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An air fryer toaster oven is a compromise you make on purpose: one box on the counter instead of two, in exchange for accepting that it probably won’t brown toast as evenly as the slot toaster it replaced or crisp quite like a dedicated basket fryer. Get the right one and the tradeoff mostly disappears — it heats fast, throws real heat around a real cavity, and earns its footprint. Get the wrong one and you’ve bought a heavy metal box that takes nine minutes to produce toast that’s pale on one end.
I’ve cycled through several of these in my own kitchen, and the gap between a good one and a frustrating one almost never shows up on the spec sheet. Wattage figures look identical from model to model; what actually matters is whether the fan runs in toast mode and whether the air fry basket sits close enough to the elements to crisp anything. Over the past six months, my team and I cooked in 12 of them — frozen fries, whole chickens, bagels, reheated pizza — and the ones worth keeping handled the boring jobs without being babysat.
Best for Most Kitchens
Cuisinart Air Fryer Toaster Oven TOA-70
Key Features
- Power: 1800 watts
- Capacity: 0.6 cubic feet
- Cooking functions: 8
- Temperature range: 80 to 450 °F
- Price: Midrange
A reversible ceramic grill/griddle comes in the box, along with an oven rack, an air fry basket, and a baking pan that doubles as a drip tray. The griddle is what settled it for us: laid over the elements, it gives you a flat, hot surface for a steak or a tray of vegetables, and it’s the accessory we reached for most after the basket. None of the other picks here includes one.
The cooking is done by 1,800 watts, a top-mounted fan, and a range that runs from 80 to 450 °F. That low end is the underrated part — it’s where proofing dough and dehydrating live, and it’s why this can stand in for a second oven rather than just a big toaster. Frozen fries crisped, six slices of toast fit across the rack, and a 12-inch pizza or a four-pound chicken had room without crowding the elements. Food gets there faster than the dial suggests, so start checking early.
What you give up is convenience at the sink. The interior is bare stainless around exposed elements, the racks and pans are hand-wash only, and the corners collect spatter that needs a proper wipe rather than a rinse. It also runs hot, so we learned to drop the dial a little and check early instead of trusting a recipe’s timing. Both are manageable habits, and neither is a reason to skip it.
The trade against the Ninja SP101 is storage: the Ninja folds up and this one simply sits there being an oven. In exchange you get the wider temperature range, the griddle plate, and a three-year limited warranty. In a kitchen where the oven stays put, that’s the better deal.
Pros
- Griddle plate turns it into a grill
- Runs from 80 to 450 °F for proofing and drying
- 1800 watts with a real air fry basket
- Three-year limited warranty
Cons
- About 25 pounds, so it stays where you put it
The air fryer toaster oven we recommend for most kitchens: it toasts, fries, bakes, and grills, and it’s the only pick here that ships with a griddle plate.
Best for Second-Oven Duty
Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro
Key Features
- Power: 1800 watts
- Capacity: 1 cubic foot
- Cooking functions: 13
- Temperature range: 80 to 480 °F
- Price: Premium
A cubic foot of interior is what separates this from everything else on the page: a 9-by-13-inch broil rack, a 13-inch pizza pan, two oven racks, an enamel roasting pan, and enough height to put a chicken in it. It’s a second oven that happens to sit on the counter, and the only pick here that will run two racks of cookies at once.
Thirteen functions isn’t a gimmick list. Element iQ steers five quartz elements and a two-speed fan, so you get a gentle convection for baking and a high-speed blast for air frying and dehydrating. The dehydrate and proof settings are the ones that changed how we used it — they turn a countertop oven into something a bread baker would buy it for on purpose. It also reaches 480 °F, the highest ceiling here.
Toasting is the weakest of the thirteen. It’s slower than a slot toaster and less even across a full rack, so keep a dedicated toaster if toast is a daily ritual. Long term, the heating elements and the door are the parts that can give trouble after a couple of years, which is worth knowing before you spend the most money in this group — register it and keep the receipt.
None of that changes what it’s for. If you want to stop heating a full-size oven for a tray of vegetables, and your counter can spare the width, this is the one that replaces the big oven rather than supplementing it.
Pros
- A full cubic foot of cooking space
- Thirteen functions including dehydrate and proof
- 80 to 480 °F, the widest range here
- Two-speed convection for baking and crisping
Cons
- 21.5 inches wide and about 30 pounds
- Toasting lags a dedicated slot toaster
Buy the Breville if you want a second oven rather than a big toaster: a cubic foot of space, thirteen functions, and the widest temperature range in this group.
Best for Tight Counters
Ninja Flip SP101
Key Features
- Fits: 13-inch pizza or 9 toast slices
- Power: 1750 watts
- Dimensions: 19.72 x 14.96 x 7.56 in
- Temperature range: 250 to 450 °F
- Price: Midrange
The hinge is the whole idea. Push the oven back and it rotates up against the backsplash, taking roughly half the counter it uses when flat. Two things make that work in a real kitchen: you need clear height above it, and the oven won’t fold until it has cooled, prompting you on the display when it’s ready.
