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Countertop "ovens"

last year

So the oven in my 20+ year old gas range at our lake place is kaput. Cooktop works fine. I've had it repaired once but that repairman said the electronics got fried by power surges (we had a lot of outages before we got a whole house generator). I was going to replace it this year but now I've decided I'd rather wait until we decide if we are going to keep the place longer term or not. We still have two homes in MN and I was sure we'd sell the lake place but now we're not sure. So if I were to keep it I'd want to replace the range with induction which would involve some electrical work that I wouldn't do if I decide to sell it.

I was thinking maybe I don't even need an oven in the summer but then I wondered about getting some kind of countertop oven just in case. I've never cared for "toaster ovens" but I see there are now bigger air fryer counter ovens. It looks like these can also serve as a regular oven - true? I have a convection microwave at one house that I thought could double as a second oven but it's performance was paltry and I only used it once. Does anyone have any insight or recommendations on an airfryer countertop oven? I don't have much counter space so I'd want to store it in the pantry and pull it out as needed so it would need to be "portable".

Comments (11)

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    Breville! https://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/breville-smart-oven-air/?_cn_psugg_q=Brevill


    I don’t have the one with an air fryer, but I wonder how I ever did without the one I have!

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    I‘ll second Breville. Love my toaster oven!

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    I have the Kalorik Maxx 26 qt. air fryer oven in both houses and am very happy with it. I can make just about anything in it and it serves the two of us well. That being said, I wouldn't call it portable. Even though I don't have much counter space either, they sit on our counters all the time and are used quite a bit. I very seldom use our range oven unless I'm having people over, but for everyday, you can't beat the countertop oven.

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    I suspect to get a size that will work for you, any model won't be too portable...possible to move, but not light. I've been using a countertop oven for years, but I never baked sweets or bread in it. I only use my big oven for things that won't fit in the countertop, like a turkey. I've never tried one that was a combination with air fryer and I have no experience with a stand-alone air fryer, but I see many people using them as small convection ovens.

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    Have you priced getting the electrical work done? Based on our electrician's hourly rate and what I would expect him to need to run a new circuit, I wouldn't expect it to be that much more than getting a Breville counter oven. Breville makes good appliances and I've never regretted one we have purchased, including a counter oven/air fryer we gave our con one Christmas. He's very happy with it, so this isn't a knock of the Breville or another oven. I just know that we delay and make do and sometimes regret that we didn't bite the bullet sooner and enjoy what we wanted. It seems the induction could be a plus if you do sell the property, especially since you have a generator (if the generator can handle the additional load) and you wouldn't spend money on something you might be getting rid of then. It's not your primary home, so I get that skews the pros and cons -- just a thought.


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    We have a Tovala and like it a lot.

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    Breville convection Air fryer pro here, just bought another after my original gave out after 10 years. I'm a single person and don't bake a lot. I've never used the air fryer, but also never used my full-sized oven in the 10 years. as the Breville has been sufficient for my needs - I love mine. It is not portable, but could be if on a wheeled cart.

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    Breville convection air fryer oven. Our son wanted one so we bought one for ourselves at the same time. He doesn’t have counterspace so it lives on a square butcher block cart next to the counter. Ours had to usurp the ideal coffeemaker spot, sending that appliance back to its fine-but-not-ideal spot. Anyway, yes, we use the Breville a lot. Not for toast though lol. (btw, the recipe for chocolate chip cookies that came with it is really good.)

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    Have you tried filing a claim with your power company for the damage done to your appliance? Might be worrh a shot. I would also be tempted to just fix the current stove. With tariffs, appliances and parts may be more difficult to source and definitely will be much more expensive.

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    @olychick - I haven't and I think I'd be hard pressed to prove the power company is at fault. The guy who fixed it before no longer comes to my area out in the woods and I doubt I could find anyone else out there who would be willing to fix it. He pulled it apart and soldered connections on the control board. I think anyone else would tell me the board is shot and it would either be very expensive to replace or the part would no longer available.

    If a countertop option is $400-500 I will skip that and go without for now. If I could find something around $200 I'd be more likely to consider that. I'm just not up for getting an electrician and a plumber (gas line to range needs something done if it's not going to be used) in to do the necessary work for an induction range. Plus decide on a range and get it purchased without tariffs. We'll only be there part time for about three months and I don't want to spend time on all that stuff.

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    If you are willing to forego the air fryer feature, the price comes down dramatically. The Breville drops to $250-ish.


    If you want an even lower price, Wirecutter recommends this one. https://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-NB-G110P-K-Toaster-Oven-Black/dp/B07JX1Z6LS/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8&th=1

    If you aren’t picky about color, you can get it in black for $119. Stainless steel bumps the price to $150.

    Wirecutter’s comment:

    This compact toaster oven was among the best at evenly toasting bread, baking cookies, and bringing frozen foods to life. It performed as well as or better than competitors that cost significantly more.