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Some reviewers have complained about an offensive smell. I agree that upon initial testing it gave off an extremely strong and irritating smell. So I place in the garage and turned the heat selector to 6 and let it do it's thing without any food in it. Afterwards whatever caused the smell had burned off the offensive smell was gone. It was after this experience I decided to READ THE MANUAL and it plainly explains how to turn on the toaster for a few times without food in it to remove the smell. My only addition to manual would be to do this out of the house like in the garage as the odor is quite strong the first time you use it. I've learned my lesson: Always read the manual first! Now it works just fine without the smell. We are quite happy with size and features.