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T-Fal Avante Elite Convection Toaster Oven Review

The T-Fal Avante Elite Convection Toaster Oven has 322 customer reviews on. Amazon estimates that for every 50 items of a product sold, 1 review will remain. If you do some quick calculations, you realize that there are a lot of people buying this product. The T-Fal Avante Elite also comes with a 1-year limited warranty.

T-Fal Avante Elite Features:

  • 1600 watt toaster oven for 6-slice convection and conventional bake, broil, warm-up and toast
  • Easy-to-use digital control panel with custom settings; permanent watch; 90 minute timer
  • Temperature control from 150 degrees to 500 degrees; separate heating compartment
  • Touch-safe exterior; Non-stick baking sheet and roasting pan included
  • Measures 17-1 / 2 by 10-1 / 2 by 11 inches; 1 year limited warranty

Unlike the traditional toaster oven, the T-Fal Avante Elite has a few additional features. It has a heating compartment! This is a nice touch and is probably why so many people are buying this product. The warming compartment can heat the bread while cooking dinner in the toaster oven. This allows you to have all your dinner parties ready at the same time. The warming compartment can also be used to heat vegetables or side dishes. I don’t think there is another manufacturer that offers this feature. When you realize that you are getting this and a toaster oven for the low price, you understand why so many people are buying this product on Amazon.

The toaster oven part of the T-Fal Avante Elite is a convection oven. This means that the heat circulates inside the oven. This produces even cooking throughout and allows items to cook faster than in a traditional oven. The unit will also heat up a million times faster than a traditional oven. In fact, you will find that you will start to use this oven much more than your regular oven due to the speed and convenience factor.

The appearance of this unit is quite bland. It has a dull black color. The controls are offset by a fairly simple silver panel. The screen is orange and is similar to the one found on the dash of most cars. There are only half a dozen button controls on this model.

The controls for this unit are located on the front right side. There are no knobs to turn or one-touch buttons for specific cooking events. The controls are all pushbuttons. You don’t get all the fancy look on the controls like you get with the competitors. T-Fal has stuck to the KISS principle (keep it simple and stupid). I like the ease of use of the controls.

The interior of this toaster oven is slightly smaller than its competitors. If you are cooking a pizza, you will cook an 11-inch pizza instead of a 12-inch pizza. That’s fine because the T-Fal Avante Elite will also make breadsticks in the warming compartment that will be ready when the pizza is done. So you compromise an inch of pizza but get a full side dish. Nice exchange in my book.

If you want to make toast, this oven can make up to 6 slices at a time. Once you set the temperature, the system will maintain that temperature. That means all slices will be toasted the same, even if you make multiple trays in the T-Fal Avante Elite Convection Toaster Oven.

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