Description. Cook everything from meals to snacks faster and more evenly with the Oster® Convection 4-Slice Toaster Oven. It offers 5 cooking functions - toast, bake, broil, turbo, and warm. Turbo Convection Heat Technology speeds up cooking time and browns food more consistently than conventional ovens.

A convection oven is a kitchen appliance that evenly distributes heat with a fan. A toaster oven is a smaller and cheaper countertop appliance that heats similarly to a traditional oven.

The 1,800-watt Breville Smart Oven Air Convection is the crème de la crème of toaster ovens. Yes, it's pretty pricey, but its baking results, eight rack positions, and temperature range of 80° F to 480° F help to justify the cost.

You'll save lots of cooking time - the convection mode in this toaster oven cooks food up to 25% faster by circulating heated air evenly around food as it cooks.

No. Placing foil in the unit may cause the unit to heat up over 500 degrees.

Conventional ovens feature heating elements on the top and bottom of the oven cavity. Convection ovens have these elements in addition to a fan that helps circulate hot air throughout the oven cavity. This can help dishes placed on different racks bake at a similar rate.

And while aluminum foil is safe in the toaster oven, be sure it doesn't touch the heating elements, she adds. But she gives the thumbs-up to parchment paper, disposable aluminum containers (e.g., pie plates), metal bakeware and regular and nonstick bakeware like loaf pans and muffin tins.

Air fryers cook food faster than convection ovens. For starters, there's that shorter preheat time. But because of their smaller cooking chambers, air fryers are also more efficient at circulating air around food, leading to faster cook times.

Most Reliable Toaster Oven Brands Owners of Breville and Panasonic models are generally very happy with them; these brands also earned excellent ratings for owner satisfaction. Oster and Calphalon, however, earned only a passable rating for owner satisfaction, while NuWave earned a subpar rating.

Avoid convection baking foods like cakes, quick breads, custards and other delicate desserts and pastries.

And while aluminum foil is safe in the toaster oven, be sure it doesn't touch the heating elements, she adds. But she gives the thumbs-up to parchment paper, disposable aluminum containers (e.g., pie plates), metal bakeware and regular and nonstick bakeware like loaf pans and muffin tins.

The answer may already be in your kitchen. More and more range ovens, wall ovens, and toaster ovens that have convection now come with air-fry settings. Convection, which constantly circulates hot air using one or more fans, is the same technology behind countertop air fryers.

If you want to see brown, a convection oven is your friend. These ovens are not the best choice when it comes to baking cakes, meringues, and custards, including cheesecake. Baking a cake in a convection oven could result in the outside being cooked while the inside is still raw.

Fatty or Greasy Foods "I would say the No. 1 thing to avoid is fatty or greasy foods at risk of dripping. Since some toaster ovens have exposed heating elements, it can cause a fire," says Paul Hope, senior home and appliances reporter for Consumer Reports.

While you can cook several dishes at once in a convection oven, if you overcrowd the oven or block the fan, the oven won't work as efficiently as it should. It could take much longer for your food to cook. This can be a hassle if you are cooking a dish and want it done at a specific time.

Avoid convection baking foods like cakes, quick breads, custards and other delicate desserts and pastries.