Cuisinart - TOA-55WM

what types of foods do you find the basket to excel at? i have a [Cuisinart CT0A122](https://www.target.com/p/cuisinart-air-fryer-toaster-oven-stainless-steel-ctoa-122/-/A-88956563) as well and really love it. do not "fry" much in it beyond frozen french fries and chicken tenders (both come out well).

Forgot about wings. Yes they do come out well on air fry in the cusinart. Interesting you mention steak - I have been trying to improve my steaks. I was quite happy with the cusinart air fry until I had to do a cast iron and 500F oven and realized how it did not stack up. I will have to investigate this further. Do you have any suspicion about what in the air fryer is better for those uses?

I do have 3 teenagers. It’s my wife and three teenage kids, so we need to make pretty big meals these days. I know this post is 7 months old, but I hope you went with a bigger air fryer. Our first air fryer was a 10 quart model. We thought about getting a second one, but my brother in law is an electrician, and he said they draw too much power to be on the same outlet, so we just ended up getting a much larger model.  We landed on a Cuisineart model that’s 18 quarts by narrowing down all the size options using this handy [product database](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Y4PR6GCz-Lk5mWX1LUzo-3kChRBv302vSv5HZFB5K1c/edit?gid=1554522955#gid=1554522955) that someone on Reddit put together. The nice thing is that it can toast six bagel halves simultaneously, so I was able to get rid of my toaster altogether too.

I know a lot of people who are blind, who have the story air fryer is Wi-Fi capable, and they use it. I don’t have one of those. I am a cook. I don’t believe in running and kitchen appliances, that could cause fires with an app. I have the large model of the Cuisinart toaster oven air fryer. It has control knobs on it, easy to use, I have no site whatsoever. I love the model that I have with the control lamps, they also make one that’s a smaller model with control knobs, and now they even have one and this is the one I wanna get after mine breaks down, they have one that is called the Cuisinart toaster air fryer grill, it has a grill portrait in the air fryer. That’s the one I want, but not until after this one breaks down. And the reason I say that I don’t believe you should control kitchen appliances, especially ones that are meant for cooking, with an app, what happens if you are complete Internet goes down you’re going to have to try and manually use the to air fryer, but if you can’t see, how are you going to use that, especially if you live independently. I live by myself I don’t always have sided help, this is why I chose the Cuisinart, cause somebody can’t always come running over if I need them. now this is just all my opinion, I’m sure they’re gonna be people who don’t agree with it, but that’s all right. I wish you the best of luck. I love my air fryer.

I have only had it for a year so I cant say much about the longevity, but I have the stainless steel cusineart 1800w air fryer from Target. At the time it was on sale $99, a lot cheaper than similar ones from other brands. Seems like a decent device to me.

I love my cuisinart TOA for everything your looking for

Agree with this brand. Had a Cuisinart for years from Costco and the dials never worked correctly. Switched a year ago to Breville and it's been great. We toast bread almost daily, my husband proofs his bread with it, kids can use it easily for snack foods, and it great for side veggies with dinner. We are a family of 5, so needed larger size and multifunction.

We’ve had a cuisinart air fryer/toaster oven combo for a couple years and it’s been great. We’re a large family and it gets used several times a day. It’s a workhorse type appliance and I like that the rack that the food actually touches is stainless steel. If it ever breaks I’ll get the same one to replace it. I’m not sure it’s true bifl just because of the way small appliances are made now but it should hold up to a decade or two of heavy use pretty easily. 

I prefer a toaster oven/air fryer combo. Many have a nonstick lining on the machine itself, but the tray that touches your food is usually stainless steel. Plus my kitchen isn't big enough for too many single-use appliances. I adored my Cuisinart toaster oven/air fryer but it only lasted about 4 years. I've switched to the breville which is more expensive but seems to be holding up better.

I have a version of this, too. We moved in October of last year & have never used our oven - we use the air fryer for everything - it’s just my husband and I so we find it much easier & cheaper than using the oven. And ditto for the cleaning. 🤪

I like my Cuisinart toaster oven/air fryer. I’ve had it at least 4 years of daily use and zero complaints.