Which power level Advantium are you getting?
- 120 or
- 240?

I have the 120 and I find that it's not powerful enough, compared to my friend's 240.

It broils in the sense that it toasts from the top, like a toaster oven, but not as strong focused heat like a toaster oven.
I still like to use my toaster oven when I want it to just toast.

If I'm heating up cold stuff that I want to keep crispy, then the Advantium is good because it warms up while not sogging things.

Pretty great for heating up pizza: melts the cheese, keeps crust crispy.

Amanda

I have the 240 and I make grilled cheese sandwiches in it. The do come out a little drier than if i made it on a griddle or skillet. I think you could totally make an open faced sandwich in the 240, you just might have to adjust the grilled cheese sandwich presets a bit.

nancy

Thank you, Amanda and Nancy!

We are buying the 240, sorry for not including this info in my OP.

Nancy, my youngest son makes open faced cheese sandwiches using English muffins. He really likes doing this so I need to make sure the Advantium will do the job for him before I give our toaster oven to our oldest son.

if you have the space, I would still keep the toaster oven.
I keep mine and a 2nd MW in the walk-in pantry, at kids' height.