Does it bake and toast? Yes. But.... 1) the print on the knobs is teeny tiny and very difficult to read for folks of a certain age. 2) it takes FOREVER for the elements to come on, making TOASTING annoyingly slow. 3) baking is uneven. Pizzas come out just right in front and a little overdone in back. You have to babysit your pies and rotate them to avoid this.
We have been very pleased with our Toaster Oven Broiler with Convection. We've not used a Convection oven before but the instructions were clear and concise and it doesn't take up much room. Most important for us was to be able to bake indoors without heating up the whole house during the heat of summer and saved us from using our BBQ outside during the fires season in California which resulted in very dangerous air quality.
There’s no timer for the oven feature, and it’s impossible to stop the clock on the toaster if you set the “shade” for too dark. But the oven does work really well-gets really hot without heating the entire kitchen.
It is cumbersome and difficult to use. Not at all what I would expect from cuisinart. To do the simplest of tasks the disks are very awkward to dial. To make toast is a nightmare once it’s on it’s on...
We have so enjoyed our Cuisinart Oven Broiler! I wish we'd bought it a long time ago since it's so nice to be able to cook without heating up the big oven, especially now that it's just my husband and me and we're not cooking big meals.