Never owned a toaster oven before but decided I wanted to try one for small baking jobs. It is fabulous. Heats up quick, easy clean up, and does the same job as my oven without all the heat.
Six months ago I bought this to replace the “same” toaster I purchased ten years ago. The heating rods burned out. I like the baking pan insert very much. The toaster overall is not as sturdily built and does not toast bread to a constant brown color as it’s prodecessor.
The toasting feature doesn’t work well. Smoke comes from around the door making u thing the toast is burning when in fact it is hardly toasted. The dial should only be turned to 1/4 level for bread but must be turned to > 1/2 to toast an English muffin.
I bought this at Christmas and have used it since then. 2 improvements I would have liked. It is hard to see where the indicators are on the dials. If they were colored it would help. Also concerning the oven it should have a timer.