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DeLonghi EO1258 6-Slice 1/2-Cubic-Foot Turbo Convection Oven, Stainless Steel | 
 enlarge | Brand: DeLonghi
List Price: $210.00
Buy New: $127.20
You Save: $82.80 (39%)
Rating:  28 reviews
Color: Silver
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 11
Dimensions (in): 21 x 12 x 16
Warranty: 1
MPN: EO1258
Model: EO1258
UPC: 044387212588
EAN: 0044387212588
ASIN: B0007IR2EM
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Measures approximately 18 by 14-3/8 by 8-6/7 inches | | • | 6-slice convection oven with large 1/2-cubic-foot capacity and easy dial controls | | • | Bakes, broils, slow bakes, toasts, defrosts, and keeps food warm | | • | Toast-color selector; cool-touch sides; auto shutoff; nonstick interior for quick cleanup | | • | Includes cookie sheet, non-stick bake pan, and non-stick broil tray |
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Product Description
Large on style and convenience. This stainless steel toaster oven cooks pizza, macaroni and cheese, chicken pot pies plus toasts bagels, muffins and more. Multi-cooking function allows you to bake, broil, slow bake or keep foods warm with the touch of a button. Includes handy accessories: Durastone II low-profile bake pan and broil tray, wire rack, removable crumb tray and instruction booklet. Measures 19" w x 15-1/5"d x 9-1/4"h. Limited warranty. Model E01258.
Amazon.com Review
Putting in double ovens is the latest trend in kitchen remodeling. For kitchens that are too small to host a second oven, this freestanding appliance is a mighty fine substitute. The brushed stainless-steel exterior with chrome accents looks hip in any designer kitchen, and the roominess and versatility of this oven is a surprising bonus. The interior cavity measures .5 cubic feet, which is spacious enough to cook an entire 12-inch pizza, bake a tray of empanadas, or even roast a small chicken. Two tiered racks provide room for baking a double batch of brownies or for simultaneous preparation of an entrée and side dish and food cooks evenly no matter where it is positioned in the oven. The convection capabilities of this oven hasten cooking time of all foods up to 40 percent faster than regular ovens, and the even air circulation ensures consistent cooking results. Three easy-to-use control knobs set the appropriate cooking preference and temperature for the food being cooked. The lowest knob offers bake, bake with convection (which is excellent for cakes, cookies, and meats), slow bake, broil, and toast options along with a defrost setting for frozen foods and a keep warm setting for warming without cooking. The top knob sets the temperature anywhere from 250 degrees Fahrenheit to broiling. The middle knob is for toasting only and controls the color, from light to dark, of up to six pieces of bread. The toast color selector knob ticks as it counts down the toasting time, which is mildly annoying for those who prefer no background noise; however, when the time is up, it does an accurate toasting job. The interior of this turbo convection oven has a nonstick surface, making it easy to wipe off spilled fats from meat or bubbled-over batter from baked goods. Additionally, a removable crumb tray makes it easy to dispose of bread crumbs and other small particles. To prevent against accidental burns, the sides of the oven remain cool while the oven is in use and the racks advance when the oven door is opened so cooks don't have to reach too deep to retrieve foods. With measurements of 18 by 14-3/8 by 8-6/7 inches, the oven does take up a large amount of counter space, but that is to be expected with its generous interior. This turbo convection oven also comes with several accessories, including a cookie sheet, a nonstick broil tray, and a nonstick bake pan. --Cristina Vaamonde
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 Attractive Hunk of Junk January 22, 2008
Maryellen Troy (Philadelphia, PA, USA)
The service on this broken monstrosity is terrible. The warranty is worthless. The instructions are nonsensical. The tech service reps are angry and rude. This toaster oven was crippled after five months, and expired after eight. RIP, you piece of garbage! I won't purchase another DeLonghi product for the rest of my life. I encourage you to avoid them, too.
 Delonghi EO1258 toaster oven thermal cutoff issue June 24, 2007
Oquirrh_Shadows (Salt Lake City, UT)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Similar to other reports, this unit ran great for 15 months, then just quit one day with no warning. As it was now out of warranty Delonghi customer service referred me to their nearest service center, 600 miles away in Colorado. Since I didn't want the wait or hassle of sending it in for repair, I did some tests which showed the timer switch (apparently a frequent cause of failure) and other controls were all working fine. What I discovered was a blown thermal cutoff fuse, Sefuse Part Number SF169E, a one-shot device designed to protect domestic electrical appliances from fire. When the ambient temperature exceeds the design operating range, a thermal pellet inside the fuse melts, cutting off all power to the unit, requiring the thermal cutoff to be replaced to restore operation. The odd thing is this particular device has a rated operating temperature of only 172 degrees C (342 F). The Sefuse manufacturer's literature cautions that it "has a limited life... [when] the Sefuse is used at a temperature nearly to the operating temperature, the lifetime may be short". It occurs to me that if this toaster oven is frequently used on broil or temperatures exceeding 400 F., each usage probably causes some deterioration of the thermal pellet used in the cutoff device, greatly shortening its life. Since I have always been careful to keep this toaster oven clean and operate it with good ventilation on all sides, I can only assume the use of such a low temperature cutoff fuse is a design deficiency at least. In fact, some might even argue that this is "planned obsolescence". In any case, the issue has been resolved and my toaster oven is again operating fine. Just a warning, if your Delonghi stops working with no other obvious sign of failure, especially if you run it frequently at high temperatures, this could be the cause. Hope this helps.
toaster oven May 13, 2007
Mark Arnfield (Ogden,UT USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I found this machine not to be the best. The turn knobs are very finicky, and they can break very easliy. You cannot stop the timer even when the toast is finished. You have to let it run it's course. Very annoying.
