For those looking for a basic toaster oven, this is a good choice. The controls are easy to use (even if the indicators on the knobs are a bit cryptic), and gives you all the standard modes. This unit replaced an old Cuisinart whose temperature knob was, um, a wee bit inaccurate. The new unit is spot on for temperature (tested with an oven thermometer). We keep our sliced bread in the freezer to maintain freshness. The toast darkness control gets you anywhere from barely defrosted to almost burnt. Test a few slices when you get it! When the toast cycle is done, a pleasant beep sounds 5 times. The burners are somewhat protected by metal baffles, so most crumbs that fall down when toasting don’t go up in smoke. The crumb tray is easy to clean. I have not tried the bagel or broiler mode, so have no comments on those. All in all, a good basic oven that doesn’t take up a lot of room on the counter (or in our case, on top of our small countertop microwave).
This toaster was returned because the door stuck while the toaster was on and was very difficult to open all the time. Also the temperature setting was so that bread could only be toasted on light setting or it would burn. The toaster received because of the return also required a setting at light for toasting whole wheat bread. The thermostat on these toasters needs to be reset.
Response from cuisinart.comBy Cuisinart, October 17, 2024
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I chose this product after reading positive reviews. The toasting is fine, toasting cheese on bread worked really well. Tried to bake bite size muffins with not a very good result. instructions not clear on where to place racks for baking. will try to bake a potato and see how that does. Have not tried broiling.
I never had a toaster oven! I finally took the "plunge" and got this one after watching a few videos about how to use it. Bottom line,I love it! It's compact and it does everything I need in a toaster oven, without having to out my huge oven on,es pecially in summer time when it makes my electricity work "overtime"! I highly recommend this beautiful, compact, very easy to use Cuisinart toaster oven! And I love Cuisinart products, they're the best! TY
This a pretty basic toaster oven with old fashioned dials no digital controls. It’s exactly what we wanted and for an inexpensive toaster oven it’s been great.