I’ve all but abandoned my inbuilt oven because air fryer cooking is just so quick and easy. In my household, the oven is for big roasts, but my air fryer is the everyday workhorse.
But there are limitations, including the fact that you can’t cook a 10-inch frozen pizza, as I found when I switched from oven to air fryer cooking for 30 days .
This is where an air fryer oven comes in. It works just like an air fryer, by circulating hot air around food. But it’s built just like a small oven, with a pull-down, glass-panelled door and moveable racks for food.
You can also use it to toast bread and bagels, and it may have a grill or rotisserie function, which could mean you can dispense with some other countertop appliances.
But bear in mind that an air fryer oven will take up a lot more of your workspace and, because of its larger size, won’t be as cheap to run as a single-drawer air fryer. They don’t tend to be quite as easy to clean as a standard model either.
We’ve also got round-ups of the best air fryers of every type and brand, the best dual-drawer air fryers and the best Ninja air fryers and cookers .
Read on for our top recommendations.
Best air fryer oven reviews
1. Sage smart oven air fryer – Best air fryer oven
Pros
- Ten functions with programmed presets
- Nicely made accessories
- Great results
- High quality design and build
Cons
- Sides get hot
- No clock
- Expensive
If you’re in the UK, you can buy this appliance under the Sage brand name. In the US, it’s Breville.
The smart oven air fryer is a microwave-sized countertop air fryer oven with ten separate cooking functions: toast (6 slices), crumpet, grill, bake, roast, warm, pizza, air fry, reheat and slow cook. The model we tested is in a bright, brushed stainless-steel silver, although there are other colour options: there’s a choice of eleven in the US. It’s high quality and beautifully made and will be an asset to your worktop – most rivals are much less attractive.
It has an LCD display and button and dial controls. Inside the oven are three shelf heights and it comes with a set of high quality accessories: a 30cm/12in pizza pan, a wire shelf, a grilling rack, a roasting pan, an air-frying basket, and crumb tray.
But it’s when cooking that this appliance really shines, producing crispy and flavourful food. This may be down to the ElementIQ system, which uses a smart algorithm and sensors to control the temperature perfectly and evenly.
This is a luxury buy, with a high quality build and performance. But if your budget can stretch to it, I think it’s well worth it. If not, we have some more wallet-friendly options below.
Read our full Sage smart oven air fryer review
2. Breville Halo Air Fryer Rotisserie – Rotisserie function
Pros
- Rotisserie spit and basket
- 3 cooking surfaces
- Easy to use
Cons
- Max 1.3kg rotisserie weight
- Used accessories may require a pre-wash soak
- Changing oven light might be tricky
The Breville Halo Air Fryer Rotisserie Oven comes with a mesh drum, for cooking food such as chips, as well as a rotisserie spit. Its 10-litre capacity is large enough to cook a joint of meat, but not so overwhelming that it seems wasteful to cook small volumes of food.
It’s versatile as well: it can do everything that a traditional air fryer can, and then some. The rotisserie spit is good for a whole, 1.3kg chicken and the drum can hold 750g of chips.
It has touchscreen controls, and you can opt for one of the pre-set cooking programmes (chips, chicken, vegetables, and steak) or one of the manual options (air fry, bake and dehydrate).
If you want a good value, budget model that won’t overwhelm your countertop, this is it.
Read our full Breville Halo Air Fryer Rotisserie Oven review
3. HySapientia 26QT/24-litre – Stainless steel build
Pros
- Stainless steel build
- Huge capacity
- Crispy results
- Faster and cheaper than an oven
Cons
- Annoying control panel
- Feels like overkill for for small volumes of food
- Maximum one-hour cooking time
This air fryer oven is one of the largest we’ve tested, with a whopping 26QT/24-litre capacity. It’s also one of the rare air fryers made from stainless steel (along with other food-grade metals), which means it looks a lot better and brighter on your kitchen counter than many of its rivals. But you’ll need plenty of room to house it.
This HySapientia model is cheaper to run than you may think, especially if you’re cooking for a larger group. You can cook an entire family meal in it, and it’ll cost much less than in a traditional oven. It produces very crispy food as well – perhaps because there’s plenty of room for hot air to circulate. It comes with plenty of accessories, including a rotisserie spit – making it a versatile option.
However, its huge size means you’re heating up much more space than you need to if you just want to cook a couple of fish fingers for the kids. And we didn’t love its control panel. It’s largely dial-operated, where a touchscreen would be preferable, and makes a lot of annoying beeps as you choose your settings.
Altogether though, this model strikes a good balance between looks and price.
Read our full HySapientia 26QT/ 24-litre air fryer oven review
4. Smeg 10-in-1 Multifunction Countertop Oven – Most stylish appliance
Pros
- Preset programmes
- Two trays and rack accessories
- Steam cooking
Cons
- Controls not intuitive
- Large worktop footprint
- Hard to clean
- Accessories not dishwasher-safe
If aesthetic appeal are important, the Smeg Multifunctional Oven is the appliance to go for. But you’ll need deep pockets as it’s twice the price of any of our other recommendations. You’ll also need plenty of counter space: when the door is open, it’s large enough to overhang a standard kitchen countertop.
