Toaster ovens LIE! And they SUCK!

[trof]

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I thought a toaster oven would cook smaller dishes with less power and $$$ than the big oven.
Not so.

I put an oven thermometer in my toaster oven, set the temp dial at 375.
The thermometer registered 250.
I turned the oven up to the max of 450.
The thermometer registered 250.

They suck at toasting bread too.
Take three times as long as a pop-up.

Wanna buy a slightly used toaster oven?
I'll make you a good deal.

[NightWatcher]

1. does your thermometer work?

[NuclearDem]

2. Actually, vacuums suck.

Toasters aren't supposed to do that.

[UTUSN]

3. For ME (only; actually) I like them. Have never used my regular stove's oven.

That said, however, my Black'n'Decker toaster/oven gave out last year and it was withIN the warranty period AND *still* has NOT been replaced, on order from China or something. Been without toast all this time.

[Generic Brad]

4. They are metallic boxes of hot sad

There is nothing worse than hot sad.

[Kingofalldems]

5. America's Test Kitchen did a test on a number of

toaster ovens and only 1 could actually do what it claimed. And most of them could barely make toast.

[patricia92243]

7. Do you know which one they said? My subscription to ATK has expired. n/t

[Kingofalldems]

9. No. I totally forgot.

They were basically unimpressed with all of them though.

Oh yeah, I do remember it was the most expensive at $350.

[grasswire]

6. my expensive one is much worse than my old Black & Decker.

The B&D was totally reliable. I wore it out after many years.

Bought this GE one. Horrible. Never gets up to temp. Takes about 12 minutes to make a piece of toast.

I'm planning to ditch this one and buy a cheap B&D.

[pinboy3niner]

8. And they can't even spell their name right!

Their budget must limit them to six letters. Something has to go, and apparently the 'a' is like the redshirt on Star Trek...

[B Calm]

10. We use ours all the time. Hash Brown Patties, Pizza, etc etc

[pipi_k]

11. Had a

Black and Decker that was working fine until the house got hit by lightning a couple of years ago and a bunch of stuff got ruined.

Replaced it with a Hamilton Beach, and I've been happy with it. In fact, I don't even use my stove oven (because it's broken) for anything but storage.

There are only two of us here and the toaster oven does a good job, even so that I can cook a turkey breast if I want.

If the regular "bake" setting isn't fast enough, I use the convection setting to finish up.

I use my toaster for toast.

[KamaAina]

12. Why don't you just give it to Ellen?

Actually, any newly out lesbian will do.

[trof]

13. I couldn't. I like her.

It's a shitty appliance.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

14. By a REMARKABLE coincidence...

...I just used mine.

It's a cheap little Black & Decker. Works GREAT. I just put in a slice of LaBrea Bakery Italian Bread, toasted one side, topped the other with Sargento Sharp Cheddar and melted it. Came out crispy, golden brown, perfect. It's also good for making one or two frozen egg rolls...nuking them always makes them soggy. Bagels are amazing (the local Smith's makes sesame seed bagels fresh on site daily).

[trof]

16. How long did that take?

My pop-up toaster makes toast WAY faster than the 'toaster' oven.
No toppings in the toaster, of course.