Toaster oven

A toaster oven operable in a cooking cycle for cooking foods in a first mode, and a toasting cycle for toasting in a second mode and a deenergized third mode comprising

• a housing defining an oven chamber for the cooking of food and for toasting,
• a door secured to said housing to provide access to said chamber,
• means for automatically actuating said toaster oven into said third mode upon closing said door after removing food from said chamber.

A toaster oven comprising

• a housing defining an oven chamber,
• a door pivotally mounted on said housing defining a side of said chamber, said door being adapted to be pivtoed to a first position closing said chamber, to a second position partially opening and venting said chamber, and to a third full open position, energy storage means for stored energy upon pivoting said door from said second to said first position, said stored energy tending to move said door from said first to said second position,
• thermal timer means for holding said door in said first position for a preselected period of time whereupon said door is released to said second, venting position, and said thermal timer means being disabled when said door moves from said first closed position to said second venting position and being enabled by moving said door to said third fully open position and then to said first fully closed position.