But it has a huge 30-litre capacity and a menu of preset programmes, allowing you to do everything from proofing dough and baking, to roasting potatoes and steaming vegetables. There’s a tank in the top so you can add water for steaming. We loved its versatility and thought its cooking results were good.
We were less enamoured with its multifunctional controls – you’ll need to keep the instructions handy until you learn to programme it. And its interior and cooking accessories are time-consuming to clean. They’re not dishwasher-safe either.
It’s a little bit more work, and a lot more money than some of our other recommendations, but it is a countertop beauty.
Read our full Smeg 10-in-1 Multifunction Countertop Oven review
5. Tefal Easy Fry air fryer oven – 10 cooking functions
Pros
- 10 functions
- 20L capacity
- Air frying basket
- No need to preheat
Cons
- Accessories not dishwasher safe
- Large worktop footprint
- Needs substantial space around it
The Tefal Easy Fry air fryer oven is faster and cheaper to cook in than a conventional oven and has a huge, 20-litre capacity. It’s versatile as well, with ten cooking functions and seven preset programmes, including bake, grill, toast, roast and pizza, as well as two manual modes for toasting bagels and reheating, plus an automatic keep warm setting.
It comes with all the accessories you’ll need, including wire racks, an air fryer basket, a crumb tray and food tray. These aren’t dishwasher-safe, however, so you’ll need to clean them regularly by hand to prevent cooking residue build-up.
The oven itself isn’t quite as easy to clean as a standard air fryer, and it doesn’t have a shake/turn function midway through the cooking programme. You’ll also need plenty of counter space to house it. But if you’re a big or busy household, it’ll give you more options and a simpler way to cook.
Read our full Tefal Easy Fry air fryer oven review
6. Cosori air fryer oven – Best budget air fryer oven
Pros
- 11 functions
- Compact
- Good range of accessories
Cons
- Rattly
- Small internal cabinet
- Significant steam venting
This Cosori air fryer oven has a 13QT/12L capacity and comes with a range of accessories to help you make the most of its 11 functions: a drip tray, a baking tray, two air fryer trays, a rotisserie basket, and a rotisserie spit with spiked fork and a handle. All accessories have a non-stick coating and, aside from the drip tray, are dishwasher safe.
It’s controlled via a touchscreen panel, from which you can choose one of the cooking functions (air fry, roast, broil, bake, pizza, toast, reheat, warm, dry, proof and rotisserie) and adjust time and temperature. The air fryer oven has a cooking range of from 30°C/90°F (for proofing dough and yoghurt-making) to 220°C/430°F (air frying and roasting). Different cooking modes will also use a low or high fan speed and each one has a time range. The toast setting has the option to choose darkness level as well as a flip reminder.
During testing, we were impressed with its speed and the quality of its cooking but the tradeoff for its budget-friendly price is that it’s a little noisy and rattly in operation.
Read our full Cosori air fryer oven review
7. VonHaus VonShef 28L Air Fryer Oven – Large capacity budget option
Pros
- Large capacity cavity
- Multiple accessories
- Affordable
- Six heating elements
Cons
- Large worktop footprint
- Cleaning is a fussy job
- Not intuitive to programme
The VonShef isn’t the most intuitive air fryer oven to use or the easiest to clean among the models we’ve tested but it has a lot of plus points – especially for its very reasonable price.
For a start, it’s incredibly capacious at 28 litres: you can fit in a 12-inch pizza and up to 1kg of chips. Second, it’s versatile. It has a 40-230°C temperature range and a host of cooking accessories, including a rotisserie spit.
But its presets and instruction booklet aren’t perfectly reliable, so you’ll need to experiment with it for the best results.
Read our full VonHaus VonShef 28L Air Fryer Oven review
Why you should trust us
I’ve been with the site since 2019, when I joined with a brief to expand Tech Advisor’s home tech coverage. In that time, air fryers have boomed in populairty – and we’ve tested all types, including smart, dual drawer, oven and combination, from major and independent brands.
Our experience puts us in a strong position to be able to compare models and recommend those that are genuinely the best value and best performing. We don’t rely on manufacturers’ specs or use a testing centre. Instead I, or one of our small, experienced team of writers takes the air fryer home and uses it in place of our usual cooking appliances for several weeks. We think that’s the best way to find out how well they perform in everyday life.
Author: Emma Rowley, Deputy Editor, Tech Advisor
Tech Advisor’s Deputy Editor, Emma has been a journalist and copywriter for over 20 years and has been testing and writing about home tech and appliances for seven years. She tries out every appliance she writes about at home, and aims to recommend time- and energy-saving products that will last.
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