Black+Decker WCR-076 Rotisserie Toaster Oven, 9X13, Stainless Steel Import To Shop ×Product customization General Description

I really nice toaster oven, but the controls are complicated and hard to seeI really like this toaster oven from the point of view of it being small enough to make toast, but large enough to do small baking & broiling tasks. It does a good job of cooking things and seems to generally be a high quality product.My only complaint is, it uses really small pictorial icons to represent things. The first picture I included is intentionally not close enough so you know what it looks like to my bad eyes.Toasting involves setting *3* knobs: You have to set the top knob, the 2nd from the top, and the bottom timer (not the 2nd from the bottom timer) to “diamond on fire” (it’s supposed to be a smoking piece of toast).Baking involves setting the top knob to the temperature, the 2nd from the top knob to a diagonal square with bars (which is the same as the horizontal square with bars in the legend on the glass which is supposed to be a piece of cake), then use the 2nd from the bottom timer (not the bottom timer) to set the time. The timer knobs are a little stiff, but feel like high quality.My family can figure it out, but I’m concerned that if someone comes to visit, unless they’re a computer scientist, they won’t be able to figure out how to make toast.

Chickens and Pizza – Yes. Toast – MaybeMy initial observations and impressions: First, let me say I bought a toaster oven mainly to make toast – Toasted bread. Back in 1990 when I had a Black and Decker under-counter toaster oven, used almost exclusively to make toast, I was very happy with it. But, that was then, and toaster ovens seem to have changed a lot in the last twenty five years. I should have shopped in a more informed way. The purpose of this appliance is not, apparently, to make toasted bread. The interior volume is rather large, intended for roasting and broiling various dishes (this model also has a rotisserie.) The result is that the distance between the heating elements and middle position rack are too far for efficient toasting of bread – It takes too long, and the bread is dried out by the time it’s toasted. Some people might like their toast crispy-crunchy, but this is a bit too dry for my liking, and there seems no way to get around the problem. As I said, it’s my fault for not understanding what I was buying.One other thing: I notice that my choices were limited by the apparent uniformity of design and materials available. It looks to me like there are some widely manufactured and available components that the various manufacturers are using to produce their toaster ovens. You can easily see that most of them (or all?) have very similar controls. I did try to find a toaster oven that looked more like the one I had so long ago, but all I saw was one after another similar units, so I finally just bought one of them.It is possible that manufacturers have decided to divide their products into toaster ovens intended for roasting and broiling and heating, and a separate product line specifically intended to toast bread – The actual “Toaster,” pop-up style that we’re all familiar with. So, that’s what I’ll buy now to solve the problem, and I’ll probably sell or give this oven to someone. I looked at the available “professional” and “commercial” pop up type toasters on some restaurant supply websites and see they are very expensive – Like $150 – $350. This suggests to me that a pop up type toaster of good quality is likely not available in the consumer markets. Not sure I want to spend that kind of money for a toaster, and I’m sure if I buy a cheap one I’ll be disappointed with the quality and longevity of it.One other thing: I’m going to go back to searching the toaster ovens offered here on Amazon to see if I can find one that is suited to toasting bread. Maybe I overlooked one that will satisfy my requirements.

I decided on the best of the worstI spent an entire week, and hours on end doing non-stop shopping around online looking at a ton of websites and reviews before deciding on this toaster oven. What I’ve realized is that no toaster oven has it all. I decided on the best of the worst, if you will; as in I got one that has the pluses that matter the most to me, and the minuses I could deal with. I guess my issues with this particular model are about the same as others have stated: The knobs can be confusing, but after some use, I’ve gotten used to them. The door doesn’t open completely, where the handle is touching the countertop, making it difficult to get the crumb tray out to clean. I haven’t found this to be a big issue. Also, it has no preheat feature, or light that stays on while in use. But almost no toaster oven I’ve looked at has that, and I looked at lot of them! If one did have an inside oven light, it was lacking something else. I keep my crumb tray covered with a piece of foil to make cleaning easier. One thing I did realize, was that my whole roasted chickens come out better by me just baking them as opposed to using the skewer and attachments that come with this to do it rotisserie style. When I used the rotisserie, I couldn’t get an even browned color, or as dark as I wanted. So the second time, I just took the tray that comes with it, covered it in foil, sat the small rack on top it, and after seasoning my (two pound) chicken, put it on the rack and baked at 375 degrees for about 45 minutes. The drippings fell down onto the foil, which I removed after baking, making clean-up a snap. No worries. I’ve baked a 12″ pizza in it as well, but have kept my serious baking like cakes and brownies in my regular oven. When this oven is in use, what gets the HOTTEST is the glass door, with the sides coming in second; the handle and top of it get just warm, and the top more so than the handle. Purchase it, you won’t regret it. And I’m an avid cook and baker, with pickiest of personalities. I only took off one star for the knobs drama, and the rotisserie not being the perfection I expected.

Unit exceeds expectationsHaving received and tested some of the unit functions, I can better understand the praises and criticisms voiced in reviews. This is an attractive counter top appliance but it generates a LOT of HEAT in use! B&D could vastly improve the quality and I would pay more if heat insulation was placed around the cooking compartment. The user needs a well ventilated space, not under a tight counter space where significant heat buildup would occur. The unit power of 1500 watts is sufficient to rapidly heat the cooking compartment well past 450 degrees in just a few minutes. I did not find the unit temperature control to be very accurate and would recommend a thermometer monitor if exact temps are important to you. The accompanying user instructions were sparse, but adequate to figure out usage. The unit controls has “little” icons for functions, which can be hard to discern even on a new unit and I’d expect with time they will be even harder to read. I will place heat resistant labels, but again B&D could have easily made these rather than the illegible, “cute” icons. I have yet to test the rotisserie, our main reason for buying the unit. It’s unclear to me why B&D recommends only a 3lb chicken, but permits a 5lb roast. Perhaps it’s the amount of rotisserie space with the catch bake tray. I intend to fashion a foil catch tray between the bottom heat elements, which would improve the space for a 5-6Lb bird. Despite my noted criticisms we like the unit and expect it to handle our cooking expectations. After all, for the price paid, the unit exceeded my expectations.

Not too bad..Just got it, haven’t cooked with it yet. Seems very well built (all my other Black & Decker appliances are also). Controls aren’t marked in Plain English, but there is a handy chart stenciled into the glass door.Not bad for the money..