Price history for Cuisinart TOB-40N Custom Classic Toaster Oven Broiler, Brushed Stainless and Black
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ENDLESS FUNCTIONS: With 1800 watts of high-performance power you are able to toast, bagel, bake, broil, pizza and keep warm including other options
CAPACITY: Fits 11-inch pizza or 6 slices of toast. .5-cubic feet inside oven toaster, Always EvenTM toast shade control offers consistent results slice after slice
MUST-HAVE FEATURES: The toaster oven has a stainless steel front with a cool-touch handle and easy-grip dials, easy-clean nonstick interior which makes cleaning up easy. Automatic shutoff safety feature, Always Even toast shade control for even toasting and a convenient auto-slide rack to remove cooked food easily
INCLUDED: This beautiful stainless steel toaster oven comes with a baking pan, wire rack, front removable crumb tray with cool touch grip and a recipe book
LIMITED 3-YEAR WARRANTY: Refer to user manual for troubleshooting steps and questions surrounding warranty policies – this product is BPA free
8 reviews for Cuisinart Custom Classic 17-Inch Toaster Oven
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Tool junkie –
This oven is a bit bigger and fancier than my old Betty Crocker one. It has multiple functions which I have tried and work great. It’s extra large for bigger meals and has a nice look. I don’t like the black exterior but looking at the stainless steel one, it would have cost $30+ more for a stainless steel one and more functions/features I probably wouldn’t use. I normally just bake in my oven. I am curious about that metal piece in the oven on the left hand side. I find it gets in the way when you are baking at the middle level. Does anyone know what this is for? I love the fact that the crumb tray is a removable tray vs the hinged one from my old oven. If you’re looking for durable, affordable, and stylish, this oven fits the criteria. Pros: Stylish Multi functions Pull out crumb tray Large cooking surface
Cons: Black exterior No timer
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★★★★★
Mrs. F. –
We had the same one for 10 years. Happy to find the exact replacement. Great smaller size than what is out there now. Does great bagels.
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★★★★★
Adam –
My more expensive, super fancy Krups toaster oven recently kicked the bucket after about 4-5 yrs of service, and it was time to replace it. While my Krups was a good toaster oven (before it died), it took up a lot of space on the counter, it was expensive to buy, and frankly it had a lot of features (convection) and interior space that I just don’t use and don’t think are necessary in a toaster oven. So when I shopped for a replacement, I decided to go downmarket a bit.
Problem is, the toaster oven market is bifurcated towards two extremes and IMO neither is ideal. On the low end, are super cheap pieces of junk. On the higher end, are expensive behemoths that take up all your counter space and have a lot of features that most of us will never use. Now I’ll admit, for someone who lives in say a small apartment and doesn’t have a regular oven, the second type may make sense. But I live in a house with a regular kitchen and I have a regular oven and a cooktop, as well as a gas grill and a big green egg. What this means is, I’m not going to be roasting a whole chicken or searing steaks or baking any cakes or cooking thanksgiving dinner in my toaster oven. What I mostly use my toaster oven for is 1) toast! and 2) heating up things like leftover pizza or empanadas or really anything else that will get soggy in the microwave but you don’t want to wait for the regular oven to preheat when alls you want to do is heat up a single item, and 3) odd things like maybe an open faced sammich or something. So really, anything small that you want to heat up quickly yet still have it be crispy. I have a hunch a large percent of toaster oven owners use them pretty much like I do and want a quality product but don’t want a $300 large convection toaster oven taking up all our counter space, but also don’t want to trust the $20 hunk of junk that looks like it will die in 2 weeks and can’t toast evenly.
This toaster oven is a good choice because:
1) It’s simple – toast, bagel, bake, broil. The analog controls are simple to use, and unlike a digital keypad it “remembers” what your last setting was (for say toast darkness or oven temp), which you are likely to use repeatedly. Some reviews complained the controls are hard to read, and I don’t find this to be a problem although I do have good near-sight vision. The crum tray is easy to remove, clean, and replace.
