HAMILTON BEACH HAMILTON BEACH 31323 HAMILTON BEACH 313 (Open Box)

I put this oven through its paces for several months now before writing a review. This oven makes excellent toast, frozen cheese Texas toast pieces perfect in less than 5 minutes. Frozen pizzas about 12 inch size come out great. I've made thick crust pizza using canned refrigerator pizza dough, the dough will need 5 minutes or so of pre-baking in the pizza oven before adding toppings and baking for another half hour. Other reviewers complained about items not getting done, but look at the portion sizes. This is a small oven, best for a single person or two older people like we are. You can't put two pounds of frozen chicken pieces in and expect them to get done quickly, for more than 2 servings you'll need to fire up your regular oven. This is the real consideration in buying a small oven like this. It's meant for snacks, appetizers, and two-portions of meat, potatoes, fish pieces etc. If you have more than 2 people to feed, then a regular full sized oven is necessary. The "bake" and "convection" settings are a bit misleading if you're expecting a full-size oven experience. While you can fit a whole chicken in this thing, the pan will be close to the burner on the bottom. The low rack position that attaches to the door is good to sear anything on the small baking pan, but not for long cooking, the pan will brown/burn, so you must do your pan sear and then move your food to the top rack to finish. The best reason to use the convection setting is to get that perfect crust on things like roasted potatoes. For this I cut up 2 large baking potatoes into tri-cornered cubes, toss in olive oil with salt/pepper, and put skin side down on the baking pan. I start on convection 350 with the pan on the bottom rack, and move up to the top rack after 10 minutes. Cook another 20-30 and you have fab roasted potatoes with a brown crust that is so great from convection cooking. If you need a convection oven as a serious cook for more than a side dish or more than 2 servings, get a full sized oven. The oven is hot and not kid friendly to touch. However, the top of the outside is pressed a little deeper so you can take advantage of the hot exterior and place buns on top to warm, and your pan placed on top when done will stay warm for a bit. Again, great for two people or appetizers. The interior has cleaned up very well for me with a paper towel in a light detergent/water solution.