DeLonghi Digital Convection Toaster Oven

One of the concerns we had was whether we were going to get the analog version as one of the reviewers mentioned rather than the digital one that was mentioned in the printed info and model number. I used the online chat to verify and was told the digital would be shipped. I suggested they change their photo. We did in fact get the digital version.

The convection oven we replaced was very loud compared to this, so that's been a nice advantage. One of the things we don't like is that you can only set the timer in 5 min. increments. It looks nice, but I ordered it thinking it was going to be as big as the one we had which took one of those long lasagna pans. What I didn't account for is that in the one we had, the dials were above. This one they are on the side so that took up part of the interior space also. Just wanted to mention this in case somebody else is measuring and not accounting for that as I did. Not a big deal, we purchased some smaller baking dishes.

Then we noticed that the bake feature without the convection option is for toast and not actually baking, so the only settings you get to use on baking is how dark you want the toast to be. That means there's no way to set it at 350 degrees for making cakes or something. That's a HUGE disappointment since we wanted to avoid using the bigger oven with this machine.

The two racks do not come out easily and in trying to tug them hard, you could have the plate / dish fall off the rack as you're struggling with it. Although it has two racks, there's so little space between them that you can't use both of them for most of the cooking you want to do. They would take two pizzas, but not two plates with food on each to heat up. We don't use microwaves, so we've always used the convection oven to reheat foods on plates. If you have enough room on the bottom rack for the plate, the top rack is too close to the heating / broiling element to get another plate in up there.

It's a really nice looking oven if you don't need to use it for anything but toast and pizza or one dish to heat up. But that doesn't fit our needs, so we're really disappointed and plan to return the item and begin looking again. I think this time we'll read the manual online which we can hopefully do at the manufacturers' website.

It arrived timely and in perfect condition. There is a smell that was removed by turn it to 450 degrees and allowing it to run for 45 minutes. really good product