Toasted? It never even got warm. I couldn't get a light from ANYBODY 'cause their A's had used all the matches. Anyway, a time-out in the skillet is not such a bad thing. When I am strong enough to retire mine from duck-shooing... whatever will I do with it? I don't suppose it would make a good sailboat... a planter maybe? Wouldn't that be a cute little herb garden, all planted in a skillet?