toaster
This stylish black matte appliance lets you toast up to four slices of bread at one go. It comes with deep toasting slots for even browning.
There’s also a frozen bread setting that helps get your frozen slices of bread warmed right away to reduce wait time.
The Morphy Richards Scandi Titanium 4 Slice Toaster is available from $95 on Amazon.
YQ25 Mini Electric Oven, $47
Best bread toaster with egg and milk
Your personal breakfast station, this 3-in-1 mini electric oven lets you toast up some buns, fry an egg, bacon or sausages, and warm your coffee at the same time. The space in the oven is large enough to fit a 6-inch pizza.
The heat control for the pan and grill is controlled by one nob, and there’s one knob for the coffee maker.
The YQ25 mini electric oven is available from $47 on Shopee.
Finetek Macaron Toaster Oven, $37 approx.
Best For Small Kitchens
This adorable toaster takes 2 mins to heat up two slices of bread, and you can increase the heat as you like as well. You also don’t need to thaw frozen bread – feel free to pop it right in! If you have a habit of checking on how browned your toasts have gotten, you’ll appreciate that this – unlike most toasters – comes with a “viewing window”, so you’ll know just how browned your toasts have become.
The Finetek Macaron Toaster Oven is available at $37.80 (approx.) from Lazada Malaysia.
Bear Steam Oven, $143.50
Best For Steaming
Perfect for those who don’t have a lot of space in the kitchen, this vertical-style mini steam oven comes with three tiers for you to heat up and cook items of different height.
It comes with four heating tubes for even-cooking, and also has a lighting feature in the oven, so you can easily monitor your food as it cooks.
The Bear Steam Oven is available at $143.50 from Lazada.
KitchenAid Proline Series 2 Slice Toaster, $324
Best KitchenAid Toaster
Said to be built like a tank, this toaster is not only suitable for toasting sliced bread, but it also comes with slots that are wide enough for sliced bagels. It has four functions: Defrost, Keep Warm, Reheat, and Bagel (yes, a dedicated control dial for bagels!).
The toaster toasts evenly and fairly quickly, and its Keep Warm function keeps toasts warm even after toasting, and until you’re ready to pop it up.
The KitchenAid Proline Series 2 Slice Toaster is available at $324 from Amazon US (needs to be shipped to a proxy address first).
Odette 2 Slice Bread Toaster in Mint, $24.90
Best For Cleanliness
If you simply need a fuss-free toaster, check out this 2-slice bread toaster from a local company, Odette. Compact and lightweight, it comes with a slide-out crumb tray for quick and easy cleaning.
Better yet, it also features a lid to keep dust (and insects) out when you’re not using it – something most brands leave out.
The Odette 2 Slice bread toaster is available at $24.90 on Shopee.
Toyomi 8L Toaster Oven TO 8030, $59.90
Best Overall Bread Toaster Oven
This basic and niffy toaster oven offers you adequate features for bread-toasting and heating foods. It also comes with a detachable crumb tray, a 15-min timer, and 4-heat selection control.
The Toyomi 8L toaster oven is available at $59.90 on Amazon.
Toffy Double Oven Home Baking Multi-function Mini Small Electric Oven 9L, $82.72
Best For Large Families
The double-decker electric oven lets you create plain toast, grilled cheese toasts, grilled fish and small bakes. It comes in a minimalist, cute design that exudes an old-school charm that would fit into any kitchen decor seamlessly.
As the temperature is not specified, it may be best not to do complicated bakes with this toaster oven; you can still do it but you need to trial and error to get the right temperature.
The Japan Toffy Double Oven is available at Shopback through AliExpress at $82.72.
ACA Retro Mini Electric Oven ATO-M12D, $134
Best For Efficiency
This electric oven does more than toasting bread and reheating food. It offers uniform heating and specified temperature settings, so you can grill and bake with more efficiency as compared to a toaster oven. The design is retro and chic, with attention paid to details like the colour, knobs, pull-down handle and legs.
The ACA Retro Mini Electric Oven is available at $143 from Lazada.
Tefal Toast N More Bread Toaster, $77,60
Best bread toaster with egg
This toaster station is for someone who is as serious about their bread as they are about eggs. Aside from the two bread-toasting slots, this comes with the added function of cooking eggs at the same time as your toast.
And it even has different trays according to your preference: a steamer tray for hard-boiled eggs and an egg poaching tray.
The Tefal Toast n More is available at $79 from Amazon.
This article was originally published in Singapore Women’s Weekly, edited and updated.