Toaster Oven Reviews

Aug 27, 2010 19:20:54

Brand : Hamilton Beach

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This toaster oven can accommodate a chicken or other full size entrees

Hamilton Beach Meal Maker 6-Slice Toaster Oven/Broiler Reviews By Customers

I'm very happy with this unit. I have it on my sailboat and I have no complaints...Other than having wished I got a digital display for no other reason then confirmed accuracy. I don't know if they make it with a digital display, I purchased this unit because it has black sides and had a convection feature. I have not noticed any cooking differences with regard to time or temperature. Everything I have cooked has ended as planned. The convection feature is very nice and in hindsight I wouldn't buy one without it. I considered the Cuisinart only because of positive experiences with their products, but they didn't offer it in black or mostly black with a convection feature, and that was my first requirement. I am very happy with this unit, and considering it takes a pounding from the weather and seas, it is holding up quite well with no problems so far.

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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