Black & Decker TRO651 Toast-R-Oven, White
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Black & Decker TRO651 Toast-R-Oven, White
Customer Review: This caught on fire!
Summary: 1 Stars
This is not a review that the numbers are too small, there is no light, I do not like the beeping. Other than a small fire, I LOVED this toaster oven, but it is hard to get over flames in your kitchen.
While I have had B&D toasters for over 15 years, I was shocked to be standing in my kitchen while I watched the top heat element spark and flame up while making dinner. I use this toaster oven on a regular basis for baking and broiling and have had no problems for nine months. When I was six minutes into broiling a steak (one of the main uses), it started to spark and at seven minutes it broke out into flames that did not decrease when the unit was unplugged.
My mother also owns the unit and uses this more than the stove. The day before my fire, her unit would not work unless the timer and temperature were both on (had not happened before). I find it odd that two toasters in two states would break in the same weekend.
Customer Review: Toast in this?
Summary: 4 Stars
As someone who got this as a gift, maybe I can be a little less impassioned. This is large enough that making toast in it doesn't make any more sense than using a conventional oven to do the same. The timer is very useful to me. The calibration on it may lean towards hotter than my conventional oven but it is very useful as a second oven for a NY apartment dweller.
As for the failure of B&D to stand behind defective product, that is an American industry problem that will only be solved by Congressional legistlation to force companies to replace or refund defective products. B&D is just as reprehensible as almost every other American company - I suspect that to be responsible would be a dire competitive disadvantage. You want to see that change then make it a matter of public debate. Unless they are all forced to do it, none of them will (or probably can afford to) do it.
Customer Review: bad bad toaster
Summary: 1 Stars
I have had a *few* problems with this toaster oven...
Problem #1: after cleaning the toaster oven the first time, almost all of the numbers and markings rubbed off
Problem # 2: the door handle detached from the glass door within 2 weeks
Problem #3: the toaster oven and the sides of the handle get quite hot (which, aside from posing a fire hazard, is a big deal when the handle falls off when you are checking on food--you have to put it back on...)
Problem #4: there have been at least 2 fires inside the toaster
Problem #5: the baking mechanism broke so I can only toast (the blue indicator light does not light up when the oven is on bake & the toaster does not bake)
Problem #6: the toaster alternates between taking forever to toast a piece of toast and quickly burning it
Problem #7: the toaster toasts unevenly (I flipped my bread over half way through the cycle to make sure the sides got toasted more evenly)
Problem #8: the baking mechanism did not work if the timer was not off (the blue light will not even go on)
Problem #9 (more of an annoyance): if your toaster is unplugged & you turn the toaster knob on, the toaster will make the toasting sound (so you come back thinking you will have toast but in fact, the oven was never on)
Well, I just ordered a new toaster because it is *difficult* (to say the least) to use this toaster, seeing as it has no numbers, markings, baking mechanism, and has a hot handle that falls off... not to mention the little fires it starts and the fire hazard it obviously poses.
I figure Black & Decker knows about the fire hazard because the door has instructions of what to do if there is a fire inside the toaster (it says to close the toaster door & unplug it... it omits the important step of turn toaster off before unplugging--all consumers need is also the threat of electricution when using this defective product).
After just 3 or 4 months in my possesion, this Black & Decker toaster will be let to rest/thrown away (3-4 months after it should have been). Please do not donate this toaster to Goodwill or to the needy if (I mean, when) you have problems with it--throw it away, it's quite useless & a hazard.
Customer Review: bad bad toaster...
Summary: 1 Stars
I got this toaster in black & have had a *few* problems with it...
Problem #1: after cleaning the toaster oven the first time, almost all of the numbers and markings rubbed off
Problem # 2: the door handle detached from the glass door within 2 weeks
Problem #3: the toaster oven and the sides of the handle get quite hot (which, aside from posing a fire hazard, is a big deal when the handle falls off when you are checking on food--you have to put it back on...)
Problem #4: there have been at least 2 fires inside the toaster
Problem #5: the baking mechanism broke so I can only toast (the blue indicator light does not light up when the oven is on bake & the toaster does not bake)
Problem #6: the toaster alternates between taking forever to toast a piece of toast and quickly burning it
Problem #7: the toaster toasts unevenly (I flipped my bread over half way through the cycle to make sure the sides got toasted more evenly)
Problem #8: the baking mechanism did not work if the timer was not off (the blue light will not even go on)
Problem #9 (more of an annoyance): if your toaster is unplugged & you turn the toaster knob on, the toaster will make the toasting sound (so you come back thinking you will have toast but in fact, the oven was never on)
Well, I just ordered a new toaster because it is *difficult* (to say the least) to use this toaster, seeing as it has no numbers, markings, baking mechanism, and has a hot handle that falls off... not to mention the little fires it starts and the fire hazard it obviously poses.
I figure Black & Decker knows about the fire hazard because the door has instructions of what to do if there is a fire inside the toaster (it says to close the toaster door & unplug it... it omits the important step of turn toaster off before unplugging--all consumers need is also the threat of electricution when using this defective product).
After just 3 or 4 months in my possesion, this Black & Decker toaster will be let to rest/thrown away (3-4 months after it should have been). Please do not donate this toaster to Goodwill or to the needy if (I mean, when) you have problems with it--throw it away, it's quite useless & a hazard.
Customer Review: bad bad toaster...
Summary: 1 Stars
I have had a *few* problems with this toaster oven...
Problem #1: after cleaning the toaster oven the first time, almost all of the numbers and markings rubbed off
Problem # 2: the door handle detached from the glass door within 2 weeks
Problem #3: the toaster oven and the sides of the handle get quite hot (which, aside from posing a fire hazard, is a big deal when the handle falls off when you are checking on food--you have to put it back on...)
Problem #4: there have been at least 2 fires inside the toaster
Problem #5: the baking mechanism broke so I can only toast (the blue indicator light does not light up when the oven is on bake & the toaster does not bake)
Problem #6: the toaster alternates between taking forever to toast a piece of toast and quickly burning it
Problem #7: the toaster toasts unevenly (I flipped my bread over half way through the cycle to make sure the sides got toasted more evenly)
Problem #8: the baking mechanism did not work if the timer was not off (the blue light will not even go on)
Problem #9 (more of an annoyance): if your toaster is unplugged & you turn the toaster knob on, the toaster will make the toasting sound (so you come back thinking you will have toast but in fact, the oven was never on)
Well, I just ordered a new toaster because it is *difficult* (to say the least) to use this toaster, seeing as it has no numbers, markings, baking mechanism, and has a hot handle that falls off... not to mention the little fires it starts and the fire hazard it obviously poses.
I figure Black & Decker knows about the fire hazard because the door has instructions of what to do if there is a fire inside the toaster (it says to close the toaster door & unplug it... it omits the important step of turn toaster off before unplugging--all consumers need is also the threat of electricution when using this defective product).
After just 3 or 4 months in my possesion, this Black & Decker toaster will be let to rest/thrown away (3-4 months after it should have been). Please do not donate this toaster to Goodwill or to the needy if (I mean, when) you have problems with it--throw it away, it's quite useless & a hazard.