6 Best Air Fryer Toaster Ovens of 2024, Tested & Reviewed

After cooking (and taste-testing!) over 20 pounds of chicken wings, we found the top performers.

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The best air fryer toaster ovens do it all: the appliances let home chefs air fry, toast, bake, broil and more in one appliance that takes up relatively minimal counter space. Toaster ovens that can air fry make food crispier, faster thanks to more heating elements on the top and a larger fan than traditional toaster ovens, or they might use the same fan the toaster uses to convection bake. The best ones are easy to operate and produce top-tier results across functions.

In the Good Housekeeping Institute Kitchen Appliances and Innovation Lab, we've tested more than 20 different air fryer toaster ovens, in addition to more than 40 air fryers and 40 toaster ovens. To evaluate the multiple functions of an air fryer toaster oven, we cook chicken wings and french fries to see how quickly and evenly each crisps up, and we toast bread and bake a cake on both the standard and convection bake settings. We also broil a steak and an open-faced sandwich on the broiler setting. Ahead, find the best air fryers of 2024 for all your quick-dinner and cooking needs.

This air fryer toaster oven has topped our best-tested list for several years. It toasts bread quickly and evenly, bakes gently and air fries the quickest with no additional preheat time. In our tests, it made chicken wings super crispy in 20 minutes — and crispy french fries in even less time.

The results are impressive; they're comparable to the best stand-alone air fryers. Just keep an eye on what you're cooking when experimenting the first few times to prevent accidentally burning your food. We also recommend air frying at a slightly lower temperature than you're used to until you get a sense of this model — it's powerful!

In the toaster oven portion of our test, bread toasted well and cake baked quickly with just a small dome that needed to be trimmed (the best toaster ovens cook a level cake). Frozen pizza cooked quickly, as did broiled steak.

The oven comes with a user guide loaded with cooking charts and recipes; plus, the oven is programmed with more than 10 settings, five of which are specific to air frying. The ability to program the oven for two different times and temps is a unique feature: It's useful for starting foods at a high temp to crisp them and then lowering the temp to finish cooking the interior.

We liked this digital model, but the control panel can be a little tricky. If you want a more simple-to-use interface, the Cuisinart TAO-70 air fryer has mechanical controls and is also a little cheaper.

This affordable model impressed us during testing, especially when it came to air frying. It has a basic control panel with three knobs that are easy to operate, and it proved to be a useful small kitchen appliance that's still large enough to fit a 12-inch frozen pizza. In our tests, it was one of the few that was able to produce a pizza with uniformly melted and make evenly colored toast. Wings and fries also crisped up quickly, nicely and evenly.

The air fryer toaster oven comes with a metal mesh basket for air frying, a broil rack and a baking tray. It has an incremental timer for up to 30 minutes, a stay-on setting so you can cook food for longer than 30 minutes and auto-shutoff. Take note that the timer's increments are set in units of five, but there are no markings for the individual minutes.

If you want to fit a larger pizza or have a lot of mouths to feed at once, we recommend opting for the Hamilton Beach 6-in-1 Sure Crisp Air Fryer Toaster Oven. It has the same great features as the smaller Sure-Crisp but a larger capacity.

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All the tests we conducted in the Cosori Air Fryer Toaster Oven Combo, from air fry to bake, received top scores. This oven produced crispy wings and fries, evenly golden toast and well-baked, level cake. It nicely browned our steak on the broil function, which is a function that really impresses us when done well.

Our kitchen pros appreciated its large capacity — especially since it doesn't make the machine feel bulky like some others with the same capacity. We also liked the high-quality accessories, including an extra-large baking/broiling pan, an air fryer rack and a rotisserie spit for chicken and other roasts.

This model offers an intuitive control panel that's easy to navigate. It also has the ability to dehydrate — i.e. cook on low temps for a long time — and to ferment, which allows you to keep the oven at one low temp for a long time so you can make things like yogurt (though we'd recommend using an oven thermometer, too, to play it extra safe).

The one downside is that wings took about 20 minutes longer to cook than other air fryer toaster ovens we tested — plus an extra six minutes to preheat. The results, however, were worth it: Crispy, juicy and even chicken wings.

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The popular Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro got an even smarter upgrade with the ability to connect to an app. Breville leveraged its partnership with ChefSteps, the brand that first introduced the Joule sous vide, to make an app (for Apple and Google) loaded with air fryer recipes and videos.

In our tests, the Joule Oven Air Fryer Pro made toast that was almost entirely even and a gorgeous, golden cake. It also offers unique "autopilot" settings for foods like rotisserie chicken: It does all the work of cycling through different temperatures and settings to get the most perfect results.

The air fryer setting took longer to crisp wings than most of the other air fryer toaster ovens we tested, but the results were similar to the results we saw in the Smart Oven Air that consumers love — though we found them less crispy than we think air-fried wings should be. Nonetheless, this oven was among the easiest to use with an intuitive control panel plus the ability to follow along on the app. It can even 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. It offers many settings, including "Proof" so you can proof your bread dough, a setting we're seeing more and more in air fryer toaster ovens that offer low temps.

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Designed to match other stylish Café brand appliances — like the Café fridge, coffee maker and more — this Couture Oven with Air Fry will make a statement on your countertop. In addition to the matte black design with rose-gold knobs, it also comes in white and stainless steel.

Aesthetics aside, this air fryer toaster oven performed well in our tests. Air-fried wings took 20 minutes to crisp evenly; they released from the air fryer basket easily and stayed juicy. We were pleased that there wasn't any smoking during air frying and that the oven was easy to use overall with a helpful digital control panel.

