Oster Countertop Oven with Air Fryer - Silver

The Oster Countertop Oven with Air Fryer combines a toaster, oven, convection oven, broiler, and of course an air fryer into one clean and simple counter-top appliance at a good price. I'm giving this four stars because of cleaning issues I mentioned and the way it seems to dry out toast more than I expect. But if you're looking for one device that can do the job of a few different things to save you space this could be just what you're looking for! Design I like the clean aluminum look. It's a simple design with three dials on the top front. The large handle makes it very easy to open and close the door. There are two rack positions for you to slide in the included baking pan, Air Fry Basket, and Wire Rack. One thing I don't like about the design is the lack of a light on the inside. If your kitchen is well lit it shouldn't be a problem but if not, it can be hard to see how well done toast is getting or if those french fries are getting crispy. Unfortunately it's not quite wide enough for a 13"x9" baking pan. Easy to use The three dials make operation very simple. There are no menus to go through or problems seeing a screen. The first is for the mode. The second is for the temperature, and the third is for the time. The only two functions that I feel are not obvious are if you want to set a time for less than 20 minutes you need to turn the dial past 20 minutes first, this starts the timer, then turn it back to the desired time. The other is if you want to use the "Warm" function. To do this, you need to set the mode to "Bake" with the first dial. Then set the temperature dial to "Warm" and set a time - again, you need to go past 20 minutes first if the time you want is less than 20 minutes. Really though, for normal use it's very simple and turning past 20 first is easy enough to remember. Air Frying I was very interested to see how this does at air frying. It does well! My favorite thing about this is the way you have a large surface area to air fry with that basket so, while you still may need to toss some things around a bit half way through I wasn't doing that very often with this since you can spread out more over a thinner layer with the large surface area. It heats evenly and makes food nice and crisp. I've found that a lot of things, like frozen french fries, that come with directions for an air fryer, are often more conservative than they need to be with the temperatures. It seems hard to burn things with an air fryer. Don't be afraid to play with different temperatures! I've been happy with my results and while things may get extra crisp I haven't burnt anything. I attached a photos of some frozen fries I made in it. They got perfect! Toasting and Baking Being a table top oven I also have used this a lot as a toaster. It heats evenly top and bottom. Make sure you use the top rack level, as noted in the manual, for toasting and making frozen pizza. Pizza got great in it. Toast toasted nicely and evenly. The only issue I had hear was that toast always seemed to get more dried out than normal. Toast seems to dry out more with this than with other toaster ovens I've used. The fan for the air fryer and the fan for the convection bake are not on when this happens - it just set to "Toast". It still toasts well and I've been using it as a toaster but I thought this was worth mentioning. Cleaning In general, cleaning this isn't a problem. There's a crumb tray like you would expect in any toaster oven. It's all pretty standard. If you're using it as an air fryer though I find it more of a pain to clean the Air Fry Basket and Baking Pan that it sits on than cleaning the basket in a dedicated air fryer. The worse part of this is that the Baking Pan has a wrap around rim that holds water when you wash it. It had water in over night and the water was rusty when we realized there was some water in there and we dried it out. The pan surface is fine, the bottom is fine, the rust just came from in the rim. Still that was disappointing. So wash it and dry it out right away, trying to get all the water out of that rim.

