This review is from: Panasonic NB-G110P Flash Xpress Toaster Oven, Silver (Kitchen)
I had the “old model” of this oven for around 5-years or so. I broke one of the infrared bulbs (while cleaning it) last week. Fortunately I found out that they have started to make this oven again. They had stopped (or at least stopped importing them) when I checked a couple of years ago for a friend of mine who wanted one. But this “new model” is exactly the same as my “old” one except the name on a couple of buttons has changed, and also it’s now silver instead of white.
Frist, let me just say what this toaster oven is NOT. . .It is NOT a replacement for a “traditional” oven. If you’re looking for something of that sort, then I highly recommend you check out one of the Breville or Black & Decker models. This Panasonic toaster oven will NOT cook a chicken. . or bake an 8″ pie.. . or bake a cake. But what it does. . .it does VERY well.
This oven works by infrared light. You can Google to find out exactly how this works, if you want the specifics. Because of this, there is no pre-heating required. The lights will turn on-and-off while the oven is in operation. This can be a little “confusing” when you start to use it, but you’ll get used to it.
This oven works WONDERFULLY for the following items:
* Toast – using whatever bread you like. . . however thick you like * Toasting bagels or English muffins * Heating pastries or croissants * Baking biscuits (Pillsbury frozen buttermilk biscuits are my favorite) * Heating frozen appetizers such as breaded cheese sticks, chicken fingers, etc. * Pizza – reheating or baking. Either a small whole pizza or a slice of a large pizza * Frozen garlic bread * Cookies
Though the guide says that you can bake cakes and pies in it. . . I’ve tried, and it didn’t work for me. If you’re baking small tarts which are perhaps a half-inch thick. . .or a cake where it’s no more than ½ inch thick.. .then perhaps you could get it to work. . but again. . . this is not like a “traditional” oven, so I think if you’re going to bake such things, then you would be much better off using a “traditional” oven.
It’s wonderful that there is no pre-heating. I put frozen biscuits in, and 20-minutes later they are just perfect.
The oven has some preset buttons on the front where you can also choose from “light” (shorter cooking time) to “dark” (longer cooking time). . . or. . . you can choose the temperature and length of cooking you would like, up to 25-minutes.
The pan that comes with the oven is 9-inches square. This is certainly the maximum size for the oven.
You will learn by trial-and-error what works best with this oven. But after having one for around 5-years, I can HIGHLY recommend it. I have never seen a toaster oven which works like this. . .which has pre-set buttons. . .which doesn’t require pre-heating. . . . and does such a fantastic job.
It’s hard to believe that I get so excited about such an item. . .but this is one of those rare occasions where something just works well. . . REALLY REALLY well.
P.S. If you are not using the preset buttons, this toaster oven has a timer up to 25-minutes. If you press the “up” arrow to increase the time, it goes in 30-second intervals up to ten-minutes, and then it goes by 1-min intervals. If you want to bake something on the “higher-end” of the timer, then use the “down arrow” to start with and it will go from 25-minutes backwards.
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This review is from: Panasonic NB-G110P Flash Xpress Toaster Oven, Silver (Kitchen)
In short: these guys thought of everything you could want in a toaster, and made it reliably for a great price.
Also, as far as I can tell, they pioneered the market for infrared toaster ovens for 7 YEARS before anyone else.
If you aren’t familiar with infrared toasters, basically it means fast even cooking and no more burnt smelling food after cheese drips or something. It burns differently and it stops smelling quickly.
Cleaning is EASY. The front pullout tray is awesome, I can clean it up in seconds. I can also pull out the grill quick and put it back in.
The only minor negative is that I sometimes want to adjust the time while it is cooking, and it doesnt allow that. You can only adjust cook time at the beginning. Not a big deal though.
Before this toaster, I had tried 2 or 3 that were garbage, they had the traditional timers that never worked or cooked consistently. I had to check constantly to see when something would be magically “done”.
