Dixon toaster - any good with an Origo stove?

Not a current Origo owner, but an ex... Yeah they work but you need to regulate the flame and turn the bread frequently. That price looks a bit eye watering, try a camping store before parting with the hard earned...
 
You could go ashore, find some driftwood, light a fire and use a toasting fork and sing
Kum Ba Yah . Time consuming but probably more effective than methods I have tried.

Still hoping though.........................
 
Used to have a similar style of toaster which made very visually acceptable toast, however meths flavoured toast was not to my taste. Never managed to try it with alcohol or methanol fuel which might have overcome the problem.
 
We tried several types of these toaster devices, all were as effective as a choc teapot, the heat is either so localised as to burn the edges or heat so difussed as to make toast to techtonic timescales.

A gas type frying pan is the best bet

Good luck
 
I bought something similar, but it was hopeless.
I modified it to allow the bread to lie horizontally, toasting one at a time and it works OK now.
In essence its a think stainless sheet in a circle, with a stainless wire suspension system that supports the bread about 1cm above the plate. The plate glows dull red from the flame underneath. It has holes in it to allow some flame/exhaust through the plate, rest goes round sides more like it does with a pot.
Mine is this type, modified...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FAMILY-CA...824204?hash=item4199e56e0c:g:xWoAAMXQC-tTFvZx
 
No doubt the perfect toast shown in the adverts was really made in an electric toaster!

The sellers should be prosecuted under the Trade Descriptions Act!
 
parsifal said:
No doubt the perfect toast shown in the adverts was really made in an electric toaster!
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Actually, that's pretty much how mine turns out. You can see it is slightly more done in the middle (where it is closest to the flame), and also around the top edge (where the heat is greatest).

You get a more even result if you offset the toaster on the burner, so that the flame is about 1/3 from one end. You then rotate the slice of bread by 180 degrees half way through doing each side. Et voila: the toasting is more even across the slice, without getting crispy / burnt at the top.
 
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