This Oster countertop oven looks just like a little oven, on my countertop. Boxy in form, the exterior dimensions are 16” wide x 14.5” high x 16” deep. It looks big, but it is a little less wide than many similar ovens, because the controls are above the oven and not on the side. It is on the tall side, but there is plenty of room to stack your air fryer basket and broiler tray on top when not in use if that’s where you want to store it and you have an upper cabinet above. To use this oven, there are three dials you have to touch or at least check before you can start. The left one is where you set what you want to do; toast, air fry, bake or convect. The middle one is the temperature, and the right one is the timer. It seems like a lot of dials and work to make a piece of toast. A major negative with this oven is that there is no interior light. Where my toaster oven lives, it’s a bit dark, so I don’t really know what’s going on with my food. A plus is that the timer ticks so I can hear that it’s working, which I like because I can forget what’s going on in part of my kitchen if I’m busy on the other side but that sound reminds me about my food in the oven. The interior of the oven is roomy, it’s 12” wide x 12” deep x 7” high. There are only two levels that you can put a rack on though. There is enough space to toast four slices of regular sized bread at a time. I made a batch of box-mix brownies in the oven, it cooked evenly and it was much easier than heating up my 30” wall oven to bake a small pan of brownies. Air frying is the way to go, there’s no way I would oil fry anything in my kitchen. It’s just too messy for me. I cooked frozen chicken nuggets in this oven, they turned out great. There’s no need to turn them over when they are set on the basket in an uncrowded manner. With frozen fries I toss them up a bit in the middle of cooking. I do like that the air fryer basket has little feet so the basket doesn’t touch my countertop directly when I’m unloading food. In fact, I put the air fryer basket onto the broiler tray when I’m unloading food from the basket to the plate because I don’t like crumbs everywhere, and I don’t use the broiler pan much anyway. Which leads me to the crumb tray. I love the easy to remove and clean crumb tray. There’s a big lip to pull it out with, making it easy to clean it or at least dust off every so often. As far as the air fryer, it’s not the same as one of those free-standing oval shaped air fryers. With those you can put almost anything in it and it won’t bother the heating element because the heating element is usually on the ceiling over the food. In this oven, there are heating elements on the ceiling and on the floor of the interior. You want to avoid anything dripping on the heating elements, especially oil. If cheese melts on there, it smells pretty bad, you need to clean that off pretty quickly after the oven is cooled off. I do like how this oven can air fry up to 450 degrees, that is hard to find in a free-standing air fryer, those usually top out at 400 degrees. All in all this is a great little oven, and could replace a wall oven if needed. You could make anything you would cook in a regular oven, as long as it fits, as well as almost anything you would want to air fry.

The new Oster Oven and Air Fryer is an excellent kitchen appliance that is stylish and performs much more than its size would suggest. Have found the Oster is a go to countertop oven for warming foods that typically we would be putting into the microwave. An ideal alternative that preserves food flavors and textures far better than the microwave. Cooked chicken Quesadillas for Sunday brunch and had one left over for Monday morning which I popped into the Oster oven and toasted. Tortilla came out toasty while retaining its lovely crunch, and the good stuff inside, if possible, tasted better than day one including the guacamole spread. First evening we had the oven, whipped up a recipe for a honey-based chicken hot wing bake that was totally delicious. Wings came out looking gorgeous (see attached picture) and cooked evenly throughout. Cooking the wings in the Oster oven was faster and simpler than cooking in the large oven. Cleanup is a breeze and you will appreciate using less oil when cleaning. Oven is simple to use having only three knobs: - Function Settings for Air Fry, Toast, Bake, Convection, and Broil. - Temperature Setting which goes to 450 degrees. - Timer and Toast Shade Setting. User instructions are professionally written and illustrated eight pages along with quick tips and Air Frying Cooking Chart. Power cord is 24” which is like other countertop appliances, dimensions of approximately 15” H, 16” W and 16” D. Requires a fair amount of countertop but is light and can easily be moved to and from the counter. Heats much faster and uses what I imagine is far less electricity than our traditional oven that can cook a meal for a small family utilizing two shelves to prepare dishes. Makes a great addition in a support role for your larger oven in preparing more dishes concurrently. This is an oven I would love to have back in my college days for my small apartment, small footprint, cooks great with easy cleanup! Bottom-line the Oster Oven and Air Fryer is a solid choice for a convenient oven that can prepare a main dish for the family or simply a quick lunch.