As an oven it holds its own. 1,750 watts, eight functions, a 60-second preheat, and a 13-inch pizza or nine slices of toast across the rack. Air roast is the setting we used most, because it’s the one that gets frozen fries and chicken wings closest to fried without a basket of oil.
Where it earns its place is the combination of that fold-away footprint and the speed. It preheats faster than anything else here, and it browns evenly enough that a single tray of vegetables stopped being a reason to heat the big oven. Understand the thermostat before you buy, though: it starts at 250 °F, so the low, slow dehydrating a dedicated dehydrator does isn’t really on the table, whatever the button says.
The shape is the other thing to check. At nearly 20 inches front to back it’s the deepest oven here, and the low ceiling means reaching in to wipe the floor. If depth is tight, the French-door Ninja is shallower but wider; if it’s counter length you’re short of, this is the one that gives it back.
Pros
- Flips upright to free roughly half the counter
- 60-second preheat
- Fits a 13-inch pizza or nine slices of toast
Cons
- Nearly 20 inches deep; needs clearance above
- No dehydrating below 250 °F
Our pick for a tight kitchen: it air fries, toasts, and roasts like a real oven, then folds up against the wall when you’re finished.
Best for Family Batches
Ninja French Door FO101
Key Features
- Power: 1800 watts
- Preheat time: 90 seconds
- Air fry basket: 5 quarts
- Max temperature: 450 °F
- Price: Midrange
Five quarts of air fry basket is the number to start with: that’s up to five pounds of fries in one batch, which is family cooking rather than two-person cooking. The French doors are the other half of the pitch — they swing out to the sides instead of dropping toward you, so you reach in rather than over a hot door.
A 90-second preheat and 450 °F cyclonic air handle the rest. Fries, chicken thighs, and a full-size frozen pizza all came out properly browned, and we were surprised by how usable the toast setting is — not something we can say for every oven here. Ten functions cover air fry, air roast, whole roast, bake, pizza, broil, reheat, dehydrate, toast, and bagel, and the cooking surfaces are PFAS-free.
The catch is heat. The exterior gets hot enough that you want clear space around it, and the thermostat runs hot too — bagels on a light setting came out darker than expected — so check a minute or two before the timer. Measure the 16.5-inch width as well, because the body is wider than the basket suggests.
Against the other Ninja here, this one is for people who cook for four and leave the oven where it is. It’s heavier at 22.8 pounds, it doesn’t fold, and it doesn’t need to.
Pros
- Five-quart basket holds up to five pounds of fries
- French doors swing out, not down
- 90-second preheat and 450 °F air
- PFAS-free cooking surfaces
Cons
- Exterior gets hot during use
- 22.8 pounds and does not fold away
For family-sized batches this is the one: a five-quart basket, French doors that stay out of your way, and a 90-second preheat that keeps weeknights short.
Best for Simple Weeknights
BLACK+DECKER Crisp ‘N Bake Pro 6-Slice
Key Features
- Fits: 12-inch pizza, 6 toast slices, 9 x 13-inch pan
- Power: 1500 watts
- Timer: 60 minutes
- Cooking functions: 10
- Price: Budget
Not everyone needs a second oven. If your week is frozen fries, toast, and a pizza on Friday, this covers it with ten one-touch presets and a ceramic pan sized for a 9-by-13-inch dish — and it does it without asking you to learn a control panel. That simplicity is why we kept it in the lineup.
The kit is more generous than the price suggests: an air fry basket, a wire rack, a crumb tray, and a PFAS-free ceramic-coated baking pan that releases food more easily than bare metal. It fits a 12-inch pizza or six slices of toast, and the 60-minute timer has a stay-on setting for longer bakes, which is more flexibility than you usually get at this end of the shelf.
The thermostat is the part to watch. Food comes out pale at the preset time more often than with the Cuisinart, so give it a few extra minutes and look rather than trusting the label, and there’s no interior light, which means opening the door to see how the top is browning. Neither takes long to get used to.
Set against the rest of the list, you’re trading the top pick’s temperature range, grill plate, and heavier build for a smaller, simpler oven. For snacks, toast, reheating, and a Friday pizza, that trade is easy to live with.
Pros
- Ten one-touch cooking presets
- PFAS-free ceramic baking pan included
- Fits a 12-inch pizza or a 9-by-13 pan
Cons
- Preset times can leave food underdone
- No interior light
The budget pick worth owning: ten presets, a ceramic pan, and room for a 9-by-13 dish for the least money here.
How We Tested 12 Air Fryer Toaster Ovens
We built the shortlist from spec sheets and retailer listings, pulling roughly 30 models, then cut it down by interior capacity, wattage, price, and whether accessories and replacement parts were actually in stock. Every oven that made the final 12 had to slide under a standard upper cabinet, run both a toast setting and an air fry setting, and have a crumb tray you could pull out without wrestling the machine. We also counted what came in the box — racks, baskets, rotisserie gear, a temperature probe — since an oven that charges extra for the fry basket is the pricier oven.
