Proctor Silex 22622PS Two-Slice Toaster (Black & Stainless) review

The Proctor Silex 22622PS is an earlier black-and-stainless two-slice toaster with two separate openings, a seven-position shade selector, Cancel and Toast Boost. Its exact U.S. product page says “No Longer Available” and lists an outside body of 7 inches high, 6.6 inches wide and 10.7 inches deep. This is a source-based assessment, not a hands-on test: the page, booklet and image do not establish browning quality, speed, noise, durability, or whether a particular bread slice will fit.

A conventional two-opening layout

The manufacturer names model 22622PS and describes a two-slice toaster in a black-and-stainless finish. The exact image shows two distinct bread openings, one front lifter, one numbered dial and a Cancel button. That evidence supports a conventional two-slot arrangement, not a long-slot design and not a four-opening toaster. The stated capacity is two slices per cycle, but the product page gives no slot aperture, maximum slice length or maximum food thickness.

The listed 6.6-by-10.7-inch width and depth are the shell dimensions only. They do not include safe operating space, the cord route, room to lower or raise the lifter, or the space needed to open and clean the crumb tray. The booklet warns against using a toaster in an enclosed appliance cabinet, caddy, garage or storage space. Measure the whole counter arrangement and use the exact instructions rather than treating body size as an installation envelope.

Toast Boost is a retrieval aid, not a mid-cycle view

The page names Toast Boost for lifting smaller breads such as English muffins and gluten-free slices. The booklet labels the lifter as “Bread Lifter/Toast Boost” and describes raising it after the cycle ends to help remove food. It is a manual lift feature, not motorized lowering and not a lift-and-look control for checking toast before the cycle ends. The shared dial provides seven shade positions, with Cancel available to stop a cycle; those positions are not calibrated doneness measurements.

The exact page says the toaster can handle bread, bagels, English muffins and waffles. That list is not a maximum-size specification, and neither source identifies a dedicated Bagel program or a one-sided bagel heat pattern. The linked booklet's shade chart includes frozen bread or buns and frozen waffles, but the safety section also restricts frozen prepared foods and nonbread items. The booklet does not identify a separate Defrost/Frozen button. If frozen food is part of your routine, follow the exact manual's food-specific cautions rather than reading general food-fit language as a special mode.

Ordinary controls, with an important safety caveat

The manual describes two guided slots, one bread lifter, one shade selector, Cancel and a swing-open crumb tray. The manufacturer says the toaster shuts off at the end of a cycle if toast becomes jammed. That is a stated end-of-cycle behavior, not a substitute for the manual's warning not to operate the toaster unattended. The booklet also says to unplug the toaster before cleaning and to let it cool before moving or cleaning it; do not insert utensils while it is plugged in.

Toast Boost and the jam-related shutoff make retrieval and one narrow operating condition easier to understand, but they do not establish a safer placement or eliminate the manual's fire precautions. Keep the appliance uncovered, away from flammable materials and out of enclosed spaces. The manual says to clean the crumb tray regularly and gives specific cautions about toaster pastries, oversized food, metal packages and utensils.

What the manual adds—and what still needs checking

The exact page links Use & Care booklet 840339200. Its rating table names models 22622 and 22632, type T105, at 120 V / 60 Hz / 750 W, and its note permits letter suffixes on listed model numbers. Because the table prints the base code rather than “22622PS” in full, check the rating label on the actual unit before relying on a particular appliance's electrical specification. The booklet states a three-year limited warranty for U.S. purchases, but that does not establish eligibility for an old-stock, used or third-party offer; keep the receipt and verify the written terms.

Against the separately reviewed black Proctor Silex 22624G, the 22622PS has a wider and deeper published body (6.6 by 10.7 inches versus 5.3 by 10.3 inches). Both have two conventional openings and basic lifter/dial/Cancel controls, but the 22622PS is explicitly marked “No Longer Available,” while the 22624G page showed an out-of-stock listing rather than a discontinuation statement when checked. Neither status says what a resale unit or third-party offer will be like. The smaller-body comparison does not prove that either toaster fits a particular counter or food item.

Source: exact U.S. Proctor Silex 22622PS page · Page-linked 840339200 Use & Care booklet · Manufacturer's bounded toaster-recall information.