Finally found the right toaster oven! After shopping in some stores & returning several other toaster ovens (mostly because of quality issue's) I bought this one. It really fits in nicely with all my other appliances. It can toast, bake, broil and it does a nice job. Very happy! And the price was good too.......Had a tiny issue. I bought a liner for crumb tray that caused a burn on it . I called Cuisinart and they replaced it. Wonderful!!

We had the same one for 10 years. Happy to find the exact replacement. Great smaller size than what is out there now. Does great bagels.

A gift for my son and he totally loves it and there are no problems

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This oven is a bit bigger and fancier than my old Betty Crocker one. It has multiple functions which I have tried and work great. It's extra large for bigger meals and has a nice look. I don't like the black exterior but looking at the stainless steel one, it would have cost $30+ more for a stainless steel one and more functions/features I probably wouldn't use. I normally just bake in my oven.I am curious about that metal piece in the oven on the left hand side. I find it gets in the way when you are baking at the middle level. Does anyone know what this is for? I love the fact that the crumb tray is a removable tray vs the hinged one from my old oven. If you're looking for durable, affordable, and stylish, this oven fits the criteria.Pros:StylishMulti functionsPull out crumb trayLarge cooking surfaceCons:Black exteriorNo timer

A little smaller than the toaster oven which it replaced, but still will take a store-bought frozen pizza. Have used it to cook and reheat. Temperature is accurate. Fully meets my requirements. The removable parts are easy to clean.

My more expensive, super fancy Krups toaster oven recently kicked the bucket after about 4-5 yrs of service, and it was time to replace it. While my Krups was a good toaster oven (before it died), it took up a lot of space on the counter, it was expensive to buy, and frankly it had a lot of features (convection) and interior space that I just don't use and don't think are necessary in a toaster oven. So when I shopped for a replacement, I decided to go downmarket a bit.Problem is, the toaster oven market is bifurcated towards two extremes and IMO neither is ideal. On the low end, are super cheap pieces of junk. On the higher end, are expensive behemoths that take up all your counter space and have a lot of features that most of us will never use. Now I'll admit, for someone who lives in say a small apartment and doesn't have a regular oven, the second type may make sense. But I live in a house with a regular kitchen and I have a regular oven and a cooktop, as well as a gas grill and a big green egg. What this means is, I'm not going to be roasting a whole chicken or searing steaks or baking any cakes or cooking thanksgiving dinner in my toaster oven. What I mostly use my toaster oven for is 1) toast! and 2) heating up things like leftover pizza or empanadas or really anything else that will get soggy in the microwave but you don't want to wait for the regular oven to preheat when alls you want to do is heat up a single item, and 3) odd things like maybe an open faced sammich or something. So really, anything small that you want to heat up quickly yet still have it be crispy. I have a hunch a large percent of toaster oven owners use them pretty much like I do and want a quality product but don't want a $300 large convection toaster oven taking up all our counter space, but also don't want to trust the $20 hunk of junk that looks like it will die in 2 weeks and can't toast evenly.This toaster oven is a good choice because:1) It's simple - toast, bagel, bake, broil. The analog controls are simple to use, and unlike a digital keypad it "remembers" what your last setting was (for say toast darkness or oven temp), which you are likely to use repeatedly. Some reviews complained the controls are hard to read, and I don't find this to be a problem although I do have good near-sight vision. The crum tray is easy to remove, clean, and replace.2) It works - nice even toasting. Heats up quickly for reheating items. I was surprised at how light it was out of the box, but it works well so this doesn't appear to be a problem.3) It's a fair price - way cheaper than the expensive convection ovens, but not so cheap as to be garbage4) Small footprint - doesn't take up much counter space yet still big enough for everything I want a toaster oven to do. Honestly if something can't fit in this thing I have no problem firing up the regular oven.Now, there seem to be 2 basic complaints on this model and I don't find either to be a problem:1) No timer - who cares? I'm only using it for toast (which does shut off when it reaches desired darkness) and to heat up small stuff that only takes a few minutes, I can hang around and keep an eye on it. Again, this seems like more of a problem for people who want to bake a cake or something and I don't know why you'd want to use a toaster oven to do that.2) A lot of people complain that the toast comes out too dark - I'm puzzled by these complaints as I find it extremely easy to set the toaster to desired darkness. The medium setting comes out pretty much what I'd expect medium toast to be, and more importantly you have infinite adjustability with the analog controls so it shouldn't take you much experimenting to figure out how you want it. One person even complained they had this for over a month and couldn't get toast that wasn't burned - I'd say this person either got a defective unit, or they are severely challenged when it comes to the operation of small electronics and/or employing the trial and error method.Overall - there should be more toaster ovens in this segment. If you don't routinely roast whole prime ribs or do hard core baking in your toaster oven, this should suit your needs well.Edit: Well, 3 1/2 years later, one of the coils was coming apart and my girlfriend threw the Cuisinart away because she claims that's a fire hazard! Replacement is a Kitchenaid unit purchased from Costco (which also doesn't have a lot of unnecessary bells and whistles, although it's a bit bigger). The new Kitchenaid definitely does not toast as quickly or evenly as the trusty old Cuisinart! I wish we'd just bought another as it's replacement. 3 1/2 years isn't too bad for a toaster oven that was used fairly often and not really taken care of, rarely cleaned etc. I stand by my old 5 star review.

