Toaster Oven Reviews

Just what I wanted - Carol - Harlem,Ga.
I wanted a small oven to make chicken nuggets for my grandson(the microwave didn't do very good) And for small things it is great because I don't have to heat a big oven. It looks nice on the counter. No problems with it at all I'm glad I have it.

toast - Mike Magg - Wilmington DE
we need a toaster-oven that actually toasts, this one isn't very good. There is no toast button, only the timer which is used for the oven. It is hard to get the timing right and it takes forever to toast because the elements are so far away. The oven feature is fine.

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Poor quality - Trish -
Bought this about two years ago....and it did not survive that long.
It was very flimsy to start, so I figured it would not last very long.

This was my second Proctor Silex toaster oven and would not buy again.

great product - Larisa -
i got it 2 years ago and i use all the time, especially i do salmon fish for 20mn 350 dgrs, and i use it to warm my dinners, since i have no microwave.

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6 slice? - H. Bolton - Oregon
Admittedly I have not put any research into toaster ovens. But I bought this one yesterday thinking that you could put 6 pieces of bread into a "6 slice oven" and unfortunately 4 fit perfectly.

TOASTer - Jane Says - Los Angeles
Convection and bake work fine, if you don't mind waiting a long time for whatever it is you're trying to bake or convect.

Broiler doesn't get hot enough to broil anything.

Toaster is fabulous at burning the edges of your bread to crisp while leaving the rest appearing not to have been toasted at all.

On a more positive note, the door doesn't make any noise when you slam it shut.

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Challenging to learn a new cooking technique - J. Busl - Florida
I bought this oven with a gift certificate from my brother and sister-in-law, having done a lot of research on toaster ovens. The info-mericals made it look like the oven was perfect, but that hasn't been my experience. I tried to cook some frozen tostinos and couldn't find a setting for them, so I selected "frozen pizza rolls". Unfortunately, the oven cooked (burned) the ends of the rolls before the middle got hot. I found by moving them around in the oven, I could minimize the burning, but never completely eliminate it. I didn't really find that it cooked things much faster then the old toaster oven we had.
My husband won't use it for several reasons: he can't read the electronic read-out or the labels on the buttons; he's too used to the old toaster oven with the temperature setting and timer; he's not into learning new things at his age!
I think this oven would be great for a family or single who cooks a lot of fast foods. There are multiple settings for fast and convenience foods. Unfortunately, (or maybe fortunately, now that I think about it!), we don't eat a lot of those foods.

Complex toaster oven - Norman E. Mcroberts - Danville, IN United States
Sophisticated for a toaster oven, but very efficient once you learn how to program to accomplish the job at hand.

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GREAT OVEN--BUT SHORT LIVED - Sheldon L. Schuster - Seattle, WA
BEST CONVECTION OVEN I HAVE EVER OWNED. COOKS SUPER FAST--WITH JUICY CENTER AND CRISPY ON THE OUTSIDE. BUT VERY NOISY AND FALLS APART WITHIN 1 YEAR. TOO EXPENSIVE FOR SUCH A SHORT LIVED PRODUCT. I HAVE OWNED 5--AND ALL ARE NOW BROKEN.

Pro's and Con's - roxy - FL United States
The motor of my 3rd jet stream oven just died. I'd say that they last about 3 years.
Pros: Great for heating up pizza and frozen items like egg rolls. Great for fish and meat. Very easy and fun to use.
Cons: Not made to last. Too many parts (lid, rack, inside pan, pan holder) to clean after each use. I confess that I often did not wash it if it wasn't too messed up. Replacement lid very expensive. If you don't get the knack of attaching the lid, it will break very quickly. Unlike microwave ovens, the price of these gadgets do not seem to decrease over time.

I will remember it fondly, but I am not getting another one.

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Small Oven, But Not A Toaster - Steve - Florida
I bought this to replace a great Black and Decker toaster oven that lasted over 10 years. The oven aspect of the design works well enough. The 2 problems I have with this oven are 1. It is absolutely HORRIBLE at toasting, and 2. the control scheme is just stupid! Here's the problem... To use as an oven, you set one dial to either "Bake" or "Broil", then you set the temp, then you turn a knob to either a set time, or "stay on". In order to use it as a toaster, you have to set a dial to "Toast", set the temp to "Toast" and then turn the same timer dial to an extremely imprecise location sort of marked with little toast. If you have 4 slices of bread in it, the back 2 will be on fire (seriously, it happened) as the front two are completely unchanged!

