GUIDE TO CONVECTION OVENS

T-Fal OT8085002 Avante Elite Convection Toaster Oven

Manufacturer : T-Fal
In Stock : 9

List Price:	$129.99
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Features

1600-watt toaster oven for convection and conventional baking, broiling, warming, and 6-slice toasting
Easy-to-use digital control panel with custom settings; permanent clock; 90-minute timer
Temperature control from 150 degrees to 500 degrees; separate warming compartment
Safe-to-touch exterior; non-stick baking pan and broiling pan included
Measures 17-1/2 by 10-1/2 by 11 inches; 1-year limited warranty

Product Description

Bake, broil, toast (six slices), and reheat your favorite foods with T-Fal's Avante Elite convection oven. No other manufacturer has a unique warming compartment which allows you to warm bread or side dishes while cooking dinner. The Avante Elite convection oven has electronic controls and you will be pleasantly surprised how easy it is to use.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating of 4.00 out of 297 reviews

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Stopped working after 3 months! - Suzette Tanguay, Nov 12, 2009

I am unhappy with this purchase. Today the oven/toaster did not respond to any commands (not a fuse or plug problem). I've owned this for 3 months. I've used this frequently with no previous problems. The company states that I need to return this to them and I need to pay shipping! I will get a response from them in 2-6 weeks. I need an oven soon and depend on this certainly during the holidays. Note: There is a 1 year warranty!
Buyer beware!

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forget the microwave - Pam Sherer, Nov 12, 2009

We took the microwave out of our motorhome and put this in its place. I LOVE IT!!! I use it every morning for my breakfast, most days for lunch, and at least every other day for dinner. I love the warmer on top, you can heat rolls up while your food is cooking in the toaster oven. I also bought a couple cookbooks to help out with recipes, and they have been a great help. I'll never have another microwave!!!

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You LOVE russia, DON'T YOU? - H. J. Quinn, Oct 26, 2009

Why do I have to verify that I'm over 13? What, 11 year olds don't have opinions on toaster ovens? Forget that noise.

Anyway, I'm 34, and I have this toaster oven. A couple of things you should know about it:

* This ain't your grandfather's toaster oven. It's also not his wrench. ha HA!! But seriously, this is much more like your actual, you know, oven than it is like one of those dinky little two-slice things at that house you rent at the beach every summer. Those things bite. This thing rules. Like, it heats well and quickly and evenly, and can fit a whole bunch of crap. I use my real oven way less now that I have this thing. Up to and including a souffle, this is where I turn.

* The outside gets sort of hot. If you're the kind of guy who takes a lot of citalopram because he's always worried about things, TRUST me when i tell you that you're going to spend some time wondering if this is going to catch other junk on fire. IT TOTALLY WON'T, but it does get warm -- just move it 3 inches from the wall, and ask your doctor to up you to 40mg.

* The complaint about the rack coming out is valid, but sort of in the way that 'THIS KNIFE IS SHARP!' is true. I mean, yeah, but seriously? Learn how to use your TOASTER OVEN!!!!

* The broiler's only OK. Do you want a salamander for your kitchen? Cause I do. I should just get a nice acetylene torch. But I won't. I KNOW I won't.

* This thing is really well-made and attractive JUST LIKE ME. Except that I'm not really well-made. I have bad knees and my neck hurts sometimes. If my parents weren't total redneck xenophobes, I'd speculate that I was made in China.

So, that's it. This is a great little oven, and seriously useful. Not perfect, but neither are you. There. I said it.

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good oven, but rack falls out - quite dangerous - Joan Parker, Oct 18, 2009

Overall, I like the oven for heating stuff up. I haven't tried baking in it yet. But I HATE that the rack falls out. It's not as bad on the lower supports as it is on the upper ones, but if you have anything with even a little bit of weight, it falls out within a couple of inches of pulling it out unless you slide it out very, very slowly and then put something underneath the rack to rest it on while you pull out whatever you have in there. But that requires resting something on the open door and I'm not sure what a good idea that is, especially in terms of possibly damaging the door hinges. The way the rack and the metal trays fit in feels unstable in general, although the rest of the oven feels fairly tight and well designed. Unlike other reviewers, I find that the convection oven cooks somewhat hotter and faster than my conventional oven. I would recommend lining the metal trays (not the one with the holes) with aluminum foil because they're difficult to get clean, in part because they're so small. I agree with the reviewer who recommended gauging when something is done by the feel and appearance of what you're cooking. As a rule of thumb (based on many years' experience), if I'm baking, I know it's done once I can smell it.

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Great Oven, Odd Design - Sylvia Stoddard, Oct 15, 2009

I adore the way this oven works. I don't "cook," I reheat (mostly) steaks from Sizzler. It does this in splendid fashion, keeping the rare center, crisping up the outside of the steak.

But the warming tray thing is very problematic. I have it on my cooktop so I can use the fan when broiling, but the warming tray lid will not open completely. Even though I never use it, it gets filthy from the main oven use and since the glass lid is not removable, it's nearly impossible to get truly clean. Since there is no flange between top and bottom ovens, this also causes grease and dirt to build up on the warmer glass cover.

It isn't as easy to clean as it claimed to be. The insides and top of the main oven refuse all attempts to get them clean.

However, for baking and broiling, I've never used a better oven. Bar none. The timer works well, rack positions are many and the timer and intensity settings make everything come out exactly as you want them.

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