Toaster oven control knob and method of controlling a toaster oven

A toaster oven comprising:

• a housing defining a food cavity;
• an opening defined in the housing to enable access to the food cavity;
• a door movably affixed to the housing and selectively movable between a closed position closing off the opening thereby blocking access to the food cavity and an open position enabling access to the food cavity;
• a cooking grid selectively mountable within the housing;
• one or more heating elements within the housing;
• a timer controlling activation of the heating elements;
• and
• a timer control knob engaged with the timer, the timer control knob being selectively rotatable in a first direction from an off position to a second position to set the timer and activate at least one of the one or more heating elements for a desired amount of time corresponding to the second position, the timer control knob being selectively rotatable in a second direction from the off position to a third position to activate at least one of the one or more heating elements until the timer control knob is selectively rotated in the first direction back to the off position, the second direction being opposite the first direction, the timer control knob having a selectively movable button;
• wherein the timer control knob is only selectively rotatable in the second direction from the off position to the third position when the button is moved from a first position to a second position.