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The concern is likely that there are so many types and sizes of toaster ovens with varying degrees of accuracy in the temperatures they can achieve that it is impossible to ensure that the food would reach a safe temperature with the instructions printed on the box, which are likely optimized for a regular oven.
As long as one understands that the goal is for the center of the food to reach a safe temperature (likely included in the instructions), one can safely use a toaster oven coupled with a food thermometer. As someone else mentioned, the heating elements are usually very close to the food in a toaster oven, so lowering the temperature and extending the cooking time would likely contribute to achieving a safe internal temperature without burning the outside. On the other hand, a large enough toaster oven would probably work just as well as a regular oven, which could be confirmed by a food thermometer.
I'm pretty sure that was said in jest. When one attempts to tuck right into one of those, freshly out of the oven, the internal temperature will seem hotter than the surface of the sun in many cases. Attempting to eat some of it is contraindicated, especially the gravy which can blister.
Nothing but supervise it for fires and also make sure you use a food thermometer so it reaches the correct internal temperature. The TOP may bubble and even burn while the inside is still not cooked.
2200 degrees? Molten lava only reaches 2200 degrees. Are you sure about that? Even 1220 degrees melts aluminum. Typo?
It was a joke.
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