Cuisinart CTO-390PC Convection Oven Toaster
Serious cooks and professionals will tell you that to get the most out of convection cooking, you should upgrade your large conventional wall oven to a convection type. This is because large ovens have better ventilation and circulation thus cooking food more efficiently. Also, you can cook full-sized poultry, larger chunks of meat, bigger pans of casserole, and more cookies with them.
Even the pros, however, will concede that if you live alone, or are just beginning a family, or you live in a space-challenged urban apartment, a countertop convection oven like the Cuisinart CTO-390PC Convection Oven Toaster may just be the right thing for you. It will not stand up to the big wall-mounted types but it will beat conventional radiant ovens hands down.
The CTO-390PC is a black and stainless steel oven with a large glass window giving you a peek into what is happening inside. It has a capacity of 0.6 cu. ft. and it can easily accommodate a 12-inch pizza. Below the window is the control panel that features touch pad buttons for choosing your desired settings. These include bagel, reheat, and defrost buttons. Apart from the buttons, the control panel also has a clock and oven timer.
Featuring Cuisinart’s trademarked Exact Heat sensor, the oven is capable of maintaining the exact temperature set in the control panel. This assures that food cooked in the oven is neither over- nor undercooked. It also assures consistent control of the shade and crust of breads and roasts.
Plenty of recipes recommend pre-heating the oven before loading the food for cooking. For this reason, the Cuisinart CTO-390PC Convection Oven Toaster is equipped with a preheat ready signal. And if you forget to shut the oven off after cooking, it will automatically turn itself off after four hours.
The oven measures of 17.4″ W x 16″ L x 9.4″ H, and weighs 22.8 lbs.