![]() The Cuisinart also burned cookies, blasting them with hot air so they domed instead of spreading. That's more attention than we'd care to spare for morning toast. If we had followed the timing directions on the box, the pot pie would likely have burned. You can get good results with this oven-it turned out a good pot pie in the shortest amount of time, only 50 minutes-but it requires a lot of supervision, given how hot it runs. ![]() We like the gasket behind the door, the bright interior light, and the switch that shuts the oven off when you reach in, but not enough to offset the performance concerns. Cuisinart Toaster Oven: Powerful but plagued by too-hot temps, the Cuisinart has a unique ceiling-mounted convection fan that seemed only to exacerbate the oven's browning problems.The cord length, at 26 inches, was the second shortest of the models tested, which makes it even harder to find the right spot for this oven. The French-style doors provide great access, but they also hog space-this appliance needs almost two feet of horizontal countertop clearance for the doors to fully open. Oster Manual French Door Oven: The mammoth Oster, which is a few inches smaller than a piece of carry-on luggage, didn't produce consistent toast, and barely browned the bread during our test of hot and cold spots.After preheating and 11 minutes of baking, chocolate chip cookies came out of the oven slightly underdone in the center. Frozen pizza and chicken pot pie emerged from the convection bake mode unevenly browned. KitchenAid Compact Countertop Oven: The analog KitchenAid produced inconsistent coloring on the top side of the toast, and struggled to cook the underside of the bread to the same shade.This toaster oven did a decent job of cooking pizza, but the convection setting left an inconsistently browned pot pie crust. But the racks rub up against it, which could lead to premature failure. The heaviest model we tested, at just under 25 pounds, this was one of the few to include a rubber gasket around the door to trap heat. DeLonghi Livenza Countertop Oven: The DeLonghi has six toast shade settings, but overcooked the edges of the bread when we aimed for medium brown. ![]() Serious Eats / Emily Dryden The Competition
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