Oster 6239 Inspire Toaster Oven, White and Chrome

I got this toaster in December 2003 and have been using it for the past 10 months. It is a pretty toaster with a lot of possibilities. The only problem is that it takes FOREVER to toast anything and you can't adjust the length of time for the toast. You can choose several presets times. The first setting is for the lightest toast and it is 2minutes and 30 seconds and you don't get any brown on the bread. The second is for 3 minutes and 30 seconds and you get normal browned toast. But 3 minutes and 30 seconds is a LONG time. Most toasters can toast under 2 minutes and it comes out fine. I don't think there is any great digital toaster out there, so I guess this one is okay. But it just takes forever! And the beeping is loud!

Bought this oster WOW so nice looking! (That is where the star comes in.) Yes it gets HOT but it doesn't claim to be cool to the touch either. Bottom line, the top 2 heating elements are close together and centered on the top, the bottom two heating elements are about 5 inches or so apart and towards the back and front, sooo your bread toast perfect on the top side and the bottom part of your bread is WHITE.. We tried moving the rack closer to the bottom and it didn't do any better , just burnt the bottom edges of the bread... I would have kept this toaster oven if it only TOAST better. As for an oven it heats up, (there is the second star.)

My wife and I bought this toaster in December 2003 because of the large size and nice styling. For over a year we used it primarily for toasting, but started using it a few months ago for baking small dishes (chicken nuggets for the kids, etc). About two weeks ago the top two heating elements stopped working and we noticed that the front one had "bowed" in the middle so that it now touches the top of the toaster oven. The top, back heating element is also slightly bent. Nothing extraordinary ever happened to this appliance, and we're not sure what caused the bowing of the top heating elements. Obviously, it should have been able to handle the normal heating /cooling cycles associated with toasting and baking. It's pretty much useless now and is going out with the trash this week. Out of warranty and not much sense spending money trying to repair it. Stay away from this product.