Is the $600 Smart Toaster Oven Worth It? | Epicurious
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- Опубліковано 26 лип 2024
- Today product design engineer Vincent Valderrama joins Epicurious to pit a $100 Black + Decker toaster oven against an upscale $600 model from June in a series of common oven tasks. From baking sugar cookies and toasting sliced bread, to making a melty chick parm and roasting a whole chicken, Vincent breaks down which tasks the high-priced option outperforms the budget conscious option on, and which ones it doesn’t.
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0:00 Introduction
0:35 Toaster Oven General Explainer
1:00 Toast
3:09 Baking
6:03 Roasting
9:54 Frozen Foods
12:25 Broiling
14:27 Extras
16:43 Conclusion
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This is so stupid video. Fake first scene with the smoke
....info on ease of cleaning grease would be interesting
Don't want oven smarter than me.
@@carmenneumann9479 Well once they reply they'll tell you that the JUNE does everything around 3 times better than the black and decker.
We can tell
I use a toaster oven that my wife bought on a Black Friday sale several years ago for $8. It works, and doesn't share my data.
🤣🤣😄
any appliance that has a bundled-in smartphone app is just a surveillance bug thinly veiled as an appliance
@@daltigoth3970 People like these are idiots.
@@daltigoth3970 Honest people need no privacy, right?
@@YouPlague man is on facebooks payroll
For the price of the June you could get a wall oven or a freestanding range/oven combo _and_ throw in a toaster. Hell you could throw in the Black & Decker.
The fact that the june doesnt come with almost ALL of the bells and whistles such as different trays/sheets just goes to show me how much of a simple money grab it is.
Well, if the classics work, go classic (?)
i don't understand?
@@kiwi4058 just understand
Just like this ad
IKR? i mean, i think it is great but these kinda things suck when buying something and then having to buy something else LATER.
I always use foil/parchment in my toaster ovens. Non stick or not, it keeps the pan and crumb tray in mint condition longer and will prevent anything from sticking or falling onto the elements.
THINGS YOU SHOULD NOT DO WITH FOIL IN A TOASTER OVEN
Cover the crumb tray with foil
Wrap the food entirely in foil
Leave any loose bits of foil
Allow foil to touch any parts (wire rack, sides, tops, etc. )
Put large food inside covered with aluminum foil
I found this from the perfect home website a month ago when I was trying to get the GF to stop doing it. It had been on some program i watched years ago and it jogged my memory when we talked about it causing my search
@@jw3521 Any particular reason why?
@@user-le7mk6dx5p The site states in can cause a fire and shorten the life of the appliance
@@jw3521 I’ve never had an issue with doing It. In fact, any time I don’t, crumbs and stuff get on the elements and I can’t stand that burnt smell. I think if you don’t wrap it properly, then sure. Do what works for you though.
@@XCodes Maybe I’m just weird, but I can’t stand stained pans 😅. I’ve never had an issue wrapping my crumb trays and I’ve had a toaster oven for yearsss.
The 40 dollar black and decker oven is really great. My parents stole mine I bought in college and replaced the one they had haha. Was SO much better than a microwave in college I ate like a king with that thing
The fact that the June doesn't pre-heat is an instant deal killer. Did you see what it did to those sugar cookies? It melted them and then baked them, you'll never get a chewy cookie if you bake it like that.
...you want chewy cookies?
Hell naw "you'll never get chewy cookies"
Bro who wants that
For 99% of things, preheating is idiotic TBH. Much more a waste of electricity than beneficial.
Sugar cookies are one of those things that do need it, however the oven didn't have a pre-set for sugar.
He should have bought chocolate chip cookies the test.
And him getting something so simple so wrong, means he's not one to listen to when making buying decisions.
@@lordgarion514 I thought he did a good job explaining how it heats up differently and why it costs more. But he's an engineer, not a baker.
I would've loved to see how accurate each oven's settings were with a thermometer test.
ditto!
Seems like the most basic test to do
@@gwvaio It IS the most basic test to do.
i found it telling that they did check the black and decker, and did not check the june ^^
Technically you could make a toaster where you do not measure the temperature but other indications of the toast being well made - this is probably the reason why the b&d does not have a timer.
