Black+Decker TO1313SBD 4-Slice Toaster Oven — 1150W, Silver Stainless Steel
The TO1313SBD is the toaster oven that turns up in student flats, small offices and second kitchens, and it has 22,249 ratings at 4.3 stars to show for it. It is a 1150-watt, four-slice box with three knobs, one rack position and no digital anything, sold at a price where most of its shelf-mates now advertise air frying, convection or both. It toasts and bakes competently for the money and it is deliberately basic, which is fine until you want a second rack position.
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Black+Decker Toaster Oven Review — Does the Cheapest Option Still Make Sense?
The TO1313SBD is the toaster oven that turns up in student flats, small offices and second kitchens, and it has 22,249 ratings at 4.3 stars to show for it. It is a 1150-watt, four-slice box with three knobs, one rack position and no digital anything, sold at a price where most of its shelf-mates now advertise air frying, convection or both.
That makes it an unusually clear test of a question worth asking: how much of what a modern countertop oven advertises do you actually use? We read the whole published specification rather than the marketing copy, and there are a couple of things in it that a buyer should know before ordering — including one detail the listing gets flatly wrong.
Quick verdict: the Black+Decker toaster oven scores 7.9/10 in this SoftPickr review. It toasts and bakes competently for the money and it is deliberately basic, which is fine until you want a second rack position.
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Key Specifications
| Feature | Specification |
|---|---|
| Wattage | 1150 watts |
| Capacity | 10 litres, 4 slices |
| Maximum temperature | 450 °F |
| Control type | Knob control, manual |
| Door style | Dropdown, stainless steel |
| Number of shelves | 1 |
| Dimensions | 10.8 in D x 14.5 in W x 8.8 in H |
| Weight | 6.7 pounds |
| Finish | Polished stainless steel |
| Power source | Corded electric |
| Included components | Toaster oven |
| Model number | TO1313SBD |
What 1150 Watts Buys at This Size
The 10-litre cavity is small, and that is the reason 1150 watts is enough. Heat has less air to move and less steel to warm, so the oven reaches a working temperature quickly and holds it reasonably well through a bake. In practice it will brown four slices of toast, crisp a frozen pizza up to about nine inches, and reheat leftovers without the sogginess a microwave leaves behind.
The ceiling is 450 °F, which covers almost everything a countertop oven is asked to do but stops short of the high-heat roasting a full-size oven manages. Anything that wants 500 °F for a proper crust — a pizza on a stone, for instance — is not what this machine is for, and pushing it there is not an option the dial offers.
The Case for Knobs
Three mechanical knobs control temperature, function and time. There is no display, no menu and nothing to relearn, and the timer ends with an audible ding and a hard cut-off rather than a countdown you have to watch. For anyone who wants an appliance a housemate or a visiting parent can operate without instruction, that simplicity is a genuine feature rather than a cost saving.
It is also more durable in the ways that matter. Membrane control panels are the first thing to fail on cheap countertop ovens, and there is no membrane here. The trade-off is precision: a mechanical thermostat drifts, so the number on the dial is a target rather than a measurement, and anyone baking to a recipe should own an oven thermometer and calibrate by eye.
One Rack Position Is the Real Constraint
The specification lists a single shelf, and that is the limitation that will decide whether this oven suits you. There is one rack height, so you cannot move food closer to the top element for browning or lower it away from the bottom element to stop a base burning. Everything cooks in the middle, at whatever distance from the elements the design chose for you.
For toast, reheating and frozen snacks this matters not at all. For baking — cookies, small traybakes, anything with a pastry base — it matters a lot, because managing top and bottom heat separately is most of what rack position is for. If you plan to bake rather than reheat, the extra-wide models with two or three rack slots are worth the step up.
Footprint and What the Listing Gets Wrong
At 14.5 inches wide and 8.8 inches tall it is one of the smaller countertop ovens on sale, and 6.7 pounds means it can live in a cupboard and come out when needed. The dropdown door drops flat and forms a shelf, which is convenient for sliding a hot tray out and inconvenient in that it needs clear counter in front of the machine.
One thing to ignore: the listing’s material field reads “Cotton, Polyester, Viscose”, which is plainly wrong metadata for a steel oven and appears to be a data-entry error rather than a description of anything. The door material and finish fields are correct and both say stainless steel. It is worth naming because it is the sort of thing that makes a specification sheet look less trustworthy than it is.
