Best Air Fryer (Espeically When Cleaning)?

adams7 wrote: ↑ My old small 4 slice toaster oven is recently acting up (temperature often too high or low) so I'm thinking of a big 6 slice toaster oven or an air fryer toaster oven as replacement. If my current toaster oven was acting up around BF/BD I would have got the Instant Pot Vortex 10qt for $130 but now the price is back at usual $180.

Not sure what I will do, but I found some current on-sale deals that may be of interest on Hamilton Beach 6 slice toaster ovens, there is a $69.99 convection model at Cdn Tire and a $99.99 air fry model at London Drugs. Both can take a regular 12" pizza. The prices probably last until March 3 or 4.

I checked both in stores & they look internally identical so they probably cook the same, and the convection versus air fry description is probably just a marketing differentiation. However the $69 version does not have the air fry basket, while the $99 version has the basket and is styled nicer in appearance with grey paint and better knobs. Both have a pull-out crumb tray.

convection HB 31333DC: https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/hami ... p.html#srp

air fry HB 31324C: https://www.londondrugs.com/hamilton-be ... sters-oven

I have been using my old small toaster oven about 3 times a week, has been good for my simple cooking jobs (burger buns, frozen half pizza, wieners, frozen chicken burgers, frozen French Fries) but I would like to be able to cook things like actual chicken pieces (not the frozen processed stuff) without a lot of mess. I have roasted chicken legs and thighs in the small toaster oven a few times and it's actually not bad, but I think a convection or air fry oven would probably give better results.

cRaZyRaVr wrote: ↑ I would highly and I do mean HIGHLY recommend you look into the Breville Smart oven Pro. Excellent piece of equipment that will last many many years.

secretlyfrugal wrote: ↑ I second this. It's on sale at William Sonoma for $400.

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Tha_Doggg wrote: ↑ Appears to be U.S. pricing.

Supercooled wrote: ↑ Hey, I wouldn’t recommend a toaster oven style one h less you are committing to cleaning it religiously. I spent over 3 hours cleaning splatter worth about 3 weeks of moderate use.

Funny I see someone recommending the breville airfryer. That’s the one I have. Just get a ninja or instaPot one.

Get the egg style one that will contain the splatter and drips. These jacks of all trades machines have compromises although the breville s smart thermal does do a good job of cooking various modes. I’ve done a few things in it and it’s good. The airfryer is huge and can fit a relatively large cast iron pot or slow cooking and such. Cleaning it is a buzz kill though and you have to be careful how to clean or you mark up the stainless steel finish.

Accessories for them are also expensive. 3 dehydrating baskets is $130. That’s what most stand alone machines costs.

secretlyfrugal wrote: ↑ I second this. It's on sale at William Sonoma for $400.

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