Pay more. Get a Ninja Foodi OS301 or similar. Pressure cooking + air fryer combo is infinitely more useful and gives much better results than a basket fryer
Still got our oven and use it for bigger things, like roast chicken etc, but have a Ninja too and it's the best thing we've ever brought. It gets used daily for all sorts. Pressure cooking a joint of meat and then finishing it off on air fry is my current thing.
It does pork well I find, although you sometimes have to cut larger joints in half to fit. We put it on the wire rack with a pint of hot stock underneath with garlic, herbs and whatever aromatic goodies you might like for taste and pressure cook it on high for 40 mins or so. Then pour out the stock and save it for gravy if you like and swap the lids. Then air fry for 10-20 mins to crisp the fat.
Sometimes we cut the fat off before cooking and save it in the fridge overnight, cut into cubes, with salt, we then air fry this into tasty pork scratchings.
Beef works well too. The only limit is making sure the lid will close.
My foodi tendercrisp is 8 years old and I use it several times a week as more than just an air fryer.
Convection ovens with air fry modes are very lackluster.
I love my ninja foodi. It's a 10-in-1. Little above your budget, but it's super worth it. Pressure cooker, sous vide, air fry, crock, all sorts of things.
The Ninja foodi 10-in-1! Its a pressure cooker, slow cooker, air fryer, bake/broil, dehydrator, so many different functions. I've had the pot for ~7 years and the grill for about 3. I reach for the pot more often, and theres a ton of accessories.
Pot: https://www.walmart.com/ip/918898489
Grill: https://www.walmart.com/ip/540984234
Decent for the price with okay warranties.
I have a Ninja Foodi air fryer/pressure cooker/slow cooker/all in one jawn that sits on my counter and get's used like 3 times a week minimum. It's one of my favorite appliances in my kitchen because I primarily use it as an air fryer but it can also be a second slow cooker for when I'm making a huge meal. The steamer function on it is pretty tight as well, boa buns come out perfect from it.
The coffee makers are also decent but I wouldn't use them for high end things like espresso. A simple ninja drip coffee machine will be just fine though.
Blenders again are decent but ill not outperform something like a Vitamix or more high end.
Knives? The knife block is okay but I hate pull through sharpening systems and am generally against buying sets as a whole. You only need a few good knives.
Generally Ninja makes decent things that will do the thing they are advertised to do. They won't do them exceptionally well as compared to products that specialize in said task but they aren't poor quality items either.
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