Love this appliance! I never thought a toaster oven would replace my traditional toaster, but this has won my heart. Toasting feature is perfect, and then there's the versatility.
This is a great toaster oven. Works beautifully, perfect toast, muffins, bagels, pizza, you name it. Very easy to clean and doesn't take up a lot of room on your counter.
The deciding factor in our having this toaster oven is that you can set the toast setting once and then each time you use it you can just push start and it will toast the same each time. Other toasters you have to turn the dial for the amount of toasting time every time you use it and it is difficult to get it the same each time. Makes it mush easier and quicker to use with better results.
Great toaster oven but very annoying sound when finished cooking. Sounds like a home smoke detector going off which is very startling.There is no option to enable you to silence the alarm.
Overall it is a great design and good for baking, but toast making is another story. I'm on my second unit, and it has the same problem as the first, on light setting it toasts like it is on well done. There must be a design flaw with these toaster ovens, as the one I got my mother-in-law does this too. Also, the beep to let you know it is done toasting is extremely loud and annoying. It does bake well though.
This smaller Model Cuisinart does everything the biggest models do: toasts 4 slices at once, broil open faced sandwiches and bake. Plus takes up very little room on the counter. And the price is also small!
This product is a replacement for the same item which was under warranty and stopped toasting evenly. This one is definitely better but there is still some hotter areas when toasting. Also, be aware that your replacement product may take several weeks to receive.
The oven has very poor calibration for middle to high temperatures. Toast slightly browns at high and baking is 10 to 20% over dialed in temperature. Very disappointing for cost.