Funny this topic should come up, because I was knee-deep in it for a few days just recently. Because I haven't received it yet, I can't vouch for or deny its quality just yet, but I can tell you how I plan to use it. Last Friday, I ordered a somewhat higher-end toaster oven, a refurbished DeLonghi Airstream digital combo oven (AD1079) from Amazon, their last one in stock for the moment. It has several cooking options: keep warm, bake, bake with convection, broil, dehydrate, defrost, built-in rotisserie, and "pizza function," whatever that means. I've gotten along for years without an auxiliary oven of any kind (well, besides the microwave), but finally decided to get one for several reasons: Three times in the last month or so (and dozens of times in the past), I wished I had a second oven in which I could bake something to go along the low-temp slow food I had cooking in the full-size oven. The afterthought items were a bourbon and cane syrup pecan pie, corn bread, and crème caramel, so in each case, the current oven temp was wildly different from what I needed. I don't have room for a second full-size oven or the dough for a nice double oven with warming rack, nor do I have a lot of spare counter space, so something smaller that could fit on a cart would be in order. I recently watched the "To Roast a Chicken" episode of The French Chef, in which Julia uses an in-oven rotisserie unit and thought, (first) "How come the power cord on that thing didn't melt?" and (second) "Well, I've got a trussing needle, but no rotisserie. Dang." Sure, I roast chickens in the usual way on a V-rack, but the thought of perfectly uniform browning is very appealing. I would probably prefer roasting in hell before considering something like the Ronco Showtime rotisserie unitasker. For many reasons, not just the spray-on hair he still sells. I'd like to try my hand at dehydrating foods (an optional rack on the DeLonghi) and maybe even fresh herbs (despite my best efforts at preservation, I still have a lot of waste), but without the dorkiness factor of using stacked air conditioner filters and a fan à la "Good Eats." A warming oven would be very nice to have. Hey, I could warm a stack of plates in there before serving, too. Cool. After a good deal of research on various units, I found the DeLonghi can handle all these tasks and, at 1.1 cubic feet internally, with two racks, but just 23"Wx16"Dx15"H externally, can fit a 9" pie tin or 9"x13" baking dish. However, its list of $300 it was too pricey for me. The final justification (okay, okay...rationalization) for this purchase arrived in two forms: First, I found that Amazon's refurbished price plus an ongoing $25 kitchen & housewares promotion brought the price down to the much more reasonable 50% of list price. Second, I also wanted to set up a sort of Ultimate Dried Herb & Spice Rack that didn't take up any counter, cabinet, or wall space, and so looked for a small cart that 1) was low cost (under $100), 2) had the right dimensions and sturdiness for the new oven, and 3) had a pull-out shelf that could accomodate thirty 3"x3" 8 oz. clear top square tins in one layer so I will never have to poke through cabinets for such things again. After a somewhat lengthy search, I finally found one (and, surprisingly, only one) that fits the bill -- here it is after I set up the spice and herb rack but before the oven's on it, obviously.