There's not much to add to the other 100+ reviews here, but the more the merrier! We'd had our old, small toaster oven for at least a decade, and it was an ugly piece of crap. It toasted bread and bagels, but it did so badly. So our needs were simple, but remodeling our kitchen made us more aware that we needed, and deserved, a better and prettier toaster oven that could do more than toast. I read up for many days on models of this size and in this price range and found this model to be the most positively rated on Amazon and other retailer sites. Of course, any new toaster oven would be an improvement over what we tolerated for so many years, but we are very pleased with our choice and recommend it highly.This is an attractive appliance that looks great in our contemporary style kitchen. The bagel setting is cool, which toasts the tops a little more than the bottoms. No more extra broiling after regular toasting. The way the trays and racks are shaped allows the surfaces to be positioned at a variety of levels to serve any need. The crumb tray just slides out the front, making it so easy to remove for cleaning. It bothers us not at all that it doesn't have a timer. We have a microwave and a range with timers, and we have an egg timer, so why do we need yet another timer? Some reviewers of ovens complain that the outside of most oven models gets too hot, but we always assume an oven will do that. In fact, I don't even know if this one does or not, as we just avoid placing meltable items on it or touching it while it's in use. We haven't yet fully tested the baking function, but judging from how well it does other things, I'm sure we'll be happy with it. The only negative comment I have is that the loud bell that goes off when the toasting cycle finishes sounds like a smoke alarm, which is unsettling. If this oven lasts as long or longer than our previous one, it'll be many years before I write another review on a toaster oven.Update April 2012: Still loving the toaster. It does get hot on the outside, but just keep meltable things away from it. I haven't tried baking cookies or cakes yet, but have tried baking casserole-type things in ramekins. If you set the containers' distance from the bottom burners high enough to avoid burning the bottoms, the tops get burned. But loosely tenting the tops with foil minimizes that.Update Jan. 2013: it's a keeper. Cookies bake well, but there are hot and cool spots to watch for (hotter in the center, cooler around the edges), as a result of there being only two burner rods on top and two on the bottom.Update Jan. 2015: Alas, it may be time to replace it. One of the coils slowly began warping until the outer surface broke, exposing the inner core.Update June 2015: The bottom burners finally died. Had this oven lasted more than four years, we would still be happy with it for basic toasting and baking needs and attractiveness. However, with only four coils, and no convection, there are hot and cold spots. I removed one rating star for lack of endurance, but I would have taken off another half-star if I were able.