Some must read directions for this irascible little toaster
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Definitely a deal if you're willing to go through the following steps to make toast:

1. Keep between levels 1 & 2.
2. Toast once more at this level.
3. If proceeding to toast 2 more pieces directly after the first two return to step one, but be wary of step 2... you must keep an eye out.

*Not a great distribution of heat.

It does indeed toast things.... so if that's really your only requirement and you're willing to make toast making a little more adventurous and suspenseful, go for it!
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Yes, this is a COMPACT, SMALL Toaster Oven that Works as Advertised. After reading the positive and negative reviews, we ordered and tested the MaxiMatic ETO-113 Elite Cuisine 2-Slice Toaster Oven TO TAKE ON ROAD TRIPS with us to use with Toaster Hash Browns, Toast and Bagels (one or two at a time). It is lightweight, COMPACT, and works according to its specifications. NO, it is not a small oven. Our regular, at home toaster oven (medium to large) works for more stuff, and cooks faster, but the MaxiMatic ETO-113 will toast two SMALL pieces of toast (or ONE LARGE SLICE OF SOURDOUGH), or two grocery style toaster hash browns, or one medium (regular-sized) bagel. The timer worked fine, but is not precise. Yes, you have to keep an eye on the item toasting, rotating as necessary, so you get it the desired toastiness (see how I created a new word there), but we have to do that with our other toaster oven too. Don't know about the durability, but construction suggests it should hold up fine. Packaging and shipping worked fine. We will use the product box to carry on our trips.
4405142
This is a great product that does everything it says it does in the literature. Note that it will take you some time to figure out what time adjustment is right for you to get your toast perfect. I'm a *Light* toast person so I burnt mine the first few times until I figured it out. I also believe the manual was made to convey it's message to complete morons. You're way better off just playing with the settings and getting things your own way. As for some of the other features, I like the Bagel setting and how it only toasts on one side. I wasn't all that impressed with the Frozen Toast setting as I found my toast came out very dark (almost burnt). All in all, this is a great product for a very reasonable price.
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This is a great little toaster oven.  Buyer beware: the middle setting on this toaster is the equivalent of holding your English muffin in front of a class 3 flamethrower. It will be burned and charred. Just barley turn toaster on to get a medium bake.

Despite cooking food with the breath of Satan himself, the toaster looks nice and matches all our kitchen decor.
412917
Looks nice in my kitchen and makes good toast. What more could you ask for?
2444509
It's only a toaster, but a great toaster it is.
1236736
I only gave 4 stars because I just received this easy reach 4 slice toaster yesterday so I haven't really had a chance to try it other than making toast. I have never had a toaster oven yet that actually makes toast! So I put in my two slices, turned the temperature dial to max and turned the knob all the way around to the little toast icons. I watched it and thought for a moment that it wasn't going to do it with speed like my regular toaster. I was happy to see the bread starting to turn to an even-colored brown. I stopped it when it got to the desired color, I didn't wait for the timer. But as I turned it off, the red light stayed on. I turned the knob as far as I could, still on. I was afraid to turn it harder since there was quite a lot of resistance and didn't want to break it. So, I just unplugged it. This morning, I plugged it back in and the red light was still on. I really had to turn that knob hard to get the light off. It's a learning curve on my part, there's nothing wrong with the toaster oven. I like that it has a very small footprint on my counter versus my convection oven. I have a lot more counter space to work on now. That's a huge plus for anyone with a small kitchen. I like the feature of the door being able to be removed for cleaning. The glass on all my previous toaster ovens was always so difficult to scrub. All in all, I think I'm going to be very happy with this purchase.
4211663
The little toaster that could toast. It will bare me many a little loafs of toasted bread. You will love it. It's not cheap, just worth every penny.
387677
The best thing about this toaster oven is the roll-top door, which is brilliant: it minimizes its "footprint" and makes reaching the food easy.  And it is worth the price (unless it doesn't hold up -- but I don't know about that yet).  However, there are two items each of which for me loses one star.

(1) The heat radiation into the room is much greater than any toaster oven I've ever owned.  Moderately unpleasant, and probably energy inefficient.  The unit should be  better insulated.

(2) Worse, the control knob system is very poorly thought out (not user friendly). It grossly favors using the unit as an oven rather than as a toaster.  To make toast, you have to turn the knob past 10 minutes and then back to the toast color you want (very small icon markings).  And the notch-arrow on the knob is silver on silver, so you have to bend down and look carefully to see where it is.  Dumb.  You should be able to leave the unit at your favorite toast setting and push one button to start making toast.  Finally, if you turn the knob "all the way back," that is NOT the Off setting, but one that keeps the toaster on until you manually turn it off.  Potentially dangerous.

So I will use the unit very carefully, and I will think of making toast as a act requiring Mindfulness, rather than something I can do without thinking.  ;-)

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Great toaster. Auto shutoff, warmup, defrost are wonder features
10476
This light weight, cool-touch toaster has wide slots for Texas toast, bagels, or fresh homemade bread sliced thick. It is 6.5 inches wide and 10 inches long, which is smaller than most toasters; which is a nice size to store when not in use. The out side is cool to touch while in use.  It also has a defrost setting, bagel setting and cancel if you forget to set the desired toasting shade. It has 7 shade settings. I cooked frozen waffles using the frozen mode and shade set to 5.  That was a little too high and they were really crunchy all the way through. The mode buttons light up which shows you which one has been chosen. The pop down handle is smooth and with ease and after it pops up you can manually lift it to get your toast out easily. It has a crumb tray that is easy to clean.
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It arrived today, intact, well-packaged, and ready to, y'know, *toast things*.  I tested it with regular bread, and it's much faster than the last toaster we had, and much more even.  There *was* a slight burning smell at first, but I think that was just dust that settled in shipment, because it cleared up in less than a minute and hasn't been a problem since.

