Title: JUNK - major design flaw
Review: I received this as a gift about 5 months ago. Yesterday, the top timer knob fell off while I was heating something in the oven. Upon inspecting the plastic knob, the back part that pushes on to the metal shaft of the timer switch was partially melted and broken. I touched the metal shaft that holds the knob and it was extremely hot. Over time, I assume this heat made the plastic knob brittle and weak. These components should be adequately shielded from the heat to prevent this from happening. Besides this obvious design flaw, the oven has worked fine up to this point. One other thing - there is no bell sound when the toaster switch pops up, so you have to be standing very near by to know that your toast is done.Jan. 31, 2009 UPDATE: I just wanted to add that the top burner/element on this oven only works sporadically. Usually it doesn't, leaving the top of whatever your cooking under-cooked. I'll probably never buy another Black & Decker product. Just terrible.
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