DeLonghi DO1279 6-Slice Toaster Oven
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: DelonghiBrand: DeLonghi
Model: DO1279
Color: Black/Chrome
Product features:
- 6-slice toaster oven toasts, bakes, broils, slow bakes, and keeps food warm
- Durastone II enamel interior; 1/2-cubic-foot capacity fits 2 12-inch pizzas
- Pre-programmed settings; digital controls and thermostat with LCD display
- Bake pan and broil tray, 2 wire racks, 2 cookie sheets, and instructions included
- Measures 19-inches by 15- inches by 9.5-inches ; 1-year warranty
Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of DeLonghi DO1279 6-Slice Toaster Oven
Customer Review: Is beeping monster from hell too strongly worded?
Summary: 1 Stars
My mother raves about Delonghis. I do not understand why. When I left my last apartment, I left my Delonghi (older model) out on the sidewalk for someone else to take home. (For those of you unfamiliar with this behavior, it's the underground economy in Seattle, everybody does it).
I have used and owned many toaster ovens in my life, including in foreign countries where I can't always read the button labels or the instruction manuals. This appliance is worse than all of them when it comes to being intuitive or user-friendly. This model is even worse than the old one I gave away. It is awful. Really awful. I am currently baking an apple cake in it, and the experience of programming it was so frustrating (again) that I said this is it! Today's the day I write a review and warn others.
Here It is:
See all those buttons in the photo? Yes, each one of them beeps (shrill!) individually. To set it for bake you have to go beep beep beep. Then set the temperature, from a default of 350 degrees. ... Let's just say it's rigidly programmed to not do what you want, but force you to choose from a limited number of options. And it beeps every time. 350 beep! 375 beep! .....you know the rest.
Timer... every minute up or down sets off the ...beep! six, seven, eight..... twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty minutes... equals thirty beeps. Sound fun? And you are not done until you set the Start/stop, beep!!
It took more than ten finger pushes to get it set to (approximately) what I really wanted. Bake at 400 for 20 minutes. (I set it for ten minutes twice, yes, two sets of ten beeps) Who designed this thing?
The cake in the oven: It's puff pastry, so I had to watch it... and I can confirm that for sure, this toaster oven does n-o-t bake or brown evenly.
This gadget is a nightmare. Unless perchance you consider a (required) series of shrill beeps music.
There's more. It's not just the beep. Anything sitting on top of the oven gets quite hot, and plastic clam shells melt. Fruit gets brown spots, etc.
The temperature inside does not go high enough or low enough. I have to go back to the older toaster oven on the counter to work at 450 and above. Ditto for lower at 'keep warm'.
Does it do toast well? I don't know. I use a much simpler gadget for that.
So buyer beware.
On the off chance that toaster oven engineers are reading these reviews to see what people really want in an appliance...
1. Silence would be nice. It's ludicrous to have it beep when I set it to toast BEEP! or Bake BEEP! For what? By all means make a model for the hearing impaired - nothing wrong with that idea, but don't make the rest of us deaf by decibels.. on a toaster. It's shrill in octave, way too loud, and a very ugly sound to boot.
2. This toaster is anything but user friendly. I don't want digital if it takes me ten strokes to set the most basic functions. I want a simple mechanical on/off and a dial for my temperature settings.
3. Insulate the gadget properly. The top of the oven is not insulated and that is a clue that it's cheaply made. Same issue with my old one. Seems to be a pattern.
4. what's with the start/stop and the timer/toast color, temp/select/clock back slash approach? Control the time and the toast color with the same button, that makes sense because......?
Until substantial intelligence is applied to rethinking what toaster ovens are about.... I'm done with Delonghi.
Description of DeLonghi DO1279 6-Slice Toaster Oven
Make a complete meal for your family right on your countertop with this unique convection toaster oven from De'Longhi. It's the best substitution for your conventional oven; it's large enough to make an entire meal while saving on energy by not having to fire up the oven for every meal. You can even make two 12" pizzas in a snap with the 8 pre-programmed pizza settings, time and temperature are preset for fresh or frozen pizza. The Durastone II enamel interior and slide out crumb tray make cleanup of any meal a breeze. There is also an interior light to help you monitor the cooking progress. And never worry about over-cooking or burning your food with the convenient 2-hour timer and automatic shut-off. This oven has user-friendly digital controls that allow you to easily control the cooking program and temperature of whatever it is on your menu. Additional settings include bake, bake with convection, defrost, broil, toast (6-slice capacity) and keep warm for precise and convenient cooking.Toaster Ovens
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