My family uses this toaster every day (or close) for the past 5 or 6 years and it still works. It has been dropped, burnt (it was next to the stovetop), and generally manhandled. I am actually surprised it survived this long. I used to look on craigslist for the toaster for a few years when I thought “this should have died by now” because it wasn’t on the market anymore and it would completely stink to use anything else.
I’m happy to see you can still get this again. If you want a toaster and can affort spending $100 or so, this is a no-brainer. This model has been THE top rated toaster on amazon for years, literally. It is the Michael Jordan or Wayne Gretzky of toasters.
To be fair, I might consider the newer infrared Breville’s if I was looking at the moment, but it is hard to ignore the Panasonic reliability and simple reality this is a beautiful product across the board.
PS: To Panasonic, why the heck did you stop selling this? I had over 7 people complain to me they tried to buy one EVERYWHERE. People offered to buy mine. You could have jacked the price up an $50 and still sold a ton of them.
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I have been using an earlier model of this Panasonic oven over 8 years before the current model. About eight years ago my Toaster oven went out and needed a new one. I wasn’t very happy with the one I got, because it always burned my food and it seems like I have to replace it about every two years or so. Anyway, I was recommended by a family friend to try out the Panasonic Xpress Toaster Oven. I was kinda shocked at the price. It was almost three times higher than my current ones but I went ahead bought one anyway.
Wow, what a different. It was a night and day different between this oven and my old one. The Panasonic doesn’t really uses heat like conventional oven. It uses a different technology all together. I can’t explain it but your foods will come out very evenly at a much cooler temperature. Our family loves this thing so much that all of our extended family bought one for their homes. It is one piece of equipment in the kitchen that we used constantly. We probably uses our Xpress Toaster Oven more than our Microwave. We sometimes would reheat food that has been in a frying pan so it would be less greasy and more crunchy.
So about 10 months ago my old ones dies because I had took it apart and cleaned it. Somehow the lower heat coil dies. I then went to Amazon thinking I would just get another one but one was not available for a few more months because of a new model. Our family would then rather waited 4 months without an oven instead of getting a different one. That is how good this Panasonic oven is.
The new oven is not very different then the old ones except for the pain color and a few buttons got change. The new color is much more attractive I think. The only downsize to this oven is it is a little on the small size. It is not wide but deep. Sometime we have to cut out pizza in half to heat it up that is not a problem for us. The oven is quick, efficient and give you wonderful tasting foods. So if you are in a market for a new toaster oven, and this one fits your size than don’t even consider anything else. This one is it.
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Worlds Best Toaster Oven!!!!,
Frist, let me just say what this toaster oven is NOT. . .It is NOT a replacement for a “traditional” oven. If you’re looking for something of that sort, then I highly recommend you check out one of the Breville or Black & Decker models. This Panasonic toaster oven will NOT cook a chicken. . or bake an 8″ pie.. . or bake a cake. But what it does. . .it does VERY well.
This oven works by infrared light. You can Google to find out exactly how this works, if you want the specifics. Because of this, there is no pre-heating required. The lights will turn on-and-off while the oven is in operation. This can be a little “confusing” when you start to use it, but you’ll get used to it.
This oven works WONDERFULLY for the following items:
* Toast – using whatever bread you like. . . however thick you like
* Toasting bagels or English muffins
* Heating pastries or croissants
* Baking biscuits (Pillsbury frozen buttermilk biscuits are my favorite)
* Heating frozen appetizers such as breaded cheese sticks, chicken fingers, etc.
* Pizza – reheating or baking. Either a small whole pizza or a slice of a large pizza
* Frozen garlic bread
* Cookies
Though the guide says that you can bake cakes and pies in it. . . I’ve tried, and it didn’t work for me. If you’re baking small tarts which are perhaps a half-inch thick. . .or a cake where it’s no more than ½ inch thick.. .then perhaps you could get it to work. . but again. . . this is not like a “traditional” oven, so I think if you’re going to bake such things, then you would be much better off using a “traditional” oven.
