Title: Design Engineering Breakdown!
Product review: A KitchenAid tradition as always been to use quality materials and parts and this toaster oven is no exception, however it appears as though they selected the wrong parts to go with the materials in this instance. The entire unit becomes very hot to the touch just making light toast and then requires a long period of time to cool down. The extremely long period of time required for the heating elements to heat up causes the bread to completely dry out and you wind up with a Melba toast effect. I did not test the unit any further than toast as the unit became so hot just making light toast I could not imagine how hot it could have gotten trying to bake or broil something. I am sure that this unit will be working 40 years from now like so many of the KitchenAid products do, but who needs it.
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