Each side is toasted differently - one about right and the other about burned. I love the looks of it. Mine is red. I've only used the toast setting. If I had it to do again, I would not buy it - looks good, toasts bad. When I can't stand it anymore I'll make a planter out of it. Based on many other reviews this has been a problem for several years. Doesn't Cuisinart have any sort of quality control? I assume they don't care. No more Cuisinart stuff for me. Back to Oster.