Cheese, beans, ham, tomato, leftover lasagne: whatever your favourite filling, a toasted sandwich is somehow so much more than its constituent parts. And having a toastie maker on hand to produce this golden, crisp, steaming deliciousness certainly makes things neater and more efficient than negotiating an unsealed, melting sandwich in a pan.
Autumn is surely the ultimate toastie season, so I spent all summer hovering over hot machines to compile this list of the best sandwich toasters available right now.