Recent content by GIJane

Yeah I had tried that..in fact reducing the temp by 50 degrees and still had dark brown, nearly burned muffin tops whilst the inside remained sloppy.

Well, I finally had the brilliant idea to call customer service for Oster...and I was right. The upper element is heating too much. So back to the store it goes. I will track down the ovens you guys have recommended and see what I can find. Sigh.

Wow! how big is that thing? Does it make toast too or are the elements too far away? That's one of the reasons I went with a smaller one this time. Ugh. I miss my TO from the 1980s. It lasted 25! years until one day it started shooting sparks whenever you tried to set the temp dial. RIP Mr. Sparky!

It says to use either "bake" or "turbo bake" (convection)--both of which cause upper elements to turn on and get very red. The instructions for "warm" talk about warming only (<250 on the dial). Using it for baking would be strictly "off-label" as it were. More experimentation necessary. I...

Well, I tried the "warm" setting and it does only turn on the bottom elements, but the thermostat doesn't seem to come into play. I had it set at 250 and it went to 325 before I stopped the test. (I had my oven thermometer in there) Of course, it's also possible that the thermostat is crap. I...

I've been searching this forum for toaster oven advice, so I hope I'm not bringing up something I should have already found.... Is there a toaster oven (<$75) that has a bake setting which heats only the bottom elements? I just bought one which heats both top and bottom elements, and sure...