I bought this compact oven this week to replace my old Black and Decker one which had digital read outs. I normally use my compact oven more than my stove oven. Although I haven't put my new KitchenAid one through its paces, I found that I really miss the digital readouts and regret that I didn't look for one.  The 'dial' system is not self intuitive and had to read the manual to figure out when the oven was pre-heated and also discovered that the bake cycle is automatically a convection oven.  There is no choice which I did have on the Black and Decker one.  Most of my small appliances are KitchenAid and have loved all of them.  But I am disappointed that I didn't search out a 'digital' read out toaster oven with an optional convection oven cycle.   With time and use I'm sure my new KitchenAid will be adequate as most reviews I read recommended it as a good value. [This review was collected as part of a promotion.]