When our $10 toaster stopped working, we took it as a chance to upgrade to at least a toaster oven. Our research led us to go even beyond that to this Emeril Lagasse air fryer/toaster oven combo. It was middle of the road pricewise, was the size we were looking for and liked the idea of the French Doors. We have now had it for a couple of months and with any new toy we have tried to use it as much as possible and fine it works well for air frying, baking, and toasting. Chicken wings and fried chicken have been our favorite so far as this air fryer provides the perfect crispy taste, much improved from our small air fryer we had, our normal conventional oven, or pan frying. The unit is large enough to handle cooking a frozen pizza, and the crust had a crispier taste than the oven. We like that we don’t have to heat up our full sized oven for this and find it has been quicker for some meals.
The unit is a good size for 2 people, but if you were looking to use for a larger family, you will have to cook in batches or use it in conjunction with your normal oven or other means. The preset setting helps take the guesswork out and give a good starting point for most items you cook. There is a timer that is programmed to go off halfway through the cooking process (for air frying and baking) to alert you for flipping or rotating your food and this is helpful.
The unit came with an air fry basket, grilling pan, cooking sheet, rack, and a rotisserie attachment. I suggest if using the rack or air fry basket to also put the cooking sheet below in order to help catch any crumbs, oils, liquids that may drop during the cooking process so it doesn’t fall on the heating elements. We had some breading fall on the heating elements during cooking, and although no issues with our meal, it gave off a burnt smell as the breading coated the elements and burned. After the unit cooled, the material was easy to clean off, but nobody likes a burnt smell while cooking.
We have not tried the rotisserie attachment yet, so cannot give any input on how that works, but are excited to try that out in the future. The vents off the back and top of the unit provide the right amount of venting, and the unit heats up and cools down fairly quickly. The noise generated by the vent is much quieter than the much smaller tray style air fryer we have, which is a plus. I would recommend this to anyone looking for a toaster oven/air fryer combo. It has been a great addition to our kitchen and does not take up that much more counter space than a simple toaster. The unit is also very light, so it could be stored out of sight if you had a cabinet or closet big enough and pulled out only when you want to use it. The stainless design with the French doors looks neat and elegant though to leave out if you have the space.
Update: I’ve been using this oven for a couple months now for roasting, baking, broiling, air frying, and reheating. It is an outstanding oven that performs flawlessly every time. The oven heats evenly, so baked goods cook uniformly. Over the holidays I baked cookies, and since then enchiladas, cornbread, casseroles, sheet pan meals, hot wings, salmon, quesadillas, broiled sandwiches, etc. I love the amount of cooking space available and it doesn’t take up too much counter space. This is the best toaster oven I’ve owned. Absolutely love it!
We purchased this oven to replace our Ninja Foodie flip-up air fryer/toaster oven which we’ve had for just over a year. We are full-time RVers and seldom bother to light and use the gas oven in our RV, so it’s very important to me that I have a good countertop oven. With limited space, I love that it doubles as an air fryer, too. We have a separate toaster because I’ve never been satisfied with the way a toaster oven toasts (sounds silly, but give me a pop-up toaster any day).
I never liked our old oven because it’s not tall enough inside to cook in anything but a tray. It was also not heating properly and I was very disappointed with the results. It don’t heat properly and was too small to bake a cake or roast a whole chicken.
I spent a lot of time researching other combination air fryer/ovens until I came upon this oven. I will update later, but I was very impressed with the cooking performance of my first meal - a sheet pan meal with Parmesan-crusted chicken breasts and broccoli. I baked it for 14 minutes at 425°, turning the broccoli half way through. The chicken was perfectly cooked - juicy inside with a golden brown, crusty topping. The broccoli had the right amount of char without being over or undercooked. I was amazed how much better it roasted than the old oven and I like the way the baking tray just slips into the slots on the side. This meal wasn’t very messy, so there wasn’t much splatter and there were no drips to clean.
Today I’m baking cookies and tomorrow I’m air frying wings, so I will update after I’ve used it a few more times. We buy meal kits from Green Chef, and many of the recipes require baking. Since there are just two of us, this will definitely do the trick.
This is a very preliminary review, but the positives include: roomy interior cooking space, easy to bake with a 9” square pan, pie pan, or 12” cookie sheet. Evenly heats and the temperature was consistent with a thermometer. It didn’t overheat the room and we keep a 4-6” space from walls. The interior light is bright. I like the double doors, but be sure there is enough space to fully open them so they don’t close on your hand - especially if it’s hot! There are many simple settings and it’s easy to adjust the temperature and time. I’m looking forward to experimenting more! The only negative so far is that it can’t accommodate the 12” pizza pan that worked with the old oven. This isn’t a problem because I’ve found frozen pizza is best when cooked on the wire rack instead of in a pan. We use our outdoor pizza oven for homemade pizza anyway.
We will definitely stay on top of cleaning it after each use, wiping off splatters & drips that can smoke up the kitchen. It’s not likely we will use the rotisserie because I’m sure it would be very messy, but it’s going to be great for baking, roasting & air frying.
More later after I’ve used this for a few months, but if you’ve been considering getting this while it’s on sale - go for it!
I've had time to use our new air fryer and learn more about it as a first time users of these it was a learning process in the beginning.
That being said it was really easy to use. I didn't find the instructions honestly to be complete. I never found how to (preheat). I actually had to find that info through other methods. Hopefully I'm doing it correctly but either way it works.
If you want to preheat something you must put it on grill, roast, bake or something that gives you the "PH" symbol in the digital read out area that displays the temperature and time. Run it for a few minutes then switch it to the desired preset selection such as "Air fry".
The video that shows the smoke seeping from the top outer corners of the doors is absolutely correct. I don't see that as being something wrong with it so far so good.
Once you start cooking it will alarm half way through the desired set time. This is to alert you in the event you wish to flip what your cooking over.
It will alarm again several beeps at the end of the desired cook time. You should wait until it displays "Off" in the digital area where you find the time to cook and temp.
The reason for this is that it vents all of the hot air out of the oven. That takes approx 1 or 2 minutes. Once it displays "Off" you can open the doors and you'll notice you aren't filling your kitchen with undesired heat. Then you can remove your freshly cooked meal.
I found it easy to clean however I will say cleaning the heating elements is not desirable to me. Please make sure you read the cleaning instructions fully before doing so they are delicate. Don't use anything overly abrasive on them and only use soap and water nothing potentially flammable and never when hot.
The rest of the oven is easy to clean, they are as well just be careful with them. It comes with everything shown so you have all you need for cooking. Those are easy to clean as well. I cooked a couple of times before cleaning the drip pan and it was a bit harder to clean due to cooked on grease that expelled from the cooked items. Now I clean the drip pan every time.
I absolutely give this five stars it hits all the marks for me.
It's easy to use, easy to clean, it fits perfectly anywhere on my counter I want to place it. It's small but mighty! You can really cook a lot and a couple of things at the same time if so desired. The doors are really nice how you just hand open one the other opens at the same time.
I hardly ever use my oven anymore because I really do like how this cooks my meals from Steak to meatloaf, hamburgers, veggies, potatoes. I like not having to use cooking oil or grease in it. For some things I use the oil only for basic prep before then it's strained, seasoned and or breaded and put in the basket to cook.
If you purchase this I hope you enjoy it as much as I do and I do recommend it!
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