A good toaster oven browns your morning toast, reheats last night's pizza without turning it to rubber, and roasts a small dinner without heating up the whole kitchen. But the cheap ones run hot in one corner and cold in the other, so your toast comes out striped and your fries stay soggy. We analyzed thousands of verified buyer reviews, recent sales data, and expert evaluations to find eight toaster ovens that cook evenly and earn the counter space they take.
Short on time? These three cover most buyers - our top-graded all-rounder, the best value for money, and the pick built for big families and weekend grilling.
Every product we compared, in ranked order. Tap through to Amazon to check today's price, or jump to the full review below.
Our Best Overall pick: the only oven in this lineup with a true ceramic grill/griddle insert, adding char-grilled sear marks to the Bravo XL Pro's faster convection system. 142 presets and independently adjustable top/bottom heaters give the most granular control of any model here.
Our pick for large families: Midea's French-door design swings both glass panels open past 90 degrees for easy access to a 26.4-quart cavity that holds a 12-inch pizza or up to 14 chicken wings at once. Reviewers consistently note remarkably even, consistent heat for an oven this size.
A compact 10-quart digital air fryer with 17 touch-screen presets covering everything from rotisserie chicken to dehydrated fruit, tested by TechGearLab and praised for turning out consistently juicy roasted chicken. The large viewing window and auto shutoff round out a genuinely family-sized footprint at a fraction of the price of the larger units in this lineup.
Typhur built its reputation on a wireless meat thermometer independently praised for half-degree accuracy, and the Sync Oven bundles that same probe technology into a 27-quart, 12-in-1 convection oven with 360-degree turbo airflow. App-based control lets you monitor a roast's internal temperature from across the room.
The original Bravo introduced Nuwave's integrated digital temperature probe and 1-degree-precision meat cooking to the countertop-oven category, backed by 5 quartz heating elements and 3 fan speeds. It remains a large-capacity, 12-in-1 workhorse even as Nuwave has released newer Bravo XL Pro models alongside it.
The standard Bravo XL Pro pairs Nuwave's fastest, most-improved convection fan with 100 one-touch presets and a built-in temperature probe, a strong all-rounder at a lower price than its grill-equipped sibling.
Our Place's steam-infusion system uses just a teaspoon or two of water to crisp the outside of food while keeping the inside juicy, a technique covered favorably by The Kitchn and 40 Aprons. It preheats in under 2.5 minutes and is built without PTFE, PFOA or other forever chemicals.
The larger sibling to Our Place's original Wonder Oven scales the brand's steam-infusion cooking up to a 32-quart cavity built to handle a whole chicken or a full sheet pan, while keeping the same six cooking modes and PTFE- and PFOA-free build. It launched as the brand's flagship size after strong demand from owners of the smaller model for more capacity.
Understand the category before you buy - what the science actually says, and which specs matter.
Most toaster ovens sold today are really air-fryer toaster oven combos, and that changes the math on what you should own. Here is how they work, why a convection model with an air-fry mode can quietly replace two appliances, and the specs actually worth comparing.
A toaster oven is a small electric oven that sits on your counter. Heating elements above and below the food radiate heat into an insulated box, and you control the temperature and time to toast, bake, broil, or reheat. Because the cavity is small, it heats up fast and cooks small batches without waiting on a full-size range.
The models here layer on more than that:
Here is the thing most shoppers miss. Air frying is not a separate technology. It is just aggressive convection, hot air blown fast around the food, which is exactly what a good convection toaster oven already does. That means a single convection oven with an air-fry mode can stand in for both a pop-up toaster and a standalone air fryer, freeing up an outlet and a chunk of counter.
So the real questions are not how long the preset list is. Presets are just shortcuts for settings you can dial in yourself. The questions that decide whether you are happy are usable capacity and whether the oven has true convection, meaning an actual fan. Capacity in this lineup runs from the compact Chefman at 10 quarts and the Our Place Wonder Oven at 12.7 quarts up to the 30-quart Nuwave Bravo XL Pro models and the 32-quart Our Place Large Wonder Oven, the largest oven in this comparison. A bigger number is only worth it if you will actually fill it, since a larger box takes more counter and more energy to heat.
