

Opti-Heat system ensures accurate temperature control and even heat delivery.


The Bagel setting toasts bagels perfectly on the inside. The Defrost setting is ideal for frozen waffles and toaster pastries. The extra-wide slots accommodate bagels, English muffins, and even thick slices of artisan breads. The Calphalon 4 Slot Stainless Steel Toaster makes breakfast a snap.Then I met Calphalon’s 4 slot stainless steel toaster. Once upon a time I used to think that “a toaster is a toaster”. If you add up the price of all the cheap sets you would have purchased in that time frame, the Katana set is the better deal with a lot less frustration and aggravation in the process. If you can swing the price tag, it will be the only set you will need for years upon years.
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I am in big puffy love with the Katana Series 14-pc. I am able to use the rocking motion and chop and dice vegetables to my hearts content with this set. I have always wanted to diced vegetables like chefs I see on tv, but my old knife set wasn’t efficient and would just push the piles of veggies away. The knives are so sharp they made easy work of chopping through even dense veggies like carrots. We cut up fruit often for snack and chop many vegetables for soups or dishes as vegetarians. My favorite knives out of the entire set are the parers, honesuki and the Santoku (picture on the right). The Calphalon knife made quick work of cutting up the chicken and didn’t tear it to shreds. I remember with an older set we had, cutting through even a tender piece of meat was a chore. I am tempted to say that it cuts through it almost like butter.Īlthough most of us don’t eat meat in this family, I had the opportunity to use a steak knife (middle photo) on some chicken for one of the children. The Calphalon bread knife does a fantastic job on bread fresh from the oven. Our only way to avoid complete destruction of the bread was to wait until it was completely cool and then very lightly start sawing away through the loaf. We bake a lot of homemade bread and our last knife would shred our loaves and smash them as it cut. I also adore the bread knife (first picture on the left). We plan to have this set for many years to come and if we keep the knives sharp and aligned as we go it should extend their lifespan. I love that it comes with a 9” diamond steel bar to hone your knives with each use. I have been extremely happy with this set. It has quite a bit of depth to it, but after a little re-arranging of counter appliances we found a spot that it didn’t look out of place. The knife set comes with a nice substantial wooden block for countertop storage.

