Panasonic NB-G100P 7.2-Quart 1300-Watt Infrared Toaster Oven
by Panasonic

Our Price: $999.00
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Category: Kitchen
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Product Summary

• Cooks up to 40 percent faster than conventional toaster ovens
• Cooking menu includes six illustrated preset buttons
• Digital timer and temperature keypad
• Interior light, crumb tray, and reminder beep
• Measures 13 by 10-1/4 by 12 inches

Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Panasonic NB-G100P 7.2-Quart 1300-Watt Infrared Toaster Oven

Customer Review: Nifty!
Summary: 5 Stars

I've never owned a toaster oven nor had my family when I was growing up. I do kind of remember how good those GE units were supposed to be, but I couldn't find one for sale. I did locate a neighbor who owned a Black & Decker model. I dropped by to check it out, and learned that every complaint I had read online about Black & Decker's toaster oven is true!

I refuse to read the directions that come with a product; and it was no different with the Panasonic NB-G100P that arrived today from Amazon.com. I don't particularly like the idea of buttons, perferring knobs instead. I can live with this unit's buttons: it would have been nice to give me the capability to program a couple of buttons for items not on their menu, but I can survive.

I was warned in this URL about the awful light that is emitted when the unit is operating. It really is horrendous, especially for a guy who prides himself on recreating a "cave atmosphere" by using nothing brighter than 40-watt bulbs in his light fixtures. Man, it is bright! And one cannot cover the darn door up with decals or stickers because it gets quite hot.

I took from my tiny freezer from my tiny refrigerator a package of year-old jallepano poppers. After knocking off huge ice crystals, I presented two of them to the Panasonic NB-G100P. I had read here that the oven was kind of inconsistent, with the back being hotter than the front. I placed one popper very close to the front and one very close to the back. I pressed "frozen hash browns" and let her rip.

The awful light show began, ended, began, ended, began, and finally ended. A neat little timer told me to be patient for 5-minutes while another timer counted things down. I don't own any stinkin' oven mitt, so I used a paper towel to remove the pan from oven and did NOT burn myself. The popper to the front was perfectly cooked on the outside, but a little cold on the inside. The popper that had roasted to the back was a little overcooked on the outside but perfect on the inside.

I've ordered a ton of stuff to be delivered from Schwan (also available here if you don't want to deal with them directly) since I now have the capability of heating food that just won't cook correctly in my microwave oven. I am actually seriously considering purchasing a small freezer because of this toaster oven.

If you don't mind a light that appears to equal the sun, this is the unit. It is wonderfully small and lightweight and fits nicely on top of a microwave oven, which--in my case--then fits on top of my refrigerator, creating a small vertical stack of appliances, saving valuable countertop real estate. Unlike the Cousinart, you don't have to follow Panasonic's instructions to leave the thing unplugged when not in use: it does not generate heat on its own.

Ideally, the pan would have been manufactured of a material more like that used by the George Foreman Grill. The instructions said to use "foil wrap" with their pan to make cleaning up easier. I refuse to even find out what foil wrap is, let alone clutter up the one drawer I have devoted to two forks, two spoons, three knives, spare cigarette lighters, spare 40-watt bulbs, bailing wire, wire cutters, duct tape, plumbing parts, and other bachelor essentials with a container of "foil."

I did resort to reading the instructions, because things are so dark in my house that I couldn't figure out how to easily insert the pan: there is a small cardboard packing insert toward the back of the inside that needs to be removed before operation can begin. I would have figured this out soon enough once the xenon light blasted me and the smell of burning cardboard hit my nose. Thank heavens the instructions are NOT in seven languages; and whoever wrote them understood bachelors.

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