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Cuisinart TOA-70 Air Fryer Toaster Oven
Best OverallHamilton Beach Sure-Crisp Air Fryer Toaster Oven
Best BudgetPrice
$160-$220
$90-$100
Summary
Good Housekeeping's top-tested pick across 24+ models, praised for fast, even cooking and intuitive mechanical dials. Reddit's r/BuyItForLife users call it a 'solid workhorse' alongside the Breville Pro.
Good Housekeeping's best-value pick at under $100, capable of fitting a 12-inch pizza and producing uniformly crispy wings and fries. Simple three-knob operation makes it the easiest to use on this list.
Pros
- Delivers crispy, evenly cooked wings and fries quickly in lab testing
- Comes with baking/drip pan, air fryer basket, grill pan, and wire rack
- Door includes printed rack-position guides for each setting — very user-friendly
- Four clear mechanical dials keep operation simple and intuitive
- 8 cooking functions: Toast, Broil, Bake, Warm, Air Fry, Grill, Convection Bake, Convection Broil
- Under $100 price point — best value on the market
- Fits a 12-inch frozen pizza despite compact size
- Produced uniformly melted cheese and evenly colored toast in GH lab tests
- Wings and fries crisped up quickly, evenly, and nicely
- Simple three-knob operation with auto-shutoff
Cons
- Air-frying accessories are not dishwasher-safe
- Slight learning curve — cooks faster than expected, easy to over-brown food
- Mechanical dials less precise than digital controls for exact temperature
- Mechanical dials less precise than digital controls
- Timer increments set in units of five with no individual minute markings
- Smaller capacity limits cooking for larger families
Our take
The Cuisinart TOA-70 is the sweet spot — it outperforms pricier models in daily use, comes loaded with accessories, and doesn't require a $400+ investment to get genuinely great results.
For anyone who doesn't want to overthink it or spend over $100, the Hamilton Beach Sure-Crisp just works. It beat pricier models in GH's air frying tests — that's all you need to know.
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