T-Fal Avante Elite 6 Slice Convection & Toaster Oven with Separate Warming Compartment

 (328 customer reviews)

I like the looks of this oven. I had a Cuisinart Convection Toaster Oven that I tossed after two years. Unlike the Cuisinart the T-Fal is easy to clean, it doesn't have an area by the glass-hinged door that is impossible to clean. The crumb tray is accessed from the front of the oven, not the back. Also the T-Fal shuts off when the time on the timer is done. The warming tray is great for warming hot dog buns while broiling hot dogs in the oven. The controls are straight forward and easy to use without having to read the manual. I'm looking forward to many years of good cooking with this oven. If I experience any problems I'll update this review.

T-Fal makes several different models that are extremely similar, with a nonsensical system of model numbers that seems intended to confuse shoppers. We bought the one listed here, and by good luck it was actually the one we wanted! This has a glass lid for the warmer (as opposed to opaque metal); and it has the convection feature, which some other very similar-looking models do not have.

(And a warning to readers: be aware that sometimes Amazon mixes up reviews for similar products, without making that clear. As I write this, they seem to be keeping the two models separate. But that may not last forever. You can call T-Fal for confirmation of whatever model number you want to buy.)

On this one, there is indeed a clock, but I'm not sure why -- the backlighting on the numbers only goes on for a few moments after you have made an adjustment of some kind to the oven. After that, the backlighting goes off, and you really can't read the clock from across the room...Read more

I purchased this product approximatley 4 months ago. I loved it. Notice the past tense. Everything I baked, chicken, fish etc. came out great. I used it every day. Last night I was baking a piece of fish. The timer went off. It was cooked to perfection. I had unplugged the oven and went to reach for my plate when the warming oven tempered glass door exploded! Shards of hot glass blew all over my kitchen and all over the counter top. It blew the handle across the kitchen. It was awful. Glass was everywhere. I have filed a formal complaint with the Consumer Product Safety Commission. I am not the only one that has had a toaster oven tempered glass door explode. It is extremely dangerous. I, and others that have had this happen to them, are lucky not to have been blinded, burned etc. A child standing at the counter would be exactly in the line of the explosion. I am sorry to have to make this review, because, as I said I really liked this product.