Panasonic Air Fryer Toaster Oven Combo with 11 Preset

FINALLY a toaster oven CAN TOAST!
I have endured a tragic series of horrendous toaster oven lifetimes.After each merciful death I tried a new brand, naively hoping for satisfaction. Oh NO. Each rivaled the last in being the stupidest, most godawful waste of engineering effort ever expended.My massive and most recent torturer, made by a formerly high-end French company, took ten minutes to effect any change at all on a slice of bread. The result was never the same twice, no matter how carefully I tried to manage the knob one had to turn each use to set the duration. It was invariable however in the way that it was always terrible: whether raw, burnt, or partially raw _and_ partially burnt! It clicked like a bomb timer in a cartoon and seemed perversely dedicated to burning human flesh.I am ashamed to admit I couldn’t even wait for the end of its natural lifespan — I gave to a neighbor’s son getting his first apartment. 😔 (Vis-à-vis this review… I’m pretty much hoping he doesn’t have Internet connectivity, or better yet, can’t read.)The FlashXpress heats in TWO ways at the same time, using both ceramic and quartz heating elements. It gets to temperature almost instantly, you don’t have to preheat at all. It gets incredibly bright — probably a good idea not to stare like DJT does at the sun — but I’m not tempted, so I can just enjoy the fact that it’s heating from the inside almost like a microwave and crisping from the outside at the same time. The second photo I took without flash in normal lighting. The intensity of the light so threw off the light balance of the camera that it looks like it’s in the dark!This Panasonic — I LOVE this thing.[NB: It meets some of my specific requirements beautifully, but if you have different desires it might not work so well for you.]Firstly, I live in a small space. Think of outfitting a ship.Second, I have an actual oven so I’ll never use this to make lasagna or multiple batches of cookies or roast a chicken, i.e., real baking.Thirdly, day to day, I often don’t feel like cooking (I live alone and can do whatever I want 😃) so I heat up a portion of something (like the items above) which I’ve previously frozen.It’s got a tiny footprint. It actually sits safely on top of my bubbler, so it robs me of zero zilch nada of my precious counter space.It toasts uniformly on both sides super fast. It melts cheese and heats single portions of frozen stuff like nobody’s bidnez.It automagically thrusts the grill rack slightly up and out when you open the door, and coming up on our 6 month thingiversary, it has yet to hurt me in any way.Now, if this were going to be your only oven, I would say nononono don’t get this. It doesn’t cook long enough, it’s presets are limited and it just won’t do a good job at cooking anything that needs to be particularly large, moist, low-temp, or slow.For me, it hasn’t quite been David Ortiz hitting a winning double-run homer in the 12th game 4 when you’re down 3 games in the series… but close. After all, my toast losing streak has only been around since the death of the upright steel toaster, sometime in the 70s. 😉

This impressive toaster oven lives up its promise
After months of reading reviews I purchased finally bought this. Surprisingly this toaster oven pretty much lives up to my expectations. It is easy to operate, the controls are straightforward and it actually works great as a toaster and for reheating. Very fast heating and toasting. Good interior lighting. My reasons for only four stars are: the price is a bit higher than others and the overall build of the unit is a little bit flimsy (as compared to a vintage GE toaster oven) but if handled with care I am pretty confident it will last at least a few years.

as advertized, clean and quick

I absolutely love this little toaster oven. We moved to a home with limited counter space, and I have celiac disease so I can’t share a toaster with the gluten-eaters. If we had kept the microwave and separate toasters there would be no room left on the counter to make food! This little toaster oven does the job of all three and in half the space of a microwave, and I haven’t had to use the regular large oven that guzzles electricity. It gets used at least twice a day, sometimes three or four times for reheating and cooking meals.Pros:- no preheating- small and compact, takes up very little counter space compared to a microwave- easy to use controls, the membrane buttons are easy to wipe clean- multiple preset heating options plus custom heat and timer settings mean it’s very flexible- removable crumb tray makes it easy to clean up the crumbsCons:- it does heat up quite a bit on the top and sides, but as long as you keep thin plastics away from it and teach kids not to touch it’s not a huge problem- the light that turns on and off while heating is quite bright, but you get used to it- it won’t fit anything larger than a 9-inch frozen pizza or anything tall, but the interior size is impressive given how small it is overall- no broiler setting; I’ve successfully made nachos using the toast setting, however, so I don’t miss it.- it takes a long time (10+ minutes) to reheat things like soupSo far we’ve used this little toaster oven to make toast, nachos, grilled cheese, frozen pizzas, hash browns, and roasted tomatoes; it’s also been used to reheat leftovers from takeout pizza to rice to pancakes, and I’ve even made s’mores in it. I haven’t tried it for baking yet but if I do I’ll update my review. You have to use it differently to reheat some foods compared to a microwave, but adding a tad extra liquid and stirring halfway through works just fine for reheating foods without burning the top or drying them out. I does take a bit longer than a microwave, but for foods like leftover pizza and french fries the crispiness this toaster oven gives is completely worth it.I’ve heavily used the tray that came with the toaster oven, and it’s become severely discoloured from oils and I can’t get it looking clean any more even with vinegar soaks or a baking soda scrub — however, that’s an aesthetic issue and not a function issue. If I got another one I’d line it with tinfoil just to keep it from getting stained so quickly. The rack is stainless steel and much easier to clean, even when it’s covered in baked-on cheese from pizzas.As far as using this toaster oven for both gluten-free and non-gluten-free foods, the rack is removable but it’s a little bit fiddly, and it’s too hard to clean well enough to just clean before every use; instead I use the included tray for my gluten-free bread, and save putting food directly on the rack for the gluten-containing foods (a silicone mat might work as well, if there are any made in the right size). When using the tray instead of the rack I have to flip my bread to get both sides evenly toasted, but it works out okay; ideally I’d get a second rack to have one for only gluten-free use and just switch back and forth, but I haven’t been able to find anywhere I can get just the rack on its own.

Es un horno tostador excelente por su tamaño, tecnología y funcionalidad. Es además estético y muy completo: funciones predeterminadas, conversión visible de grados F/C , luz y un tamaño excelente. Estoy muy satisfecha de la compra.