Liters inside, centimeters outside · review
A 4-slice air fryer and toaster oven at 200–450 °F, with a metal basket, a bake pan and a broil rack.
The net of it The only machine here that says plainly its convection function circulates air, with a metal air-fry basket and a published 200 to 450 degree range. It also publishes the most useful capacity statement on the shelf: a three-pound chicken in an eight-inch pan.
“this… air fryer toaster oven’s convection function circulates air around food as it cooks.”
Food in still air sits inside a layer of its own cooled, moistened air, and that layer insulates. Heat has to cross it to reach the surface, and water vapor has to cross it to leave.
A fan strips that layer away — so heat arrives faster and moisture leaves faster, which is browning and crisping in one mechanism.
That is all air frying is. The BLACK+DECKER air fry at $55.99 describes the same thing as “high intensity hot air” and supplies an air fry mesh tray so the air can reach underneath; this supplies a metal basket for the same reason.
And the distinction on this shelf is the one its own stablemate makes. The BLACK+DECKER toaster at $59.99 claims “natural convection airflow” — which is air moving because it is hot, not because a fan drives it. Every oven has natural convection. It does not crisp.
So of eight machines here, two claim driven air and one claims the natural kind. The other five claim neither — including the Breville at $159.95, which has eight cooking functions and no air fry setting at all.
“Sure-Crisp” is the brand name for it, and the named foods are the right ones: “crispy French fries, chicken wings, steaks, fish, vegetables.” Those are the four things a fan genuinely changes, because all four depend on a dry surface.
“from 4 slices of toast to a 9” pizza, a 3 lb. chicken in an 8” x 8” pan or a 9” x 5” loaf pan.”
Capacity on this shelf is published in four different units, and none of them tells you what will fit:
Slices — this, both BLACK+DECKER ovens, the Elite Gourmet ETO449X and the Breville (four); the Elite ETO2530M (six) Quarts — Elite ETO449X 9.5, NutriChef 30 Liters and cubic feet — Elite ETO2530M, at 25L and 0.9cuft Interior inches — Breville 11 × 10 × 4, Elite ETO2530M 13.25 × 13.50 × 8.95
A slice count tells you the width of the cavity and nothing about its height. A machine that takes four slices may or may not take a loaf tin standing up — and that single difference decides whether you can bake bread in it.
This page answers the two questions people actually have: can I roast a small chicken, and will my loaf tin go in.
A 9 × 5 inch loaf pan is the standard American tin, so naming it is as good as publishing a dimension. And a 3 lb chicken is the honest limit of a four-slice cavity — about a 1.4 kg bird, which is a small one.
For scale, the Elite Gourmet ETO2530M at $84.99 claims “up to an 11lb roast” in 25 liters — nearly four times the weight, for $25 more.
And the two large machines are a different class entirely. Converting the published figures: the Breville is 7.2 liters, the Elite ETO449X about 9, the ETO2530M about 26, the NutriChef about 28.
“precise, accurate temperatures from 200° to 450°F and even cooking without hot spots.”
Five machines on this shelf reach 450 °F: this, the BLACK+DECKER toaster, both Elite Gourmet ovens and the NutriChef. Three of them publish the bottom of the range too — this, the ETO449X and the ETO2530M, all at 200 °F.
The bottom of the range is the figure people ignore and should not. It decides whether a machine can hold a low temperature for keeping food warm, proving dough, or drying — and an oven whose lowest setting is 300 °F cannot do any of them.
The Dash at $24.99 is the only machine here that stops at 400 °F, and the BLACK+DECKER air fry and the Breville publish no ceiling at all.
Why 450 matters for this machine specifically: air frying wants the top of the range. Chips, wings and anything battered crisp by driving surface moisture off fast, and 50 degrees is the difference between crisp and merely dry.
“Without hot spots” is the same claim both BLACK+DECKER ovens make as “EvenToast Technology”. A hot spot is a place where the element sits closer to the food, or where its coils are denser — and in a cavity this small, four slices across the width will not all be the same distance from the same part of the element.
The Breville attacks that problem with hardware and it is the most interesting engineering claim on the shelf: “Using 5 independent quartz elements, smart algorithms steer small oven’s power where and when it’s needed.” Five separately driven elements is a different answer from one element shaped well.
