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Black & Decker TROS1500 Spacemaker Oven | 
 enlarge | Brand: Black & Decker
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $89.99
Buy New: $59.99
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 3324
Batteries Included: No
Size: White
Shipping Weight (lbs): 14.6
Dimensions (in): 10.6 x 11.4 x 18.1
Model: TROS1500
UPC: 050875800625
EAN: 0050875800625
ASIN: B001EU1NCY
Availability: In stock soon. Order now to get in line. First come, first served.
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| Features:
| • | Save-A-PlugOutlet, Power 4 Space Makerappliances with only 2 wall outlets | | • | Large Pizza Capacity, fits up to a 9 pizza | | • | Toast, Bake, and Keep Warm Function with 30 minute timer | | • | Power indicator light | | • | Cord Management feature allows you to neatly store power cord in back of the unit while plugged in |
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great Toaster Oven! December 15, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Finally the spacemaker toasteroven is back! Ths new model looks great and truly saves space. I found it fairly simple to install and it does everything I want it to do! It is easy to clean with the crumbtray in the bottom and looks great in my kitchen. I don't need to use the big oven that uses a lot or electricity anymore and I can have my counter space back! What a great idea... I recommend it!
Hard to Install and lacks innovation December 20, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
We were given a Black and Decker space maker back in 2000 as a gift and we loved it. That product lasted for 8 years. We bought the TROS1500 to replace it and what garbage. The instructions for installation for the product were not clear. The product came with a template to use for connecting to the bottom of the cabinet. According to the installation manual, the template was supposed to have much more detail than it provided. The product also lacks innovation. The design of the tray you hang the oven from was not adjustable for centering and the clips in the back would not latch on to the oven. The oven also does not come with a broil feature and will not shut off when the oven door is opened. We would not recommend this product.
 Installation nightmare December 19, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Let me start by saying that I haven't had the opportunity to cook something in this toaster oven yet. This is because the installation is a nightmare. I have owned SpaceMaker products in the past. In fact, this is replacing my previous SpaceMaker toaster oven because the door springs broke on it. I had installed the previous model in at least 3 different locations. I've also installed one for my mother in multiple locations and installed the SpaceMaker coffee maker and can opener multiple times.
Now, the toaster oven was always the biggest pain of all of the SpaceMaker items simply because it is hard to hold the spacers in place while you line up the screws. However, this new model is ridiculous. Let me just list the problems I have had.
1) On page 9 of the manual it tells you to measure the thickness of the overhang lip of your cabinet in step 2. Then in step 3 it says, "Once you have the overhang thickness, look at the dashed line on the mounting template; each line has a measurement next to it that indicates the height of thelip used with that line. For example, if your cabinet has an overhang thickness of 1/2", you will use the 1/2" dashed line on the template." Well, there are no such measurements on the template. They simply aren't there. The dashed lines are there but you need to break our your tape measure to figure out which line represents which measurement.
2) Then, the dashed lines only account for a possible 1/2" lip. My cabinet has a 3/4" lip. So I had to measure, draw my own lines, and then fold the paper.
3) The instructions are completely unclear as to wear you are supposed to place the template before you tape it. I literally put the instructions aside and just figured it out myself based on the size of my cabinets lip.
4) In step 10 it tells you that if your overhang measure down 1" then you should use 2, 1/2" spacers when mounting the hood. This doesn't make ANY SENSE. The hood has its own lip that drops the screw holes down an additional 3/4". Therefore, you really need to add your overhand size to the 3/4" and then you will know how many spacers you need. If you don't add the extra 3/4" of spacers then your spacers will simply be floating. They make it sound as if (and look as if in the pictures in the manual) the hood has a flat top where it mounts against the cabinet. It does not. It has four side walls that measure 3/4".
5) Here is the best part. Because of the 3/4" walls on the hood, when combined with my 3/4" overhang you get 1 1/2" which is more than the total of all the included spacers. Add in my 3/4" cabinet bottom thickness you have a total of 2 1/4". This is the length of the longest screw, which means that there is nothing left of the screw to actually screw into the hood.
The moral of the story is: make sure that your cabinet overhang is no more than 1/2" before buying this product.
As a loyal Black & Decker customer, I am extremely disappointed in this product.
Horrible Installation December 21, 2008
I had owned a B&D under the counter toaster oven for 15 years. The heating elements started to go, so it was time to get a new one. After a long hiatus without an under the counter toaster oven, B&D recently came out with the TROS1500. The first time I purchased it, I had to return it because one of the heating elements was broken. I returned it to the store at got another one. Everything looked good out of the box. However, the installation proved fruitless. Here are the problems:
1. As mentioned in a previous review, the instructions for cabinets with overhangs are worthless. The enclosed template has dashed lines depending on the thickness of the overhang. These marking are supposed to be labeled with the appropriate thickness. However, there are no labels on the dashed lines.
2. It is extremely difficult to use the spacers that are enclosed with the unit. They don't stay on screws. Combined with the lip on the hood itself, this makes it impossible to attach the screw to the hood (one can be done with assistance, but not the other one). I ended up using the spacers from the old hood that I had. These stay on the screws. It would be much easier if they had included spacers that would stay on the screws. It appears that they used the same spacers from the other Spacemaker appliances. I have the can opener which I was able to install without a problem. However, the toaster is fundamentally different because of the hood. It does not appear that the manufacturer has taken this into account.
3. The installations requires a cabinet with a minimum depth of 12". I calculate this based on the 4" clearance requirement that the manual states plus 8" between the front and back screw holes in the hood. This is excluding the thickness of any overhang/lip. Although you could probably cut into the 4" clearance, at least 1-2" of clearance are required in the rear due to the cord hook which jut back from the rear of the unit. The way that the unit attaches into the hood requires that the bottom swing out so the 1-2" clearance is required. My cabinet had a depth of only about 11" so I am returning the unit.
The hood probrably installs fine if you have a cabinet with no overhang/lip and a depth of at least 12". After multiple attempts and drilling eight holes into my cabinet, I am returning this appliance. It appears that the Black and Decker home appliances have been sold to a company called Applica. The quality and design is not what it used to be. It is exteremly disappointing.
PRICE DISPARITY December 28, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Why is Amazon selling this item for about $80 when the Black & Decker site say it is about $60?
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