2) It works – nice even toasting. Heats up quickly for reheating items. I was surprised at how light it was out of the box, but it works well so this doesn’t appear to be a problem.
3) It’s a fair price – way cheaper than the expensive convection ovens, but not so cheap as to be garbage
4) Small footprint – doesn’t take up much counter space yet still big enough for everything I want a toaster oven to do. Honestly if something can’t fit in this thing I have no problem firing up the regular oven.
Now, there seem to be 2 basic complaints on this model and I don’t find either to be a problem:
1) No timer – who cares? I’m only using it for toast (which does shut off when it reaches desired darkness) and to heat up small stuff that only takes a few minutes, I can hang around and keep an eye on it. Again, this seems like more of a problem for people who want to bake a cake or something and I don’t know why you’d want to use a toaster oven to do that.
2) A lot of people complain that the toast comes out too dark – I’m puzzled by these complaints as I find it extremely easy to set the toaster to desired darkness. The medium setting comes out pretty much what I’d expect medium toast to be, and more importantly you have infinite adjustability with the analog controls so it shouldn’t take you much experimenting to figure out how you want it. One person even complained they had this for over a month and couldn’t get toast that wasn’t burned – I’d say this person either got a defective unit, or they are severely challenged when it comes to the operation of small electronics and/or employing the trial and error method.
Overall – there should be more toaster ovens in this segment. If you don’t routinely roast whole prime ribs or do hard core baking in your toaster oven, this should suit your needs well.
Edit: Well, 3 1/2 years later, one of the coils was coming apart and my girlfriend threw the Cuisinart away because she claims that’s a fire hazard! Replacement is a Kitchenaid unit purchased from Costco (which also doesn’t have a lot of unnecessary bells and whistles, although it’s a bit bigger). The new Kitchenaid definitely does not toast as quickly or evenly as the trusty old Cuisinart! I wish we’d just bought another as it’s replacement. 3 1/2 years isn’t too bad for a toaster oven that was used fairly often and not really taken care of, rarely cleaned etc. I stand by my old 5 star review.
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★★★★★
Mrs. F. –
For the most part…just the looks alone are nice and clean. It doesn’t look like a spaceship on the counter. Nice simple straight lines and simple on / off / bake / broil / etc controllers.
There were later design ovens from this manufacturer, but for the price, and all the Basic Features, I figured how can I go wrong? With 1800 watts for the total heating elements…right there that tells you that it is going to heat up fast…maintain quickly to attain the setpoint, and perform like a regular electric range / oven / broiler; but just in a smaller package.
Toast making is complete on both sides. Fast! And with no drying out of the toast bread. I was looking for the ability to toast bread, without the bread sitting there in the oven just drying out on the inside of the bread; while the outside was browning. That is the problem with toasters that are Lower Wattage. It is a proven fact in the testing sequence of a toaster designed to do just that….make toast. The setpoint maintains just that, with not much droop in temperature. It is quick to respond to maintain the setpoint (temperature selected) to do a fast cooking chore. The crumb catch tray just slides out easily for cleaning which is a plus. My old toaster oven had to be turned on its side to flip open the crumb tray. Wow! Those crumbs really sat in there till they cooked themselves to the tray. With the slide out easy clean tray…I clean the crumbs every two or three times I use the oven / toaster! Smart Design!
The only downside …and it does not affect the useability of the oven; but it is annoying trying to see the settings plainly stamped in black lettering and numbering; but very very small. Just one step UP in the font SIZE would be a big improvement. I lost my 20 year old perfect vision some 40 or so years ago, and even with corrective lenses…I have to keep a little magnifying readers glass there just to see the settings of the controls. My 18 Y/O granddaughter who has perfect 20 /20 vision even has difficulty seeing the setpoints. All In All….I recommend it highly. The functions and power of this little machine are absolutely great. It is definetely not in the toy division like some other products of the like are in. I had to give this 4 stars**** only because of the inability to clearly see the setpoints on the controls that are printed so small. That’s My Opinion Anyway!
