Sanyo SK-VF7S Stainless-Steel Digital Convection Oven | 
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| Brand: Sanyo
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $129.99
Buy New: $76.62
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Rating:  191 reviews
Sales Rank: 262
Color: Stainless
Shipping Weight (lbs): 11.3
Dimensions (in): 17.3 x 14.3 x 11.5
MPN: SK-VF7S
Model: SK-VF7S
UPC: 086483050428
EAN: 0086483050428
ASIN: B000260JLC
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | 1350-watt 4-slice digital convection oven cooks, bakes, toasts, and reheats | | • | Full-width top and bottom quartz heaters and twin convection inlets for even heating | | • | 5 temperature settings; adjustable toast-shade control; 40-minute timer | | • | Removable easy-to-clean oven rack and non-stick crumb tray | | • | Measures 15-3/4 by 9 by 12-1/2 inches |
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Product Description
Sanyo's convection oven combines the best of powerful convection cooking, baking and toasting with a stylish, stainless steel design. The convection oven features full-width heaters on top and bottom and twin convection inlets for rapid and even heat distribution. It keeps track of the cooking progress with its 40-minute digital timer and lighted countdown indicators. Use it to cook meat and poultry dishes, bake pies and casseroles, toast up to four slices of bread at once and reheat leftovers. The width of the opening is 10-in. wide - large enough to hold a 10-in. pizza or a 9-in. pie. The panel on front offers one-touch toasting for heating one, two or three-to-four slices of bread for perfect browning every time. It even allows for bread that's frozen. The temperature ranges from 180- to 470-degrees F for precise baking. For easier access to hot baking sheets or pie pans, the oven's rack automatically slides out when the door is opened; remove the oven rack completely for easy cleaning. Included with your Sanyo convection oven is a nonstick oven tray and crumb tray and an English/Spanish instruction manual with recipes.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 45 more reviews...
 Excellent little convection toaster oven December 28, 2004
Grouchy Grunt (Seattle, WA.)
388 out of 389 found this review helpful
I wanted to get a toaster oven for years after our previous one gave up the spirit a few years ago. But I just could not justify spending $30-40 for the usual low budget half-made-of-plastic affairs that are designed to fall apart in a year. This one seemed to be better made, and the convection feature appeared to make sense, so I took a chance. I never owned any kitchen appliances made by Sanyo before.
I was afraid the stainless steel finish would not be very convincing, but this device actually looks quite stylish, much better than the run of the mill white appliances in my kitchen. It is compact, both inside and out. You will not be roasting a whole chicken in this one. Two cornish hens would be about the max you could stuff in it.
It does make good toasts, and since all it takes is to push a button, the process is very simple. It is great for baking smaller amounts of food, like fish sticks, chicken breast fillets, french fries etc. without having to resort to our full size oven. Coupled with the fact that it heats up a lot faster also, you can save about 30-35 percent off the cooking time, which is nice.
I was somewhat confused by the controls at first, because they advertise this as a digitally controlled oven, and yet there is a prominent "timer wheel" on the control panel. This almost made me not order it, because I have had plenty of negative experiences with clock mechanism based timers that were difficult to set, would make a constant annoying ticking sound, and would be almost impossible to reset or stop before the time was up. They also tended to break fairly easily. This oven does have a digital control, only it does not consist of the usual timer display. You set the timer wheel to the length of time desired, and then push the start button. The timer will begin counting down, and small led lights will start to count down the time remaining around the timing wheel, but the wheel itself does not move. It is a very ingenious system. I love it. If you need to stop it you can just hit cancel and it is off immediately. Cooking temperatures can be changed on the fly, and you get 5 choices: 180F, 250F, 320F, 400F, 470F. These seem like a restriction, but in fact are perfectly appropriate for my purposes.
This oven is also quite quiet. I expected that the convection fan will make it somewhat noisy, as I read about that problem in several other brand's toaster reviews. This one is only making a very discreet humming sound, just barely alerting you that it is on and working. Quality of design and fit and finish is very satisfactory. Read the reviews on Delonghi to find out about doors that won't close, warping heating elements etc. This puppy is a swiss watch compared to most of what's out there. It was easily worth the $50 spent.
Update 8-17-06: After over a year and a half of intense use, the Sanyo is working almost as good as ever. The right hand side of the heaters seems to heat better than the left, but the difference is really minor.This is one excellent kitchen appliance.
A great little toaster oven!! October 9, 2004
mixed-berry (USA)
121 out of 125 found this review helpful
I recently purcahsed this oven...not from Amazon....but from an online auction website. This is a great toaster oven. It is not the biggest but is great if you need a space saver and want to toast something more than a slice of bread.
The instructions are easy to follow. Now when it says that the first time you use the oven smoke may appear and that the unit may emit an odor. I was expecting something huge but the odor was slight and no smoke appeared. And the odor did not fill up the entire kitchen.
The first thing I made was a Mrs Smith's small cobbler and it turned out great. It cooked about the time it said on the box and turned a nice golden brown. I like the door handle. It pulls down from the top and stays there. Its a nice way to let your food cool before taking it to the table, shelf, etc. The baking tray and rack are easy to take out. As for cleaning a little of the filling came out onto the tray and came off very easily.
