Toastie makers

I use toasting bags.

These

That looks brilliant. Where do you get them?

Lakeland! They are brilliant!

I just make a cheese sandwich, then toast it in my George Forman grill.
Pre heat the grill while making a sandwich, then toast for 3-4 minutes.
Delicious, and the grill is easy to clean, being non stick.

I have not tried Toaster bags, as I didn't think my toaster slots would be wide enough to take a sandwich.

You can buy the bags in most supermarkets and poundshops.

I threw my sandwich toaster away. I toast sandwiches in the frying pan or the ninja foodi. Both easier to clean than a sandwich toaster.

I really loved apple and cheese toasties - but yes, the (impossible to clean) toaster was lobbed into a skip!

Toastie bags will not fit in my toaster so, fed up with trying to clean my toastie maker, I bought a microwaveable grill from Lakeland - well worth the £30! It cooks all sorts of things and can be washed in the dishwasher. It browns the food such as bread, sausages, bacon etc by heating the grills empty for 3 mins first, then placing the food in between the plates, squishing them together with elastic catches and cooking again for up to three more minutes. Any grease easily drains into the grill lines.

I've tried cooking a variety of things, and it has all turned out well - I even "grilled" onion slices to go with the hot dogs I made today.

I have a sandwich press rather than a sandwich maker which is much easier to clean.

only 3 days ago I bought a panini maker because I have been craving a filled panini. I researched and got a mini maker from breville, via sainsbury. I have toast bags and they are excellent for thinner fillings. What I liked about breville was the reviews plus the flat easy clean plates. Best for me is that it is excellent for one

I've got a microwave toaster and it makes the best toasties we've had in 3.5 minutes. It's silicone on the outside with metal plates inside and they just wipe clean in seconds. Favourite for me is cheese slices with cracked black pepper from Lidl

I also use the bags and if I’ve overfilled the sandwich and it’s too thick for the toaster, I simply flatten the sandwich with all my weight once it’s in the bag and quickly pop it in before it recovers! That usually seals it as well so job done!

In the past I've had a couple of sandwich makers, a bit messy and consigned to the cupboard. I now use the sandwich basket/cage thing we bought as an accessory with our Dualit toaster, does the job pretty well with a minimum of cleaning

I like the idea of the microwave toaster. I'll put it on my Christmas list!

I use a mini George Forman grill for toasties. I learnt when I bought it that inserting a wad of wet folded kitchen paper after turning off makes it easy to clean a while later with just a wipe. I would imagine the same method would work in an electric sandwich toaster.

I have used the bags but find the filling hardly heats up in the toaster so have to finish in the microwave.

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-I also use the bags and if I’ve overfilled the sandwich and it’s too thick for the toaster, I simply flatten the sandwich with all my weight once it’s in the bag and quickly pop it in before it recovers! That usually seals it as well so job done!-
The sandwich probably wouldn't recover if I did this!

Oops! Big italics fail ??

Thanks to all for the various ideas. I'm going to try the special bags first. Husband bought me the machine as a present and is always complaining that I don't clean it. He's a bit OCD.
So i try to hide it from him.
I had a toastie maker years ago, when they first came out ?70s?. I seem to remember you had to put the buttered side out when you cooked it.
Our children liked baked bean toasties.

I purchased a microwave toaster, and it is very simple to use, quick and easy to clean. Only problem is that this is now encouraging me to eat more cheese, which is not good for my weight!!!

It's very important that I never have a toastie maker in any form. I just adore cheese and tomato toasties and live on them if on holiday.
I would be an absolutely colossal size if I could make them at home. ?

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Warburtons make a ‘toastie pocket’, they are really good! Made from the same sort of ‘bread’ that thins are made of. They are ideal if you don’t want to eat too much bread or perhaps not well enough to manage a large bread sandwich. Definitely recommend.