One more honest advantage: for a couple of slices of toast or a tray of vegetables, a countertop oven preheats faster and wastes far less energy than firing up your full range, which was built to heat a cavity many times larger.
Once you know convection is the engine, a few features decide which oven fits your kitchen:
Graded Picks rankings are aggregated from several independent signals: verified buyer ratings and the size of the review base for credibility, recent monthly purchase volume for relevance, assessments from trusted kitchen and appliance publications, and how each product places in leading category lineups. For toaster ovens we weigh:
Everything we learned from buyer reviews and expert testing, product by product.
The Bravo XL Pro with Grill is our Best Overall pick and Nuwave's most feature-dense oven, the one differentiator that sets it apart from its non-grill Bravo XL Pro sibling also in this comparison: an included ceramic nonstick grill/griddle insert that adds genuine sear marks and char flavor, something no other oven in this lineup can replicate. The upgraded convection system moves air aggressively and evenly, which testers found translates into faster cook times and crispier results than the original Bravo, and independently adjustable top and bottom heaters (0-100% each) let you dial in a crisp base with gentle top heat for pizza, or the reverse for browning a casserole top. With 142 presets, 5-stage cooking and 3 sear modes, this is built for cooks who want maximum control rather than a simple dial-and-go experience. The 30-quart capacity and included temperature probe carry over from the standard XL Pro, so the grill insert plus a slightly higher price are what you're paying extra for.
The Midea Flexify Classic is our pick for large families, on the strength of consistent, positive coverage from home-appliance publications and a genuinely useful French-door layout that most rivals here skip. Both glass doors swing open past 90 degrees for full access to the 26.4-quart interior, which comfortably fits a 12-inch pizza, six slices of toast or a full sheet pan of wings. Reviewers highlighted unusually even heat retention for a countertop oven this size, crediting the smaller footprint relative to a full oven, and air fry results came out evenly cooked across the rack without rotating. Ten presets cover air fry, roast, bake, broil, toast, pizza, reheat, slow cook, dehydrate and warm, spanning a 100-450°F range. The honest tradeoff, per multiple reviewers, is the dedicated toast setting: getting evenly browned bread sometimes takes two cycles, so if toast is your daily priority, pair this with (or choose) a dedicated toaster.
The Chefman Multifunctional is our value pick, and independent testing from TechGearLab backs up why: it handled everything from a whole roasted chicken to dehydrated produce competently, with testers specifically noting the chicken came out juicy rather than dried out, a common complaint with smaller air fryers. Seventeen touch-screen presets and a rotisserie function with retrieval tool, spit and forks give it genuine versatility for a 10-quart footprint, and the large viewing window lets you check progress without opening the door and losing heat. The honest tradeoffs surface in daily use: the wire racks lack side walls, so flipping food is fiddly, and multiple reviewers flagged the trays as difficult to remove and prone to sticking food, meaning cleanup takes longer than on rack-based ovens. Some buyers have also reported the unit stopping unexpectedly after extended use. At its price point, though, it remains the strongest value in this comparison for a household that wants air fryer, rotisserie and dehydrator functions in one box.
The Typhur Sync Oven's standout feature is inherited from the company's dedicated wireless thermometer line, which independent testers found accurate to within half a degree and rock-solid on connectivity through entire cooks, a level of precision usually reserved for instant-read thermometers. Built into a 27-quart convection oven, that same sensor technology lets you monitor a roast without opening the door or walking back to the kitchen, tracked through the companion app over Bluetooth or WiFi. Three shelf positions and 360-degree turbo convection airflow handle everything from dehydrating to roasting across a 85-450°F range, and the accessory set (air fry basket, baking pan, wire rack) covers most cooking styles out of the box. Typhur backs the oven with a 1.5-year warranty, half a year longer than most rivals in this lineup. The tradeoff for the smart-probe convenience is a reliance on app pairing that some users find adds a setup step a simpler dial-controlled oven skips.