Oooops! one more important item, is the fact that there are multiple slots to position the shelves / rack etc for the different applications of cooking / heating / toasting etc.”NICE”
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★★★★★
Alyssa –
We just moved into a new apartment, and are slowly filling it up with appliances. We made the outrageous decision to not buy a microwave or a toaster, and bought this instead. No regrets!
1. It toasts well. It’s pretty darn even, the only times I’ve had trouble are when I don’t put the bread quite in the middle, and that’s my fault. It doesn’t take long at all, and you can fit four pieces of decent sized bread in there comfortably, without smooshing them together.
2. When setting it to the bake option, it heats up so fast! Obviously it would (especially compared to the large oven) but man is it nice, especially when you want to cook one mini frozen pizza or a single potato or something.
3. The broiler function broils successfully. Not much more to say except yes it does get hot enough, so yay.
4. It is SO EASY to clean! The little tray just slides out with no problem for a quick wash, and then right back in. No awkward maneuvering around racks or anything of the sort.
As far as doing its job, this little toaster oven has not let me down. It looks nice on the counter, and doesn’t take up too much room in our tiny apartment kitchen. Like other reviewers have said, it does get hot, which means nothing can be stored on top of of or even next to it, but its not really a big deal. Just be careful not to touch the darn thing and you’ll be okay.
Our MAIN ISSUE with it is the damn beeping. When your toast is done it beeps incredibly loudly, and a very unnecessary FIVE times. It’s so loud that my first thought is nearly always “Oh no the toast is burnt and the smoke alarm went off!” Not the sort of panic one needs in the morning.
If anything horrible happens, I’ll update this review, but until then all is well! Great buy!
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★★★★★
KC –
Although this toaster is a little larger than what we were looking for, it has performed perfectly so far and looks nice on the counter. The hooks on the door that pull out the rack are very handy and have made removing items from the toaster very easy. The toasting function is very consistent, and the unit heats up fairly quickly for broiling or oven functions.
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Marc allain –
El mejor hornito
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Salomon Duek –
We purchased this oven to replace our broken pop up toaster. It’s a very straight forward, easy to operate machine. If you are looking for something with all kinds of bells and whistles you may want to look at other options. It does a great job of toasting bread, which is what we were looking for, but it’s so handy for warming up leftovers or even cooking. With just the two of us we often do not use our range oven, we just cook our meat in the toaster oven on bake or broil. This machine runs about the cost of a decent pop up toaster and does so much more, I would never go back.
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Tool junkie –
This oven is a bit bigger and fancier than my old Betty Crocker one. It has multiple functions which I have tried and work great. It’s extra large for bigger meals and has a nice look. I don’t like the black exterior but looking at the stainless steel one, it would have cost $30+ more for a stainless steel one and more functions/features I probably wouldn’t use. I normally just bake in my oven.
I am curious about that metal piece in the oven on the left hand side. I find it gets in the way when you are baking at the middle level. Does anyone know what this is for? I love the fact that the crumb tray is a removable tray vs the hinged one from my old oven. If you’re looking for durable, affordable, and stylish, this oven fits the criteria.
Pros:
Stylish
Multi functions
Pull out crumb tray
Large cooking surface
Cons:
Black exterior
No timer
Mrs. F. –
We had the same one for 10 years. Happy to find the exact replacement. Great smaller size than what is out there now. Does great bagels.
Adam –
My more expensive, super fancy Krups toaster oven recently kicked the bucket after about 4-5 yrs of service, and it was time to replace it. While my Krups was a good toaster oven (before it died), it took up a lot of space on the counter, it was expensive to buy, and frankly it had a lot of features (convection) and interior space that I just don’t use and don’t think are necessary in a toaster oven. So when I shopped for a replacement, I decided to go downmarket a bit.
