Cuisinart Toa60 Toaster & Toaster Oven
The Cuisinart’s baking pan may warp slightly when it’s roasting at high temperatures, but this in no way affects its cooking performance. If you want a better pan, we recommend that you get a Nordic Ware quarter-sheet pan, a smaller version of our favorite baking sheet, which fits perfectly inside the Cuisinart oven. Bake, broil, toast and airfry your way to healthier fried favorites with our Digital AirFryer Toaster Oven or the original AirFryer Toaster Oven. Prepare flavorful meals with little to no oil with our Compact AirFryer. When you’re all done, the nonstick interiors and dishwasher-safe baking pans make cleanup easy.
As plenty of home chefs can attest, that versatility is key to making a great meal. It’s got seven different functions to choose from , and boasts the capacity for 2 pounds of fries, six slices of bread or—according to Cuisinart—a 4-pound chicken. It will take you some experimenting to get the hang of your air fryer, but like I say with cooking anything, keep checking in as you go.
Engineered to ensure golden brown results, this high-efficiency unit air fries 2.5 lbs. of wings and cooks a wide variety of cuisinart pots and pans set foods with minimal noise and maximum ease. Just turn one knob to regulate the temperature, and the other to set the timer.
It can cover the drip tray causing grease to accumulate and catch fire. If you must use foil, cut it to fit the top of your baking pan or bottom of the included baking pan perfectly. Make sure the items you wanted to be toasted are centered on the rack or baking pan.
Just set the function dial to Air Fry, then select your temperature and set the timer. For a crispier outside, you can spray the food lightly with cooking spray. Moreover, the materials are of the highest quality so that you don’t have to buy a new one every year. It is a toaster with a large space that can accommodate six slices of bread, 3 pounds of chicken wings, a 12-inch pizza, or a 4-pound chicken at the same time.
Previously, he was an editor at the International Culinary Center in New York. He has worked in various facets of the food and restaurant industry for over a decade. The smaller, unevenly cooked chicken prepared in the Philips Avance and the larger, beautifully browned chicken roasted in the Cuisinart . The Cuisinart TOB-206N1 heats quite evenly from edge to edge, as this toast heat map shows. Zucchini took about 15 minutes to cook in both the Philips Avance and the Cuisinart , and the results were the same.
Plus, the bottom portion (you know, where crumbs fall and then start burning?) has a CRUMB TRAY. Which honestly I didn’t even know until I went to write this post and discovered it! (So, proof you don’t have to clean it too often. ?) But it’s GENIUS! All you have to do is pull out the crumb tray, wipe it off, and put it back in. You never cuisinart pots and pans set have to deal with sticking your hand into the bottom and cleaning around the coils like you do with toaster ovens. I use the air fryer to reheat anything that was once crispy–it’s absolutely AMAZING for warming up takeout. However, I would not use it for reheating anything else that was not once crispy, such as soup, pasta, etc.
There’s even a food guide printed right on the machine so you don’t have to get their cookbook out. Actually, if you never want to get their cookbook out, you don’t have to because they have a smartphone app with tons of recipes you can view digitally. The app is full of great recipes from ratatouille to brownies – the Philips air fryer is for more than just french fries.
However I wish the air fryer basket and tray underneath were dishwasher safe which would make cleaning them so much easier. Also crumbs have a tendency to fall between the glass door and the crumb tray which makes cleaning it a little more difficult. So far I like the unit very much and use it almost every day. The air fryer basket is difficult to clean, and rather flimsy.
It has a dehydrate function (with temperatures as low as 83°F) to make treats like jerky or banana chips. You can also toast up to 9 slices of bread, slow cook an entire meal in a 5qt dutch oven, and even bake pizzas. The Cuisinart really does look like an oven too, the build quality is exceptional. The stainless steel build and spring loaded glass oven door make it feel hefty and not cheap like the other plastic air fryers. There are two tray positions in the oven – top rack and bottom rack. The oven is big enough to roast a whole chicken when using the bottom rack, but to air fry, the directions say you must use the top rack only.