This is the original Nuwave Bravo, the 30-quart convection oven that established the feature set the newer Bravo XL Pro models (also in this comparison) build on: an integrated digital temperature probe with 1-degree precision, 5 quartz heating elements, 3 selectable fan speeds and a 50-500°F range. Four adjustable rack positions and a 12-function preset library make it a genuine oven replacement for most households, and buyers consistently credit the probe with eliminating guesswork on roasts and poultry. Because Nuwave has since released the improved Bravo XL Pro (with and without a grill) alongside it, this model is now the value entry in the Bravo family - the core convection and probe technology is unchanged, but it lacks the newer models' faster fan speeds and expanded 100-142 preset libraries. It remains a dependable choice for buyers who want Bravo's core capability at a lower price than the Pro versions.
The standard Bravo XL Pro combines the convection improvements Nuwave made across its most recent Bravo generation with strong everyday value in this comparison. The upgraded fan moves air more aggressively than the original Bravo, which reviewers and buyers alike credit for faster cook times and a crispier exterior on fried-style foods, and the ability to independently balance top and bottom heaters from 0-100% lets you dial in a crisp base with gentle top heat for pizza, or the reverse for browning a casserole top. A built-in temperature probe and 4 adjustable rack positions carry over from the rest of the Bravo lineup, and 100 one-touch presets cover nearly every common cooking task without digging through a manual. It skips the ceramic grill insert exclusive to its Bravo XL Pro sibling elsewhere in this comparison, which keeps the price a step below it while delivering the same 30-quart capacity and core cooking performance. Some buyers report an initial learning curve with the settings menu, a common thread across the Bravo family in this comparison, but the combination of capacity, convection performance and everyday value makes it one of the strongest all-rounders in this lineup.
The Wonder Oven distinguishes itself with a steam-infusion feature that lifestyle and food publications have covered favorably: adding just one to two teaspoons of water creates a burst of steam that crisps exteriors while keeping interiors from drying out, a genuinely different approach from the dry convection heat every other oven in this lineup uses. Reviewers highlighted fast preheating, under 2.5 minutes by Our Place's own testing, and quiet operation that makes it pleasant for everyday reheating and weeknight cooking. The compact 12.7-quart cavity and six cooking modes (toast, roast, bake, reheat, broil, steam) suit a smaller kitchen better than the larger multi-rack ovens elsewhere in this comparison, and the stainless steel build is free of PTFE, PFOA and other forever chemicals. The honest caveat from reviewers: if you want the most aggressive, ultra-crispy air fry blast, dedicated air fryers and some rivals here push harder on that specific task.
The Large Wonder Oven is Our Place's answer to owners of the original 12.7-quart Wonder Oven elsewhere in this comparison who wanted the same steam-infusion cooking in a bigger box. Adding a teaspoon or two of water still creates the burst of steam that crisps exteriors while keeping interiors from drying out, but the cavity now stretches to a 32-quart, three-rack interior that comfortably fits a 12-inch pizza, a whole chicken or a full sheet pan of vegetables, something the compact original cannot do. Coverage of the launch highlighted the same sleek, countertop-friendly design and 6-in-1 versatility (toast, roast, bake, reheat, broil, steam) that made the smaller Wonder Oven a hit, now scaled up for families and bigger batches. It keeps the brand's PTFE-, PFOA- and other forever-chemical-free construction, and a 200-450°F range with a 60-minute timer. At $245 it carries a real premium over the 12.7-quart original, and buyer feedback on this larger size has run more mixed than the smaller model's, with some owners describing inconsistent heating across the bigger cavity - worth weighing against the extra capacity if you regularly cook for a crowd.