BLACK+DECKER 4-Slice Toaster Oven, TO1745SSG-1A, Even Toast, 4 Cooking Functions Bake, Broil, Toast and Keep Warm, Removable Crumb Tray, Timer

Love the upgrade from my very old taster oven.

This works well, once I figured out that to bake anything you have to put the bottom dial to "stay on," and then set the temp above. To turn it off, just turn it up to the circle above it to the left. It doesn't require any kind of preheating, and it's a bit tricky to set it to 425, but overall I am pleased with it. This is my first one, and I'm glad to not have to turn the oven on during the summer. Warning though: buy the parchment paper liners, unless you're ok with the pan that comes with it having permanent brown/black stains. I'm so used to non-stick everything. Even Ajax won't take the brown stains off the pan, and I only cooked a small hash brown in the center of the tray, but somehow the entire pan is coated in a permanent brown.

I've been buying the Black & Decker Toast-R-Ovens since the 1970's. They are the smallest of this type of toaster on the market, but they can still handle 4 slices of typical sandwich bread. Great for limited counter space. I've never really had a problem with any of them. Mine is used almost daily and they last a good number of years. I usually toss it once it starts looking like its getting too warn and buy a new one. I could probably hang on to them longer than I do if I were only concerned with function. The reason for 4 stars instead of 5 - the price. I used to get these for about $35-$40 just a few years ago. Now they are $60 and up. Quite a price jump for a product that hasn't really changed much in years.

If you are looking for an inexpensive toaster oven, this one is an excellent choice. It has few bells and whistles but gets the job of reheating, toasting, and broiling done quickly and efficently.

The knobs on this model turn with no trouble at all and very happy with purchase.

I don't know but this unit seems a bit complex to use.To turn it on OR off you need to use the bottom knob. The bottom knob is multifunction, toast setting, timer set and oven on/off. So if you want to bake something at 350 you need to set the temp knob to 350 and turn the bottom knob to the leftmost position marked "Stay on". On my prior also simple 4 slice Black & Decker all I needed to do was turn the temp knob from off to whatever temp I wanted. And thus lowering the temp all the way down was off. On this you need to turn the knob to the position marked with a small circle to turn off the oven.Also on my last unit the heating elements were switched off as long as the door were open. Not on the new one. The heating just continues with the door open. Some might think this is a good feature but I don't. You must remember to turn the bottom knob off, to the position marked with a small circle, when you open the door if you don't want it to be on with the door open. So don't open door pull out food and walk away because the oven will still be on with the door open.Also the sides of the unit get HOT. On my old unit you could move the thing around a little with this unit you will sear if you touch the housing.Maybe this does not matter but the temp control only goes up to 450F. Then beyond that it is broil. I have these particular frozen dishes that require 500F for 50 minutes to come out perfect. Maybe they will cook properly at broil?This bottom knob is very difficult to turn to the "leave On" position. It is very smooth so you may need to use two hands if your hands or the knob are not clean and dry. For short heating it is easier to use the timer function to allow the bake, broil, warm functions.A note about Toast. You need to turn the middle knob to toast. I don't know how leaving the knob on bake or broil would effect the toast. Then you need to turn the bottom knob right past 10 minutes to activate toast then turn the same knob back to the desired toast light/dark setting. Since this is a 3 function knob the toast color range is jammed into only one 1/4 turn of the knob meaning it has to be difficult to fine tune. Then since you must turn this knob anytime you use the oven you can't leave the knob set on you favorite light/dark setting.Final gripe. When you open the door the tray does not automatically come partially out of the oven. Neither did my old toaster oven move the tray out but the ones I had before that all did.Some of these things seem to be common to all current toaster ovens.Now it seems from my search that most if not all the new ovens by all companies only provide temperature control to 450F. Why? I have no specific knowledge.Also I can't find any unit that partially pushes out the food rack when the door is open. Again Why?As far as the heating elements switching not off with the door open I have no idea about other units.About the controls they really don't seem intuitive. I am sure I will get used to them, as most will, but other people who need to cook in the kitchen sporadically will certainly be calling me for help periodically.Otherwise it seems to work fine and probably will cook food just fine. Maybe I am being harsh with 3 stars as once you get the hang of it it is mostly alright but I did not think I was going to have to read the instructions to turn it on or make toast. Only have to read them once. I won't need to keep instructions by the oven.So maybe if these are non-issues for you it is 5 stars since it does work and being stainless is probably relatively easy to keep looking clean.Also on the plus side the combination drip tray sits on top of the grill for baking etc. and can be suspended on the bottom of the grill to catch drips if whatever you are cooking on the grill drips.Finally the easily removable crumb tray is nice.Jay

This toaster oven is great. Love the crumb tray.