Customer Reviews
Worked great for a month, but... 
2008-12-01
This oven made some great toast. Yes, I can still remember those days... but, like another reviewer said, the door quit staying closed. After a few weeks of irritation, I removed a screw from the device that keeps it open. No more problem and more great toast. Then after about a year of moderate use, the dang thing just up and decided that it, not me would decide what temperature to cook things at when baking (and it tended to like about 500 degrees. There are not many recipes that call for 500 degrees, especially for a toaster oven. Toast was a similar random process, but the toaster liked both undercooking and overcooking.
One important piece of advice for those seeking a toaster/oven- toasters make toast faster than toaster ovens, and this toaster oven makes toast slower than other toaster ovens because it's pretty large (for a toaster oven).
Should a $100 device last longer than a year? I guess it depends on whether you ask an appliance manufacturer or a consumer.
great product 
2008-11-16
It is a great toaster oven. Works extremely well. Seems to be high quality. It definetly is better than heating up the house with the regular oven. I would highly recommend this toaster oven.
Great for the first year, now need to replace 2008-11-16
This toaster oven was great for the first year or so. Then we started having occasional problems with the door not staying shut. Now, after 3 years, the door never stays shut and the toaster oven tends to burn most things. We are ready to replace it! I thought that a brand like Cuisinart would make a long-lasting appliance, guess I was wrong!
BROKEN DOOR 
2008-10-02
I liked this toaster oven a lot, until the door broke (fell apart). Here are the issues: a) the right side came out from the main unit, and b) the left side - the glass detached from the metal slot it is in (not sure if i described that correctly) BUT BOTTOM LINE IS THE DOOR is BROKEN. I put the door back on, on both sides and the door wont close all the way.
Caveat emptor! 
2008-09-30
This toaster oven has two negatives--one is tolerable, the other is not.
The crumb tray must be removed from the rear of the oven. That is awkward and many competitive manufacturers offer a front-loading crumb tray.
After a few months of use the oven door would not close tightly allowing heat to escape. I will not tolerate such a malfunction in a toaster oven
that I own.
I discarded the oven and purchased a new oven from a different manufacturer.
The new oven is a convection oven (the TOB-50 is not)and cost less than the
faulty-functioning Cuisinart.
The internet is replete with numerous door complaints on this model. It was interesting to note that one unhappy buyer actually took the oven apart and found the door mechanism unfixable. I called a local small appliance repair facility and was told that Cuisinart, unlike other manufacturers, will not sell any replacement repair parts for its products.
The reviews indicate that some angry buyers went to the bother and cost of obtaining replacement ovens from Cuisinart only to discover the replacement units had the same defect. When I called the Cuisinart customer relations office I was told: (1) I should take the oven back to the store that sold it to me and (2) there have been absolutely no design changes to the door apparatus during the course of the production runs. Apparently some buyers were convinced to seek a replacement oven when they were told the door problem had been fixed.
Caveat emptor!
Broken door, broken handle, broken case... disappointing... 2008-09-08
Cuisinart, Classic, 4 Slice, Toaster/Oven Broiler, .5 CUFT Capacity, Brushed Stainless Steel, 3 Control Dials, Easy To Clean Interior, MAP Price $99.95.
Cuisenart toaster oven junk 2008-08-22
Have never had such a poorly made small appliance. This Cuisinart toaster oven has been a problem since I bought it. Toasts uneven, the door has to be slammed in order to close. The hinges recess into the walls of the unit making it impossible to remove whatever is causing it to stick. Now tonight the back wall coating is peeling off. You would think with all these bad reviews this company would do the right thing and remove this product or redesign it. It's all about the ole corp..
I will never buy this brand again simply because we have a company that is looking the other way.
Damn door 2008-08-08
Bought this almost two years ago, within months the door wouldn't close. Who's paying to ship the defective units back? Me, but whatever. Cuisinart replaced it and assured me they'd fixed the door issue. Within months the door on the new unit stopped working. So I call Cuisinart and they give me a hard time, a lot of attitude, and can't assure me that the problem has been fixed. They offer me a new TOB-50, a new TOB-30 (the one that so many users here have said dies after a short time) or a letter of credit. Who pays to ship the defective unit back? Me, of course. And then I have a credit with Cuisinart. Do I want to keep doing business with them? Not so much, but I also don't feel like throwing it away. Aggravating. And I'd been fan of their products in the past. I assume their customer service people are getting hammered. How else to explain all that 'tude?
defective door 2008-07-30
Although the toasting function worked well enough, the door developed problems after just two months of use. I will avoid Cuisinart small appliances in the future.
A great toaster oven, finally 2008-07-28
We shopped around for a toaster oven for a ridiculously long time before finally sticking with this one. Whatever happened to Black and Decker? Their ovens are awful nowadays, I used to have one for 10+ years and it was great. Almost wish I didn't leave it behind in grad school.
Briefly, we purchased no less than 4 ovens in the span of a month or two. Black/Decker, T-fal, Oyster, and Kitchen Aid priced from very cheap ($35) to very expensive ($200). We also bought another Cuisinart with electronic controls.
We liked this one best because:
1. It toasts regular sliced bread very well and reasonably fast
2. It has analog controls (dials and buttons) rather than over engineered electronic controls
3. The oven is reasonably strong and large enough to cook meats
As simple as that list sounds, all of the above units were lacking in one or more of the three. The T-Fal, which got great reviews, was essentially DOA because of faulty electronics. I did get the T-fal to toast up a slice of bread, it made nice toast but it took much longer than this Cuisinart. The B&D basically burnt every other piece of toast we tried because it doesn't have any thermostat to monitor the heat. The Kitchen-Aid, like the T-fal, couldn't make toast within a reasonable amount of time. I think the Kitchen Aid was basically baking the slice of bread rather than toasting it. The other Cuisinart (TOB 165) had membrane buttons with electronic controls that was maddeningly un-ergonomic. The deal-killer being that it didn't remember our last setting for making toast so every time we had click-click-click-click etc to set it every single time. Did they actually have human beings test these things?
We've owned it for almost a year and haven't had issues with the door. I consider myself lucky and/or pretty gentle with this thing. I only wish that it would pull out the rack automatically when I open the door (something my old B&D did). But otherwise it's been perfect.
