Cuisinart TOA-60 Air Fryer Toaster Oven Review: The Workhorse Countertop Pick That Refuses to Get Old
The Cuisinart TOA-60 has been on Amazon's countertop oven leaderboard for the better part of a decade, and it's still there for the right reasons. It's not the prettiest, the smartest, or the most efficient air fryer toaster oven on the shelf — but it's the one that quietly does what it promises, week after week, with no firmware updates and no app to babysit.
What you're actually buying
The TOA-60 is a 1,800-watt countertop oven that combines a convection toaster oven and an air fryer into one stainless steel box. Cuisinart lists seven functions on the dial: air fry, convection bake, convection broil, bake, broil, warm, and toast. The 0.6 cubic foot interior is large enough to fit a 12-inch frozen pizza, six slices of toast, or a small whole chicken — Cuisinart's marketing claims roughly 4 lb chicken capacity, with up to 3 lb of food in the air-fry basket.
In the box you get the oven itself, an oven rack, a baking pan, and an air-fry basket. There's no rotisserie, no inner light upgrade (that's the TOA-65), and no smart-home connectivity. Controls are three analog dials — function, temperature, and timer — plus a toast-shade selector. That's the entire interface.
Performance and real-world use
For the uses people actually buy a countertop oven for — reheating leftover pizza, crisping frozen fries and chicken nuggets, toasting bread, baking a tray of cookies, broiling salmon — the TOA-60 handles itself. Convection circulation is honest, not aggressive: a tray of frozen French fries comes out crisp on the outside without dehydrating into chips, and reheated pizza finishes with a re-set crust rather than a soggy one.
Air-fry mode preheats fast and stays close to the set temperature once it's there, which matters for batch cooking. The basket is shallow enough that you'll need to shake or flip mid-cycle for an even result, and capacity tops out around a single layer of food — fine for two people, tight for a family of four in one go.
Toast results are even side-to-side, which is not a given at this price. The oven runs slightly hot relative to the dial in some units, so a probe thermometer is worth keeping on hand for the first week if you bake.
- Genuinely useful 7-in-1 functionality that overlaps an oven, an air fryer, and a toaster in a single appliance
- Holds 12-inch pizza, a small chicken, or six bread slices — large enough for most weeknight tasks
- Analog dials are immediate and never need recalibration; no app, no firmware, no failure modes from a software update
- Strong long-term track record on Amazon as a top-rated convection oven and air fryer combo
- Stainless steel exterior wipes clean and looks at home next to most appliances
- Easy entry-level price for the size class — typically well under $150 on sale
- Footprint is large for the interior cavity; expect to give up real counter real estate
- Outer surfaces, especially the top and the door, get notably hot during long bakes — not ideal for under-cabinet placement
- Air-fry basket is shallow; large or batch loads need to be cooked in stages
- Crumb tray and interior coating need regular cleaning to avoid smoke on broil cycles
- Dials are analog, so precise low-temperature work (like proofing dough) is approximate at best
The TOA-60 is the right pick if you want a competent, reasonably priced replacement for both an old toaster oven and a basket-style air fryer. It's a good fit for small households, apartment dwellers without a full-size oven, and anyone who'd rather not preheat a 30-inch range to bake four cookies. It's also a reasonable second oven during holiday cooking — useful for sides, reheats, or keeping plates warm while the main oven is occupied.
Skip the TOA-60 if you're shopping for a smart oven with presets, app control, or a built-in probe — Breville's Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro is in a different class for those buyers. Skip it too if counter space is at a premium; the box is bigger than it looks in product photos, and a smaller dedicated air fryer plus a pop-up toaster may pack the same capability into less footprint. Heavy bakers who care about exact temperature control should also look elsewhere.
