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3.0 out of 5 stars
Looks and works great, not practical for everyday use, November 17, 2004
This review is from: Krups FBE212 Convection Digital Toaster Oven, Matte Black and Silver (Kitchen)
This unit cooks and toasts great. This is my first convection type toaster oven and I love it. The stainless steel look blends in very well with modern kitchens. But it has the following drawbacks:
-Pretty loud - when you touch a button (any button) the thing beeps loudly. So if you are making toast first thing in the morning, you will wake everyone in the house up. (I immediately ripped out beeping thing from the circuit board, not recommended for the electrically challenged!)
- The cooking does not stop when you open the door.
- If sitting on the kitchen counter, you have to stoop down to see into the unit through the glass door.
- You have to virtually flip the machine over to empty the bottom hinged crumb tray.
- The unit has a digital clock. Just another clock you have to set after a power outage. A toaster oven really doesn't need a digital clock AND a digital timer, but that is my opinion.
On the flip side, the digital accuracy for selecting a baking temperature is much better than a knob configuration.
In summary, I expected more practical functionality in a unit that I paid this much for.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good product for everyday use, March 20, 2005
This review is from: Krups FBE212 Convection Digital Toaster Oven, Matte Black and Silver (Kitchen)
Great item for a single person, not sure how it would hold up for a large family - would be too small to be useful.
I received the Krups convection oven for Christmas, and it's become one of the few kitchen appliances that I use on a regular basis, definitly more than I use my stove! So far, it's been great for toast, reheating pizza and frozen foods. I tried baking pre-made frozen cookies and it didn't do so well. I found that it took alot longer than the package said and the cookies were slightly burnt although they still didn't look done. (But it could have been the cookies, frozen cookies suck anyway)
I agree with the other reviewer, the beeping is very loud and annoying. You can't set it to toast or cook something without hearing at least 5 to 10 loud beeps, but it wakes you better than a cup of coffee=)
All in all, it's a quality, heavy duty product that I use everyday and can't live with out.
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Too digital, August 29, 2005
This review is from: Krups FBE212 Convection Digital Toaster Oven, Matte Black and Silver (Kitchen)
After my Delong died after 1 month, I got a Krupps. Even though it did have a clock and all that beeping, it was a much better toaster oven.
However, after 2 weeks of light use, the light went out. That made the toaster oven unusable, because I could not see if I was toasting, broiling or what. So that has to go back too.
I would get another one - causiously though. Just too much electronics
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