Hamilton Beach Easy Reach 4-Slice Countertop Toaster Oven With Roll-Top Door, 1200 Watts, Fits 9” Pizza, 3 Cooking Functions for Bake, Broil and Toast, Silver (31344DA)

This oven caught my eye with it's unique look. The style is not your typical box shaped oven. I love the way this oven looks. I bought this toaster to use for science experiments and especially shrink plastic crafting in my STEAM classroom. This toaster oven is streamline and sleek looking. I love the stainless steel color. It is easy to clean especially with the way the door opens upward. This makes taking hot items out of the oven safer and easy- you don't have to worry about accidentally bumping your arm getting things out it since the door goes up and over. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a quality toaster oven that heats quickly, evenly, and it really is the perfect size, not huge and not tiny.

I have been on the hunt for the perfect toaster oven for weeks. We needed something with a small footprint, a crumb tray, adjustable shelving and reliability. We didn't need any frills - just a basic oven that toasts bread and reheats leftovers. I don't know why that was so hard to find! Most toaster ovens these days come with features that we don't need and you end up paying double the cost.I just got the toaster oven today and put it to the test. It was incredibly easy to unpack! It's also very lightweight and fits on our counter perfectly. I set the temperature with the top dial and the time to the bottom dial. That old familiar timer sound was music to my ears! It says, "I'm reliable."The pizza slice actually heated up ahead of time so I was able to manually stop the process by turning the dial down to "off" and heard the "ding" sound. It was perfectly reheated, no burning, and there were no chemical smells upon first try.But the BEST part of all is the door! I LOVE the way it swings back out of the way, so when you remove the food out of the oven, there's no dripping on the glass since it's behind the unit. It's also so cute with its diminutive stature!This is day one so, if any updates are required, I'll do so but I'm very happy!

I read a lot of mixed reviews and finally took a chance on this HB 4-slice rolltop toaster oven to replace my nicer Oster. I've had the Oster about 10 years and it still works, except about a month ago the timer broke. Now it doesn't turn itself off so I've been having to plug and unplug it every time.I like this little rolltop toaster oven so far, but I rarely use one for anything other than toast or cheese toast so I think it will work for me. I'll try to give a detailed review for those who are undecided as I was.Pros (for me): small size and footprint (slightly smaller than stated); door rolls up out of the way and removes for cleaning; inside is very visible; like most it has a slide out crumb tray; looks good; large knobs; timer for up to 30 minutes and a stay-on setting; makes a slice of cheese toast just fine.Cons: no function control-- both upper and lower elements are always used; has only one heating element on bottom and one on top; bottom heating element and its cover are in the middle so crumbs will fall on it; all of inside is very visible (shows if it's not spotless!); 4-slice size might be smaller than you need.I'm not sure how good a job this will do if used for baking because the top element heats too. Usually for baking only the bottom heats, for broiling only the top element heats, and both for toasting. This one always uses both the top and bottom elements so there are no differing functions. The broil and toast symbols are with the 450 temperature mark and there is no difference; no click or stops. (See photo for "pretend" functions; it's simply a temperature control.) The knob just freely turns and both elements heat. The instruction booklet says to preheat if "baking" but do not preheat if "broiling." This may be an issue if you plan to actually cook in this little thing. I've only made toast so far.What makes me like it is that it doesn't take up much of my limited counter space, I like the rolltop, and it was relatively inexpensive. My Oster had function controls, four elements, and a convection fan and was slightly larger, but similar ovens were more expensive and I don't need the fan. Although most of my appliances are stainless steel and black, this oven looks good. The trim around the door looks like stainless steel, but the rest is a dark metallic gray color (see photo), if that matters to you. There is a gap between the door and the control area, but I don't know that it's a real problem on such a small oven. I heated the oven at 450 for about 15 minutes before I used it, and there was no smoke and very little odor. Maybe those problems have been fixed. Like most toaster ovens, the outside gets hot. I have it sitting on a rectangular glass cutting board although that's probably not necessary.The instructions are a little quirky, but I'm not following some of them. On almost every page it says to unplug the oven when it's not in use, but I could just keep my old Oster if I was willing to do that. I'm hoping that is just a paranoid legal dept. talking. (My washer's instructions said to turn the water off at the source every time, but who does that?) I am turning the temp control down all the way after each use, though, although I just left my Oster's on the toast settings, and I always unplug my small appliances if I'm away overnight. Also, for some reason it says not to heat taco shells in it-- ??. It also says to not use any metal foil on anything, but I've always used foil on the crumb tray, dull side up, without any problems.There are two positions for the rack, but the upper one says for broiling only. The rack can suspend the included baking pan under it (intended for broiling), but which can catch crumbs so they don't fall on the element cover, so I like that feature. So far I've not had the problem of the pan warping when used.EDIT: Yesterday I put a flour tortilla covered with cheese on the baking pan and the pan did suddenly warp. It made a loud noise and would have probably slung liquid had there been any. Not a problem for my uses.I'm saving the packaging in case there is a problem within the return period, but so far I like it for my purposes. I'm sure there are better ones, but the rolltop door is a great feature, and the 4-slice size is very compact. I'll edit my review if any major problems happen.

Works as it should once I got used to settings. Depending on type of bread I had to figure out what level of brown for toast. Easy to monitor. Easy to clean

Great toaster oven. I really like the rollup door design. Space saving. Toaster oven heats evenly. I use as a little oven for the 2 of us so I do not have to use the regular oven.

First of all I like the roll top style cover! This saves so much space! I can put a plate in front and open the lid put the food on it right on it. Also the cavity is slightly larger than a standard toaster oven and gotta a small casserole dish just fine. For the simplicity it is, if it fits, it will cook whatever you want just fine. We use this nearly every day.