We received this as a wedding gift from our registry about a year and a half ago, while we were very pleased with the performance of it at first, after the first few months the toast feature stopped working. We could work around that, but after using it for the rest of the year (right after our warranty was expired) it completely stopped working.
Very disappointed, expected more of KitchenAid and their quality. A purchase and investment this should last longer than 1 year.