When comparing Hamilton Beach Easy Reach Toaster Oven vs KitchenAid KCO223CU Convection Countertop Oven, the Slant community recommends KitchenAid KCO223CU Convection Countertop Oven for most people. In the question“What are the best toaster ovens?” KitchenAid KCO223CU Convection Countertop Oven is ranked 1st while Hamilton Beach Easy Reach Toaster Oven is ranked 4th. The most important reason people chose KitchenAid KCO223CU Convection Countertop Oven is:
You won't have to worry about getting burned when touching the exterior surfaces of this toaster because it is able to contain its heat very well. Its exterior temperature only reads 86 °F, just a little higher over room temperature (70 °F). That is amazing considering other toasters' exterior temperatures would reach 150 °F to even 230 °F, making them totally unsafe to touch.
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Pros
Pro Easy to access the interior
Its door is designed to make it easy to access its interior. To open, you roll the door to the back, and thanks to its quarter-circle shape, which opens up the front entirely and the top partly, it gives you a lot of open space to get your food, add ingredients, clean the interior, and so on.
Pro Very convenient door design
The door is very convenient to operate and saves a lot of counter space. Instead of opening outwards, which leaves the door hanging or extending beyond the counter top, its door rolls to the back. The quarter-circle door design allows you to add stuff into the toaster and slide its crumb out tray easily.
Pro Does not take much space
It has a very small footprint, making it perfectly sized for small kitchens.
Pro Affordable
While other toaster ovens cost over $100 (even $600 or more), this compact appliance costs only around $30 for small baking, toasting, broiling, and reheating needs. This is definitely an affordable option for your toaster oven needs.
Pro Multifunction cooker
You can bake, toast, and broil using this appliance.
Pro Spacious enough
Although it is slightly smaller than other high-end toaster ovens, it can fit a 9-inch pizza and able to toast 4 slices at once.
Pro Available in two colors: gray and red
There are two colors to choose from: gray or red. You can select whichever complements your kitchen.
Pro Amazing heat containment
You won't have to worry about getting burned when touching the exterior surfaces of this toaster because it is able to contain its heat very well. Its exterior temperature only reads 86 °F, just a little higher over room temperature (70 °F). That is amazing considering other toasters' exterior temperatures would reach 150 °F to even 230 °F, making them totally unsafe to touch.
Pro Spacious
It has enough room to fit a 12-inch pizza, two if the upper rack is used, and can toast up to 6 sandwich slices at a time.
Pro Easy to clean
It has a nonstick interior that allows you to clean the interior by simply wiping the stains with cloth or paper towel. You can also easily access the crumb tray out in the front to clean the crumbs. All accessories, which include two stainless steel racks, stainless steel broil pan with grill, and the stainless steel crumb tray, are dishwasher safe as well.
Pro Can cook in two racks
You have the option to cook not only in one but two racks as well. You can save time and energy in doing so.
Pro Multifunction cooker
You can bake, broil, toast, and warm food using this multifunction cooker.
Pro Automatically shuts down
Automatically shuts down
This is very good safety feature, preventing you from leaving the oven on or overcooking by accident.
Pro Nice control knobs
This toaster oven has soft-grip knobs, which makes turning the knob effortless. It also clicks when reaching the desired setting.
Pro Available in two colors: onyx black and liquid graphite
There are two colors to choose from: onyx black or liquid graphite. You can select whichever complements your kitchen.
Pro Cooks evenly
Heat is well distributed because it is a convection oven; that is, it has a fan to help circulate the heat. This reduces cooking time and ensures food is cooked evenly.
Cons
Con Timer has only 30 minutes maximum duration
If you are cooking food that requires over 30 minutes of cooking time, this can be a problem because the timer is only up to 30 minutes. For food requiring around an hour of cooking time, this will be not much of a problem because you need to add more time only once, but for food requiring over 1 hour of cooking time, that would mean resetting the timer two or more times in one cooking. That can be tiresome to do because you have to keep one ear on the oven timer all the time to make sure that you reset the timer as soon as it is up.
Con Loud ticking sound
You can hear the timer's ticking from afar. It is quite loud and can be annoying.
Con Loud ticking sound
You can hear the timer's ticking from afar. It is quite loud and can be annoying.