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T-Fal Avanti Elite - Promising but Disappointing  
We have owned this toaster oven for 3 years and it is a mixed review. We have enjoyed its size both for toasting and for baking. Has been nice for small casseroles hors douvres and summer alternative to oven. It is slow to warm up slow to toast and slow to bake if you do not adjust the temp. We have found that the temperature for the oven is 50 to 75 degrees off. We routinely set the oven that much higher to get the right temp for baking. My biggest complaint is that the control buttons have not been durable. The Temp button got permenantly stuck within the first year. It was fixed under warranty. Now the Toast button is malfunctioning. It will soon be unusable and we will need to fix or replace the toaster oven. A toaster oven should last longer than three years and this one is not inexpensive. : 2010-09-16 03:43:29

Its NOT a fan so it isnt grinding; its an air pump and it purrs or hums!  
First and most important all of those people returning their "defective" ovens because of a "grinding" sound coming from the "fan" dont know the first thing about a convection oven so theyre missing out on a great product. Its not a fan nor is it a grinding sound. Its quite normal and it is only noticeable as the AIR PUMP gets up to speed. After that its nothing more than a gentle purring sound. In fact I just went to the kitchen to move my crab cakes from the MicroWave to the Avante Convection Oven and it sounds less like a purr than a soft humming sound.
Someone was at least smart enough to compare it to the pumping sound of a dishwasher. I call that smart because thats what theyre hearing. Its not a fan; its an air pump. A fan would never survive the 350-500 degree temperatures of an oven like this. The motor would be right in the path of the hot blasting air.
If not the fan would have to be belt driven (melted rubber anyone?) or gear driven and how would you keep the ge : 2010-09-16 03:43:29

Does a decent job... til it stops working  
I used this about twice a week for about a year now. Mainly toast and waffles but occasionally to cook a roast or pork tenderloin generally with rolls in the top compartment. Did an all right job probably deserved three stars until it just stopped working. Didnt cook faster than my normal electric oven but I figured I was saving power so Id use it when I could. One thing to watch out for is the slide out grate. Pull it out two inches... safe.... any more and it starts to lean downward quickly and your broiling hot food slides along with the grate on out the oven. Cleaning was easy.

Overall an item at this price needs to last much much longer and it really doesnt cook quicker than a normal oven. : 2010-09-16 03:43:29

NOT FOR HUMID CLIMATE  
The T-Fal was fine for about 2 years in the semi-tropics- 70-85F and 70-90& RH. Then the buttons started to require long and hard pressure- finally most of them stopped working. My next unit will have an electronic touch pad- hopefully more protected against high humidity : 2010-09-16 03:43:29

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