Sanyo SK-CV8S Digital Convection 6-Slice Toaster Oven
At exactly the the three-month mark since purchase, I have to report this is NOT a well-made unit. I'd had trouble with it over the last week, and determined yesterday that the cause was total failure of the lower heating elements. Doesn't matter if I get it repaired or replaced, or I don't. Nothing should fail so totally, so fast. I've retracted my earlier review and dropped this to One Star. My apologies to anyone who relied on this review and purchased this product. See below for all the Good Things I had to say about it and now regret publishing.
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I've had this oven for six weeks now. When I purchased it, no one had reviewed it yet, so it was a minor gamble (a friend had an earlier Sanyo 4-slice convection toaster oven, and had nothing but good things to say about it.) In a solo household, there's little need for six or even four slices of toast, but I was looking more for oven replacement than toasting. Still, I like toast, and when you buy a "toaster oven", you know it's going to do some things well, and others not so well. Note: although the manufacturer notes the Temperature Selection ranges from 140°-500°, the only setting which allows for 500° is the Broil setting.
Toast: The Sanyo does best producing toast from thick, soft breads, turned once during toasting; for me, at least, this is a minor inconvenience. The best result was with Arnold's Cinnabon Bread. Rye bread comes out either hot and pale or light brown and totally crunchy; I find that English muffins need a quick broil after their initial toasting. Did I mention I like a nice brown on my toast and especially on English muffins? It does a pretty good job on toasting bagels, although again, if you're fond of brown, a quick top broil might be in order. Note: In no case did I toast more than two pieces of anything; your toasting experience may vary significantly from mine.
Baking: The Sanyo excels at this, with one minor "miss". So far, I've made 'from the can' biscuits (great results); 'from scratch' chocolate chip cookies (quite good, no burnt bottoms); frozen pizza (the built-in pizza mode does a very good job with that, and is also good for reheating pizzeria pie slices); baked potato (no need to turn it over); two-crust apple pie, which came out just fine, although I second-guessed the manufacturer's placement for baking and had to adjust to get the top to brown (note: Believe their placements); and finally, pound cake loaf. The pound cake loaf was the "miss". The cake certainly baked well enough, but due to the location of the heating elements, the side of the loaf facing the glass never got any color. If you can put up with a partly 'blonde' pound cake, no problem. I should mention that I used a Pyrex loaf pan, not metal. Better results might be obtained with a dark metal pan; or, perhaps I should have pushed the pan further back in the oven.
I haven't tried any casseroles, meat loaves, or chickens in it yet, and I haven't used the convection bake, but that will come next. Given the performance so far, I have no reason to expect any problems.
Pros: with six different positions for the baking rack, you have all the control you can want, and the baking pan and pizza pan are great in use. The pizza pan has a very slight lip, so it's also useful under fruit pies to catch any drips. Removing the crumb tray is simple and it is easy to clean, as is the inside of the oven. Yes, it gets hot, but not dangerously so (unless you have cats or small children around, in which case the usual cautions about stoves and ovens apply here.) Caution: Nothing should be stored or even placed directly on top of the oven, whether in use or not; the surface could be marred.
Cons: The broiling pan is quite flimsy and I doubt it will ever lay flat in use.
Bottom line: Read the manual (it's full of helpful details on rack placement and how to use the various features) and you'll have few if any problems with this unit.
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Sanyo SK-CV8S Digital Convection 6-Slice Toaster OvenProduct Description: This stylish and powerful Sanyo oven does it all. Toast, bake, broil or defrost your favorite foods in the spacious .7 cubic foot interior that will hold up to 6 slices of toast or a 12" pizza. A powerful 1500 Watts of total cooking power and digital temperature selection from 140 -500 degrees is controlled by a simple, easy to use digital keypad design. Separate upper and lower heating elements insure fast and even cooking. Bake your favorite cookies, cook a delicious pizza or toast a bagel utilizing the multiple cooking settings including bake, convection bake, toast, broil, defrost and pizza. 6 different toast shade control settings allow you to customize your toast. The large LCD on the front displays cooking function, clock and timer settings. The timer is programmable from 1 minute to 4 hours. Larger or smaller items can be strategically placed for best cooking results using the 6 interior positions for the oven rack. The interior surface is easy to clean and includes a slide out crumb tray. Included are an enamel coated cooking pan and pizza cooking tray. The black front with stainless steel cabinet wrap and pull down door complete the impressive feature package and great value of this Sanyo oven.
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I wanted a basic but reliable toaster oven. An older Black and Decker version we loved finally gave in and I purchased this one after reading one positive review. I absolutely hate this oven. The timer slips and stops clicking but does not turn the over off. It is a fire hazard. A few times the oven kept toasting and I finally noticed the smoke and burning smell. I usually use the "light" or "medium" setting but one of us has to literally stand next to the oven while toasting to manually turn it off. I wish I returned it right away.
