Sharon Franke is a journalist who specializes in testing and writing about kitchen equipment. A thirty-year veteran of the Good Housekeeping Institute, Sharon also worked as a professional hamilton beach chef in New York City restaurants for seven years. In her free time, she is an avid home cook who is in the process of mastering the art of baking sour dough bread.
We think it’s a great choice for people who are looking for a traditional toaster oven primarily to toast all kinds of bread, heat frozen pizzas, and air fry chicken nuggets or frozen fries for the kids. It’s not the model for anyone who is looking for a replacement for their full size oven. It’s much cheaper than any other toaster oven we tested — considerably less so than our winning toaster oven, the Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro. However, the performance is a little hit and miss, so be prepared for compromise. Pre-programmed settings and the ability to set cooking time and temperatures manually make it easy to cook a variety of foods, like steak, vegetables, baked goods and more. When your food is ready, nonstick cooking baskets remove for easy cleaning.
Air frying gives you the crunchy texture of fried foods without the extra grease and fat. Most fryers are easy to clean, have dishwasher-safe containers and occupy less space than convection ovens. An Air fryer can function like convection ovens, deep-fat fryers, and multi-cookers; they combine benefits of multiple appliances.
To get the complete lowdown, here’s our full Hamilton Beach Air Fryer Sure Crisp Toaster Oven review. However, you won’t get the stellar performance and extra features that you find on the more expensive models. How well the toasters or toaster ovens produced a range of light to dark toast.
With the Oven you can make all your deep-fried favorite recipes using minimal or no oil. Fast, powerful convection cooking gives foods a crispy fried texture, so you can make French fries, mozzarella sticks and chicken wings with less oil and achieve the same great flavor. Hamilton Beach® Air Fryers let you make all your deep-fried favourites using minimal or no oil.
An Air fryer is a kitchen appliance that cooks by circulating hot air around food. They do a fantastic job cooking up frozen foods that are meant to taste deep-fried. You can air fry french fries, crispy chicken wings, mozzarella sticks and more.
Owner satisfaction ratings are based on the proportion of members who are extremely likely to recommend their toaster oven brand to their friends and family. The length of time the toaster oven is covered by its manufacturer for defects or repairs. We toasted just one slice of large white bread in each model, aiming for medium brown toast.