Proctor Silex 31117 4-Slice Toaster Oven/Broiler, Black

You really can go wrong with this item - it's very affordable and designed decently for it's price range. The only issues I have with it are:

1. Once the rotary timer is set, you can't stop it - however, you could simply set heat = 0 and wait for the timer to end.

2. The food tray is apparently "wrapped" around another thin metal layer, which is a potential bacteria trap, since it's nearly impossible to clean without damaging the tray...so don't go naked...just use aluminum foil around the tray.

Would recommend for studio apartments / college students and would buy again.

Owned for 3 weeks at the time of this writing.

Not fancy. But it does the basic jobs well. Minor concern - better at baking than toasting. Toasting takes a little too long and is not totally uniform. But for the price this machine can't be beat.

I bought this item on one of the promotions before the holidays. The toaster ovens featured ranged from this price ($35) to the $80 - $200(!) range. I thought, "I'll never pay that much for a simple toaster oven" but in retrospect maybe I should have.

While nice and spacious, this unit is rather clumsy, and not really well designed compared to others we've owned.

- most others I've seen are designed such that opening the door pulls the tray out a bit so you can access the food easier - not here. That's a burn hazard or you have to pull the tray out manually with something.

- the controls aren't extremely intuitive, as, for instance, the timer clicks even when there's no heat turned on. I liked that the unit boasted a timer but it's a mechanical one and therefore you constantly hear this loud 'click' during the entire time. Making toast shouldn't make me anxious...

- the flat crumb tray seems like a good idea at first (as opposed...Read more