CONVECTION OVEN (Salton/Toastmaster TCOV6R)

This is the perfect oven for me. I have to cook from a wheelchair. The door opens from the side so I don't have to reach over a hot door. The door also comes off easily for cleaning. The door coming off also makes the unit lighter to move around. This is the new model and has some improvements. My old one did not have a light or convection or rotisseri. I had my old one for 25 years and was very glad to find that Toastmaster still makes them. The new one has an extension in the back so you can use 12 inch round pans such as a pizza pan. I bake and broil everything in this oven. It works great. Of course it is too small for a very large turkey but you will be surpirsed what you can fit into it. It is very nice looking. The exterior is all stainless steel and very well made. I don't think you will be disappointed with this oven.

This is a great little oven for anyone who is short on space and money. It is definitely an oven and NOT a toaster oven. I've tried. In the past four months the Toastmaster Convection Oven has handled everything I've thrown at it. The largest pan I've used in it is a 9x13" and even my 10 1/2" cast iron skillet fits in there (though barely). The oven has three different levels for the adjustable racks and pans that come with it. The oven is designed with a small bulge (about 2" deep) in the back so the pizza pan can fit in. Although convection ovens often cook faster than conventional ones I've never had to reduce my cooking times with this oven. You'll need an oven thermometer since there is no ready indicator. My only real complaint is that the oven tends to cook a bit unevenly, but not horribly so - one rotation halfway through is usually enough.

Edited to add: Three more months of baking everything from homemade croissants to dense banana bread, from heating frozen...Read more

I've had this for about two months, and while it gets the job done, it's not exactly ideal.

It does cook as required in terms of bake and broil modes with french fries, egg rolls, fish, and steak. I have not used it for a lengthy broil session (such as using the rotisserie feature).

However, the enclosed owner's manual has several blank (unprinted) pages throughout. The internal light bulb went out almost immediately after I began using it (it blinks on briefly sometimes when the oven door is closed), and - the most annoying characteristic - the convection fan makes a loud rattling sound for several minutes when the oven is turned on (and often briefly when the door is opened or closed during cooking), as if the fan is misaligned.

My old Toastmaster oven (which lasted for years and years) had a nice feature, which was a preheat light that turned off when the oven had reached the desired preheat temperature, which this one does not have...Read more