This best-selling Cuisinart boasts 1,800 watts of power and seven functions, including air frying, toasting, baking, convection baking, broiling, convection broiling and warming. Thanks to a high blower velocity and four other heating elements, you can use little to no oil to cook foods like chicken fingers, roasted vegetables and French fries, resulting in an extra crispy final product that tastes fried, but contains a fraction of the fat.
Its large capacity (it can hold six slices of bread, a 12-inch pizza or a 4-pound whole chicken at one time) means you can use it to cook dinner for the entire family without facing a spitting pot of hot oil. But don’t let its capacity fool you: The fryer doesn’t take up too much counter space—in fact, its gleaming, stainless-steel front will make your kitchen look even sleeker.
When we tested the larger version (also on sale, dropping from $300 to $250), we loved the speed with which it heats up, which was much faster than our tester’s conventional oven. We also appreciated its versatility, cooking up everything from chocolate chip cookies to a plan full of cheese and bacon baked potatoes.
Of this smaller model, one reviewer writes that the air fryer is “outstandingly quiet,” saying they “usually can't hear a noise at all, unlike other air fryers we have had.” Another writes, “This would be the third air fryer we’ve purchased, and the second toaster oven-style one. The previous brands all had their pluses and minuses. This one functions well, is incredibly fast and easy to use.”
The kicker? Thanks to the geniuses at Amazon, the Cuisinart air fryer toaster oven is marked way down, from $230 to just $184 when you click the coupon box beneath the price. So if you’ve been envisioning adding an air fryer to your holiday wishlist or your holiday cooking plans, we’d go ahead and add this beauty to your cart—before it sells out.
