Shoppers Swear This Air Fryer Toaster Oven Is the “Best Investment” They Ever Made (It’s on Sale!)

Before I got one for myself, I was a bit skeptical about toaster ovens. To be fair, I’m generally hesitant to buy any small appliance, but I couldn’t ever convince myself that it was worth sacrificing counter space for in my tiny kitchen. But like countless other shoppers who’ve left rave reviews online, as well as numerous Kitchn editors, I’m firmly on Team Toaster Oven now. It’s replaced nearly all of my other appliances; who needs a toaster and microwave when you have one of these bad boys? Even better, my toaster oven has an air frying function, so I don’t need one of those anymore, either.

Toaster ovens come in all shapes and sizes and prices, so it’s not always easy to know where to start. You want yours to have as many functions as possible, be easy to operate, and ideally, look nice on your countertop. You can be sure that Breville’s products will check those boxes; we’re fans of its espresso machines, microwaves, and a number of its toaster ovens, including the Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro. It’s a bit pricey, but we (and hundreds of shoppers) can tell you firsthand how worth it it is. Here’s why you should snag it while it’s going for $100 less.

Like me, contributor Marshall wasn’t sure of toaster ovens until this one changed her mind. While researching models to give to her sister as a gift, Breville’s Smart Oven stood out to Marshall amidst a sea of ovens that toast unevenly, offer poor controls, and have overall faulty designs. “Breville solves all these problems, and improves on the competition,” she wrote. “In fact, I’d go as far as saying using it is a … delight.”

Why? “The Smart Oven actually makes it easy to toggle between functions — something I’ve never even bothered to do with other toaster ovens,” Marshall explained in her review. “Things are clearly labeled, and any adjustments within each setting (like number of slices of bread and desired darkness) are easy to figure out as well.” Further, it has a magnet that pulls out the rack for you, and you can slide the bottom out for easy cleaning. Most importantly, it has 13 settings: toast, bagel, broil, bake, roast, warm, pizza, proof, air fry, reheat, cookies, slow cook with high/low settings, and dehydrate.

Sure, it takes up about a cubic foot on your counter, but its multiple functions make up for it — and you can fit a 9- by 13-inch baking pan or 13-inch pizza inside of it. Best of all, with how little you’ll be using your full-size oven, you’ll save a ton of money on your electric bill, and you can turn the inside of your oven into extra storage!

Average Rating: 4.6/5

“This oven does everything my professional convection oven does except faster and better. Even my husband uses it and the only cooking he did before was with the microwave. In fact, we rarely reheat food with the microwave anymore, instead we use the reheat function on this oven for a much better result. I use most of my Temptations bakeware in this, my Staub Dutch oven, and it cooks a frozen pizza perfectly with a pizza stone. It is fairly goof proof since it shows what rack to use and has presets for most of the functions. Been using ours a couple of years and we have noticed a significant drop in our electric bill since we literally stopped using our full size oven.” — runcreek

“Best decision ever! I haven’t even turned on my $3000 in the wall double oven since the day my Breville arrived. The Breville heats up/cools down in just a few minutes and is so very easy to use with its intuitive knobs and presets. The glass door even has written word markings on it to let you know which level to place the racks based upon what you are trying to cook – ‘cookies/pizza/air frying/broiling/roasting, etc.’ Very simply controls.” — Luv2Watch

“I don’t often write reviews, but this is my good deed for the day. I have had this oven for over two years-unfortunately I paid the full price, but I can’t say I regret it because besides having the best oven, I have extra storage space in my regular oven because I almost never use it anymore!” — monitg

Several hundred more reviews echo Marshall and the above shoppers, so you can be confident that you won’t regret the splurge. Still, you don’t have to get the Smart Oven at full price. QVC is offering it at $100 less than usual. If you’re new to QVC, you can use the code HELLO30 for another $30 off, so if I were you, I’d hurry!

Buy: Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro, $299.95 (normally $399.95)