I would recommend this oven to anyone who wants a quality oven thats not going to fall apart after the first use. Its stainless steel look is quite stylish and is better than any of the plastic ones I've seen in the stores.
All that being said, I got mine for $50. I wouldn't pay $89 for it but that's just me. For $89 I think it should be bigger.
The Best Toaster Oven February 3, 2005
Montpelier Reader (Montpelier, Vermont United States)
43 out of 43 found this review helpful
The Sanyo Sk-VF7S toaster oven is a great kitchen appliance. When my wife and I decided to throw out our old Black & Decker toaster oven, we had no idea how difficult it would be to find a good replacement. Our old toaster oven was ugly and utilitarian, but it had lasted years and made adequate toast. For a new toaster over, all we wanted was something that would look better and make decent toast (and also warm up a few pizza slices). But it turned out that finding a good toaster oven was truly awful. We ended up buying and returning three different toaster ovens, each of which was really disappointing in its own way. We also used the internet, searching for reviews thta might help. But we found from the reviews that most buyers had gripes about the toaster oven they had purchased and/or they just felt lukewarm about what they had gotten. The common complaints: uneven toasting, shattering glass doors,the timer ticking too loudly, too small, too big, too hot on the outside, too expensive, etc. We literally looked at dozens of websites and read way too many reviews that left me wondering if there really was a decent, simple toaster oven out there. Somehow, I eventually stumbled on two reviews on Amazon for the Sanyo. Both reviews were effusive and straight-forward. They both praised the Sanyo. Neither one had a disappointed tone to it. Thanks for that. We bought the Sanyo from Amazon for $49, with free shipping. We received it in three days. Right out of the box, we saw that the Sanyo was nicely designed and attractive in appearance. We found the Sanyo also was simple and easy to use. Push a button to start the toaster and adjust the doneness to your liking with a small dial. The Sanyo is digital, so there is no loud ticking. The convection oven is virtually silent. The oven temperature gauge is easy to set, as is the timer. Everything on the Sanyo has worked flawlessly for us. We love the looks: slightly retro, but sleek. In short, its a great machine. Easy to use, good form and function, and it seems to be substantial and well made. We recommend the Sanyo without reservation. You will not find anything at $49 that will match it. Even at $78, it is still not overpriced, compared to the other junk that is in the marketplace. If you can, wait a bit and try to get the Sanyo for $50 or less. Then you'll really feel like you got a terrific deal on a great kitchen appliance. Final thought: buy this toaster oven, you won't be sorry!
Does what it's supposed to do and looks good doing it. October 2, 2006
J. Janssen (San Diego, CA USA)
30 out of 30 found this review helpful
I bought this oven primarily for toast and light baking (potatos, frozen entres, etc.) but it has been deceptively versatile once you catch on to it's capabilities. Just about anything that can be baked or gratineed in a full size oven can be handled in smaller serving sizes in the Sanyo Convection Oven.
These appliances usually fall into two categories; simple and cheap (and cheaply made) or elaborate and expensive. The Sanyo appears to be a quality made product completely encased in stainless steel that matches just about any high end kitchen line. It's not a turkey roaster and you probably wouldn't want to open broil anything in it, but as an easy to use reliable toaster/baker I don't think you can beat it. And, in case you're interested, it makes excellent, evenly browned toast, surprisingly something not every "toaster" can do.
The only drawback as far as I can tell is that it gets HOT. Not a good idea to use if small children are present.
Perfect little toaster oven - for me. August 21, 2007
A. Thompson (Harrisonburg, VA United States)
28 out of 28 found this review helpful
People expect different things from a toaster oven. I liked my large Oster convection oven for many things, but it made lousy toast. Here's my take on this one's features:
Small: Don't expect to roast a chicken. Still holds a 9" pizza or a couple of scallopini dishes though. The bigger ones might do a roast, but won't make toast. And they take up a lot more counter space.
Toast: Makes REALLY hot toast in about 2 minutes, crispy on the outside, without dehydrating it.
No 'Broiler': A deal breaker for some. It broils nicely, but bottom element still comes on. Many things can be broiled and still get heat from the bottom.
No 'Bake': Potential issue. I put foil loosely over anything I don't want burnt by the top element.
No Clock: Thank God! Who needs another clock in the kitchen?
Get's Hot: Yes it does. I warm my oil and vinegar on top while heating my garlic bread. Don't leave plasticware on it or near it.
Rack: Slides out automatically when you open door. A very nice feature.
Defrost feature: Works really well!
Bake: Strange controls, at first. Now that I've experimented, I can cook rolls, small pizzas, roast veggies, etc., without firing up the big oven. I did a scallops au gratin the other night. Just perfect for 2 or 3 people. Cover most things with foil until the end to prevent top burning. Also, generally start off at a lower temperature for dishes taking over 20 minutes, then turn up at the end to brown.
Roasting Pan: Functional but cheesy. I recommend getting a couple of non-stick mini-pans from Bed Bath & Beyond (not endorsing them, it's just the only place I've seen them).
Toast: Did I mention it make great, really hot toast?
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