The only negative I can think of is that the cord is REALLY short.  You'll have to have it pretty near an outlet, so plan accordingly.

Still, for a $20 toaster, you can't beat it.
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First let me say I am a fan of toaster ovens.never could understand the reason one would get a TOASTER that only heated bread.. but that is another story...Anyway..

  I have had toaster ovens for many yrs.;good and bad; Cheap and expensive.. I use a toaster oven to do the obvious toasts,reheat leftovers, toasted sandwiches, small frozen entry's.. bake 6 biscuits..things like that. And I use it every DAY.

So after receiving this panasonic unit I put her through her paces. and surprise, she did very, very well.  No preheating needed, due to the heating elements, which was a really avsurprise. So our toast was done PRONTO..that was NICE....

  The unit has a little of a retrolook to her..Not like all the shiny bells and whistles of other units ..but as we all know LOOKs dont' mean a darn thing if you don't know how to work..Well this little guy knows how to work and work well!
 I have been increasingly pleased with the function of this little oven the longer she is used. Yes it isn't sized to hold a full size frozen pizzabut can do individual sizes, but then again I don't use much frozen pizza. So for me that is not a big issue.  but just so you are aware.
.. It comes with a single baking tray.. I think this was not a smart decision on the companies part at this price point. Another  broiler rack or similar would have been most welcome. Fortunately i have leftover parts from now defunct toaster ovens and so I am Ok but I do think that was a serious oversight of this producer.

  The oven comes with some PRE -SET buttons that seem to be true to the function.. but just to make it nicer it allows you to chg the function slightly to get it lighter or darker to match your personal taste.... it also allows for some manual function for temp setting and timing...but it is limited to length of time of 25minutes... if it takes longer you should put it into the regular oven.

So in summery..I LIKE IT..it looks nice,isn't too big and does what it say it will do MAKE TOAST and few very nice other options and does it effectly and FASTER than any of my other toaster ovens,bar none.
.......I think this unit will give me many years of happy mornings..
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Toast in a couple of minutes and very evenly toasted
2224538
Perhaps the toaster has been redesigned since some of the reviews. The color reminds me of a ruby red, rich and bright. Bread toasts and browns on the first setting however, the toaster has 7 levels. There is a stop button so if you just want to warm and not toast, there you go. or just stop the toaster for any reason. The cord is stationary and reasonable length for my needs. The size is perfect for my counter and does not take up to much space. Not bulky. Price was right and delivery was speedy. Definitely a keeper.
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Black and Decker TC3290XSD Toaster Oven

This is an attractive unit with stainless steel sides and top and wide glass front.  The controls are digital, which is a plus since you get exactly the same setting each time you select it, as opposed to the more traditional spring loaded countdown timer knob. The controls are on the right front, and have little icons to tell you what they do. The icons are not that easy to understand initially, so there are descriptions of each icon on the glass just to the left of the controls in three languages, which is a lot of writing on the glass.

The unit has settings for convection bake, broil, toast, reheat, pizza, bagels, and frozen snacks.  You can accept the default settings for each or use the temp up and down buttons to change the setting.  You also have access to a timer which you can set so you don't accidentally over cook something. It will not start timing until the oven reaches the set temperature, and will shut the oven off when the timer is done.  Nice feature for those of us who tend to put things in the oven, go into another room to "take care of one or two emails," and then finally pull the food out when the smoke alarm is going off. However, it is worth noting that the timer does come on automatically even if you don't set it, so make sure it is giving you enough time to cook your food, or set it to just "stay on."

This is a large unit, primarily for families (or those living without an oven!)  It measures 21.5" wide by 11.25" tall by about 13" deep.  It is advertised as an 8 slice toaster oven, however, as you can see in my pic, if you are using normal size bread you will only get 6 slices toasted at a time.  In my first test, I put 6 slices in the oven and set it to "4" (the default).  As you can see in the pic, they are minimally toasted, and the slices on the sides, especially in the back, were not quite as done as the middle pieces.  Test 2 was to determine how each setting toasts, and so the next pic is of two slices (placed in the middle of the oven) on "4" then two on "5" then two on "6."  The 4 setting took 3 minutes 30 secs and is just barely toasted with a chewy center.  The 5 setting (4:20) is more golden brown and still chewy inside.  The 6 setting (six minutes) was obviously overdone.  So I tried the 6 setting again, but this time put 6 slices in the oven.  The last pic shows the results: an even brown color, with some chew left in the center.  I would only use the 6 setting (not to mention the 7 setting) for either frozen bread, or when the toaster oven is full of bread. By the way, the second time I did the 6 setting it only toasted for 5:40, so the unit makes internal adjustments when the oven is already warm.  Nice feature usually only found in more expensive ovens.

It should be noted that toaster ovens can save money, especially vs electric stove ovens, since the toaster oven is heating up a smaller space.  That said, it always makes sense to get the smallest toaster oven for your needs, as this will be the most efficient.  If you consistently only toast 2 bagels for breakfast, this is not the toaster oven for you.  If you consistently toast 4 bagels, you've got yourself a winner.

Was able to bake an orange/olive oil cake in a cake pan, and a pizza directly on the oven grate in the middle position- both came out perfect.

As with almost all toaster ovens, the outside of this unit gets hot.  A couple of minutes after toasting, the sides were still measuring 145 degrees, and the front stainless just above the glass door was 160.  Care should be taken to avoid these surfaces.
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I have mine set on #2, and it does a fair job of toasting.  It is not perfect, but the best toaster I have personally owned.