Black & Decker - Slice Toaster Oven, White

Very useful little convection toaster oven
I've owned my toaster oven for over a year and I use it nearly every day in my SOHO (computer room/Small office Home Office). I too bought it from a Mart with very high Wals as another reviewer mentioned. He gave it only two stars based upon a prior bias but listed no pros so I shall list the things that I found useful about this oven as well as a few cons.

Pros:

1. It's a convection oven that means quicker and more even baking. It's great for small roasting (2 - 3 pounds)tasks without turning (but it's still recommended for larger food items like whole chickens and hams/rump roasts), chops and ribs. Its fan is quiet.
2. The temp is accurate even if it takes nearly a 15 minutes to attain 450 degrees. Not too many foods require that temp (pizza comes to mind though). I keep an oven thermometer in it to check for accuracy.
3. Top can be used as a food warmer and to heat up breads wrapped in foil while baking.
4. Light weight (14.5 lbs) compact size...

Downgraded features?
Several features in this toaster are missing, downgraded, or poorly executed compared to older models.

1. No "pizza bump". It's a round slight out-pocketing of the rear wall, intended to accommodate a pizza. It's extra space. This one doesn't have it.
2. Getting "medium" toast is tricky because the space between "dark" and "light" on the timer dial is too narrow for easy "eyeballing". Most of the time, my toast is slightly darker than I want it.
3. The tray is shallower and less wide than the older version. I have concerns for foods that drip a lot of juices. (I just bought it, so I haven't cooked juicy meats yet. But I did have the older version of this toaster.) The tray doesn't have that much volume.
4. The tray, when inserted under the grate (the grate holds the tray beneath it) is too close to the lower heating element. This may create problems with cooking or with safety.
5. This toaster comes with only 1 grate. The older version came with...

WONDERFUL !
This white Black and Decker toaster/roaster is not only handsome in the kitchen it works like a charm. Like our pizza for lunch today was baked 10 minutes and then another two at higher temp and without the slide tray to make it crisp on the bottom. Tried doing hamburger in shallow pan instead of stove fry pan and was great. Baked scalloped potatoes were delicious. etc etc But I read 153 reviews on another website before I bought......

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