For toast alone, it’s pretty hard to beat my Toastmaster 1B14, which is just like the one my family had when I was a kid. It was made in 1949 and still has its original fabric cord and nichrome elements. That thing is built like a tank. When I got it some years ago (used, from an appliance repair guy), I dropped it on my foot and almost broke it – my foot that is, not the toaster, which was intact even after bouncing onto concrete. Nice styling and bakelite handles as well.
Anyway, it doesn’t handle anything thicker than regular sliced bread, but does a fine job with that, making the outsides evenly browned and crisp, with a tender, not dried-out middle. Looks like this:

My toaster oven is more versatile, but it’s a lot slower and tends to dry out regular toast.