I found that this appliance was inconsistent in its toasting of some products. While it worked very well for white and wheat bread, when I toasted frozen waffles, one side was almost burned while the other was just right (see photographs).  While the toaster has seven settings, I did not use any setting higher than four and that was for the toaster waffles, with the results previously stated. I also noticed that on the bagel setting, one half of the bagel was toasted more than the other.  I toasted the white and wheat bread on setting two, the bagel on setting three, and the waffles on setting four, as previously stated. I have no idea what the higher settings could be used for, since it seemed that anything higher than four would result in burned food, and the instructions clearly warn against using this appliance for toaster pastries. I was frankly disappointed in the performance of this appliance.