“METAL AIR-FRY BASKET, BAKE PAN AND BROIL RACK… plus a slide-out crumb tray.”
Four items, and the first three map exactly onto three of the four functions.
The basket is for air frying, and it has to be open so the air reaches underneath — on a solid pan the underside of a chip sits in its own moisture and steams, which is the usual disappointment of oven chips. Metal rather than coated is worth noting: a basket takes the full 450 °F and gets scrubbed.
The bake pan is solid, for anything that would drip or run.
The broil rack sits above a pan, so fat falls away from the food while the top element works on it — which is the whole point of broiling.
The crumb tray is the one every machine on this shelf has, and the reason is universal: crumbs fall to the cavity floor, sit near the lower element and burn. That is the smell of an old toaster oven and the reason one eventually sets off a smoke alarm.
One instruction this page does not give, and should. The BLACK+DECKER air fry at $55.99 — the only other air fryer here — publishes it: “Use drip tray when cooking and keep food clear of heating element.” Air frying renders fat, and on an open basket that fat drips. Fat landing on a glowing element smokes and can flare. Its stablemate supplies the clearance figure: keep food “at least 1½ inches from the top heating elements”. Use the bake pan under the basket, in a cavity this size.
3765 grams puts this fourth heaviest here: Dash 1451 g · Elite ETO449X 2409 g · BLACK+DECKER toaster 3016 g · this 3765 g · Breville 4853 g · NutriChef 10297 g, with the BLACK+DECKER air fry and Elite ETO2530M unpublished.
Nothing on this page states a timer at all — no duration, no dial, no auto shutoff.
Every other machine here publishes one:
Dash — 15 minutes, with an indicator light and auto shutoff BLACK+DECKER air fry, BLACK+DECKER toaster, Elite Gourmet ETO449X — 30 minutes, the toaster adding a stay-on option and the ETO449X an auto shutoff bell Elite Gourmet ETO2530M, NutriChef — 60 minutes, both with a bell or auto shutoff
Only the Breville also publishes none, and it has an LCD and eight programs, so timing is implied by the interface.
On a machine with knobs, the timer is the on-switch, and its travel is the longest unattended cook. Not publishing it leaves the single most practical limit unknown — and it matters here more than on a toaster, because a 3 lb chicken is a forty-minute job and a 30-minute dial would need resetting.
No timer, as above.
No wattage. The shelf: Breville 1800 W — exactly 15 amps at 120 volts, the full capacity of a standard American circuit — Elite ETO2530M 1500 W, NutriChef 1400 W (and 1500 in its own title), Elite ETO449X 800 W. This, both BLACK+DECKER ovens and the Dash publish none. On an air fryer, wattage is what governs how fast it crisps, and “quality heating elements” is the whole of what is said here.
No element type, where the Elite ETO449X and the Breville both publish quartz — which radiates almost immediately rather than warming a steel sheath first, so it responds faster when the thermostat calls.
No rack positions, where the Breville and the Elite ETO2530M publish three and the ETO449X publishes two. On a machine with a basket, a pan and a rack, how many heights they can occupy is the question.
No keep-warm function, which five machines here have: both BLACK+DECKER ovens, both Elite Gourmet ovens, and — in the form of “Reheat” — the Breville. With a published 200 °F floor the machine could clearly hold food; it simply has no setting for it.
No preheat guidance, which two machines here give as ten minutes: the BLACK+DECKER toaster and the Elite ETO449X, the latter specifying 450 °F. A thermostat measures air, and air heats in two minutes; the walls and the tray take ten — and it is the mass that cooks a pizza base or sets a pastry.
No non-stick cavity, which only the Breville publishes.
No warranty. Only the Breville at $159.95 (“1 Year Limited”) and the Dash at $24.99 (“a 1-year warranty, or double it by registering”) publish a term — six of eight publish nothing.
No clearance or ventilation warning, which the BLACK+DECKER toaster gives twice and which applies to every machine here: outer surfaces get hot, and the back needs air.
Read on the day this page was built: $60 at the American Amazon shop.
Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 2026-10-05. The live price is at the top of the page.
