Café - Couture Smart Toaster Oven with Air Fry - Matte Black

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This was one of the best purchases we made in our kitchen remodel, I absolutely love this thing, so much more than a toaster oven, and replaced our air fryer as well!!

After years of different stove, top ovens, we decided to invest in the GE couture Oven and we will never go back to another oven! We've been using the oven now for one year. It looks brand new! The handles are still the same shiny metal that they were in the beginning and the oven is white exterior is still bright white. The glass door is unscratched and we use it every single day! We use every cook mode. We've baked, and baked the same as our Thermidor oven, we toast in the toaster every day, and it has amazing capacity and perfect toasting, and we use the air fryer all the time If you're looking to cut down on the amount of appliances that you're in your kitchen and replace them all with one that looks beautiful and works perfectly. I would definitely suggest this stove top oven. Our son who's in his 20s and doesn't think too much about stove top ovens loves it so much that he asked for one! It's worth every penny! We liked it so much that we went ahead and got the matching coffee maker and the matching espresso machine. With white marble countertops, white cabinets, and walnut accents and with our hardware that matches the GE hardware, it provides a seamless beautiful look for our kitchen. What we realize with this oven is that you don't have to sacrifice on style in order to have functionality.

The fact that this has 4 broiler elements sets this apart from all the rest. The footprint isn't too big, but the height of it gives it so much flexibility. Being able to cook 2 things at once, or adjust the height of the rack to control the radiant heat from below and above gives a greater control over the radiant heat. the 4 broiler elements generate enough heat to really give things a good char. My only complaint is the drip tray. The extremely narrow slot makes it very difficult to cover it with foil and slide it in. There is very little space under the element guards. I ended up making the guards removable (I don't recommend most people try this) so I could easily slip the foil under the elements. Since I've had it I use it every day that I am home.

We were slightly apprehensive of ordering this toaster oven with its many functions, but now we're thinking why did we wait so long. It literally has replaced four or five cooking appliances that now sit dormant. My wife loves the controls and the temperature settings, I just like everything that she cooks for me in it. Yeah, it's a little more expensive than some toaster ovens that you might find, but with its quality and vast options it's worth every penny! It's also a perfect match to our other Cafe appliances. Highly Recommend!!!

Connecting to wifi or the app was too confusing and a lot of steps to jump through just to get it done. It could have been more efficient if they have a QR code in the front to connect to WIfi and help through with the process and then you can remove the QR code after registering. Cooked our first pizza last night and it almost got burned using the default settings. Will be learning on how to use this device properly and excited on what I can cook or bake in it.