The Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro meets
the Cuisinart Air Fryer Toaster Oven with Grill (TOA-70)
A true second oven that bakes, roasts, and air fries with rare precision. We tested it head-to-head against the Cuisinart Air Fryer Toaster Oven with Grill (TOA-70) across 7 key dimensions.
Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro
“A true second oven that bakes, roasts, and air fries with rare precision”
Cuisinart Air Fryer Toaster Oven with Grill (TOA-70)
“A powerful 1800-watt air fryer toaster oven with blissfully simple dials”
Head-to-Head Breakdown
Strengths & Weaknesses
Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro
- Holds an exact set temperature with no hot or cold spots, which Julia Caban found beat her full-size oven on delicate bakes
- Genuine third-oven capacity: Uncle Scott's Kitchen baked pies, roasted chicken, and made bread in it over Thanksgiving
- Phase Cook shifts from super-convection bake straight into broil with no manual steps, which handled a frozen pizza flawlessly
- At roughly $400 list it is the priciest mainstream pick, a point both HTECK and Julia Caban flag
- Steep learning curve: Uncle Scott's Kitchen notes Bake defaults to convection and over-browned his bread until he toggled the fan off
- Standard toast and bagels brown unevenly unless you flip them halfway, which is disappointing at this price
Cuisinart Air Fryer Toaster Oven with Grill (TOA-70)
- Consumer Pick ranked it the best overall value, citing 1800-watt air advantage tech that whips up a crispy cyclone
- Blissfully simple analog dials with no app or firmware, so you twist, set the timer, and cook
- Roughly half the Breville list price while still handling air fry, convection bake, broil, and grill
- Analog dials cannot hold a temperature as precisely as the digital Breville, a limit HTECK notes across Cuisinart models
- HTECK found condensation escapes the door and leaves puddles on the surrounding counter
- The 0.6 cu ft cavity tops out near a 4-pound chicken, so large roasts and 13x9 pans will not fit
The Verdict
Our Bottom Line
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.
Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro
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.
- 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)
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.
- 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