I bought this unit to replace a black and decker unit that worked fine as an oven but poorly as a toaster, this unit does both very well, toasting the bread quickly and almost as evenly as a conventional toaster. The one room for improvemnt is the on off knob, it is very difficult to turn towards the on position you feel like you are forcing it and it may break, the knob also works as a timer when turned to the right and if you remove the item before the timer ends you have to force it back to the off position and it gives a lot of resistance, this is the type ok knob that most use and I wonder why haven’t they found a more suitable and easier to operate replacement. I’m my previous experience with these type of toasters this is what usually fails.