Limitations and Compromises
The listing does not enumerate what comes in the box beyond “toaster oven”. Black+Decker ovens at this level normally ship with a bake pan and a wire rack, but the published specification does not confirm it, and we are not going to state as fact something the seller has not. Assume you may need to buy a tray that fits, and measure before you do — a 10.8-inch depth does not take a standard quarter sheet.
There is no convection fan. Air moves by natural circulation only, so results are less even than a fanned oven and anything that benefits from moving air — chips, wings, roast vegetables — will brown on top and stay pale underneath unless you turn it halfway. This is the single biggest functional gap against the machines that cost twenty or thirty dollars more.
The 4.3-star average across 22,249 ratings is good but not great, and the pattern in the low reviews is consistent: thermostat accuracy and uneven browning. That is what a mechanical thermostat, one rack position and no fan add up to. The oven is not defective when it does this; it is doing exactly what its specification says it will, which is why we are not badging it.
Cleaning and Maintenance
The crumb tray slides out from the front and should come out weekly rather than when you remember, because a bed of crumbs sitting under the lower element is the most common source of the burning smell owners complain about. The interior walls wipe with a damp cloth and a little washing-up liquid once cold; avoid oven cleaner, which attacks the interior coating on ovens at this price.
The glass door marks with baked-on grease and is the one part worth staying ahead of, because it is far easier to wipe warm than to scrub cold. Never put water into the cavity to soak it and never immerse any part of the unit. If you use it mostly for reheating oily food, a sheet of foil on the tray — not on the floor of the oven, which blocks the element — saves most of the work.
Who Should Buy It?
- You want a second oven for toast, reheating and frozen snacks and will never bake anything demanding in it.
- You are furnishing a student room, an office kitchen or a caravan where counter space and budget are both tight.
- You would rather have three knobs that will still work in eight years than a touch panel that might not.
- You want something light enough to store in a cupboard between uses.
- You are replacing a dead toaster and would rather have an oven for a little more money.
Look elsewhere if you intend to bake. One rack position, no convection and a drifting mechanical thermostat are three separate reasons cookies will disappoint you, and the extra-wide convection models a tier up fix all three. Look elsewhere too if air frying is on your list — this oven does not claim it and cannot fake it, and the 5-in-1 air fry models sit close enough in price that stretching is easy to justify.
SoftPickr Verdict
The Black+Decker toaster oven earns 7.9/10. It is an honest, cheap, mechanically simple oven that does the small jobs well and makes no attempt at the large ones. At this price with 22,249 ratings behind it, that is a reasonable thing to buy, and the knob controls will very likely outlast the electronics on anything more sophisticated sitting next to it on the shelf.
The compromise is that a single rack position and no convection put a hard ceiling on what it can cook. That is why it gets no badge from us despite being good value: it is the right oven for reheating and the wrong oven for baking, and plenty of people buy it expecting the second. Know which you are before you order.
Price and availability change frequently on Amazon, and prices shown here may be out of date — check the current listing before ordering.
Black+Decker toaster oven — Frequently Asked Questions
Does the Black+Decker TO1313SBD have convection?
No. The published specification lists no fan and no convection setting, and heat moves through the cavity by natural circulation only. That is why food browns unevenly compared with a fanned oven and why turning a tray halfway through makes a visible difference. If convection matters to you, Black+Decker sell extra-wide models that have it.
How many slices of bread does it actually fit?
Four, and that is with the slices side by side across the width rather than stacked. The cavity is 10 litres in a 14.5-inch wide body, so a nine-inch frozen pizza fits and a full-size baking sheet does not. Measure any tray before buying one for it.
Is the temperature dial accurate?
It is a mechanical thermostat, so treat the numbers as a target rather than a reading. Owners consistently report drift, which is normal for this type of control at this price. An inexpensive oven thermometer sitting on the rack lets you learn the offset once and adjust for it thereafter.
Can you use foil in it?
On the bake tray, yes. Never lay foil on the floor of the cavity or wrap the rack, because covering the lower element traps heat, damages the finish and is a fire risk. Keeping foil to the tray gives you the easy-cleaning benefit without any of the danger.
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