Lots of accessories included but not much quality where it's needed.
Pros:
Large capacity oven. Nice looks. variety of accessories.
Cons:
Substandard quality for the price. Dangerous outside case temperature while in use.
The Bottom Line:
Buy this oven if you require a unit with a large cooking capacity and have plenty of room to keep it away from other objects in your kitchen.
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Author's Review
This unit was bought 8/26/04 at Best Buy for $149.99 plus tax. We wanted a large unit to enable us to cook larger portions of food than is possible with the small standard toaster ovens. The unit comes with a variety of accessories including rotisserie basket, skewers, etc. Since we just bought the unit yesterday, we haven't yet had a chance to cook in the oven, but we did follow the instructions for cleaning and burning in the oven before its first use. Be forewarned. The outside of this oven gets very, very hot and will burn you if you're not careful. The lack of insulation for the case and the heat that is generated by the oven would seem to make it an undesirable unit for small kitchens, or people with small children. Instructions with the oven say that it should be heated to 450 degrees for fifteen minutes prior to its first use for cooking. After heating for twenty-two minutes the oven never did reach that temperature, but leveled off at 425. When cool, the cooking racks slide in and out smoothly, but when hot they stick and have to be giggled around to get them to slide in and out. All in all, we're not very impressed with the quality of this oven and expected much more because of the cost. Since this is just a preliminary report and we have not yet cooked in the oven, we'll hold our final judgment on how well it works. We are, however, skeptical at this point as to whether or not we will keep the unit.