Vortex Oven Series

100% recommend the Instant Pot if using for an oven too. It's big at 10qt and has racks like an actual oven instead of a basket. I've never used the rotisserie but still think it's worth it. The loudest noise it makes is the beep for when it's up to temp or finished, but you might be able to change the volume? Never been an issue for me so haven't looked into that. And it's cheap on Amazon right now! https://a.co/d/aSC9WEB

My baseline is that I didn't have any kind of toaster at all, and then bought a Instant Vortex toaster oven. Why that model specifically? Let's just say it was on sale at the right time, and it's a brand I trust (from owning their pressure cookers before). I bought it mainly to be a toster - I make a lot of hot sandwiches and firing up the big oven every time seemed silly and wasteful. And it's absolutely fantastic for that. But since I've also just used it as an air fryer for things like frozen chicken/fries and it's good at that. I baked in it from scratch. Proofed dough. Apparently it can rotisserie a whole chicken (came with a spit in the box and is just large enough for an average size bird) - but haven't tried that, yet. Basically I use it any time I need to bake something (not necessarily air fry) now - except for those larger items (ex: whole pizza) that physically require the space of the standard oven. If I already had a standard non-airfryer toaster oven, I probably wouldn't rush to upgrade. But If I was moving up from a slot toaster (or nothing at all), especially if you don't already have a basket style air fryer (nothing at all, nothing at all nothing at all). - all day.

You’re definitely overthinking. I use an air fryer for lunch everyday so we bought an Instant Pot 10 quart air fryer and it gave us trouble almost from day one. The controls were flaky, and not responsive and the door was a terrible design. After a few years we swapped to a Ninja DZ401 Foodi 10 Quart 6-in-1 DualZone XL 2-Basket Air Fryer. We’ve had it almost a year and I absolutely love it.

Hopefully this is on-topic enough for this sub! /r/appliances seems to be more focused on the major appliances. This is one of my frequently-visited subs and I just trust y’all, feel like I’m less likely to get hit with corporate shills 😂 I use my air fryer for so many foods when it’s just myself. This was my third one, although this is the only one to die: 1) Tiny, generic brand, gave to my mother when a friend gave me a brand-new Power XL in the box. 2) Power XL - great, used it a lot, but ultimately wanted a bigger one. 3) Instant (-Pot brand) Vortex Pro. Fantastic. Loved having the two levels. Was planning to get the rotisserie attachment. But now it’s just kicked the bucket after about 1-1.5 years of use. Not feeling keen to buy another. So, any suggestions from the /r/cooking hive mind? To me, an air fryer is a cooking tool like any other, but happy to re-post elsewhere if it would be more appropriate. Bonus points if it looks decent on the countertop! Thank you all kindly in advance!!

I would never buy an air fryer w/o a rotisserie basket. Ever. I also bought an air fryer to get rid of my toaster oven. I have a $10 2 slice toaster for quick toasting of bagels. A Toaster oven is too much overlap. I use this. [**It’s Flawless.**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VM28XTR)