This is a very poorly engineered toaster. Like many reviews before me (today: 5/27/23):
1. It does not toast at all evenly; 2. The round darkness level dial on bottom left is very wobbly and then, the toasting level is never very even. We should be able to know what level the actual toaster is on, like your previous model, I think it was a CPT-120. That one at least gave us an LED read-out for the level we selected. 3. Yes, along with the reviews before me, the slots are somewhat too narrow for what we expected for the advertisements. No, I would not recommend this one. Cuisinart should stop making this model. Go back to the drawing board!!
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting cuisinart.com