The toaster oven helped me to reheat w/out having to turn on the oven for just a bowl of spaghetti (or whatever I was heating up for myself or DH) If I was re-heating for the whole family I did it in the oven or on the stove top. The only thing w/ the stove top is that you have to stand right there & make sure not to burn it. That was hard for me, so I used the toaster oven or oven more often. It just takes a bit longer.