What a stupid setup for the controls in the first place, and after 6 months, we've never successfully made toast with this thing! Even if I did, I couldn't reproduce the results because of the stupid cheap little timer device you have to turn to start the cycle. Our old unit had 2 dials and a button. If you want to cook, turn the temp dial to the right level. It's on. To make toast, push the button. Period. The 2nd dial allowed you to select (and hold) the darkness of the toast that worked for you. Simple and completely effective.

I've since saved the Black and Decker unit from the trash, cleaned it, and started using it again. It never was broken, just discolored and kinda ugly. It still works FAR better than this new piece of junk!

loud banging noise when cooling - A. Benjamin -
For the price, it is a fine toaster oven. When you first get it, you have to play around with the temperature dials to get it to toast just how you like it. I only use the toaster for toast so I'm not sure about cooking things... I normally use the regular oven if I need to cook food. The crumb tray is a nice touch but crumbs still fall under there once in a while so it's not going to replace having to clean the bottom of the oven and it doesn't have the drop down tray at the bottom so I take points off for that. The only thing that drives me nuts about this oven is the loud banging noise the metal makes as it's cooling off. Like somebody pounding on a steel drum. It's annoying. Hopefully after a few months that will go away. who knows...

Once again Amazon needs a zero star option - kjz -
The price was excellent, finding it on sale for at Wal-Mart, but I guess what you pay for. Actually, it wasn't even worth the twenty bucks.

Toasting bread seems hit-and-miss. Using the same location each day you will find your toast is barely warm or burnt to a crisp. You will quickly look outside for the flying pigs if you happen to get a nicely browned piece of bread.

Luckily, the heating element gave out today after only about 4 months of occasional use so I get to go buy a new, non-Hamilton Beach, toaster oven.

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mega toaster oven - Emily Miller - Boston,Ma
Although attractive,. this toaster oven is neither "sleek nor compact". I would say it looks more like a microwave oven on the counter than a toaster oven. The measurments are not listed in the description but it is almost 18" long and over 15 inches deep.

Also, puchasers beware, the company charges a 15% restocking fee if you return the item.

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Can't live without this toaster oven! - Njaneer - San Diego, CA
Works perfectly whether I'm broiling, baking or making toast. I love this Cuisinart and would highly recommend it to anyone.

The best toaster oven for the money - Ann - California
I have been very pleased with this toaster oven. It bakes, broils, and it's simple to use. It's also easy to clean.

Disappointed - CobraRed - NY, NY USA
The unit worked OK for the first year. Toast is NOT it's strong suit as toasting is very uneven and the top toasting pattern seldom looks like the bottom. After about 8 months I had trouble getting the door to close completely, very annoying. Then about a month ago it lost all ability to control the degree of heat. No matter what setting it is on the unit defaults to FULL BLAST. First noticed when my smoke alarm went off after a bagel was incinerated beyond recognition!
Currently resides in my trash can......

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Toaster oven - Testing Inc. -
Pretty good device though three dials on a toaster over seems a little much. Efficient, reasonably effective.

Invaluable - Anna Marie Vitanza - Brooklyn, New York United States
I use this oven just about every day. I especially love the Rotisserie feature my chicken and roasts cook evenly and come out deliciously juicy. The convection oven is another great feature. Food cooks more quickly which saves me a lot of time. The oven is also easy to clean. I'm very glad of my purchase.

Died after 1 year - Nutrition - Orlando, FL
We purchased this toaster oven as a replacement for a smaller one that we had for 17 years. The older toaster oven didn't even have mechanical problems, but the handle broke off, so it was time. For the short year that it worked, I liked the toaster oven, particularly the convection part. It had some issues, though. Toasting was a problem, because it took too long to toast. Another issue I had was that the top burner was very close to the door, so you had to be very careful when putting things in the oven so you wouldn't get burned. It happened to both my husband and me. Nasty, blistering burns. Forget the rotisserie. I tried a chicken once. Unless it is a tiny game hen, most rotisserie meats will be too big and scrape across the top burner (and burn) or will be too big to even rotate. Now, the biggest issue? IT STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY AFTER A YEAR! Just died in the middle of cooking. Do not buy this toaster oven!

