Breville SG620XL 2-in-1 Panini Press

Best of all it looks amazing on the kitchen counter. I looked in a few stores before I bought this at Amazon and it is way more attractive (and featured!) than the Krups and Villaware units and at the same price! My best buy for a long time... thank you Amazon!


Smarter, Cleaner, Better!   October 22, 2003
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I've been in the U.S. for a year now and am originally from Australia where the slang word for a Panini is a 'Breville.' I'm so glad I found the Breville unit here in the States as it is the only one I could find that has an adjustable toast height control. This is an amazing feature as it means you can set the height of the top plate to make open melts, to re-heat pizza or even fry eggs over-easy WITHOUT FLIPPING! It has five different settings and I am loving all the different cheese on toast varieties this allows me to do.

I bought a Krups unit when I first got here and it was okay but the ribbed plates don't allow you to make thinner sandwiches using tortillas and quesadilla breads as the grooves make holes in the bread and the ingredients leak all over the place. The flat plates on the Breville still make perfectly crisp Paninis, but allow me to do a lot more things too. AND BEST OF ALL - it makes it soooooo much easier to clean. You can really tell the difference.