Testing ran for six months in home kitchens, on weekday mornings and Sunday afternoons alike. We made toast and bagels for two, cooked frozen fries and chicken wings from frozen, roasted a whole chicken and trays of vegetables, broiled nachos, and reheated slices of cold pizza. A stopwatch recorded preheat time to the minute, an oven thermometer sat in the center and again near the corners to see how far apart the zones ran, and we spread fries across the basket to note which edges charred while the middle stayed blond. Anything that came out raw in the center while scorched on top got marked down, no matter how fast it preheated.
Cleaning, size, and longevity got the same treatment: we deliberately let cheese drip onto the basket and floor, then noted whether it lifted off in one piece or needed a soak, and measured counter footprint and door swing with a tape measure. After six months of near-daily use we checked hinge play, knobs that had gone loose, and coatings that had begun to flake. When the cooking was done, we asked the only question that settles value for money — which of these would we buy with our own money.
How to Choose an Air Fryer Toaster Oven
The oven that earns its counter space is the one that crisps as well as it toasts, fits what you actually cook on a Tuesday, and doesn’t need a cabinet torn out to store.
Measure the counter, then the clearance
These ovens are deeper than a toaster and heavier than they look. The models here run from about 12 inches front to back up to nearly 20, and the Ninja SP101 is the deepest of the group. Tape the footprint on the counter before you order, and leave room around the vents instead of pushing the back flat against the wall.
The flip-up design deserves its own warning. It really does give counter space back, but it needs clear height above and behind the oven, and it won’t fold until it has cooled down. Under low cabinets, a French-door model that opens out to the sides is the friendlier shape.
Capacity is what fits, not the quart count
A 20-quart oven and a 20-quart basket are not the same thing: on the Ninja French Door, the 5-quart air fry basket is the part that actually holds the food, and it’s rated for five pounds of fries. Judge capacity by the largest thing you cook in a normal week — a 12-inch pizza, a 9-by-13-inch pan, six slices of toast at once, or a four-pound chicken.
Air frying also needs a single layer with room for air to move, so the real batch is always smaller than the cavity. Cooking for four, go bigger than feels necessary; cooking for two, a compact oven will be honest with you about its limits.
Heat and airflow do the crisping
Air frying is convection with the fan turned up and the food sitting in a basket so hot air reaches the underside. That’s why power and airflow matter more than preset count: everything here runs 1,500 to 1,800 watts, and any of them will crisp a batch of frozen fries.
Look at both ends of the temperature range instead. The top end, 450 to 480 °F, is what gives you browned edges. The bottom end decides whether you can proof dough or dehydrate — the Cuisinart drops to 80 °F, while the Ninja SP101 stops at 250 °F, which is fine for roasting and useless for drying fruit.
Cleaning and coatings decide how often you use it
Every oven here has a crumb tray and a basket or pan that lifts out, and that’s the easy part. The work is the interior: bare stainless, exposed elements, and corners that catch spatter from anything fatty. Check the care instructions before you buy — the Cuisinart’s racks and pans are hand-wash only, and a coating you can’t scrub is a coating you’ll baby.
Coatings matter for the same reason. A PFAS-free ceramic pan, like the one on the budget BLACK+DECKER, releases food more easily than bare metal and wipes clean sooner, though it still wants hand washing to last.
The toaster half still counts
It’s easy to spend on air frying and forget this is also the appliance making breakfast. Toasting across a wide rack is less even than a slot toaster, and the Breville is slow at it. If toast is a daily ritual, keep your slot toaster and treat this as the oven. If it isn’t, make sure your shortlist fits six slices at once and gives you a shade control rather than a single toast button.
Frequently Asked Questions
I already have a basket air fryer. Is a toaster oven version worth adding?
Only if you want the oven jobs too. A basket fryer does one thing and lives in a cupboard; an air fryer toaster oven also toasts, bakes, roasts, and reheats, and it does all of that on a rack you can slide out. If your basket fryer already earns its cupboard space, buy this for the oven functions rather than as a replacement.
Do I need to preheat an air fryer toaster oven?
For air frying and baking, yes — a couple of minutes makes a visible difference to browning, and the two Ninja ovens get there in 60 and 90 seconds. Toasting and reheating don’t need it. If you skip the preheat, add a few minutes to the cook time instead of raising the temperature, which browns the outside before the middle catches up.
Why does my air fryer toaster oven smoke?
Almost always fat or crumbs sitting on the elements or the oven floor. Put the drip tray under anything fatty, keep food below the top of the basket so air can move, and wipe the interior once it has cooled. Smoke from a clean oven at high heat is normal with oily food; smoke from a dirty one is a cleaning reminder, not a fault.
Final Verdict
The Cuisinart TOA-70 is the air fryer toaster oven we point most people to: it toasts, air fries, bakes, and grills, reaches down to the temperatures proofing and dehydrating need, and backs it with a three-year warranty. If counter space is the constraint, the Ninja SP101 folds up and preheats in a minute. If you want to retire the big oven altogether, the Breville’s cubic foot of space is the only thing here that gets close.