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The Perfect Tool i was looking for - ISaVa - CA USA
First of all, this oven is NOT a toy !!
It's a perfect addition for your Craft projects, Clay project and more...
No worries about having your projects overcooked.
The only complain i have it's hard to set the right temperature as there is no detail mark around the thermostat.
You will need to buy one to place inside to be sure you set the right temperature. I found a cheap one and works well like that.
I'm really happy with that purchase.

Polymer Clay Oven - Nice but necessary? - Traci Niklas -
This clay oven is helpful with small polymer clay crafts. The height is not conducive for larger pieces as there are about 5 inches of safe cooking space inside the oven.

It does what it says it can and does it pretty well. I have no noticable hot or cold spots and nothing has burnt.

In hindsight, I am not sure what the difference is between this product and a traditional toaster oven. They seem identical in design and function.

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Defective - C. Thompson - Fair Oaks, CA
Upon receiving this highly rated toaster oven, we started the initial use procedure of running the oven for 15 minutes, to remove any possible manufacturing residues from the appliance as per the owners manual. Approximately ten minutes into this process, the glass door on the front of the toaster oven shattered outwards from the oven, spraying glass across the kitchen counter and onto the floor.
Fortunately, my wife, who was standing in front of and looking directly at the oven when this happened, was far enough away to avoid being hit in the face by the flying glass. New owners beware.
Krups has been contacted and they asked for us to send it in for investigation/replacement.Krups FBC212 Toaster Oven, 6 Slice Digital

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Flimsy and noisy yet ineffective - Wonky Monkey - YourTown, CA
This "convection" toaster oven has a fan with all the power and focus of a 1 year old blowing out his birthday candle. Said fan is quite effective at rattling the flimsy (like the rest of the toaster) crumb tray, resulting in a quite annoying and loud rattle anytime the unit is set to convection. The fan also happens to blow directly along where there are no heating elements, thus what little air it manages to blow in from outside serves quite effectively to not heat whatever you're trying to heat. I guess they didn't bother to hire an engineer in designing this thing as to be effective at convecting, the fan really needed to blow across a heated element to then blow hot air over the food. C'mon guys, I hear there are unemployed engineers looking for jobs, you couldn't find one?

What is good about it is that the inside is aluminum, which is better than if it were a teflon coated material from a health standpoint. Why didn't they make the inside stainless? Probably the same reason they had it built in China from the thinnest gauge sheet they could get away with, it's cheaper.

This is the first item I've ever returned to Amazon, it was that bad.
Why did I give it two stars? Because it heats things so I guess it fulfills its basic functionality. It is also not ugly so I guess if you want an appliance that you don't need to use or are just dressing a set for a commercial or something, this would be a good prop.

To be fair, the part below applies to most toasters of this type:
It, like many others in its class also only has two heating rods beneath the food thus if you are trying to toast bread you will end up with bread toasted on the edges and only marginally so in the middle. Continuing with the bread, because of the wide separation between the upper heating elements and the bread, your bread will likely burn on the bottom and be slightly golden on the top. Thus if you want to toast bread evenly, you will need to babysit it and turn it over by hand a number of times during the toasting process, good luck doing this without burning your hand.

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They don't make 'em like they used to - J. Scott - Georgia
I didn't think it would be so hard to find a replacement for an old toaster oven. This is the second one we bought and returned (first was B&D). Same problems; basically, the timer is ineffective (doesn't 'ding' when toast is ready). We're not asking for any bells and whistles, just something that makes toast, bagels, rolls, etc. If someone finds a good one for under , please recommend.

only on sale - Andie - NC USA
I got this toaster at another vendor... on sale for .99. for the price I paid it's absolutely wonderfull... but these are the issues I have:
a) the exterior is not insulated at all (it's a thin little sheet of metal).
b) The temp dial is not an adjustable dial; the temps are "bake", "toast/pizza" "broil" and "keep warm".

If you're like me-toasting is mostly what I use, I do not have kids and have a very smart cat, then it's fine to have. I have had nothing but good from this appliance; but for me it is an interum appliance until I can find the toaster that has the attributes I want for an acceptable price. I was looking to buy a cheap toaster oven that would toast and cook individual frozen foods, and found this one. I would not pay more $ for mine.

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Not good - K. Marshall -
We bought this toaster at Target about two years ago.

