"Frank103" > wrote in
:

> Can someone recommend a good toaster oven. I don't care about the cost
> or if it's a convection oven. I just want one that is well-built and
> actually works.
>
> I go to Amazon and read reviews and it just leaves me more confused.
> For instance, 75% of the people said a Delonghi model was the best
> they ever owned. Others thought it was the toaster oven from hell.
>
> After all these years I would have thought that some company would
> have made a toaster oven that was relatively trouble free. But from
> all of my research, it doesn't seem to be the case. Every brand I
> checked out seemed to have it's share of problems and it's share of
> people who were unhappy with it. I know you can't make all the people
> happy all of the time. Can someone point me in the right direction.
> Thanks in advance. Frank
>
>

I love the DeLonghi we boguht from Costco about 3 yrs ago. It was ~ $60
and it has convection and rostissere.

I consider a "good" toaster oven to be a hughe plus to a kitchen. Much
more efficient then turnign on the "big oven" just to brown or heat a
small dish. We've done everything from chocolate chop cookies, to
rotissere chickens in ours and everything turns out fantastic. I love
being able to wake up, put on the coffee, stick a whole chicken in there
and have a fantastic lunch of chicken with golden brown crispy skin, nto
to mention the carcass for making chiken stock.

Ours also does a nice job with toasting, especially things like waffles.
I'd say the most common use it has is putting a quick crisp/brown on
things that were heated in the microwave. We make tons of homemade
burritos out of leftovers like chicken, steak, ribs... you name it.

Leftover meat + chili beans + rice + onion + cheese = great burrito.

We make them in large batches and freeze them. 3-4 minutes in the
microwave and then another 1-2 in the toaster oven at 400*F to "crisp"
them back up and I'm in heaven.

Could I do some of this elsewhere like the grill, stovetop, oven, etc.?
Sure, but in the toaster oven I can set the temp + timer and walk away.