The only exception to this is the toast function, where you choose a ‘shade’ from the dial from 1 through, with 1 being the shortest toasting time. Given the TOA-60’s relatively poor performance in all of our air frying tests, we think it is quite a poor value for anyone looking to do some air frying. Even its additional abilities as a toaster oven can’t really make up for its lack of air frying performance. The Cuisinart Toa-65 toaster oven has an automatic timer that allows you to set how long your food stays in the machine before it is cooked. The timer also turns off after the time has elapsed, so you do not have to worry about forgetting about your food and burning it.
The LED interface is a combination of buttons and knobs and it has a limited three-year warranty. The instruction book has recipes and helpful charts for successful air frying and dehydrating. To make fries, I cut up 1 pound of potatoes into steak cut size pieces and coated them in 1tsp of oil. Nowhere in the manual does it advise soaking the fries before air frying – which is a common recommendation with other air fryers. So I spread the fries in a single layer on the basket and set it to air fry at 400oF for 15 minutes. The manual says that stirring is only necessary for larger amounts and since the fries were in a single layer, I left them for the full time.
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Plus, I found myself using it for odd jobs like to quickly broil a cheese sandwich for my son or roast a small chicken when my oven was full of cake. I used the broil (rather than convection broil) setting and added sausages to the air fry basket so that excess fat would drip out into the tray below. It got off to a slow start and they took 10 minutes to brown, then I turned them and after only five more minutes they were browned all over and cooked right through. Browning was a little patchy but inside the sausages were moist and meaty.
I broiled for three minutes more and the salmon was browned on top, opaque on the sides and bottom and just flakey in the middle. I used two bone-in and skin-on chicken breasts — seasoned only cuisinart choppers with salt — to try out the roasting function. To achieve success the meat should be tender with an internal temperature of 165 degrees F and the skin golden and crispy within 40 minutes.
I think next time, I’d try the convection broil function for a faster cook, though I wasn’t unhappy with the result. I also tried air frying frozen breaded fish fillets which is usually my preferred way of cooking these. But sadly they didn’t turn out as good as they usually do. The crumb was hard and overly crisped, it tasted like it had been under a broiler and the fish inside was drier than usual.
There’s no doubt that the Cuisinart TOA60 Air Fryer Mini Oven is an attractive addition to any kitchen. The matt charcoal steel casing combined with touches of silver in the handles and function dials looks and feels expensive. Convection mode uses a fan to circulate air during baking or roasting. Reflects how easy the controls are to set and how clear they are.
The simplicity of the outer design makes the cleaning process very easy. SMR – Trough cleaning set with cleaning cloth, wax cloth and wax for optimal care of the heater plate. Joanne Lewsley is a UK-based freelance writer and editor, covering health and lifestyle news and features. She creates evidence-based health and parenting content and has worked with some of the world’s best-known brands and websites, including BabyCentre UK and Medical News Today.
We also looked at what customers who bought it have to say and compared it to other popular air fryers, ovens and Cuisinart products. With this digital air fryer toaster oven, you can make delicious meals easily in a flash. Just add your favorite foods to the basket and watch them circulate in the infrared heating ventilation. It promotes fast and even results in a matter of minutes.
One of the most important features in any air fryer is its warranty. The difference in weight has an impact on its portability, although both models are still fairly lightweight for their size. If you’re planning to move your air fryer around a lot, it might be worth investing in the one that’s lighter in weight. This setting is fixed at 450 degrees F and can broil continually for to two hours (which, frankly, is unnecessary). I placed a salmon filet in the air basket which was fitted in the baking/drip pan — as recommended. The fish was looking good after five minutes and there was no smoke or fishy smell.