Customer Reviews

Black & Decker CTO8500 Digital Advantage Countertop Oven

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This toaster oven replaces my older B&D that had the same interior dimensions. It's not easy to find one that is wide enough to accommodate large Pyrex dishes (9x13 w/handles). Many toaster ovens will fit 6 slices, but they usually aren't wide enough for oblong Pyrex dishes. The CTO 8500 is perfect for those dishes. I seldom use my conventional oven (the one that comes w/the stove), but instead use the CTO 8500, because it can handle both small and bigger jobs, from warming up bread at breakfast, to baking a coffee cake for mid afternoon, and a lasagna for dinner. It took me a while to learn how to use the digital controls, but I got them eventually. I love my new oven!

I bought this oven almost a year ago and have used it daily since for almost every meal. It's big enough and it's small enough. My big oven is now pretty much a storage facility for pans and pots. (Ok it's still used for the turkey roast.)
The settings took some getting used to,initially. By now, I wouldn't know what to do without that oven. I hope B&D keeps making this type so that I can get one just like it whenever this "retires" - hopefully, not anytime soon.

This toaster oven is just what I had been looking for. It is spacious enough to bake a whole chicken as well as a pan of lasagna or baked ziti. And it is backed by the brand of Black & Decker which is always a plus. My previous toaster oven was also a B&D only smaller. It lasted me 9 years. I am very pleased with my purchase!

Unclear usability.

Difficult to understand how to adjust the temperature or the time.