One thing I like about the June is that the software seems well-made. The fact that you can easily change programs to a longer time if you like, and the user experience seems pretty though out.
It's probably why it's costs so much lmao. Company spent too much money on software dev
That doesn’t justify the cost.
It isn't thought out at all. In every single test it came after simpler device and it may force a software update in inopportune time.
I've learned more about toaster ovens than I thought I ever would by watching this video
I've had that exact B&D for almost 7 years. And while I've been tempted to upgrade many times over the years, it does work admirably. Especially for the $50 it cost me on Black Friday all those years ago.
Over the years I've learned its quirks and made it work for me. I've used it from everything from sourdough bread to cheesecake to reheating fried foods.
I almost always run it at full tilt 450°f w/convection because as the video shows, it doesn't hit the set temperature. I've verified this with an oven thermometer and infrared thermometer. Maxes out at about 425°f.
I placed a piece of unglazed travertine tile that fits directly on the bottom coils to regulate the temperature better. It's basically a pizza stone. It stays in there all the time and makes the oven hold heat much better.
I often rotate what I'm cooking at the halfway point to get even cooking.
I'd use it more than my regular full-size oven. Especially in the summertime.
Smart. I have a $100 convection oven I’ve had for about 8 years. The increase time function has stopped working, but it’s still working well otherwise all these years later. I think Americans should stop replacing their appliances every chance they get. Imagine the waste in our landfills from all these devices that still work (with some quirks we could live with).
I kept thinking that 100 bucks one is much better than ‘smart one,’ even though this guy tries hard to tell me that one is so smart has a lot of useful features.
I'd go for a $100 one maybe $200 if I plan to make a whole chicken lol but I just wouldn't get a black and decker one
yeah, this video was a really badly disguised ad with very little actually relevant information.
@@leonhardable did we watch the same video- hes just describing the features of each toaster oven- he also said in the video the 100$ one and the june one had the same results
@@gabrielapagan7280 mhm sure, thats also the reason they measured the inside temp on the cheap one, and didnt bother on the june :D
@@leonhardable He didn't measure it because the June measures itself...
He also questioned the worth of the price tag and mentioned the accessories it should have come with at that price.
Not to mention several of the bakes were identical and he gave reasons as to why the cheap oven would be better in circumstances.
What about this is an ad to you?
Great video! Learned so much. Love Vincent’s simple, concise delivery
I have a $90 toaster oven. It works just as well as the $300 toaster oven I had before it.
cusinart toaster oven air fryer is the best I've ever seen, more insulation on the front, great convection oven features.
Great video. Please do air fryers next. I have this model: T-FAL Easy Fry Compact Duo Precision Air Fryer, Black but it sucks lol and would like to know what a good upgrade would be.
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Instant pot duo crisp has very good reviews. I've only heard good things about it. I have one myself and I'm very happy with the cooking results. 😋👍
Obviously make sure you do your own research. 📚
I have a Cosori and I use it all the time and love it!
@@DioneN I've heard good things about the Cosori as well. That was another air fryer I was considering.
I watched several UA-cam reviews for different air fryers. They're not cheap and it is a big investment for me. In the end I decided to get one with a pressure cooker included.
UA-cam reviews from the content creators was very helpful. 🥰👍
We need more of these types of videos, so good!
Oh my goodness you explain things so clearly do you make this video so interesting
This is probably the most useful video I’ve watched in a while
Shoutout to your editors great presentation as always
Would love to see one of these types of review except for electric kettles
There's not as much variation in electric kettles
I just watched a 17 minutes infomercial and I'm happy about it.
on the b&d, to lower the top shelf, turn the rack over to lower it enough to keep the cheese away from the broiler
Damn even advanced oven toasters have DLCs
I have a KitchenAid toaster oven that my grandma gifted me when I graduated college. I looked it up once and I’m pretty sure she paid $150 for it unless she got it on sale. It’s finicky and doesn’t heat evenly, but it does it’s job and it’s nice to have in the summers when I want to bake or roast something but I don’t want to heat up my apartment with my standard oven.
I’d never drop $600 on a toaster oven, though. I can think of several ways my money would be better spent. I wouldn’t even have the oven I own if it weren’t for my grandma.
I really missed this series, can we have the air fryer next?
