Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I've had several toaster ovens over the years. A few years back I got frustrated with trying to find one that actually worked like it was supposed to and made it a personal quest to find that perfect toaster/convection counter top oven. This one is in the smaller range that I didn't do much searching through since I was looking for one to take the place of my broken oven in my gas stove. As a basic, small toaster oven this is a pretty good one. It has a expanded back so that it can bake a small pizza up to 8" dia. It has simple controls. One knob that you turn to set the temp that you want and a second knob to set the timer. That's it. No digital temp controls, no multiple functions to select one from. It preheats in just a minute or two so it's quick and easy to use and doesn't use a lot of electricity. My Oster Convection Toaster Oven is about twice the size of this one and is the one that I chose after test driving 7 or 8 different ones 2 or 3 years ago. There are a few things that this smaller one is more suitable to use instead of the bigger one so the two complement each other. And now I hardly use my microwave for anything other than re heating my cup of coffee. Just one thing to remember. This is a toaster OVEN. So don't expect it to toast your Bagels by just sticking them in it, turning it on to Toast, and go off to another room doing something else and expect your Bagels to toast and NOT get BURNED. That's why a normal toaster pops the toast up after its finished the toast cycle. So you have to watch this as it toasts what ever it is that you are toasting. So that you can remove it as soon as it is toasted to that perfect color that you like. I just mention this because in my research of toaster ovens I found that several people had wrote negative reviews on several toaster ovens because they almost burned their kitchen down when they went off doing something else after putting their Bagels in it to toast them. And of course, since they were not there to remove them when they were done, after the toaster oven turned off the Bagels continued to sit in the hot oven and started to burn. So they blamed the toaster oven instead of themselves for not paying attention to it. I'm pretty sure that in the directions on these things that it tells you in one way or another, do not leave it unattended. One other thing for those that are concerned about it. This one does have a grounded plugin on it. The cord is nice and heavy, if a little on the short side. Most of the toaster ovens that I've tried in the last several years have the polarized plugin. So if you have a older home that doesn't have grounded outlets in the kitchen you might want to look for another one or order a plugin adapter while you are ordering this. So if you are looking for a basic, simple, small toaster oven, this will probably fill that need. If you are looking for something to actually replace using your big oven in your stove for most of those smaller baking jobs then you probably wouldn't be happy with this. For that I would suggest the; Oster TSSTTVMNDG Digital Large Capacity Toaster Oven, Black/Polished Stainless Accents After I did my research on these a few years ago that was the one I decided was the keeper and I'm still happy with it.