Hamilton Beach 6-Slice Convection Toaster/Broiler Oven, Candy Apple Red

This was an excellent value: $43. I like baking, but now that summer is here, I found that I did not want to turn on the big oven and heat up the entire house (with the AC kicking in, adding to the electric bill). Initially, I did not think that the convection part was working, because it is sooo quiet -- but when I put my ear to it, I could hear the fan blowing air in the baking chamber. It takes some getting used to in order to get optimal baking. The manual says to reduce recommended cooking times when using convection cooking, but I found that I also had to reduce the cooking temperature as well, otherwise I found that things were not fully cooked inside, while being browned or burned on the bottom. I also discovered that when baking cakes and cookies, etc, it was better to use the "bake" function and then later switch over to the convection function later in the process to brown the tops of baked items -- in order to get the best baked product. Yes, that makes it a bit more complicated, but I assume you can just use either function without doing this, but I found that it's a bit of an art in order not to burn the bottom or top of certain items. Overall, I am very pleased with this purchase, and it looks great. BTW, I also like that the back is extended a bit (in the shape of an oval) to accommodate larger items, like pizzas.

This works very well for us. I had read a couple of negative posts saying it wouldn't cook big items well. I only use it for snacks. When I cook a turkey, I use my regular oven. This is perfect for pizzas, after school snacks, sandwiches, TV dinners, etc. It does cook a bit hotter than it says, so you have to be careful. For example - a frozen pizza that says to cook at 400 for 14 minutes, may only need 10 minutes. I do not consider this a real problem as all ovens are different. Just check the food you cook earlier than the recommended time and see how it is doing. After a month or so, you'll know exactly how long to cook your favorites. The red color is really sharp looking. The back of the inside of the oven is curved outward so that it holds larger things than it looks like from the front. I am very satisfied with this toaster oven!

I've had this less than a week but I love it! It's small enough to keep in my appliance garage, but it's big enough to cook a pizza. I keep my bread in the freezer, so I turn this on before I get out the bread. With just a minute or two preheat my toast is done in 3 minutes. Baked potatoes came out great, and pizza reheated in 5 minutes after 2-3 minutes preheat.The controls are very easy. Top is temperature setting. Middle knob is what kind of cooking, and the bottom is a timer which also turns on and off the oven. The timer will work even if the unit is unplugged (as the manufacturer advises when not in use), and I've discovered the oven works much better when I remember to plug it in --hehe.I also appreciate that the oven comes with a roasting pan and rack , and removable drip tray, as well as the shelf rack. I am extremely happy with this purchase.EDIT to add:CON: I've discovered that the rack has no stop so if I'm not very careful when removing the cooked food, it slides out all the way and falls onto the open oven door. If i don't have a good grip on the food it also falls with the rack. Very annoying and could potentially cause a big mess with food spilling. I've removed a star for this, and now give it 4 instead of the original 5 stars.EDIT after many months of use this oven is still working great, however some of the setting labels have worn off! Fortunately I remember what they are.

Looks great, works great and all at an insane low price. Normally I would goto Costco to grab a toaster oven but by far this item is at a far greater price point and the reviews I read here on Amazon were very helpful. It has a GREAT look as well.

I absolutely love this convection oven. It's super easy to use and I really like that the convection part cooks really quickly, or you can bake slower with the bake setting. Most of all, however, I just LOVE the color. I know it's shallow, but every time I look at how pretty this thing is, it gives me such a thrill!

I purchased this little oven to use for my Daycare for when I only need to bake or cook a small amount of food so I wasn't using my regular oven and heating up the kitchen. It has worked great so far. I have even used it for my family in the evenings for snacks. I like that it doesn't take a long time for it to cool off when you are done using it like a normal oven does. I would recommend this to those needing something for small items to cook. I am sure you could even get a whole chicken or a small turkey in here.

