We were very happy with the browning and crisping on breaded chicken breasts. Brussels sprouts and frozen crinkle fries came out lightly hamilton beach toaster oven browned and crisped. However, neither chicken wings or French fries came out with the kind of results we’d expect from fried food.
Hamilton Beach® Air Fryers let you make all your deep-fried favorites using minimal or no oil. Air fryer oven combo with 6 versatile cooking optionsGo from air frying chicken on Friday to cooking a whole rotisserie chicken on Sunday. Additional settings for pizza, toast, hamilton beach bake and broil add versatility and have a beep at the end of the cycle. Includes mesh air-fry basket, bake pan, broil rack and slide-out crumb trayThe air fryer oven comes with all the accessories you need to air fry, bake, broil, and toast, plus a slide-out crumb tray.
The Hamilton Beach Air Fryer Sure Crisp Toaster Oven is considerably smaller and less expensive than the other models we tested. It doesn’t sport electronic controls or a lot of fancy features and settings. While it’s baking performance was disappointing and it’s not large enough to roast a chicken, it shines at toasting and does a credible job of air frying. With the Hamilton Beach® 5.6 Liter Digital Air Fryer, you can cook food with little to no oil yet enjoy crispy, evenly browned food. This model from Hamilton Beach is a great choice if you make toast often, heat up frozen pizzas, make breaded chicken for the kids, or perhaps only cook for one or two. If you’re looking for a second oven, it’s not the one to choose as it doesn’t do a good job on baked goods and can’t accommodate a whole chicken.
To get the complete lowdown, here’s our full Hamilton Beach Air Fryer Sure Crisp Toaster Oven review. However, you won’t get the stellar performance and extra features that you find on the more expensive models. How well the toasters or toaster ovens produced a range of light to dark toast.
While the Sure Crisp Toaster Oven has a contemporary brushed chrome housing, it pretty much has the same design as toaster ovens from decades ago. It has a glass door with a small handle on top that opens downward and three dials that serve as controls. At just 9 x 18 x 14 inches, it easily fits under a cabinet and doesn’t take up excess countertop space. Easy-to-use intuitive controlsLCD screen indicates your selected function, the remaining cooking time and temperature. Includes adjustable temperature dial and cooking timer with auto shutoff and stay-on setting. While a yellow cake baked up moist and tender in the recommended time, it didn’t rise very high and the top crust was quite dark and unevenly colored.