In our toaster oven tests, the bread turned out golden, and though the cake took a little longer to cook than it did in other models, it baked evenly and level. The air fryer toaster oven comes with an air frying rack, cooking rack and baking pan.

The Ninja Foodi Air Fry Oven has one of the largest air frying racks we tested, measuring in at 13 by 13 inches. It offers a large amount of cooking space, including being able to comfortably fit nine pieces of toast at one time, but the machine is squat and can't fit an entire chicken like most of the air fryer toaster ovens and toaster ovens we tested.

The most appealing feature is that it swivels upward for storage so it won't take up your counter space. Plus, when stored upright, the bottom of the oven can be released for cleaning so you can easily wipe it down.

In our tests, the Ninja Foodi Air Fry Oven air fried crispy, evenly cooked wings and fries. It also toasted bread evenly and made a gorgeously browned and level cake. The control panel is simple to operate with easy-to-read settings.

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In the Good Housekeeping Institute Kitchen Appliances and Innovation Lab, we tested 20 different air fryer toaster ovens for their ability to air fry, bake, broil and, of course, toast. That means we cooked more than 20 pounds of wings to see how quickly and evenly they crisped up.

When we test wings, we simply sprinkle them with salt and place them on the rack. We don't add any oil, so we can see whether they brown nicely and/or stick on their own. We assess how quickly and evenly they cook and whether they are juicy or dry. We also use this test to help us evaluate whether the oven is prone to smoking and how easy it is to clean afterward.

We also air fry frozen french fries and take the same criteria as wings into consideration. We score how quickly and evenly they cook as well as how crispy but tender they turn out.

One of our most important and telling toaster oven tests is making toast. We know that an air fryer toaster oven must be able to toast well since it's one of the most commonly used features. We fill the rack with bread three times and toast each batch on a different setting. We evaluate how evenly and consistently the oven toasts as well as how much the low, medium and high settings differ from one another. We've found that many toaster ovens work great and don't require buying a standalone toaster.

In addition to air fry and toast, we test the air fryer toaster ovens' baking ability by making frozen pizza (to see how evenly the cheese melts and whether the crust is done) and baking a boxed-mix cake (to see how evenly it cooks and browns). We score the results on cooking time and evenness.

Lastly, we test the broiling function with open-faced sandwiches and steak since a good air fryer toaster oven should be able to melt cheese nicely and broil foods quickly.

✔️ Size: Most toaster ovens can fit a whole, 4-lb chicken, but if you're tight on space, you might not need the extra height. If you mostly plan to use your toaster oven for bread, reheating leftovers or one- or two-person meals, a compact model is sufficient. If you're looking to use it as a second oven, consider a larger model; some are big enough to fit a whole turkey.

✔️ Type of controls: Toaster ovens can have digital or mechanical controls. We recommend digital for more precise options when it comes to setting the temperature and the timer. If you don't mind less-nuanced controls or keeping an additional timer close by, mechanical dials will save you money.

✔️ Racks and accessories: All toaster ovens should come with at least one rack and one baking/broiling pan. Air fryer toaster ovens usually include an additional basket or rack for air frying. The baskets usually sit on the baking/broiling pan and allow safe cooking at high temperatures as well as easy maneuverability and cleanup. But sometimes the air frying rack slides directly into the toaster oven slots, and grease can drip directly onto the bottom heating elements if you don't position a pan below it. Some air fryer toaster ovens may include or offer the option to purchase more air fryer racks (that can also be used for dehydrating in most cases) to use at the same time, and some include a rotisserie attachment.

✔️ An air fryer is a stand-alone appliance that can crisp up food quickly. The heat source is located on the top of the unit and is paired with a large fan that circulates the hot air. There are two main air fryer styles to choose from:

✔️ An air fryer toaster oven is a toaster oven that's also designed to air fry. It will either have more heating elements and a larger fan or rely on existing fans and higher temperature settings. This type of air frying takes place on a shallow basket that's set atop a tray or on an air fryer basket. Like oven-style air fryers, the air frying parts are less bulky to clean.

Before cleaning your appliance, ensure it is unplugged and has completely cooled down after use. Then, you'll want to wash the racks and drip tray with soap and water. Some air fry toaster ovens may have dishwasher-safe racks and trays, so consult the owner's manual to before placing in your dishwasher. Next, wipe down the interior and glass door with a damp sponge or towel. Voilà! All set for round two of air frying, toasting, etc.

Absolutely. Even though an air fryer toaster oven can be an investment upfront, the money you spend quickly pays off when you take advantage of the versatility this compact appliance offers. Whether you want to air fry wings, fish, veggies and frozen foods; make toast; or bake, convection bake, broil and reheat, you can buy one appliance rather than multiple.

Plus, it can replace or supplement a regular oven, which is handy for small spaces or occasions when you want to feed a crowd.

Nicole Papantoniou is the director of the Good Housekeeping Institute Kitchen Appliances and Innovation Lab, where she oversees all testing related to cooking and drinking. She has tested more than 20 air fryer toaster ovens herself and, when she worked in product development, helped develop one of the best-selling air fryer toaster ovens on the market. She's been using them daily ever since.

Nicole (she/her) is the director of the Good Housekeeping Institute's Kitchen Appliances and Innovation Lab, where she has overseen content and testing related to kitchen and cooking appliances, tools and gear since 2019. She’s an experienced product tester and recipe creator, trained in classic culinary arts and culinary nutrition. She has worked in test kitchens for small kitchen appliance brands and national magazines, including Family Circle and Ladies’ Home Journal.

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