I had a Krups toaster oven for over 10 years that I loved and needed something to replace it. It was not easy to find, as my Krups was not big, yet the back was curved so it would toast 6 slices of bread. That is what I wanted. All the toaster ovens I looked at were either 4 slice and small or just way too big for what I wanted. This one is the perfect size. Not too big, not too small. The back also curves out. The red color is a bonus. It's gorgeous. There are a couple things I really don't like though. One, I mainly use this for toasting. On the dial for the toast setting there are two pictures of toast. One dark, one light. They are right next to each other. No in between setting. The dial is very stiff to turn, and finding the right spot to get your toast the color you want is pretty tough. My old toaster oven used 3/4 of the dial to choose between dark and light. This uses about 1/10th of the dial - maybe less. My other toaster also had a hook on the door so when you opened the door it pulled out the rack. This one doesn't. Maybe it just takes getting used to, but I find it annoying to have to always grab a towel or use a utensil to pull out the rack and get my toast without burning my fingers. Do I wish I hadn't gotten this oven? No. The size and color are perfect and I couldn't find anything else that was. They are pretty big annoyances frankly, but I can live with them.

The upper front element broke after about two months, but no problem, we'll just push the toast to the back and make do. Once the timer didn't shut off and caused a wee little fire. Okay, we'll just stand here while we wait for toast. Stuff took forever to bake so I checked with a thermometer and it was 150 degrees lower than it was set for. But the color is awesome!!!!The fact that there isn't anything to stop the rack from sliding all of the way out is a big problem since the curvature of the oven means the sides are much shorter than the full depth of the rack. It is super fun to have stuff slide off of the rack and onto the lower element and have to snatch it up before it ignites. On the plus side, it'll wake you up faster than a cup of coffee.

Dónde un horno convencional es demasiado gasto de tiempo y gas. ¿Quién debe usarlo? Todos aquellos amantes de la comida congelada que prefieran el horneado y no el calentado de un microondas. Pero además, las personas que gusten de cocinar pequeñas porciones de pastel, galletas, pan u otros postres o comidas; pueden hallar muy útil este horno. Hay que considerar que existen hornos mucho más grandes para cocinar un pavo, con rotativa para pollo o espacio para varias pizzas, pero alimentos de ese peso, tamaño y tiempo de cocción, sin duda el horno convencional es mejor.Las medidas son: 40cm de ancho, 32cm de alto y cerca de 35cm de profundidad (Aprox. ya que debes considerar que el alimento no toque las paredes, además, el fondo es curvo no recto, así que varia) Y cabe perfectamente una pizza de 30cm (12”). Un pollo pequeño, asados y más.Tiene varios tipos de horneado pero el que me gusta más es el Envolvente, donde las barras de tensión superior e inferior funcionan al mismo tiempo, pero el resto de los modos son buenos según se requiera.Me gusta:La facilidad de usoControles muy simplesFácil de limpiarEl calentamiento es muy rápido.Espacio suficiente para la mayoría de los postres que se te pueden ocurrir.No se calienta (en exceso) el exterior, puedes dejar objetos encima si vas a usarlo por poco tiempo.Lo crocante que deja la pizzaNo me gusta:El manual está mal traducido.Por error puedes mover el termómetro.La cancelación de tiempo (Rotar la manija) Da la sensación de estarlo forzando.Hay que aprender la maña ya que los tiempos de horneado varían y es de estar vigilando, agregar tiempo de ser necesario.Error de novatos: Dejamos calentando pizza por 10 minutos para darnos cuenta que el reloj del temporizador funciona conectado o no a la energía eléctrica.

Me gustó el diseño, eso fue lo que me convenció, además de que cuenta con las opciones que necesitaba (hornear, dorar, tostar).Cuando sacas los platillos, hay que tener cuidado con la puerta porque la parte plateada se calienta demasiado y te quemas fácilmente por la posición de las parillas. Y si eres despistadx, y se desconecta y no te das cuenta, realmente no sabes porque el reloj sigue funcionado ya que es análogo, lo cual también es un dolor de cabeza porque no puedes cancelar la cocción, tienes que desconectar. Soy millennial, entonces crecí con lo digital, así que es volver a acostumbrarte o aprender.

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