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Hamilton Beach 2-slice extra wide 1-1/2-inch slot toaster with mini-oven. Unique bottom compartment bakes like an oven, perfect for flat foods, large enough to fit two large slices of pizza, two pop-tarts, or two 5-inch single serve pizzas. Includes auto-shut off and chrome accents.
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
433 of 441 people found the following review helpful
By R. Benfield
When our beloved 30 year old (from dorm days!) toaster oven died, we thought we'd go buy one just like it -- basic, small, good at toasting, yet usable as a small oven. Alas, nobody seemed to make anything like it. They tended to be larger, and didn't do a good job toasting bread.
After reading lost of discouraging reviews and trying a couple of toaster ovens, we had just about given up, when we saw the Toastation. What a great little unit! Makes great toast, nice and fast like a toaster should (through a slot in the top). Then flip a switch, and the top slot closes and it turns into a nice little oven.
It doesn't hog the whole counter (outside dimensions: 15" wide, 7 1/2 deep, and 8 high). The inside of the oven is small (6 1/2" deep by 10 1/2" wide by 2" high), so don't plan on baking pizza in it.
After reading lost of discouraging reviews and trying a couple of toaster ovens, we had just about given up, when we saw the Toastation. What a great little unit! Makes great toast, nice and fast like a toaster should (through a slot in the top). Then flip a switch, and the top slot closes and it turns into a nice little oven.
It doesn't hog the whole counter (outside dimensions: 15" wide, 7 1/2 deep, and 8 high). The inside of the oven is small (6 1/2" deep by 10 1/2" wide by 2" high), so don't plan on baking pizza in it.
307 of 315 people found the following review helpful
Yes, it works perfectly.
Provided you correct for a small physics and engineering problem in the design.
This toaster/toaster oven is designed so that the wide opening for toasting bagels, english muffins, and fat waffles or bread has a sliding cover that moves into place with the flip of a lever. Once the cover is in place, all the heating upper elements are reflected downward toward the little toaster oven (6" x 9" max -- with a pan included). The lower heating elements then toast or heat from the bottom.
Which is a great idea. Better to use the appliance that is the right size for the job, rather than heating a large oven for a small snack and wasting all that energy.
However --
The metal plate that slides across the bagel toaster opening is just a thin piece of metal with no seals of any kind -- so if left just closed, half the heat (or more) inside the toaster oven pours out the top, around the edges of the thin metal plate (heat rises -- right?)
To compensate for this loss of heat, the heating elements stay on ALL THE TIME and thus burn whatever pizza slices, cookies, or toasted cheese happens to be there.
BUT this is EASY TO FIX!
How do you stop heat from escaping through an unsealed barrier? You seal it! Not with grout or putty or styrofoam, or pink fiberglass -- just lay several regular sized pot holders over the bagel-toaster opening! Anything that is safe near heat will do. A silicone cake pan. A couple of damp (but not wet) kitchen cloths or sponges. My pot holders are thick terry and they worked perfectly.
As soon as I insulated the top of the toaster against heat loss -- the heating element worked efficiently and came on only occasionally to keep the temperature up. (as oppsed to running non-stop if the top was left not insulated.)
This is a small bit of on-the-fly rigging to correct for what the toaster's designers couldn't manage to figure out.
All that said, this is the first toaster I've ever used daily in 50 odd years -- because it's the right size for the job.
Provided you correct for a small physics and engineering problem in the design.
This toaster/toaster oven is designed so that the wide opening for toasting bagels, english muffins, and fat waffles or bread has a sliding cover that moves into place with the flip of a lever. Once the cover is in place, all the heating upper elements are reflected downward toward the little toaster oven (6" x 9" max -- with a pan included). The lower heating elements then toast or heat from the bottom.
Which is a great idea. Better to use the appliance that is the right size for the job, rather than heating a large oven for a small snack and wasting all that energy.
However --
The metal plate that slides across the bagel toaster opening is just a thin piece of metal with no seals of any kind -- so if left just closed, half the heat (or more) inside the toaster oven pours out the top, around the edges of the thin metal plate (heat rises -- right?)
