The Breville the 'A Bit More' 4 Slice is a stainless steel long slot toaster with room for four pieces of sandwich bread or two longer slices of homemade or bakery bread. Like the Breville the 'A Bit More' 2 Slice, this 4-slice model offers more convenience features than most other toasters. Along with a mode for frozen items and another for one-sided bagel toasting, it has a cycle countdown indicator that shows when your toast will be ready, a 'Lift and Look' feature to check toasting progress without interrupting the cycle, and the titular 'A Bit More' button, which adds a little extra toasting time.
Our Verdict
The Breville A Bit More Toaster provides impressive performance for everyday use. As a long-slot toaster, it can accommodate items that may not fit in a regular toaster, like slices from an artisanal loaf or pieces of focaccia. This toaster doesn't toast very quickly or brown the bread's surface particularly evenly, but each side comes out similarly toasted, and you get similar results in each slot. While it doesn't offer the very best toasting performance, this model has plenty of convenience features. There's a button for frozen items that increases the timer, and a button for toasting bagels that turns off one set of heating elements. Even with this function, the top and bottom of your bagel will still brown slightly. It also has a cycle countdown indicator, so you know when it's time to start buttering. If you want to check the toasting progress mid-cycle, use the 'Lift & Look' feature. If your toast isn't quite dark enough, use the 'A Bit More' button to add a little extra time to the cycle. This toaster also does a good job of containing crumbs, keeping your counter tidy until it's time to clean out the crumb tray.
Long, deep slots provide room for a variety of bread types.
Plenty of convenience features.
Contains crumbs well.
Requires infrequent cleaning of countertops after use.
Doesn't brown the bread's surface very evenly.
Toasting speed is just decent, so baked goods dry out a bit.
The Breville A Bit More Toaster is a decent option for toasting bread. This model toasts both sides of each slice similarly, regardless of which slot you use, but it doesn't toast the surfaces evenly, overcooking the bread on top while the bottom remains too pale. It doesn't toast particularly quickly, but the speed is still decent, so your toast doesn't dry out too much before reaching your favorite shade.
Consistent performance between slots.
Toasts both sides similarly.
Doesn't brown the bread's surface very evenly.
Toasting speed is just decent, so baked goods dry out a bit.
The Breville A Bit More Toaster is decent for bagels. Although this toaster's 'Bagel' button turns off one set of heating elements for one-sided toasting, the top and bottom of your bagel still brown, though not as darkly as the inside. It doesn't toast particularly quickly or evenly, so your bagel dries out a little before it pops back up, and comes out somewhat patchy.
Consistent performance between slots.
Decent one-sided toasting.
Toasting speed is just decent, so baked goods dry out a bit.
Toasts somewhat unevenly.
The Breville A Bit More Toaster contains crumbs well. While a few crumbs make it past the long crumb tray, it catches most of them, so you don't have to clean off your countertop every time you make toast.
Requires infrequent cleaning of countertops after use.
The Breville A Bit More Toaster is a large toaster, as expected, given its capacity. It's not particularly wide, but as a long-slot toaster, it extends pretty far onto your counter.
Bulky design takes up a lot of counter space.
Performance Usages
Changelog
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Updated Jul 13, 2026:
We've updated the writing in this review to reflect the changes in Test Bench 1.2.
- Updated Jul 13, 2026: We've updated this review to Test Bench 1.2, which adds three new test boxes: Size, One-Sided Toasting, and Moisture Retention. We also updated the Usage and Performance Usages at the top of the review to reflect the new tests and provide clearer buying guidance for users. You can read more in the Changelog.
- Updated May 28, 2026: Review published.
- Updated May 21, 2026: Early access published.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
The Breville A Bit More Toaster comes in 'Brushed Stainless Steel,' and you can see the label for our unit.
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Popular Toaster Comparisons
The Breville the 'A Bit More' 4 Slice is a long-slot toaster with a stainless steel body. Just like other Breville toasters, such as the Breville Die-Cast Smart Toaster and the Breville Die-Cast 4-Slice Smart Toaster, it offers a range of features that make day-to-day toasting easier and more pleasant. Along with buttons for frozen foods and bagels, they include cycle countdown indicators, 'Lift and Look', which lets you check your toast's progress mid-cycle, and the 'A Bit More' button, which adds a little extra toasting time. The Breville the 'A Bit More' 2 Slice also shares these features, but despite being from the same lineup as the 'A Bit More' 4 Slice, it offers some notable differences in performance. The 2 Slice toasts much more evenly and offers more consistent results when toasting multiple batches in a row, while the 4-slice toasts a bit faster and leaves fewer crumbs on your counter. Ultimately, the Breville A Bit More 4 Slice is an impressive option if you want a feature-rich design that looks high-end, and don't mind if your toast is a little unevenly browned. That said, if you want a long-slot model that toasts more evenly, you might like the Smeg 4-Slice TSF02.
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The Breville the 'A Bit More' 4 Slice and the Breville Die-Cast 4-Slice Smart Toaster are both very good options, but they have different strengths to consider. Get the 'A Bit More' 4 Slice if you like to toast longer items that don't fit in a regular toaster slot, like focaccia or sourdough slices. It toasts faster, leaves your toast slightly softer, and drops fewer crumbs on your counter. Go for the Die-Cast 4-Slice Smart Toaster if you prefer bagels to toast. While both options offer one-sided toasting, this model is better at toasting one side of a bagel while keeping the other side soft. It also toasts more evenly, and you can operate the slots independently, so it's a good choice for busy mornings when every family member wants their carbs toasted to a different shade.
The Breville the 'A Bit More' 2 Slice and the Breville the 'A Bit More' 4 Slice are both great options, but despite being part of the same lineup, they have different strengths. Go for the 2 Slice if even toasting is your main concern, as it leaves the bread more evenly browned on both sides and provides more consistent results when toasting multiple batches in a row. Choose the 4 Slice if you're more interested in toasting speed, since it works a bit quicker, or if you want a toaster that leaves fewer crumbs on your counter. Of course, you'll also want to take size and capacity into account: the 2 Slice is more compact, but the 4 Slice has long slots that accommodate a wider variety of bread types.
The Breville the 'A Bit More' 4 Slice is a better toaster than the Cuisinart 4 Slice Custom Select CPT-640. Although the Cuisinart toasts the bread's surface more evenly, it leaves one side much darker than the other, and performance varies greatly depending on which slot you use. The Breville offers more capacity thanks to its long-slot design, so you can toast items that won't fit in the Cuisinart, like longer slices of bakery bread. It also includes a couple of features the Cuisinart lacks, like a cycle countdown indicator, an option to raise the slots mid-cycle to check progress, and the 'A Bit More' button, which adds a little more toasting time. The Breville also does a better job of containing crumbs, keeping your counter tidier.
The Breville the 'A Bit More' 4 Slice is a better choice than the Breville Die-Cast Smart Toaster. Both of these long-slot toasters offer plenty of capacity for a variety of bread types, and lots of quality-of-life features to make everyday toasting more convenient. However, the 'A Bit More' 4 Slice toasts faster and more evenly, leaving each side more similarly toasted and providing more consistent toasting slot-to-slot. It also contains crumbs better, making it easier to keep your counters tidy.
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