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The description on Amazon uses the phrase "Exclusive Even Toast Technology". Not entirely sure what that means, to be honest. Sounds like marketing bunk from the manufacturer. What matters to me is what the item in my house actually does not what the MarketingSpeak says. Before I used this, I read several reviews that said it didn't have even toasting, which to me would seem to be the entire point of a "Toaster Oven". I disagree with that strongly. My "toast tests" showed quite the opposite. In fact, it had a little bit of a "grill mark" on the bottom for the toast due to it resting on the grate. But once I learned what setting to put the toast in, it was great. I do admit the first few tries were either TOO DARK or too light, but that's kind of a learning curve with any toaster, can't fault this unit. What I've done with it is mostly toasting, and heating of things like frozen waffles and whanot. This is called a "Toaster Oven", and I've used it mostly for toast. The knob that controls how well done toast is done seems to skew mostly towards people that like darker toast. I say that because I tend to like mine lighter. The way you make toast in this thing is to turn the knob up to the highest setting and then "back" to where you want it to go. There are three indicators on the scale - the highest being totally black, and the lowest being "totally white". I usually end up about halfway between the lowest and one. If someone puts their toast up to the blackest setting, it would be really charred, I would think. I should sacrifice a piece of bread to try that. :) You will definitely need to try some experimentation, as severity of toasting is a highly personal issue. Oh, english muffins - I find these toast better than plain bread, but I think that's down to me liking english muffins better. Anyways, I have not tried much other than various grilled bread products, but several other reviews say that the advertised pizza size can be an issue due to size of pan. I don't have experience with that, but I do with the bread. They say that you can fit four slices of bread in here, and while you can, it is a tight fit. I have included a few pictures of bread in the oven in my review (see photos section). The old school square white bread slices are the only kind you can fit four in there with. And even then, they push off the back of the grate and up against the overall back wall of the unit. The instruction manual has a picture of four slices on the rack, evenly spaced with plenty of buffer space between then. That is CERTAINLY not the reality of bread on this. If you tend to use the kind of bread that is sold a lot (like Orowheat bands and the like), you can only fit two slices on there; zero chance at four there. Again, check out the pictures in the user photo section of this product. There are several trays that come with this unit (three in all), so they intend you to cook different kinds of things besides just toast. However, unless you're looking for a serving of one of say Tater Tots for the "oven" part of this toaster oven, you're better off in a more full sized oven. Despite my talking about the size of bread a lot, I do like the thing. I've already replaced the more traditional two slice toaster that has lived in our house for ages, mostly because of the future possibilities of this unit. Despite my using it almost exclusively for toasting so far, I rather like it. So I'm hopeful my positive experiences with this toaster oven extend well beyond what I've run into toast wise. I'm Talkie Toaster - Your Chirpy Breafast Companion - Anyone want any toast?