BLACK DECKER TO1950SBD 6-Slice Convection Oven, Black/Silver

$ 22.87

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Replaced a 20 yr old B&D Toaster oven that still worked, but lacked features and was really dirty. I wanted some more controls, since without kids at home, using the full oven is wasteful.I’ve had it a month and used it about 10 times, so this is an early review with limited use. Consider it a first impression. It is an analog device, which should last a long time.If there is a fan, I’ve not heard it.The bake and broiling settings work great. Made some baked-cheese sandwiches last week. They were good, but lacked the pan-fried-in-butter goodness that a typical grilled-cheese sandwich provides.Fish sticks, boiled Brussels spouts, and grilled shrimp all turned out great. A .The included pan, grate and other accessories also fit from the old toaster oven, which has been nice.So far, the bad part is the toasting. I don’t know about other households, but we use the same bread for toast all the time. Because there are knobs and analog timer settings for the toast darkness, it is much too complex. Nearly impossible to get a repeatable outcome.There needs to be a 1 button or 1-lever switch that does toast the same every time. It is much too easy to miss-dial one of the 3 control dials and end up with under/over brown toast. A toaster oven should make perfect toast every time, once set. This is the main disappointment.I haven’t tried to toast a mini-pizza, but suspect that will work great. The size of this counter top oven prevents cooking a medium pizza – Maybe if it is cut into quarters, 1 quarter could fit? IDK.The other disappointment is for the label sizes on the dials. Even wearing reading glasses, I can’t read the words. Did they actually put English AND French words on the labels? Srsly?I’ve used the temperature setting just for baking. Seemed to work fine. Close enough on the temperatures, but I didn’t put an oven thermometer inside to check.Broiling works nice.Cleaning: Cheese did drip from the grate down to the pan underneath everything. Pulling that pan out is trivial and just a quick wipe/spray and the aluminum was clean. I don’t know about splatter on the glass or walls yet.I miss the 1 lever toast function of the old B&D toaster oven, but like the other features provided. Fix the too small labels, please.