I've had a Hamilton Beach version of this concept for over a decade (though mine is considerably taller than either of the ones in this video). I've found that the best way to use it is to set it at maximum temperature and just adjust cook time for whatever item. Depending on what I'm cooking, I'll also use the second rack (which it appears neither of the ovens in the video has, or has space for), wrapped in aluminum foil to use as a heat spreader for the top element. So if I'm cooking a frozen pizza, I put the foil rack over it until it's time to brown the top. That way I can get a nice crispy crust without burning the top. For something like roasted pork chops or chicken fingers, that wouldn't be required.
Anyhow... I really like my little convection oven, but I wouldn't spend $600 on one even if it was perfect. A little attention and a little foil makes a much cheaper oven work very well.
I had maybe the same one! It was awesome...even came with the rotisserie spit for the chicken. Even though it got hot, it was certainly cooler to my place than using the real oven...perfect for summer, or a '2nd' oven when needed.
The only thing I REALLY hated about it was the timer. It was pretty accurate (it was a twist style to 'x' minutes)...and shut off the unit when it was done...but it DIDN'T start it!! Not a big deal for a 7 minute item...pretty big deal for a 1h30m slow roasted rotisserie chicken (since it DID start the spit, just NOT the heat!). But at $80 (at the time), a DAMN fine machine! User error aside, the HB was a great investment!
@@bobd2659 It sounds like the exact same thing I have. I've never used the spit as I assumed that it would make a hideous mess inside the oven.
I bought it exactly because I got tired of heating my house up with the big oven. I've been known to use it outside or in the garage too.
@@TheBrokenLife The spit works pretty well! As long as you have the drip pan on the bottom and the chicken isn't huge, it doesn't make much of a mess. You'll still want to wipe the inside down afterwards just in case though, but really only the sides might get some spatter. Plus side is you also get all the juices from it to make an AMAZING gravy! It's so great for holidays/parties as an 'extra' oven!
@@bobd2659 I got rid of the spit years ago the last time I moved, but I'll take your word for it. I use mine multiple times a week for other things so I've certainly gotten my value out of it.
Best video from Epicurious by a long shot. It's not Ms Choi but a lot more useful content.
Seems to me that the best choice is something a little nicer than the B&D that's still a "traditional" oven. That way you get better cooking results without having to worry about all of the unnecessary electronic nonsense crapping out a week after the warranty expires
Agree with you
Well, your point is even stronger than that. We just saw it's a crap from the start.
Nicely made video; but it confirms my initial instinct: I can't see why anybody with a regular oven would buy one of these. And if they didn't have a standard oven, they still feel a substandard product design: I think I'd just go with a microwave combi-oven.
Speed. Toaster oven gets hot so much faster than a regular oven.
@@metagoat Good point - thanks for pointing that out. 👍
A few other potential benefits can be: using a toaster oven versus a regular oven can put less heat into the space (useful in summers) and can be easier to use for people with disabilities. You often place toaster ovens at countertop level versus the more common below countertop oven and the small trays can be easier to move for people who are physically limited.
My grandma has a "real" oven and a toaster oven, and it's surprisingly useful to have two ovens for cooking, she always has some freshly baked bread ready, because she can bake mains and sides at the same time, which is cool for stuff that cant go into the oven together.
The June just sounds like a cash-grab in my opinion. Adding a smart device to a toaster oven doesn't make it better and shouldn't make it more expensive. It's even worse that for the $600 you don't get all the bog-standard accessories that make half the features and settings even usable.
For 600 bucks I can get a standard full-electric range/oven, a toaster, an Air fryer, and hell throw in the black and decker.
Great help!
Great video! I love the balanced opinion
Got a Kenmore toaster over several years ago just so I don't heat up the whole house to make six chicken nuggets. Got it big enough that I can use it for more than just small frozen food, regularly make a can of biscuits in it no problem.
If you want somewhere in the middle, the Breville toaster ovens run at under $300, or $400 for the big one.
Would love to see this guy again! Maybe with something else like a blender or oven
You’re in luck. They did the blender episode a few months ago.
@@jeffinition The blender one was incredibly biased toward the expensive model, though.
Do a Brava oven comparison! Would love to see how it compares to the June oven.
