Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

My husband bought this toaster oven for me. We live in a small apartment, and wanted an oven that is able to cook our meals without warming up the entire apartment, as our old oven did (it can be especially unbearable during warmer days). For a toaster oven, this thing is huge! It's part of the reason why we bought this oven. It will comfortably accommodate my 9x13 Pyrex dishes and cookie sheets. I have had the oven for about 3 weeks and have toasted bread, baked bread pudding, lemon bars, salmon fillets, cooked mac and cheese, eggplant parm, lasagna, and everything came out pretty good. I did have to adjust the cooking times a little bit, because the oven does cook most things faster than my kitchen oven, most likely because of its smaller capacity and there's less space to heat up (and that's with the conventional bake function; I have yet to try the convection feature). The exterior of the oven does get a little hot when in use, but not excessively so. I've accidentally brushed against the side during cooking, and I was okay. If anything the top of the oven and door gets very hot. If you exercise caution when in use (as you would with a regular oven), you won't get burned. The oven does cool down very quickly when done cooking. My only complaints are about the door, the power cord, and interior light (or lack thereof): * You have to be careful when opening the door. You have to guide it gently down to the counter surface, otherwise it just slams down on it. Do that one too many times, and eventually it will shatter. The door opens pass the edge of our counter, and the glass part of the door rests on the counter edge when opened all the way. It would have been nice if there were a stop, or a spring-type function that prevents it from just dropping down. My husband has made a makeshift padding with bubble wrap and a towel on the edge of our counter to cushion the door. * The power cord is very short; it measures about 18." I had to make sure to put the oven near an outlet. * There's no interior light. To see how my meal is coming along, I have to use my little key chain flash light to see inside. Overall, I love my little-big oven.