Problem is, the toaster oven market is bifurcated towards two extremes and IMO neither is ideal. On the low end, are super cheap pieces of junk. On the higher end, are expensive behemoths that take up all your counter space and have a lot of features that most of us will never use. Now I’ll admit, for someone who lives in say a small apartment and doesn’t have a regular oven, the second type may make sense. But I live in a house with a regular kitchen and I have a regular oven and a cooktop, as well as a gas grill and a big green egg. What this means is, I’m not going to be roasting a whole chicken or searing steaks or baking any cakes or cooking thanksgiving dinner in my toaster oven. What I mostly use my toaster oven for is 1) toast! and 2) heating up things like leftover pizza or empanadas or really anything else that will get soggy in the microwave but you don’t want to wait for the regular oven to preheat when alls you want to do is heat up a single item, and 3) odd things like maybe an open faced sammich or something. So really, anything small that you want to heat up quickly yet still have it be crispy. I have a hunch a large percent of toaster oven owners use them pretty much like I do and want a quality product but don’t want a $300 large convection toaster oven taking up all our counter space, but also don’t want to trust the $20 hunk of junk that looks like it will die in 2 weeks and can’t toast evenly.
This toaster oven is a good choice because:
1) It’s simple – toast, bagel, bake, broil. The analog controls are simple to use, and unlike a digital keypad it “remembers” what your last setting was (for say toast darkness or oven temp), which you are likely to use repeatedly. Some reviews complained the controls are hard to read, and I don’t find this to be a problem although I do have good near-sight vision. The crum tray is easy to remove, clean, and replace.
2) It works – nice even toasting. Heats up quickly for reheating items. I was surprised at how light it was out of the box, but it works well so this doesn’t appear to be a problem.
3) It’s a fair price – way cheaper than the expensive convection ovens, but not so cheap as to be garbage
4) Small footprint – doesn’t take up much counter space yet still big enough for everything I want a toaster oven to do. Honestly if something can’t fit in this thing I have no problem firing up the regular oven.
Now, there seem to be 2 basic complaints on this model and I don’t find either to be a problem:
1) No timer – who cares? I’m only using it for toast (which does shut off when it reaches desired darkness) and to heat up small stuff that only takes a few minutes, I can hang around and keep an eye on it. Again, this seems like more of a problem for people who want to bake a cake or something and I don’t know why you’d want to use a toaster oven to do that.
2) A lot of people complain that the toast comes out too dark – I’m puzzled by these complaints as I find it extremely easy to set the toaster to desired darkness. The medium setting comes out pretty much what I’d expect medium toast to be, and more importantly you have infinite adjustability with the analog controls so it shouldn’t take you much experimenting to figure out how you want it. One person even complained they had this for over a month and couldn’t get toast that wasn’t burned – I’d say this person either got a defective unit, or they are severely challenged when it comes to the operation of small electronics and/or employing the trial and error method.
Overall – there should be more toaster ovens in this segment. If you don’t routinely roast whole prime ribs or do hard core baking in your toaster oven, this should suit your needs well.
Edit: Well, 3 1/2 years later, one of the coils was coming apart and my girlfriend threw the Cuisinart away because she claims that’s a fire hazard! Replacement is a Kitchenaid unit purchased from Costco (which also doesn’t have a lot of unnecessary bells and whistles, although it’s a bit bigger). The new Kitchenaid definitely does not toast as quickly or evenly as the trusty old Cuisinart! I wish we’d just bought another as it’s replacement. 3 1/2 years isn’t too bad for a toaster oven that was used fairly often and not really taken care of, rarely cleaned etc. I stand by my old 5 star review.
Mrs. F. –
For the most part…just the looks alone are nice and clean. It doesn’t look like a spaceship on the counter.
Nice simple straight lines and simple on / off / bake / broil / etc controllers.
There were later design ovens from this manufacturer, but for the price, and all the Basic Features, I figured how can I go wrong?
With 1800 watts for the total heating elements…right there that tells you that it is going to heat up fast…maintain quickly to attain the setpoint, and perform like a regular electric range / oven / broiler; but just in a smaller package.