One of the biggest Pro's for the June oven is that you can use traditional oven cleaners like Easy-Off. Depending on how often you use a toaster oven and what you use it for the June is a really good buy because there really aren't any toaster ovens that size for less than $500 that you can clean with Easy-Off and cleaning those toaster ovens requires constant cleaning after any greasy cook like bacon or broiling fatty foods. If you don't constantly wipe them down you learn they are a pain to clean and the vinegar/baking soda wears down the non-stick coating over time.
I have a Hamilton Biotch toaster oven and I like it, although it has that front side cooler tendency too. I use the thing about 5 times a week - almost as much as my microwave oven. If I use the tray, I like to lay down a sheet of aluminum foil first in order to keep foods from sticking to the tray. But I prepare frozen salmon and toasted sandwiches in the thing all the time.
One of the features that I liked about it when I saw it on Amazon was the fact that it doesn't have a lay-down front door on it but instead a door that rolls up over the top of the oven. This prevents you from dripping crap on the hot glass door when you slide it out of the oven.
I've had several toaster ovens and this Hamilton Biotch unit has been a very nice and DURABLE oven. The other ones I've had tended to stop working pretty quickly. I don't spend a lot of money and so it only has two dials on the front of it - one for temperature and one for timer. That's all I need. I'm not trying to send a man to the moon.
I love my Wolf countertop oven.. Got it for less than $500 CDN during a special.. I rarely use my stove oven.
As a single person, I love toaster ovens! I currently have a Breville compact smart oven and I like it a lot. I use it daily for toast of course, and cooking frozen foods and reheating. I find every toaster oven I’ve owned I move and flip the bread around so I can make it even.
Breville's toaster oven gets good reviews, but it's rather expensive. I owned one for two weeks, and it died. Returned it for a refund..........................................................
@@poturbg8698 mine has been going strong for at least 4 years. I’m sorry yours was a dud!
yeah no way that touchscreen on the June will last,
capacitive screens hate heat and no matter how well it's insulated; and being on the oven door was dumb as.
that screen and lcd will get hotter than they would want.
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It makes it break in a way most consumers won't initially think of and is very easy to time the break, it's a quite clever way to completely screw you over. Seriously though, same goes with modern dryers and a lot of modern refrigerators. Be it cold and moisture or heat and/or rapid movement, touchscreens just don't mix with these machines. Control boards in general don't, but at least without a touch screen you can put it in a safer space.
Given the results, I would think that, if anything, I would probably go with maybe a more expensive oven than the Black and Decker but I don't think the June is worth it to me with a $600 price tag. Something a little higher end but not as much as the June would be best to me given these results.
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I have Breville compact oven and like it a lot. It’s not super technical like the June, but better than the B&D (which is what I owned before and it was a decent little oven.)
For the toast function it just depends if you're a top or a bottom lol
Interesting that the June had a spatchcock setting.
Here's a test that might be useful: how easy is it for pests to get inside?
Putting your bread in the night before and then starting it from your bed when you wake up is great, but then you have food sort of sitting out. Hmmm...
I wish they would've tested the anova precision oven vs the June, since they're at similar price points. I love my Anova, the steam functions are a game changer for baking and cooking.
hes intentionally testing a cheap one against an expensive one
Im happy with my two bucks toaster i bought used 👌
I cook everything at like 425 in my toaster oven because I’m so impatient!
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I mean technically for half the price I can buy 3 black + decker, and do a ton more tator tots. : )
All of y’all remember 1984? The television that also watched the main character? This is all of our “smart” appliances now....
I enjoy this series. I prefer Breville, which I use daily. Roast chicken, baked goods, toast...it all comes out great.
good video thanks lorenzo
My breville toster air fryer is amazing!!!
I have the Black & Decker oven. The temperature settings are inaccurate, by 25-50 degrees and the spattering from a roasting chicken coats the inside of the oven and cannot be cleaned effectively. Tater tots require turning the oven to 450 and cooking for 30 min.
Doesn't take 30 mins to cook them from scratch.
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I have a similar convection oven from another manufacturer and I learned early on that clean up is a nightmare if you're not careful about what goes in it (and how). Mine is an old school model that has no digital controls so I'm able to take it outside, spray it down with oven cleaner, and then turn the hose on it. No joke. I've actually pressure washed mine before because it was so gross.