An overpriced hunk of junk! Avoid! January 29, 2007
Axella Johannesson (Victoria, Australia)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I paid $200 for this appliance, because I'd heard good things about DeLonghi in the past. That, the capacity, and the Italian styling, made it an attractive appliance when our old toaster oven was on its way out.
First off I should way, for toast, this oven is pretty useless. It's not really meant to be a toaster, so if you want to make toast with this oven, you will need to watch your bread, and turn it if you like your toast done evenly. We gave up and bought a regular toaster.
As an oven, this unit is a good size for medium baking pans, and did a pretty good job of fan-forced convection cooking. I used it for things like roasting a small to medium pan of potatoes or other vegetables, and they always came out well. It wasn't exactly whisper-quiet to run the fan, but I didn't find it excessively noisy, either. It was good for heating up biscuits, pizza, and hors d'oeuvres, too.
I didn't realise initially that the sides of the oven were made of plastic. OK, that wasn't really a big deal. But it was not being able to read the knobs, that annoyed me the most. Until I memorized each thing on the selection knob, I'd be squinting and tilting the appliance around or shining a light on it, to figure out what was what. In the beginning, because of their similar appearance and proximity, I'd sometimes mix up the useless "defrost" setting (which basically has the fan blow air around the inside of the oven) with the "convection" setting. I'd realise my mistake when I'd go back 20 minutes later and found my food still raw.
The door has a feature that pulls the racks out slightly when the door is opened. Handy, I thought, until it broke after a few months. The racks would jam in the partially-out position, which made it impossible to fully close the door. If one is in the process of cooking something which must be stirred or turned and the rack gets stuck while partially out, it means pulling two hot racks completely out of the oven, and manually moving the metal thing at the back of the oven which is meant to move the racks, to get it out of the way. Dangerous stuff, but we learned to live with it, along with the unit become progessively noisier (nothing drastic, just a little louder), because we couldn't be bothered to bring it back.
That changed one day nearly three weeks ago, when the unit was about ten months old. I turned the oven's fan on to cook something, and it sounded like a cement mixer! It simultaneously made screeching and grinding sounds, which scared the **** out of me and actually caused me to jump backwards! It was LOUD, and obviously a bearing problem. So back to the place of purchase, it went.
The salesperson called DeLonghi, who refused to allow them to give us a new one. They insisted it be sent away for repair, which it was. And that's where we stand, nearly three weeks later, waiting for it to come back.
I have no real expectations about this oven, when we get it back, except that it'll probably break again. When I bought it, I'd also bought a large DeLonghi sandwich press, and it, too, had to be returned (nearly immediately) because the temperature controls were faulty. I had to wait over a month for a replacement, which seems to work OK, but I'm not sure whether it's new, or was repaired (it wasn't packed in the box the way new ones usually are).
My advice? Avoid this brand. DeLonghi may have made decent products in the past, but as they say, that was then, this is now. Judging from what I've purchased from them in the past year, I won't be buying another of their elegantly-styled pieces of junk.
UPDATE -
After waiting about 6 weeks (during which we were told that our unit was nearly finished being repaired), we lost patience and demanded that the issue be resolved. We were advised that DeLonghi was sending the retailer a new unit for us. And about two weeks later, we got it.
Guess what? A couple months later, the door opening mechanism broke! We could not close the door, and just before I was about to throw it out, I fiddled with it. Now, the mechanism is a bit bent, but I can close the door if each time I open it, I hold it open while trying to push the racks in (taking care not to burn myself for the umpteenth time). It's a pain in the backside.
I tried every major brand in Australia, and no one makes anything comparable. Another company makes an oven called a Pizzetta, which, like this one, fits a 12" pizza, but it doesn't have the convection feature (which I love).
So, we'll limp along with this one, until it starts grinding like a cement mixer, as its predecessor did.
Again, don't buy one of these.
Poor customer service - Don't buy DeLonghi products December 27, 2006
lsquared (Tahoe City, CA USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Purchased top of line model for convection oven ($165 3 years ago). Heater elements broke and DeLonghi no longer carries repair parts. Spoke with customer service manager who promised to replace unit in kind because I could not get replacement parts. They ended up replacing my expensive convection oven with a $79 toaster oven. I wouldn't spend the money on a DeLonghi product again.
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