Panasonic FlashXpress Toaster Oven Countertop, 4-Slice Compact Size with Double Infrared Heating, 6 Auto Cook Options and Precise Temperature Control, 1300W - NB-G110P (Silver)

I have endured a tragic series of horrendous toaster oven lifetimes.After each merciful death I tried a new brand, naively hoping for satisfaction. Oh NO. Each rivaled the last in being the stupidest, most godawful waste of engineering effort ever expended.My massive and most recent torturer, made by a formerly high-end French company, took ten minutes to effect any change at all on a slice of bread. The result was never the same twice, no matter how carefully I tried to manage the knob one had to turn each use to set the duration. It was invariable however in the way that it was always terrible: whether raw, burnt, or partially raw _and_ partially burnt! It clicked like a bomb timer in a cartoon and seemed perversely dedicated to burning human flesh.I am ashamed to admit I couldn't even wait for the end of its natural lifespan — I gave to a neighbor's son getting his first apartment. 😔 (Vis-à-vis this review... I'm pretty much hoping he doesn't have Internet connectivity, or better yet, can't read.)The FlashXpress heats in TWO ways at the same time, using both ceramic and quartz heating elements. It gets to temperature almost instantly, you don't have to preheat at all. It gets incredibly bright — probably a good idea not to stare like DJT does at the sun — but I'm not tempted, so I can just enjoy the fact that it's heating from the inside almost like a microwave and crisping from the outside at the same time. The second photo I took without flash in normal lighting. The intensity of the light so threw off the light balance of the camera that it looks like it's in the dark!This Panasonic — I LOVE this thing.[NB: It meets some of my specific requirements beautifully, but if you have different desires it might not work so well for you.]Firstly, I live in a small space. Think of outfitting a ship.Second, I have an actual oven so I'll never use this to make lasagna or multiple batches of cookies or roast a chicken, i.e., real baking.Thirdly, day to day, I often don't feel like cooking (I live alone and can do whatever I want 😃) so I heat up a portion of something (like the items above) which I've previously frozen.It's got a tiny footprint. It actually sits safely on top of my bubbler, so it robs me of zero zilch nada of my precious counter space.It toasts uniformly on both sides super fast. It melts cheese and heats single portions of frozen stuff like nobody's bidnez.It automagically thrusts the grill rack slightly up and out when you open the door, and coming up on our 6 month thingiversary, it has yet to hurt me in any way.Now, if this were going to be your only oven, I would say nononono don't get this. It doesn't cook long enough, it's presets are limited and it just won't do a good job at cooking anything that needs to be particularly large, moist, low-temp, or slow.For me, it hasn't quite been David Ortiz hitting a winning double-run homer in the 12th game 4 when you're down 3 games in the series... but close. After all, my toast losing streak has only been around since the death of the upright steel toaster, sometime in the 70s. 😉

This is an amazing toaster oven. I had been on the hunt for a compact infrared toaster oven for a while after using the Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro for several years. The Breville is a great unit, but it's huge and takes up so much counter space. I also found that it took awhile to preheat, toast took forever (I ended up getting a separate toaster) and the air fryer really didn't work as well as dedicated air fryers. I then got the HeatMate toaster oven, which is very similar to this one, but the interior height is only about 2.25 inches, which just isn't high enough to bake most things. I had previously been reluctant to get the Panasonic toaster ovens because they had PFAs, but then Panasonic released this one that was made without PFAs. I've been using it for a few weeks now and it's exactly what I was looking for. It heats instantly and toasts sliced bread quickly and evenly. Since it's a toaster oven, the bottom of the toast does have lines from the rack but I don't mind that. You don't have to preheat because the oven is small, but it's big enough to cook whatever you can fit into a 9x9 baking tray or pan - that's enough for brownies, a tray of drumsticks, four pieces of fish, etc. The interior height is around 4", which is high enough to bake regular sized muffins. It's a small unit and is not meant to replace your main oven, but that's what I was looking for - counter space is limited in my kitchen and this fits in very nicely without taking up too much space. The buttons are all intuitive and my young kids were able to figure out how to use it quickly. I love this unit!

I don't usually write reviews, but I wanted to offer a review of this little oven because it works so well. I bought this oven primarily to make toast. I have been cycling through numerous toasters that have been extremely disappointing in terms of toast quality - the toast is uneven and patchy, often one side isn't even toasted, English muffins need to be flipped and toasted twice, and so on. So, I searched the internet for reviews of toasters and found an excellent article in a trusted newspaper in which they reviewed toasters and toaster ovens. Long story short, the article recommended this little oven as the best oven for making great toast, so I took a chance. Overall, this oven is outstanding both as a toaster and for warming/cooking food. As mentioned above, I mostly use it for toast (I cook larger items in my air fryer oven). What do I love about this toaster? First, it's small in size so it doesn't take up much more room than my 4-slice toaster did. Second, and most important, it makes GREAT toast and is twice as fast as any toaster I've ever used. Truly, the toast is made in lighting speed due to the double radiant lights. Third, I love that the toaster lights up inside (bright) while toasting so that I can see the toast get darker and can stop it a few seconds earlier if needed. I also like the small "ding" when the toast is finished (there is also a timer that shows how long the item will take). Fourth, it's super easy to use, push the ON button, push the TOAST button, and (if desired) push a button to increase or decrease darkness. The toast comes out gorgeous - evenly brown, crispy, and toasted well on BOTH sides!! Finally, I love that the oven will fit 4 small standard pieces of bread or two very large/long slices (sourdough, corn rye). The toast shown in the photos is an over-sized slice of rye bread that used to stick out of the top of my old toaster (and needed to be flipped to fully toast). Amazing!! Other items cook equally well and fast - reheated pizza slices and frozen snacks (this is what I've tried so far). Bottom line, I highly recommend this little oven even if you only use it for toast!