Cuisinart TOB-175BC Convection Toaster Oven/Broiler, Brushed Chrome
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Cuisinart TOB-175BC Convection Toaster Oven/Broiler, Brushed Chrome
Customer Review: Jewel of Convection Toaster Oven
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a wonderful little convection oven which I have owned and used for over a year. Although I have a large convection oven in my range, I purchased this oven for smaller items in order to save electricity and to decrease the health issue from microwave food. I was surprised to find that toast and English muffins are absolutely delicious when toasted in this oven. The outside is brown while the inside of the toast is moist; consequently, I gave my regular toaster away. Cooking and warming vegetables takes a little longer than the microwave but the taste is better. The broiler is great for small items but not large meaty products.
Although we seldom use the microwave anymore there are items which still require it. Heating tortillas to soften is one of these items. I estimate that we use the microwave at least 80% less than before we had this little convection oven. Despite greatly reducing the microwave oven use, our electricity consumption has decreased because we use the Cuisinart most of the time instead of using the large range convection oven.
Frozen food that previously we cooked or defrosted in the microwave tastes much better when processed in this Cuisinart Convection oven. Most food does taste better when using a convection oven. No! You cannot heat a frozen pizza in this oven - it is slightly too small for that. If this oven were larger it would cost more to heat. If you're primary use is to heat frozen pizzas than this oven is not for you.
My family uses this oven much more than we expected when I purchased it. We can bake 3 large potatoes with success and without the additional energy of my larger range oven. It takes about 3 minutes to reach 350 degrees, much shorter time than my range convection oven. We now use the range oven only for large meaty products like roasts. Baking cakes, cupcakes and similar products still need a larger oven.
This Cuisinart oven with its black front and chrome body is easy to clean. I attached my oven to a surge protector as I do all my electronics in this static electricity with frequent power surges of southern Arizona. Because of the 12 inch surge protector cord I do not unplug the oven between uses and I am able to just turn the oven around to the back for removal of the crumb tray. Crumbs DO accumulate in the front in a little space between the glass and frame. I just use an old tooth brush to brush out the crumbs in about a minute. The outside is also easy clean. Not much time used in cleaning this oven.
If you are looking to decrease use of the microwave and still decrease electricity use, have great tasting food, and ease of cleaning this Cuisinart Convection Oven will be a jewel to you as it is my family.
Customer Review: Great Toaster
Summary: 5 Stars
Forget the rest, this is the best. This is our second one and will never own anything but. Received it promptly and in excellent shape. Very happy with the whole transaction. Customer Review: Pretty good but not perfect.
Summary: 4 Stars
If you want to toast bread, use a toaster. The crumbs from any cooking can accumulate on the oven bottom and make it hard to clean. Not worth the effort for a few toasted slices. You could always use the baking pan but then it won't heat evenly. So it's basically a small oven.
This oven does the job and maybe even does it too well. Maybe since the oven is new that my food was overcooked even after following proper cooking times. Because of this, you should probably knock down an extra minute or so from the cooking. After some tinkering, the controls are also extremely easy to use.
The problems that arise are:
1. Cleaning this thing is problematic. If crumbs or food particles fall to the bottom, you'll have to wait until the temperature cools off and then try wiping it off. If you use the cooking pan then it'll take longer to cook and you might as well use some other heating application for toast or anything small.
2. This cooking space itself is quite small compared to the overall contraption. Don't expect to cook anything too large or else the top portion would cook faster.
Customer Review: An excellent product!
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this as a holiday gift for my wife and I and I have been using this convection oven daily. This oven is very easy to keep clean, there is a removable tray at the bottom so crumbs can be easily discarded. The interior is non stick. You get a stainless pan, drip tray and rack and all are dishwasher safe. I have used all three functions including convection, bake and toaster. I am pleased with all three especially the convection feature. The instruction booklet was a bit scant especially with recipes but I am sure you can find some at the Cuisinart website. Although I have used this less than a month, I have been pleased with the performance of this product and the ability to cook with the different features offered. I also got the best price through Amazon. If you are going to use the toast feature put the rack in the middle as this will prevent burning. Would I recommend this to family & friends absolutely, Would I purchase this product again, Yes! Customer Review: Great oven
Summary: 5 Stars
This oven works great. The only down-side I have found is...crumbs get stuck on the bottom of the door where it hinges and I don't know what could be done about that, other then vaccum them out.