Cuisinart BRK-200 Brick Oven Deluxe, Stainless Steel

by Cuisinart

Product Features

• 1700 watts of power and 500 degree F with industrial styled stainless steel housing
• Removable baking stone to intensify brick oven cooking
• Bake, boil, toast and convection with broiling pan and baking tray plus 2 wire racks for multi-level cooking
• Nonstick coating covers the interior where there are no bricks, to make cleaning easy and quick
• Tinted glass oven door with stainless steel handles and oven light

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 18.5 x 17.5 x 11.5 inches ; 32.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 34 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000O3RK7E
• Item model number: BRK-200
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #68,182 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

Cuisinart brings a classic approach to modern cooking with a revolutionary new countertop Brick Oven. Genuine bricks inside this restaurant - quality oven allow traditional brick-oven cooking in the comfort of home. Industrial styling and four cooking options, including convection bake, make this multifunctional countertop oven a valuable additional to any kitchen. 0.9 cubic feet with brick inserts permanently built into the sides of the oven

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

120 of 121 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Fantastic Second Oven for Serious Cooks, July 29, 2007

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mimilulu (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cuisinart BRK-200 Brick Oven Deluxe, Stainless Steel (Kitchen)

I purchased this beautiful toaster/convection oven to use as a second oven for entertaining/holidays and for everyday use to cook for just the two of us.

First of all, it's darned beautiful to look at. It matches my stainless appliances and looks fabulous on my counter. The controls are very easy to use. It comes with 2 racks (although you're only supposed to use one at a time) and a baking pan/broiler tray. But the best thing is that it comes with a baking stone which sits in one of the racks and the oven itself is lined with baking stone material on either side. The back of the oven has the convection fan. All non-stone surfaces are of nonstick material, which makes it a cinch to clean.

In the month I've had it, I've used this amazing appliance to bake cakes and casseroles, broil shrimp, make pizza, roast tomatoes and chickens and even toast an english muffin! It passed every test with flying colors. The oven is large enough to fit a whole chicken for roasting - and did a great job.

I'd say the weak points are that you have to turn the oven around to get the crumb tray out (a minor inconvenience) and both the crumb tray and the baking pan tend to warp when the oven is hot.

To use the baking stone, you must preheat the oven for at least 30 minutes. Not a problem for me, as I preheated while waiting for my pizza dough to rise. Worked out great.

I'm delighted to give this my highest recommendation.

61 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Loved mine until..., August 13, 2008

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W. Day - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cuisinart BRK-200 Brick Oven Deluxe, Stainless Steel (Kitchen)

I cook a lot but there are only two of us in the house, so I was really excited to have a nice oven that wouldn't heat up the whole kitchen every time I needed to bake something. I loved this oven for the first two or three months; it cooked everything so beautifully. Then I noticed things started burning. I tried adjusting rack levels and ingredients, thinking somehow I was in fault. Finally, I decided to check the temperature of the oven. I stuck an oven thermometer inside and was shocked... the oven was set at 350, but the thermometer showed that the temperature was actually reading hotter than the max temp. on my thermometer.

This might be just this particular oven, but I'm very disappointed. I called customer service (long, long wait) and was told the only thing I could do was ship it in and pay for the shipping to get it fixed. That is not an option for us, as it would be much too expensive (it is a heavy unit). I tried to look for a way to calibrate the oven myself, but it isn't available like in a conventional oven. All it does for us now is toast the occasional bagel and take up counter space (at least it's nice looking).

44 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great oven for baking bread, September 8, 2007

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Renee (CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cuisinart BRK-200 Brick Oven Deluxe, Stainless Steel (Kitchen)

I love this oven! It is the solution I have been looking for to baking bread in a stone oven, without having to heat a stone for an hour in my large convection oven. This is perfect. I've made several 2 pound loaves with wonderful crusts, and the pizzas are incredible. I use the baking tray that comes with the oven as a "peel", and shape the dough on parchment on top of the upside-down tray. Then I slide the parchment right onto the stone.