CONS: It has never toasted evenly, with one dark line horizontally across the middle of each piece of toast, and it seems to take a long time to toast. Occasionally the toast jumps out of the toaster when it pops up due to the force of the release mechanism. It is VERY hard to manually force the toast up once lowered into the toaster, if you decide you have it on too dark of a setting. It takes two hands and a lot of force and the toast ALWAYS jumps out of the toaster when this is done. The toast darkness dial is usually stuck on our unit and it takes some force to move it. After approximately two years, the toast heater on the back side (one long horizontal bar) has a short in it and we can see a very bright, flame-like spot on it. I am currently shopping for a new toaster!

PROS: It is very pretty and the oven part of the unit works well for us.

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I love it! - Darkwave Fan - Bakersfield, CA
I love my Cuisinart Toaster Oven. It works perfectly. It looks nice. It's pretty easy to keep clean. It's big enough to accommodate an "Amy's No Cheese Pizza". One thing you ought to know is that it doesn't automatically shut off. The timer is just a timer. You have to turn off the oven when cooking is complete.

Fantastic Toaster Oven - L. Craddock -
I have recommended this toaster oven to all my friends. It is incredible! It cuts cooking time in half. Frozen dinner rolls are ready in 3 minutes. Frozen pizzas are ready in 8 minutes. Stale crackers or cookies are reborn in just 5 minutes. It is by far the most used appliance in my kitchen and the one I could not live without! Amazon... please bring it back!!!!!

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4 slice MAX - MyPenName - Pennsylvania
The product description says "spacious" and that is just NOT true at all. The interior is very small. Can only use one rack at a time. Not worth the price at all. Can get a much bigger one for this price of .

I bought it on sale for .50 and while it looks good on the outside, the inside is way too small for my needs. I do not see how it is possible to get 6 slices of bread in there unless you would totally overlap all of them. Interior width (left to right) is about 11 inches, wall to wall. Depth (front to back) is about 9 inches. You have about 3 inches (top to bottom- plus you have to consider the heating coils on top take away from this measurement, decreasing cooking space) of space to actually use for your baking pan or tray with food on it, on the rack. The wording on the knobs and buttons on my unit were crooked. The instruction/recipe booklet is a total joke. There are no diagrams/pictures as to how to insert the trays and pans. There is 1 picture of the unit, so if you are unfamilar with toaster ovens, you would be lost. I have looked at many online and many instore, but have never owned one. While it may not seem like it would be hard to figure out how to insert the trays and pans, it is. There is the crumb tray, the drip pan, the baking tray and the rack. The only way I can figure out how to use the drip pan is to lay it directly onto the heating coils. To me, that doesn't sound right, but it is the only way it fits in there. And if you use that, you lose space for cooking. If you use the drip pan, then the rack sits crooked inside. You have to use the rack to use the bake pan. The rack sits crookedly or slanted no matter what, even if you only insert the rack, it is crooked. You can, of course, put the drip pan in the bake pan on the rack, which is maybe how you are supposed to do it. The instructions for use are lacking. This is just so totally not worth the price at all. For this price you can get the 3 tray counter top rotisserie/convection oven, which is what I originally wanted. The description leads you to believe you could bake a pie in here. Guess again. Not gonna happen. Unless it is a tiny pie and it had better not rise or you will be scraping off the roof of the interior. This was a bad purchase all the way around. I think the price tag is grossly ridiculous for this thing. If you want to use it to make 2 slices of toast, and don't mind paying to do so, then this is for you. If you have hopes of doing ANYTHING else, buy something else.

EDIT: Ok, I took a minute to go check, to be fair, and you can get 4 slices of bread in there if you squish them all into the bake pan that the unit comes with. No way in heck that you are getting 6 slices in there unless you put 2 slices on top of each other and then it will touch the top of the oven. And I used regular bread, nothing fancy or oversized. This thing is a mess and the product description is NOT accurate at all!

This purchase was very disappointing to me. I have been wanting a toaster oven for so long. I had my heart set on a particular one, but have been waiting on a sale. I decided to buy this one thinking I would use it til I got the one I wanted, eventually. I can't fathom keeping this even for the interim.

I am gonna upload pics, they might not be so good as I am using a 2mp cell phone cam. I don't think they show the crooked wording well or the slanted baking rack.

I hope this review helps someone in one way or another.

Needless to say, this thing is goin back.

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