The Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro wins because it does what a great toaster oven should and then keeps going. Julia Caban tested its temperature against her full-size oven and found the Breville holds an exact set point with no hot or cold spots, baking croissants and bread evenly where her range drifted. Consumer Pick credits the Element IQ system and five independent quartz elements that move heat where the food needs it.
Capacity is where it pulls away from the pack. Uncle Scott's Kitchen used it as a genuine third oven over Thanksgiving, baking a pumpkin pie, roasting a gratin in a heavy cast-iron pan, and making homemade bread inside the 1 cubic foot cavity. That same interior swallows a 14-pound turkey or 13 slices of toast, more than anything else here. His frozen-pizza test showed off Phase Cook, which shifts from super-convection bake straight into broil with no button presses.
The air frying is strong rather than class-leading, and that is the honest trade for everything else it does well. For a serious home cook who wants one appliance that bakes, roasts, and air fries with real precision, the Breville earns its place on the counter and its top score of 89.0.
What It Won't Do
The Breville asks for patience. Uncle Scott's Kitchen notes the Bake setting defaults to convection, which over-browned the tops of his bread until he learned to toggle the fan off, and standard toast and bagels brown unevenly unless you flip them halfway through. At roughly $400 list, both HTECK and Julia Caban call the price a real commitment. This is an oven you grow into, not one you master on day one.
The Cuisinart TOA-70 delivers the part most people use most, powerful air frying, for roughly half the Breville list price. Consumer Pick ranked it the best overall value and described its 1800-watt air advantage tech as a crispy cyclone, the strongest air-fry result in our group. The controls are refreshingly simple: analog dials, a timer, and no app or firmware to wrestle with.
It gives up the digital precision and the holiday-roast capacity of the Breville, and the Ninja French Door Premier actually edges it on raw features. We still chose the Cuisinart as Best Value because it pairs the lowest list price of the credible workhorses with the air-fry performance reviewers rated highest, which is the combination a value buyer feels every week.
What It Won't Do
The analog dials that make the TOA-70 so easy to use also cap its accuracy, and HTECK notes Cuisinart's dials run less precise than a digital screen. HTECK also found condensation escapes the door and pools on the counter. The 0.6 cubic foot cavity handles a 4-pound chicken or a 12-inch pizza but will not take a large roast or a 13x9 pan.
Who Should Buy Which
Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro
A true second oven that bakes, roasts, and air fries with rare precision
- Serious home cooks who want a true second oven
- Bakers who need exact, repeatable temperatures
- Larger households cooking big roasts or batches
- Anyone with the counter space for a microwave-sized oven
- Buyers willing to invest around $400 for long-term capability
Cuisinart Air Fryer Toaster Oven with Grill (TOA-70)
A powerful 1800-watt air fryer toaster oven with blissfully simple dials
- Value buyers who air fry more than they bake
- Small to standard households cooking weeknight meals
- People who prefer simple dials over digital menus
- Cooks who want strong crisping without a flagship price
- Anyone short on the budget or counter space for the Breville