This is truly a countertop oven plus more... it bakes, toasts, air fry's, broils and has a convection feature. I first tried the oven's bake mode on chocolate chip cookies. At first I thought I could only fit 9 cookies on the baking sheet, but on the second batch I baked 12 and they fit just fine. I tried the convection and the bake settings and both turned out good - the convection seemed to bake in less time. I then tried pork chops, using the air fryer. I coated the chops with a rub and air fried on the baking sheet using parchment paper. They turned out great. I compared to some that I cooked on an indoor grill and they were better in the Oster oven. Very moist. I also tried just toasting plain bread and it browned both sides evenly. This oven is great for pizza! I added extras to a frozen pizza and it turned out delicious. This is an appliance I will use frequently. You have to preheat or set the time by turning the timer past 20, but the dial has a reminder on it ... which is nice. It would be good to have a digital timer to get a more exact time, especially for the toast, but that is only a minor inconvenience. The rest of the dials are very easy to use and clearly marked. The only negative is that it says in the manual to have 6" clearance around the oven. Sitting on my counter, I only have 4" between the oven and the cupboards. I still use it and it does not seem to get excessively hot so I'm not too concerned. It also says to make sure the cord does not touch the back of the oven, which is almost impossible, so I have the oven pulled out quite a bit to avoid this. They should have made a retractable cord or put a "stopper" to prevent the cord from touching the oven. Again, an inconvenience but doesn't interfere with the great features this oven offers!

I needed a new air fryer since my current one just died on my. and found the Oster Countertop Oven with Air Fryer. One of the main things that caught my attention was it's size. My previous air fryer was much smaller. What you're getting in the box: The Oster Oven/Air Fryer Wire shelf and basket It's obvious what this oven does, cook food, right? Lol, yes but, you can do different functions that you would in a large oven without all the wasted power needed to heat it up. The different setting you and use: Air Fry Toast Bake Broil Convection I've used it to broil and air fry some asian inspired chicken and pork ribs. The broiled chicken came out nice and moist but I did use dark meat but the it was easy to set cooking method, temp and time. When I air fried the pork ribs, this made the outer portion meat crispy. Meats were perfectly cooked it was super easy to use. The con: Oven, can't go for any longer time than 60 mins but if you're using this longer than an hour to cook, the oven might be the better option. Clean up of toast bit would be not so easy to clean. The good: Good size Easy to use stainless steel wire tray for small items I really like this oven and would recommend it for someone that does cook at home often. Looking to try the bake feature.

I'm assuming with COVID lockdowns and things being closed for a while, home cooking appliances have been moving up in priority. We've tried a few air fryers in our home, but with 2 boys, having to wait for 4-5 batches to cook was excruciating. The Oster is amazing. Stainless steel exterior so it looks nice sitting on our counter in the kitchen, and nice solid dials. Touchscreens look svelte, but not worth the constant wiping off grease/fingerprints. It's a big unit compared to our other air fryers, but we love it. The big interior chamber allows for air to circulate, so we actually don't even have to flip chicken wings or steaks halfway through. Glass door allows you to see inside to confirm if food looks cooked. Nice slide-out pan at the bottom to catch grease to make cleanup nice and easy. We put a sheet of foil over the actual cooking tray underneath the basket, and it's made cleaning even easier. And with the size, we only have to make 2 batches instead of 4-5. Can't recommend this enough for bigger families or big eaters.

Good product.. It works as expected. I have tried air fryer, toast, bake,broil mode and everything was perfect. I could get crispy fried chicken by using air fryer mode. One of my concern is the tray that easily stain. Eventhough I covered it with aluminum foil and washed it after usage.. still it is hard to remove those stain.

We had been eyeing an air fryer and this one seemed like the best value. A multipurpose appliance to save some precious counter space. The build is as I expected since I have a couple of other Oster appliances. It is sturdy, easy to use, and looks like it is built to last. It was very easy to setup. The dials are large and are easy to use. They have a nice clicking response when moved into the desired temperature, time, or mode. After unpacking and setting it up we were excited to use it. We decided to use it to make fries and chicken wings, and wow did this air fryer deliver. There was a quick use guide in the packaging that gave estimated cooking times for various dishes and fries and wings were on the list. I looked up some cooking recipes online and they closely confirmed the guide that came in the box. Cooking was easy, set to air fry, set the temp, and set the timer, and wait. The only oil we used was a bit of olive oil to prep the potatoes to make fries. We used no oil for the chicken wings, and they came out great. The fries were cooked perfectly, and the wings were nice and crispy. My sons enjoyed them and said they were better than the ones we get from taking out. This Oster oven/air fryer is great, and we are excited to try out some more dishes. This would be an easy recommendation for anyone looking for a very capable air fryer and oven. I love that it saves us some space since it’s combining a couple of appliances. I think the only thing I would love to have added to it would be a digital reader for the time/temp. Other than that I love using this so far.