Too many complainers
I purchased our toaster earlier this week before having read any reviews about it here. I reviewed many, many other toasters/ovens on Amazon, then went to Target with a couple in mind that were in stock. In general, I'm extremely disappointed in the quality of all toasters/toaster ovens out there right now. They felt like cheap aluminum boxes mass produced in China. Our Krups toaster oven has been with us for 10 or 15 years and was wonderful. In any case, while getting disgusted at what Target did have available, around the corner in the aisle with all the Black and Decker SpaceMaker items I found this toaster and with a good sale price.
I get it home, quickly come here and see horror story after horror story. I'm wondering if I should even open the box or just take it back to Target immediately. Well, luckily I ignored the reviews here. Our SpaceMaker can opener has been wonderful and I was going to give this toaster a shot.
Having been forewarned about all the...
It was easy to install....took me 30 min
I'm not sure what the other reviewers were installing, but I had no problems. Tape up the template, drill the holes, add spacers and attach. Pretty straight forward. By the way, I'm a single woman and not in the construction or home improvement business. I have no complaints about the install, so please don't let some of the other reviews sway your decision. The unit looks great and works good. Different controls than my last toaster oven, but its not rocket science so within a few minutes you should have it down. Black & Decker TROS1500B SpaceMaker Traditional Toaster Oven, Black
OK But Not great
As its name implies, this device functions as a toaster and as an oven. It's not very good at either activity. Its name also includes "Spacemaker", and it does this pretty well.
Good points:
It is nicely styled. It saves space by being mountable under a kitchen counter, as well as not being very large. It does make toast and it does serve as an oven.
Bad points as a toaster:
There is a single heating element across the top of the oven interior, which is baffled from the rack by a metallic diffuser strip. A mirror image of this assembly exists on the bottom. In the toaster function, this results in uneven brownness across the piece of bread, even when the bread is carefully centered. The precision with which the timer can be set (a resolution of 5 minutes!) is not adequate to get repeatable results from one piece of bread to another.
Bad points as an oven:
The temperature can be set in 50 degree intervals. I checked the...
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