The Best Toaster Ovens of 2024

If you want a large countertop oven that you can also use as a toaster, rather than the other way around, the Instant Omni Plus Multi-Use will fill the bill. It evenly browns toast and cooks an incredibly crispy chicken on a rotisserie.

The fries it makes in the included basket can compete with the best air fryers. Just note that toasted bread and bagels tend to come out a little lighter than the selected setting, while baked goods, like rolls and pizza, cook up a little darker.

The oven is beautifully designed, and its electronic controls are intuitive to use and easy to read. It has lots of functions, including settings to broil, dehydrate, slow cook, and reheat. There are also preprogrammed times and temperatures for different types of foods.

The guide that comes with the Omni Plus gets you started, but for complete instructions, like how to use the rotisserie, you have to visit the company website. All the parts are dishwasher safe, too.

Before buying the Omni Plus, make sure you have countertop space to accommodate it, as well as storage space for it and its accessories.

Despite its name, the Sharp Superheated Steam Countertop Oven is not a steamer. It uses superheated water to make some foods moist, like salmon, and others crisp, like frozen pizza. In toast mode, it browned bread perfectly evenly and in bake, it made beautiful biscuits without requiring a preheat.

The Sharp really shined at broiling, searing fish and chicken while keeping them juicy, and frozen pizzas came out with impressively crispy bottom crusts.

When we tried reheating chicken parm, it delivered that combo of crispy breading and moist meat that’s hard to get from a microwave or oven. This unit is solidly built, comes with a sturdy crisper rack and broiling pan, and is easy to use and clean.

However, it has limitations. Before each use, you have to remember to fill the water tank, and afterward, you have to run it empty for 20 minutes to dry it out. While it’s operating, it’s about as noisy as a microwave. Though while you rarely run your microwave for more than a few minutes, the Sharp can go for as long as 30.

The cavity isn’t high enough to hold a roast chicken, but perhaps the biggest drawback is the price: $400 MSRP, and close to $200 on sale. The Sharp is only worth the big bucks if you broil more than you toast and bake a lot of frozen pizza.

Read our full review of the Sharp Superheated Steam Countertop Oven

The GE Calrod Convection Oven isn’t necessarily inexpensive, but it costs a lot less than the Breville and the Cuisinart while competing favorably with them in good looks and functionality. It excels at toasting, browning bread and bagels evenly and as quickly as a pop-up toaster.

It can crisp up convenience foods like pizza and chicken nuggets, as well as beautifully roast chicken and other proteins. However, if you’re looking for a second oven to bake up biscuits or crescent rolls, this is not the one for you.

It is unfortunately missing an interior light, but that inconvenience is worth putting up with for a great toaster oven with digital controls at such a reasonable price.

The Cosori Original Air Fryer Toaster Oven does a nice job of baking and broiling, but it struggles a bit with toasting. It toasts evenly, but the programmed times for each setting are extremely long (more than 7 minutes at medium). Bread comes out darker than expected and smokes heavily at the longest setting.

You’ll have to compromise a bit on air frying results, too. French fries or chicken nuggets don’t come out much crisper than if you baked them in an oven, though frozen convenience foods do cook up with an extra crunch.

This is a large, well-designed appliance with an LED screen and dial controls. The air fryer basket will need a good soak to get it clean, but the baking dish has a nonstick coating. It includes an excellent cookbook to help you get the most out of your oven.

The Calphalon Cool Touch is another large toaster oven that doubles well as a second oven. It toasts exceptionally evenly, but it runs dark, so you might want to select one setting lighter than you usually prefer. There’s a broil function, but the results aren’t anywhere close to what you’d expect from high-heat cooking.

With its black stainless-steel housing, the Calphalon is the latest in appliance chic. It has an LCD screen with various settings. True to its name, and rare among cooking appliances, the exterior of the Calphalon doesn’t get hot as it operates.

Minimal instructions are provided with the oven. If you want detailed directions, you have to download the complete manual from Calphalon’s website.

The DeLonghi Livenza Digital Compact Oven gives you lots of functionality without devouring countertop space. It can broil hamburgers, bake up a cake layer, reheat a 12-inch pizza, or even roast a small chicken. And of course, it can toast, although if you're super fussy about even browning, this might not be the model for you.

All stainless steel, the Livenza will definitely dress up your kitchen. Its dials let you select from preprogrammed settings and adjust the time and temperatures, which are displayed on a small screen. The oven’s inside is coated with a nonstick finish, making it easy to wipe clean.

Much more compact than other toaster ovens, the Panasonic FlashXpress with Double Infrared Heating has a cult following. It browns bread in record time for a toaster oven or even most pop-up toasters. Our only quibble is that the “light” setting produces darker toast than you might prefer. The preset programs for reheating and for convenience foods like frozen waffles and pizza work quite well.

However, if you’re looking to actually cook in your toaster oven, this isn’t the one for you. Common temps like 350°F, 375°F, and 450°F aren’t offered. Trying to bake in it forces you to experiment with the time and temperature. We never figured out how to bake biscuits that weren’t burned outside and raw inside, and broiling isn’t an option.

No preheat is required. The remaining cook time is displayed in 30-second increments and there’s a very bright interior light. An aluminum baking pan is included.

If you're not looking to spend a lot and primarily want good toast, the Hamilton Beach 6 Slice Toaster Oven will make you happy. It excels at browning bread and bagels evenly and can bake a batch of crescent rolls or biscuits or broil up some chicken breasts, but it’s not designed for roasting a whole chicken.

The utilitarian look won’t add any pizazz to your countertop. Between the mechanical timer and three separate dials, it isn't terribly precise. However, it does what it’s intended to do well and won't put too much of a dent in your budget.