Maxi-Matic ETO-730SS Elite Platinum 20-Liter 1500-Watt Convection Toaster Oven, Stainless

 (3 customer reviews)

This "convection" toaster oven has a fan with all the power and focus of a 1 year old blowing out his birthday candle. Said fan is quite effective at rattling the flimsy (like the rest of the toaster) crumb tray, resulting in a quite annoying and loud rattle anytime the unit is set to convection. The fan also happens to blow directly along where there are no heating elements, thus what little air it manages to blow in from outside serves quite effectively to not heat whatever you're trying to heat. I guess they didn't bother to hire an engineer in designing this thing as to be effective at convecting, the fan really needed to blow across a heated element to then blow hot air over the food. C'mon guys, I hear there are unemployed engineers looking for jobs, you couldn't find one?

What is good about it is that the inside is aluminum, which is better than if it were a teflon coated material from a health standpoint. Why didn't they make the inside stainless? Probably...Read more

I'v had this toaster oven for about 6 months and I use it everyday. I make toast or heat muffins, reheat something that I want crispy - like french fries or something breaded, cook frozen pizza....in fact almost everything that I used to do in my big oven I do quickly and conveniently in this toaster oven. I used to check the temperature all the time with an oven thermometer but it has always been accurate so now I just set it and trust it and everything comes out fine. It's attractive, nice and big inside, easy to see into and easy to clean. I'm happy.

Let me start by saying I really like the look and size of this oven.

It's sleek, sturdy, and not too wide, deep, or tall to sit on my counter.

The functionality on the other hand, I just don't like.

Aside from the convection setting which runs the fan, I don't understand what the settings actually do. Toast runs both the top and bottom heating elements, but you have to turn the temperature up all the way for it to toast. Bake does just the bottom heating element, broil does just the top. Then there's defrost... but you have to turn the temperature all the way down.

In other words, the settings don't really do much. You still have adjust the temperature accordingly.

Maybe that's not a big deal to some, but I've also had a tough time figuring out how to cook / defrost things evenly. The heating elements stay red for a long time which causes overcooking on the outer surfaces. The manual says preheating isn't necessary, but it clearly...Read more