Toast making is complete on both sides. Fast! And with no drying out of the toast bread.
I was looking for the ability to toast bread, without the bread sitting there in the oven just drying out on the inside of the bread; while the outside was browning. That is the problem with toasters that are Lower Wattage. It is a proven fact in the testing sequence of a toaster designed to do just that….make toast.
The setpoint maintains just that, with not much droop in temperature. It is quick to respond to maintain the setpoint (temperature selected) to do a fast cooking chore.
The crumb catch tray just slides out easily for cleaning which is a plus. My old toaster oven had to be turned on its side to flip open the crumb tray. Wow! Those crumbs really sat in there till they cooked themselves to the tray.
With the slide out easy clean tray…I clean the crumbs every two or three times I use the oven / toaster! Smart Design!
The only downside …and it does not affect the useability of the oven; but it is annoying trying to see the settings plainly stamped in black lettering and numbering; but very very small. Just one step UP in the font SIZE would be a big improvement. I lost my 20 year old perfect vision some 40 or so years ago, and even with corrective lenses…I have to keep a little magnifying readers glass there just to see the settings of the controls. My 18 Y/O granddaughter who has perfect 20 /20 vision even has difficulty seeing the setpoints.
All In All….I recommend it highly. The functions and power of this little machine are absolutely great. It is definetely not in the toy division like some other products of the like are in.
I had to give this 4 stars**** only because of the inability to clearly see the setpoints on the controls that are printed so small. That’s My Opinion Anyway!
Oooops! one more important item, is the fact that there are multiple slots to position the shelves / rack etc for the different applications of cooking / heating / toasting etc.”NICE”
Alyssa –
We just moved into a new apartment, and are slowly filling it up with appliances. We made the outrageous decision to not buy a microwave or a toaster, and bought this instead. No regrets!
1. It toasts well. It’s pretty darn even, the only times I’ve had trouble are when I don’t put the bread quite in the middle, and that’s my fault. It doesn’t take long at all, and you can fit four pieces of decent sized bread in there comfortably, without smooshing them together.
2. When setting it to the bake option, it heats up so fast! Obviously it would (especially compared to the large oven) but man is it nice, especially when you want to cook one mini frozen pizza or a single potato or something.
3. The broiler function broils successfully. Not much more to say except yes it does get hot enough, so yay.
4. It is SO EASY to clean! The little tray just slides out with no problem for a quick wash, and then right back in. No awkward maneuvering around racks or anything of the sort.
As far as doing its job, this little toaster oven has not let me down. It looks nice on the counter, and doesn’t take up too much room in our tiny apartment kitchen. Like other reviewers have said, it does get hot, which means nothing can be stored on top of of or even next to it, but its not really a big deal. Just be careful not to touch the darn thing and you’ll be okay.
Our MAIN ISSUE with it is the damn beeping. When your toast is done it beeps incredibly loudly, and a very unnecessary FIVE times. It’s so loud that my first thought is nearly always “Oh no the toast is burnt and the smoke alarm went off!” Not the sort of panic one needs in the morning.
If anything horrible happens, I’ll update this review, but until then all is well!
Great buy!
KC –
Although this toaster is a little larger than what we were looking for, it has performed perfectly so far and looks nice on the counter. The hooks on the door that pull out the rack are very handy and have made removing items from the toaster very easy. The toasting function is very consistent, and the unit heats up fairly quickly for broiling or oven functions.
Marc allain –
El mejor hornito
Salomon Duek –
We purchased this oven to replace our broken pop up toaster. It’s a very straight forward, easy to operate machine. If you are looking for something with all kinds of bells and whistles you may want to look at other options. It does a great job of toasting bread, which is what we were looking for, but it’s so handy for warming up leftovers or even cooking. With just the two of us we often do not use our range oven, we just cook our meat in the toaster oven on bake or broil. This machine runs about the cost of a decent pop up toaster and does so much more, I would never go back.