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Best Air Fryer Toaster Ovens for 2024
Our Experts Written by David Watsky Our expert, award-winning staff selects the products we cover and rigorously researches and tests our top picks. If you buy through our links, we may get a commission. Reviews ethics statement Why You Can Trust CNET 16171819202122232425+ Years of Experience 14151617181920212223 Hands-on Product Reviewers 6,0007,0008,0009,00010,00011,00012,00013,00014,00015,000 Sq. Feet of Lab Space How we test CNETs expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. What to consider Cooking modes and special features Digital displays, niche cooking modes and smart settings are all available for a price. Size and capacity You'll want to square your cooking needs with the amount of counter space you're willing to give up. Cost and value The fanciest air fryer toaster ovens can cost upwards of $500, but you may not need all that oven. Table of Contents Our Picks $187 at Best Buy Best countertop oven and air fryer overall Ninja Foodi View details $187 at Best Buy View details $190 at Best Buy Best looking air fryer and toaster KitchenAid Digital Countertop Oven View details $190 at Best Buy View details $300 at Amazon Best air fryer and toaster to replace your big oven Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro View details $300 at Amazon View details $80 at Walmart Best budget air fryer toaster Cuisinart Compact Airfryer Toaster View details $80 at Walmart View details Table of Contents Do you know what's perfectly fine and acceptable? Having both an air fryer and a toaster oven. Yet, air fryer toaster ovens exist, combining the two into a space-saving device. It's perfect if you have a smaller kitchen or are renting an apartment and can't afford to take up too much space. As a rule of thumb, dual-function appliances help organize your kitchen and save money.Read more: 52 Best Christmas Gifts 2024: Early Ideas to Clear Your Holiday ListAir fryers are typically basket or pot-style kitchen gadgets and can either focus on heating up one thing or can be a two-in-one appliance. Air fryers cook food by circulating hot air, making it more straightforward to cook food without the use of oil. On the other hand, air fryer toaster ovens cook food using concentrated heat and are typically useful for cooking things that need to be laid flat, like toast or reheating leftovers. Now imagine combining these two appliances into one, it becomes clear why a toaster oven with dual functions similar to an air fryer would be desirable.We've tested several of these combo machines from top small appliance brands to find the best air fryer toaster ovens to add to your kitchen.What's the best overall air-frying toaster oven?I've tested dozens of toaster ovens and air fryers and now hybrid models that do it all. After hours of baking, browning, broiling, toasting and air-frying with hot air, Ninja's Foodi toaster with its powerful air fryer function tops this list as the best toaster oven and air fryer for 2024.Pod-shaped air fryer ovens mostly do one thing: air fry. You can control the temperature, but you're limited to a single cooking function -- there's no broiling, for instance -- and it's much harder to be precise if you're making something finicky and not simply crisping up fried food, frozen pizza or frozen french fries. They also have smaller capacities in comparison to their overall size so I wouldn't call them good space-budgeters, especially if you want one that'll cook enough for two or more people. If you're a little tight on kitchen space, like this New Yorker here, an air fryer/oven combo will do the work of an air fryer and a toaster and some models, like the flip-up Ninja Foodi Air Fryer Oven, don't take up much counter space at all.Here's how the hybrid air fryer toaster ovens performed and a few of my top picks. Best air fryer toaster ovens of 2024 Pros Powerful air fryer function Cooks precisely and evenly Folds up on a hinge to save space on the counter Cons A short interior makes it difficult to cook bulkier foods Walls of oven get dirty faster than larger models Power 1,800 wattsControls DigitalFunctions Air fry, bake, broil, pizza, toastDimensions 8H 15.3W 10.2DPrice $200 $187 at Best Buy The small yet mighty Ninja Foodi bested all others in my final assessment and placed either first or second in nearly every single test I ran, blending fierce power, consistency and control. The Ninja preheated the fastest (by far) and kept its heat consistent throughout. The air fryer function was also best in show and it broiled a salmon filet nicely. It's also the most compact of these countertop ovens and the only model that flips up via a hinge in the back to rest no more than 7 inches from the wall.One drawback is the Ninja's interior size, but I suspect that's also why it works as well as it does. The Ninja is short -- about 6 inches and half the height of many of the others -- so you're somewhat limited in what you can put inside. It also makes things a bit clumsy when you're loading food in and taking it out and it's harder to see while it's cooking. Photo Gallery 1/1 $190 at Best Buy Best looking air fryer and toaster KitchenAid Digital Countertop Oven $190 at Best Buy $190 at KitchenAid While the KitchenAid didn't run away with many of the test categories, it didn't struggle mightily in any of them either. It sports a serviceable air fry function -- although certainly not the best -- excellent temperature consistency and a very sleek and intuitive control panel (my favorite of the lot). It makes the list because I found it to be a reliable oven that's also an ideal size formostkitchens and its sleek and modern design was my favorite of the bunch.It's a bit of a hybrid between the Ninja and the Breville in that it's compact -- just 17 inches across versus the Breville at more than 21 -- but also has a more traditional cooking capacity so you could get some taller items in there, whereas the Ninja is limited in that department. It also looks great, which always counts for something. Photo Gallery 1/1 $300 at Amazon Best air fryer and toaster to replace your big oven Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro $300 at Amazon
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