Euro-Pro EP278 Convection Toaster Oven

Besides for a horrible smell like burning plastic the first couple of times we used it (the manual says thats normal) it does a great job and is large enough to handle foil pans for lasagna. Use it almost every day and it works great. Have not tried the pizza stone and probably never will. Great oven not too expensive. Recommended.

I bought the Euro-Pro convection toaster oven because it was available and a lot less expensive than the competitors. I have never owned a convection oven before, and I find this one to be just a little faster for overall cooking than prior toaster-ovens. I like it for its ease of use, multiple cooking surfaces and ease of cleaning. The 15 minute limit for timed cooking is too low for many items but I work around that. Toast takes too long, but I have a regular toaster. I was hoping the "convection" part of the oven would mean faster cooking times, but I see little difference between this oven and my conventional gas stove. Well, you get what you pay for, and what I got met my expectations.

I purchased this Euro-pro convection toaster oven July 2002 hoping it would offer superior cooking quality. Unfortunately I was badly disappointed. In addition there is no customer service - website down (six months), telephone always busy. My problems with this unit now include noisy, defective fan, oven door does not close properly leaking warm air and no customer service. In addition to this the product does a very poor job of cooking food as the heat is not distributed evenly (possibly due to defective fan) and the cooking time is not appreciably less than a regular oven. My experience with Euro-pro is "great specs on paper, poor performance of products". I am very disappointed with Euro-pro as a company and this product in particular. I can not afford the shipping to send the product back to them in New York state. If I could I would tell them to keep it.... Thank you! Jim Pepoon (Jpepoon@aol.com)