So, yes, be mindful what you use these things for. Roasting a chicken in a baking bag would probably be OK as long as the bag wouldn't grow to reach the elements.
@@varunbisht8576 in the black and decker it does. Notice the true temp was only 252. He cooked them at 350, but the package says 400.
"While the Black and Decker might seem like a good choice, all of my servants say the June is a far superior choice in the kitchen." - Dictated, but not read.
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5:55 Ron Popeil would like his money now.
That Black and Decker Chicken is raw and looks unappetizing....
so june does not have the plate preheat option on its top cover :)
The Black & Decker’s fan is on the side, not the back. The back has an indentation to be able to barely fit a small round pizza.
This made me more confident about getting a Breville.
nothing beat my $45 air fryer, it cooks tater tot in 8 minutes.
I bought a $200 cosori that does everything perfectly.
Its much nicer seeing videos like this instead of those videos capitalizing off of the fear that your oven is gonna give you a tumor because someone said so in the 70's
Jokes on them. I'm not even spending $100 on a toaster oven. The cheap ones I've always used do the same job.
I would be curious to see the difference between these toaster ovens and the full size Samsung Convection Oven/Stove in my kitchen.
Most people probably already have a full size oven and don’t need anything extra the June can do. If anything they want the black and decker to save money on electricity or gas because it’ll heat up faster
Awesome
And here I've just relied on preheating a sub $40 for all of this for years... 🤔💁🏼♂️
The settings available are a simple mechanical timer, and a thermoelectric control system.
Personally after all the searching went with Ninja D251 on sale through Amazon back at Black Friday.
All brands need to have an interior that accept 1/4 sheet pans which are also pretty consistent with most other baking dishes/pans. Also they are too shallow vertically in the interior.
Geez the price on that June tho!
Has the June fixed it's burn down the house feature?
Thank you, very informative. I'm wondering about baking bread? I can imagine that biscuits might do well but a loaf of yeast bread might not. Comments?
Can I put cake pan directly above the heating element without wire rack or tray? The cake pan don't fit in my toaster oven, except if i won't use the wire rack. My cake pan is round, 6.6 × 2.7 is the size . plsss answer me 🙏😢
How dose this compares to regular ovens?
It is like buying a game nowadays. The extra things are the DLC.
Most big complex cooking tools that you've reviewed are pretty much as advertised - the toast test was alarming - toaster ovens are NOT as advertised. Pity. Thanks for superb reviews
i use my oven as a plate warmer, a hot plate is very needed for the likes of pizza and such
can... can we have vincent and dan together in a video
The June thing is fucken sick
I never use the setting for preset food options neither on my microwave or oven. Doing everything manually is the best. So going for a mid range one would be better for me, since the 100$ is kinda clunky.
Wait till you get a software update that makes the oven think it's a steamer and stops working, including any further updates, making you wait for a technician to come. It already happened with AEG KMK968000T
I mean use Fahrenheit if you must, but please use units. 335° without a unite just triggers me
The June is Michael Scott dream so he can have bacon when he wakes up
Just from the first test, the Black&Decker is better than the June. The designers of the June obviously put more time into the bells and whistles than making it cook effectively and evenly.
I would have preferred you tested it's function as is rather than making changes to the tests halfway through. Or do a second test with the changes
It's so easy to be convinced to buy the June Oven based on its bells and whistles...but I can't risk buying it if it's going to be hacked somehow...
They already charge $600 and want some extra $180 for essentials? Insane
where in the world would an 1800W load trip the breaker?
The June looks beautiful but I think I’m going with a Breville because I hate the idea that I have to subscribe to use the features of an appliance I just purchased…
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Got one for 40 bucks 10 years ago, it has a heat knob and a timer knob and a button to turn on the fan. I don't really see the big benefits of all those smart functions in the end.
I broke open one of those quartz rods and inside it had a coiled wire. My quartz rod wasn’t from either of the Brands you tested. I really wonder if your quartz rods had a coiled wire inside also But at $600 you really can’t check :-).
How to make diry friut or oven
The thumbnail for this video is a bit misleading.
A guy who would pay 600 for an oven would pay extra 30 for the baking rack
This whole video sounds like an ad for the June
Apparently there is a Japan-only toaster (not oven) that is super-precise for about $365...