Same shelf, nearest cost — where the same money else goes.
| Convection | Stated to circulate air around food — the clearest such claim here |
|---|---|
| Air fry | Included, with a metal basket — one of only two on this shelf |
| Temperature range | 200 to 450 °F |
| Functions | Four — toast, bake, air fry, broil |
| Capacity | 4 slices, a 9-inch pizza, a 3 lb chicken in an 8 × 8 in pan, or a 9 × 5 in loaf pan |
| In the box | A metal air-fry basket, a bake pan, a broil rack and a slide-out crumb tray |
| Hot spots | Stated to cook evenly without them |
| Weight | 3765 g (132.8 oz) |
| Reference | 31403 |
| Wattage | Not published |
| Timer | Not published |
| Keep warm | Not among the four functions |
| Rack positions | Not published |
| Warranty | Not published |
| Amazon reference | B08CW95ZFR |
| EAN | 0040094314034 |
A fan, and this is the clearest statement of it on the shelf. Bullet one: "This... air fryer toaster oven’s convection function circulates air around food as it cooks", and the description names the technology — "Sure-Crisp... cooks with little to no oil". Why moving air matters. Food in still air sits inside a layer of its own cooled, moistened air, and that layer insulates: heat has to cross it to reach the surface, and water vapor has to cross it to leave. A fan strips that layer away, so heat arrives faster and moisture leaves faster — which is browning and crisping in one mechanism. That is all air frying is. The BLACK+DECKER air fry at $55.99 describes the same thing as "high intensity hot air" and supplies an air fry mesh tray so the air reaches underneath; this supplies a metal basket for the same reason. The distinction worth knowing on this shelf is the one its own stablemate makes: the BLACK+DECKER toaster at $59.99 claims "natural convection airflow", which is air moving because it is hot rather than because a fan drives it. Natural convection is not a fan and does not crisp. Every oven has it. So of eight machines here, two claim driven air and one claims the natural kind — and the Breville at $159.95, with eight functions, claims neither and has no air fry setting at all.
Much more, and it is the best capacity statement on this shelf. Bullet three: "room for everything you cook, from 4 slices of toast to a 9" pizza, a 3 lb. chicken in an 8" x 8" pan or a 9" x 5" loaf pan." Capacity on this shelf is published in four different units and none of them tells you what will fit: slices on five machines, quarts on two (Elite Gourmet ETO449X 9.5, NutriChef 30), liters and cubic feet on the Elite ETO2530M (25L, 0.9cuft), and interior inches on the Breville (11 × 10 × 4) and the ETO2530M (13.25 × 13.50 × 8.95). A slice count tells you the width of the cavity and nothing about its height. A machine that takes four slices may or may not take a loaf tin standing up, and the difference decides whether you can bake bread in it. This page answers the two questions people actually have: can I roast a small chicken, and will my loaf tin go in. A 9 × 5 inch loaf pan is the standard American tin, so naming it is as good as a dimension. And a 3 lb chicken is the practical limit of a four-slice cavity — roughly a 1.4 kg (3.1 lb) bird, which is a small one. For comparison, the Elite ETO2530M at $84.99 claims "up to an 11lb roast" in 25 liters, which is nearly four times the weight.
A timer, which is the strangest omission on this shelf. Nothing on this page states a timer at all — no duration, no dial, no auto shutoff. Every other machine here publishes one: the Dash 15 minutes, the BLACK+DECKER air fry, the BLACK+DECKER toaster and the Elite Gourmet ETO449X 30 minutes, the Elite ETO2530M and the NutriChef 60 minutes. Only the Breville at $159.95 also publishes none, and it has an LCD and eight programs, so timing is implied by the interface. On a machine with knobs, the timer is the on-switch, and its travel is the longest unattended cook — so not publishing it leaves the most practical limit unknown. Three more figures are absent. No wattage: the shelf runs Breville 1800 W — exactly 15 amps at 120 volts, the full capacity of a standard American circuit — Elite ETO2530M 1500 W, NutriChef 1400 W, Elite ETO449X 800 W, and nothing from this, both BLACK+DECKER ovens and the Dash. No rack positions, where the Breville and Elite ETO2530M publish three and the ETO449X two. And no warranty — only the Breville (one year) and the Dash at $24.99 (one year, doubling on registration) publish a term, which is six of eight publishing nothing. What the page does give is the temperature range, the convection claim and the capacity statement above, all three of which are better than the shelf average.
Details checked on October 5, 2026.
A roast chicken and a tray of chips in the same cavity, without the main oven
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