The Philips owes that capability in part to its larger size which ensures excellent airflow throughout. If you want to go beyond the typical air fryer use cases, it’s also great at roasting crispy chickpeas and lots of different veggies, among other things. This quirky infrared-powered toaster oven has an R2-D2 vibe and cube-like proportions. At 12x13x10.25 inches, it takes up much less counter space than the Breville, but as its name suggests, it’s really quite flashy.
Yet, it was only serviceable at baking biscuits, browning them unevenly on top and barely at all on the bottom. Foods like frozen French fries and chicken nuggets cook up brown and crispy. However, with homemade recipes, you’ll see less even coloring and get a lighter crunch. “What about roasting?” Not a bad question, but roasting is essentially baking at a higher temperature and also a term generally just used to designate cooking foods with structure, including meat and vegetables. The tests I ran for baking — temperature consistency and accuracy — can be loosely applied to roasting so if an oven gets hot and stays hot, we can assume it’s going to roast well, too. If I ate a lot of canned things, oatmeal, frozen meals, etc, those are not things you can make in an air fryer, so honestly, it just depends on what kind of food you eat and how often you are cooking for yourself.
When we test the air frying function on appliances and air fryers, we cook a pound of chicken wings and a pound of french fries in each machine to see how quickly and evenly each crisps up. We also assess several ease-of-use factors like whether the appliance has an intuitive control panel and is easy to clean. In our tests, the Joule Oven Air Fryer Pro made toast that was almost entirely even and a gorgeous, golden cake. Nonetheless, it was amongst the easiest to use with an intuitive control panel plus the ability to follow along on the app. It even can be controlled with Alexa if you want to adjust your cook time or temperature. The Joule Oven Air Fryer Pro comes with many accessories, including two wire racks, a broiling rack, a baking pan, a pizza pan and an air frying/dehydrating rack.
A microfiber cloth damp with a mild soap solution did the trick and the outside only needed a quick wipe-down and dry. The oven rack and crumb tray had to be handwashed (easy) while the baking/drip pan and air fryer basket cleaned up in the dishwasher (easier). The Cuisinart Convection Toaster Oven Air Fryer was truly disappointing. The bulky machine feels and looks like a tank, and for the price, it lacks finesse.
However, we were pleased to find that these smells dissipated following a few uses. Professional delivery and installation is available for every product we sell. Only logged in customers who have purchased this product may leave a review. Our experienced staff are here to guide you to the tools and knowledge that will make your cooking both more flavorful and more enjoyable to prepare. Michael Sullivan has been a staff writer on the kitchen team at Wirecutter since 2016.
This setting is fixed at 450 degrees F and can broil continually for to two hours (which, frankly, is unnecessary). I placed a salmon filet in the air basket which was fitted in the baking/drip pan — as recommended. The fish was looking good after five minutes and there was no smoke or fishy smell. I broiled for three minutes more and the salmon was browned on top, opaque on the sides and bottom and just flakey in the middle. This air fryer is for perfect for feeding groups, largely due to its spacious, oblong shape that “increases the cooking area in comparison to traditionally round baskets,” says the Good Housekeeping Institute.
Beyond cooking all those foods, we did some tests focused on how reliable and easy to use each model was. We stuck an air probe thermometer inside each oven to see how well they maintained a set temperature. We also used all of the controls to see how easy they were to navigate and how accurate the cooking cuisinart toa60 guidelines were for preparing common foods such as french fries and chicken nuggets. Additionally, we compared the cooking capacity of each model, and we took note of any egregiously noisy fans or annoying beeps. After testing, we washed all of the fryer components to see how easy they were to clean.
The brushed stainless steel exterior looks great on the kitchen counter while the included accessories—an air fryer basket, baking pan, oven rack and grill—ensure the machine will be in heavy rotation in your kitchen. In my testing, the Cuisinart TOA-65 cooked most foods faster than the three other toaster-oven air fryers. This was due in part to the fact that only the Bake and Pizza functions required preheating. For all other functions, I could put the food in right away, which cut down on overall cook time, compared to similar models, by about 3 to 4 minutes. The Cuisinart air fryer measures 14 inches tall by 15.75 inches wide by 14 inches deep, making it large enough to toast six slices of bread, bake a 12-inch pizza, and roast a 4-pound chicken.