It’s wonderful that there is no pre-heating. I put frozen biscuits in, and 20-minutes later they are just perfect.
The oven has some preset buttons on the front where you can also choose from “light” (shorter cooking time) to “dark” (longer cooking time). . . or. . . you can choose the temperature and length of cooking you would like, up to 25-minutes.
The pan that comes with the oven is 9-inches square. This is certainly the maximum size for the oven.
You will learn by trial-and-error what works best with this oven. But after having one for around 5-years, I can HIGHLY recommend it. I have never seen a toaster oven which works like this. . .which has pre-set buttons. . .which doesn’t require pre-heating. . . . and does such a fantastic job.
It’s hard to believe that I get so excited about such an item. . .but this is one of those rare occasions where something just works well. . . REALLY REALLY well.
P.S. If you are not using the preset buttons, this toaster oven has a timer up to 25-minutes. If you press the “up” arrow to increase the time, it goes in 30-second intervals up to ten-minutes, and then it goes by 1-min intervals. If you want to bake something on the “higher-end” of the timer, then use the “down arrow” to start with and it will go from 25-minutes backwards.
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|First toaster oven I ever fell in love with.,
Also, as far as I can tell, they pioneered the market for infrared toaster ovens for 7 YEARS before anyone else.
If you aren’t familiar with infrared toasters, basically it means fast even cooking and no more burnt smelling food after cheese drips or something. It burns differently and it stops smelling quickly.
Cleaning is EASY. The front pullout tray is awesome, I can clean it up in seconds. I can also pull out the grill quick and put it back in.
The only minor negative is that I sometimes want to adjust the time while it is cooking, and it doesnt allow that. You can only adjust cook time at the beginning. Not a big deal though.
Before this toaster, I had tried 2 or 3 that were garbage, they had the traditional timers that never worked or cooked consistently. I had to check constantly to see when something would be magically “done”.
My family uses this toaster every day (or close) for the past 5 or 6 years and it still works. It has been dropped, burnt (it was next to the stovetop), and generally manhandled. I am actually surprised it survived this long. I used to look on craigslist for the toaster for a few years when I thought “this should have died by now” because it wasn’t on the market anymore and it would completely stink to use anything else.
I’m happy to see you can still get this again. If you want a toaster and can affort spending $100 or so, this is a no-brainer. This model has been THE top rated toaster on amazon for years, literally. It is the Michael Jordan or Wayne Gretzky of toasters.
To be fair, I might consider the newer infrared Breville’s if I was looking at the moment, but it is hard to ignore the Panasonic reliability and simple reality this is a beautiful product across the board.
PS: To Panasonic, why the heck did you stop selling this? I had over 7 people complain to me they tried to buy one EVERYWHERE. People offered to buy mine. You could have jacked the price up an $50 and still sold a ton of them.
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|The one and only oven anyone should use if it fits.,
Wow, what a different. It was a night and day different between this oven and my old one. The Panasonic doesn’t really uses heat like conventional oven. It uses a different technology all together. I can’t explain it but your foods will come out very evenly at a much cooler temperature. Our family loves this thing so much that all of our extended family bought one for their homes. It is one piece of equipment in the kitchen that we used constantly. We probably uses our Xpress Toaster Oven more than our Microwave. We sometimes would reheat food that has been in a frying pan so it would be less greasy and more crunchy.
So about 10 months ago my old ones dies because I had took it apart and cleaned it. Somehow the lower heat coil dies. I then went to Amazon thinking I would just get another one but one was not available for a few more months because of a new model. Our family would then rather waited 4 months without an oven instead of getting a different one. That is how good this Panasonic oven is.
The new oven is not very different then the old ones except for the pain color and a few buttons got change. The new color is much more attractive I think. The only downsize to this oven is it is a little on the small size. It is not wide but deep. Sometime we have to cut out pizza in half to heat it up that is not a problem for us. The oven is quick, efficient and give you wonderful tasting foods. So if you are in a market for a new toaster oven, and this one fits your size than don’t even consider anything else. This one is it.
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