So at times, cleaning does require a bit of elbow grease and the air fry basket mesh can be fiddly to clean, I’d recommend a brush for this. On the plus side, here’s a handy removable crumb tray that pulls out of the front making it easy to remove crumbs from beneath the element. Generally, the rest of the inside of the oven just requires a quick wipe with a damp cloth to remove any splatters. After drooling over several of the recipes included in the product manual, I landed on blueberry muffins – a classic.
Oddly, temperature can only be programmed in 10-degree increments, so if your recipe calls for 375°F, you have to choose either 370°F or 380°F. We tested multiple Cuisinart TOA models and found the cuisinart toa60 TOA-65 to be a true kitchen workhouse. The instructions for the different things that it can be used for limited at best. In this type of oven, there several levels to separate different foods.
We also like that you can program the size of your pizza up to 12 inches in diameter. We tested most of the other functions — bake, broil, toast, reheat, keep warm — and all produced perfect food in a ridiculously short amount of time. It’s digital, so there are 10 programmed settings of time and temperature for a variety of foods, all of which can be adjusted depending on your recipe or packaging instructions. For example, the Pizza function is set at 350°F for 30 minutes, and we adjusted it to 450°F.
The recipe makes six muffins and as such advises using a six cup muffin tin. But by this point I had all the ingredients out and my heart was set on blueberry muffins. So I mixed up the batter anyway and decided to split it between six paper muffin cases which I placed on the baking tray. Countertop ovens from Cuisinart are known for many features that make them simple and enjoyable. Their viewing window and interior lighting allow you to keep an eye on your food easily, and digital controls with blue backlit LED display are attractive and straightforward to operate. Cleaning and maintenance on these ovens is a snap thanks to their slide-out crumb and drip tray and Easy-Clean interior, in which the sides of the oven are specially sealed for easy cleaning.
Then you can further narrow by aesthetics and features which usually come at a premium. Using the bake function, we preheated our finalists to 425°F and set our timers for 45 minutes. To kill two birds with one stone, we decided to evaluate our finalists’ ability to bake a pizza and cook frozen food in a single test.
If you use the air fryer, you’ll also enjoy quick preheating times and a lightning-fast cooking experience. The design of the toaster oven goes beyond how much space it will take and how it will look in your kitchen. While the aesthetic appeal can only be determined subjectively, we took it upon ourselves to judge the build and functionality presented by each model’s design. Since baking is a cooking function that can be used on almost any food item, we decided to test it on more than one. First, we brainstormed through the baked goods options, and to satisfy our sweet cravings, we chose to bake cupcakes using the Betty Crocker Super Moist Yellow Cake Mix. The goal was to produce cupcakes that were light in density, moist in texture, and even in color.
Inside is an oven rack, baking tray and airfryer basket, all stainless steel. Beautifully designed and sure to suit any kitchen interior, this air fryer and oven combination replaces your toaster and air fryer. It can also help you reduce your energy bills by offering an alternative oven to roast or bake in. With no need to preheat, except five minutes for baking, you can speed up your cooking time and reduce your energy output.
It comes with an oven rack, baking tray and airfryer basket, all of which must be thoroughly washed first. How well the toasters or toaster ovens cuisinart choppers produced a range of light to dark toast. The pizza setting works similarly to baking as it distributes heat from above and below the rack.
Both can fit in most dishwashers but should be placed on the top rack. In all settings, the oven timer will ring out to indicate an end to the cooking time, and the cuisinart air fryer oven Air Fryer Mini Oven will stop cooking your food. At any time, if you want to end cooking before the end of cooking time, simply turn the timer dial to zero or turn the toaster function to off. We look for a crumb tray that slides out smoothly and that is easily accessible. For toaster ovens, most have a non-stick interior for easier cleaning.