Hamilton Beach Toastation By peytonshea02 on Nov 15, 2007 - Updated Oct 15, 2011

My in laws gave us the Toastation as a Christmas gift last year. It has been a little bit of a disappointment. I will say that with our 2 kids, this small appliance get used a LOT. It has never worked terribly..but it has never been great either.

The top toaster works OK. It cooks bagel and bread just like a toaster should. Again nothing terrible, but nothing amazing here. Not sure how much credit I should give to a toaster that toasts...

The oven part of this really has been the disappointment. Regardless of which setting I use, this never really cooks or heats up something properly. The heating elements don't seem to work evenly. The outside gets burned but the insides never cook. Most of the time I watch for the outside to be toasted, then I have to zap it in the microwave for a few second to finish heating up the inside.

I definitely don't love this particular toaster oven. But it isn't so bad that I would throw it out. Once it runs it course and needs replacing, I will definitely be looking at another brand.