Start thinking of a toaster oven as a substitute for your full size conventional oven and not as a substitute for your four slice toaster. You want to look for a convection toaster oven. Convection ovens circulate heated air using a high temperature fan. Food heats faster in a convection oven because the fan blown air disturbs the thin layer of insulating air that otherwise surrounds the food.

If you live in an area of the country where Summer means 24 x 7 air conditioning a convection toaster oven can save you both discomfort and money. Instead of turning on that monster oven to roast a chicken or bake a pie and heat up your entire kitchen in the process, go with a convection toaster oven. For a small family a digital convection toaster oven can meet all your household cooking and baking needs. You can use it to bake, broil, toast, dehydrate, and defrost. A .5 cubic foot model can roast a 5 pound chicken.

Although the better models can reach an internal temperature up to 500 degrees F convection toaster ovens can cook at a lower required temperature than a full-size conventional oven and also cook the food more quickly. Another benefit of moving, heated air is that it heats the food surface more evenly eliminating “hot spots” on baked goods. Convection cooking produces superior results in up to 1/3 less time than conventional ovens. Your toaster oven will come with a recipe book to help make the time and temperature adjustments. There are also many specialized toaster over cook books at Amazon.com.

The models featured below are good choices but generally when shopping for a toaster oven you want controls that let you choose between bake, broil or toast, and an adjustable rack that can be removed for cleaning. You will find variation between brands and models but toaster ovens get hot to the touch. Some get hot enough to melt a plastic drinking cup left on top. None present a fire hazard but the hot exterior is a consideration if there are small children in the house.

Every toaster oven will darken bread. The Cuisinart Convection Toaster Oven Broiler and the DeLonghi EO1238 1/2-Cubic-Foot Toaster Oven will do a lot more. The Cuisinart gets slightly better marks with the experts because it has an automatic shut-off and a drip tray, which are lacking in the DeLonghi. The DeLonghi stays cooler to the touch during use and may be indicative of better insulation and sealing. Both use a fan to circulate heat and truly can be used to bake and broil just like your conventional oven, with the size limitation of course. The T-Fal OT8085002 Avante Elite Convection Toaster Oven and Krups FBC4-12 6-Slice Convection Digital Toaster Oven with Preset Cooking Functions are also highly regarded.

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Do you enjoy a nice golden brown piece of toast in the morning with your oatmeal? Or do you have to share with your spouse since you only have a 2 slice toaster? How about upgrading to a 6 slice toaster oven to make perfect golden brown toast for everyone?

Food and Wine magazine rated the top convection toaster ovens recently. The Krups 6-slice convection toaster oven was rated as their top buy.

It makes perfect golden toasty toast every time. You can also make a delicious and gooey grilled cheese sandwich whenever you want. Or if you have a sweet tooth you can bake a warm batch of cookies whenever you want.

And you don’t have a conventional oven to clean up. You have a smaller compact convection oven to clean.

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Convection toaster ovens are freestanding units, commonly placed on counter tops or hung from cupboards. They cook foods faster and more evenly. They also defrosts foods gently and evenly.

So who makes the best convection toaster oven?

Food and Wine magazine recently rated several small kitchen appliances and named the Krups Convection Toaster oven as the best one you can buy.

Krups has developed a heat distribution system which is aided by a special reflective crumb tray that directs the heat to all corners for excellent results. Convection heat, important for longer baking times, circulates heated air around the food for the best result in the fastest time. Krups high speed heating system takes masterful control of heat in the chamber, for the best cooking results.

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Do you know which convection toaster oven was recently rated the best toaster oven you can buy? Food and Wine Magazine just completed a review of convection toaster ovens and name the Krups FBC4 6-Slice Convection Toaster Oven as the best one you can buy.

Their review of this convection toaster oven:

“Krups FBC4 6-Slice Convection ($200) Made perfect golden-brown toast, melted cheese evenly and baked cookies the fastest of the models tested. The extrawide glass door makes it easy to watch food while it cooks”

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