To compensate for this loss of heat, the heating elements stay on ALL THE TIME and thus burn whatever pizza slices, cookies, or toasted cheese happens to be there.
BUT this is EASY TO FIX!
How do you stop heat from escaping through an unsealed barrier? You seal it! Not with grout or putty or styrofoam, or pink fiberglass -- just lay several regular sized pot holders over the bagel-toaster opening! Anything that is safe near heat will do. A silicone cake pan. A couple of damp (but not wet) kitchen cloths or sponges. My pot holders are thick terry and they worked perfectly.
As soon as I insulated the top of the toaster against heat loss -- the heating element worked efficiently and came on only occasionally to keep the temperature up. (as oppsed to running non-stop if the top was left not insulated.)
This is a small bit of on-the-fly rigging to correct for what the toaster's designers couldn't manage to figure out.
All that said, this is the first toaster I've ever used daily in 50 odd years -- because it's the right size for the job.
230 of 245 people found the following review helpful
By G. Eppinger
Nice size, fits in the same space as most 4 slicers, but, you won't be able to do more than two slices at a time. Oven too is small, but, works well for crisping up smaller things and heating things like danish. It uses tubes rather than heated coils and seems more effective. Probs - for one, it is very difficult to release if you need to get something out of the toaster in a hurry; which you will the first few times you use it. Pulling up on the handle is a difficult feat,the only way to release, and, once done it will shoot your toast across the room. Secondly, the design makes it a crumb catcher. It comes with a catch tray, but, everything must go through the bottom heating element and its cover before it get there. It sticks to the element and burns. On the top where the slices go in - there is a trim ring that has a slight recess all the way around it. Bad - bad bit of engineering - it is constantly full of crumbs. You will need to either vacuum it or tip the whole thing upside down to get it clean. It is compact, but, really too big to tip over and shake in the sink to clean.
Some more thought in the design and they could have a nice item.
Some more thought in the design and they could have a nice item.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars
It"s OK for toast only. Oven is too small
It's ok for toast only, sorry I bought it. Would like to return it if I could. So thank you
Published 9 hours ago by Charlotte Cohen
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great!
Love the toaster but if I had one complaint it would be that hard to tell which dial to use to toast bread on one side in the oven only.
Published 8 days ago by ggm
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Toaster
great toaster, compact, fits in appliance garage, toast well, does not have as forceful "pop up" as expected after reading other reviews which is a little disappointing, we... Read more
Published 8 days ago by Betsey Christiansen
3.0 out of 5 stars
Saves counter spce
The unit is nice and compact. It does take a little getting used to the temp settings and should be watched closely when using the oven. Toaster works great.
Published 9 days ago by PCC
3.0 out of 5 stars
Its very small
I put this toaster on my gift registry because I thought it looked so cool. So we ended up receiving it and.. I don't care much for it because the oven is very small. Read more
Published 9 days ago by Judy
2.0 out of 5 stars
Toaster?
You have to set it to maximum temp to get any toasting action at all! I haven't tried the oven feature.
Published 11 days ago by Bob
5.0 out of 5 stars
smart design
it has one long slot to toast yummy tuscan bread, and it's thin enough where it doesn't take up too much of the counter top. I'm totes in heart with this toaster!
Published 11 days ago by J. Rojas
5.0 out of 5 stars
energy efficient and multipurpose
This is the second one of this exact model we have purchased in the last 10 yrs. We wore the other one out and bought a new one. It is small for the multipurpose functionality.
Published 12 days ago by Jill A. Hobbs
4.0 out of 5 stars
great multipurpose toaster
space saver and super easy to use. I was looking for something like this in the stores and they were all more expensive then I wanted to pay. Read more
Published 13 days ago by Collosidy
4.0 out of 5 stars
retro oven
reminds me of the one we used when I was a kid in the 70's. It is light, and small enough to go on counter top, although I put it away. Read more
Published 13 days ago by michael l. bussell
