11 Best Convection Ovens (Review) In 2020

The Breville BOV845BSS Smart Oven is a step up from what we’ve seen so far. The word ‘smart’ gets thrown around in marketing materials these days, so it’s hard to really know what it means from product to product. In this oven, it relates to the Element IQ technology that transfers the heat to five different quartz heating elements to provide you with even and powerful convection oven cooking. This is a step up in heating technology and you’ll really notice the difference when you cook perfect food every time.

You can tell that it’s a more expensive product as well, because of the LCD display. Instead of using big, chunky buttons to navigate your way around the oven, you can select from 10 cooking options on the display. These include the standard pre-sets we’ve seen before like ‘warm’, broil’, and ‘bake’, but they also have a really useful ‘slow cook’ option. This allows you to cook for up to 10 hours at a low heat, so you can perfectly cook a piece of meat. If you really care about your food, this option is a game-changer. It’s also got an interior light and an awesome cooking rack that auto-ejects when you open the door so you can see the food without having to put on an oven glove. This kanes a perfect gift for foodies in your life.

The Cuisinart TOB-260N1 Chef’s Convection Toaster Oven comes with unique accessories such as 2 racks, a pizza stone (which can take up to 13inches), a recipe booklet for great cuisines, a crumb tray that can be removed, a broiling pan, and a deep baking pan. It has one of the most unique heating features which gives adequate results. When toasting bread and making pizza, it allows you to select the number of slices to be toasted and the size of the pizza, in order to determine the temperature that will be used to make the pizza and to toast the bread appropriately.

It has several cooking functions for meals and dishes, and a unique dual feature that can prepare two different dishes at separate levels and temperatures. It also has a +30 seconds feature that allows for an additional 30 seconds when preparing dishes as well as two separate convection settings; one which allows easy powering while preparing meals, and another to speed up the process. The oven light function can be turned on without opening the door, and this oven has a non-stick coating which ensures easy cleaning. Lastly, we can’t forget to mention the 4-rack interior design allowing you to adequately choose between the 4 level positions for more space options.

You know when you see that a product’s made by Toshiba, it’s going to pretty good quality. The Toshiba EC042A5C-BS is a convection microwave that is designed to be your all-in-one kitchen appliance. It’s not just a one-trick pony. It’s got all of your standard microwave functions. You can increase and decrease time and choose from 6 pre-sets. But you also get the benefits of convection cooking. It comes with a grill rack, so you can switch it over onto the convection setting and use it as an oven. It might not be the best convection oven out there, but this saves the space of having to have two separate appliances in your kitchen.

Everything on this product is controlled using the digital control panel. It’s super easy-to-use and you can even programme up to 3 of your favorite time and power settings for easy access. It has simple buttons to increase and decrease time, so you don’t have to start the programme again. Plus, it has a powerful LED light on the inside to let you inspect what’s inside without interrupting the cooking. If you want a kitchen appliance that can do it all, this has to be a consideration. Love this product? Check out our review of the best bread machines for our top picks.

If you’re looking for something a little bit more affordable, you should consider the Black and Decker Countertop Convection Toaster Oven. It’s around half the price of our Best Choice product, but it still offers most of the functionality. The main difference is that this oven is a little bit smaller. It has two rack position, so you could technically cook two things at a time, but it’s really not big enough for family cooking. They do make up for this lack of space by making the interior curved, which means it has room for 12” pizzas or 6 slices of bread. It’s absolutely perfect for someone living alone or with a partner and don’t own a pizza stone.

It comes with a baking pan and a broil rack, and a removable crumb tray at the bottom of the interior. This provides you with enough options to cook a number of dishes, but it’s not the most versatile oven on the list. It does come with a range of easy-to-use digital controls. Like the last oven, it has time and temperature settings, but this one has even more specific settings. You can choose from ‘bake’, ‘broil’, ‘toast’, ‘bagel’, ‘pizza’, ‘frozen snacks’, ‘potatoes’, or ‘cookies. This is super useful for someone who is going to use this as their everyday cooking appliance. It’s also got a slightly longer 120-minute timer with auto-shutoff, for when you’ve got the time to slow cook something to perfection.

The COSORI CO130-AO Air Fryer Oven has a unique time range of operation for a maximum level of 24 hours, giving you full versatility. Its enormous power capacity of up to 1800W produces the desired temperature for the best of results and saves a lot of time. It delivers an outstanding feature of two convection fans to speed up the convection processes and delivers meals in its right texture and flavor. This oven comes with necessary accessories to aid in the meal preparation process and also a recipe book for insightful tips on delicious recipes. Some of these accessories include a basket for air frying, a crumb tray provided, a tray for placing food, a rotisserie handle as well as a rotisserie set of forks, and lastly, a rack for placing wires.

The COSORI CO130-AO Air Fryer Oven has twelve fantastic preset functions that remove the barrier between the user and the meals. Its heating features are also quite outstanding and this oven has three available positions for the oven racks. The COSORI CO130-AO Air Fryer Oven can also serve as an air fryer and a dehydrator for healthy eating of meals and snacks. Its LED display feature gives a high definition functionality that allows easy selection of cooking functions and features.

As our Best Choice product, we’ve chosen the Oster Countertop Convection Oven. As you’ll see as you read through this article, there are a lot of different styles of convection ovens, with different features. But we think that this one is the most user-friendly and versatile oven on this list. Plus, it’s not so expensive that you’re going to have to re-mortgage your house to buy one.

It’s got a surprisingly large interior, two cooking racks, a baking pan, and a broiling rack. This gives you plenty of potential cooking options so you can make all of your favorite dishes without having to rely on a conventional oven. Plus, at the bottom of the oven, it has a removable bread tray for easy cleaning.

The Cuisinart CMW- 200 Convection Microwave Oven is an excellent midrange option. It’s not as expensive as the Breville oven and some others that we’ve reviews further down the list, but it’s still really high-quality. Plus, this product is a microwave convection oven combo, so you get even more cooking options than the products we’ve already looked at. You can choose from the following settings: ‘microwave’, ‘convection’, ‘convection roast’, ‘convection fast bake’, ‘grill/combo’, ‘keep warm’, ‘defrost’, ‘memory’. If you spend some time and really get to grips with the instructions and different settings, this could be the most versatile convection microwave on the market. And, if that isn’t enough, it has lots of useful pre-sets like ‘popcorn’, ‘potato’, and ‘beverage’.

The interior is made from stainless steel and is designed to absorb no moisture, which makes it super easy to wipe down after use. The controls aren’t as hi-tech as the Breville, but it’s still got an attractive touchpad and an LCD screen so you can see what you’re doing. The other feature we really like is the instruction booklet that doubles up as a recipe book. If you’re ever stuck for inspiration, it’s full of great little recipes that are designed to work specifically with this oven. Make sure you also check our guide to the best Dutch oven.

Cuisinart TOA-60 toaster oven from isn’t technically a convection oven, but we thought it deserved a mention anyway. It combines a standard toaster oven with air frying technology, which is very similar to the way convection ovens work but they circulate the air faster and are often much smaller. Without going into the specific details, this is better for smaller meals and will sit nicely on your countertop without taking up too much space.

It can do pretty much everything that a convection oven can do. You can broil, bake, toast, and air-fry food, which means you can make everything from toast to hot wings. Your cooking options are condensed into 9 pre-set cooking functions: ‘Air Fry’, ‘Convection Bake’, ‘Convection Broil’, ‘Bake’, ‘Broil’, ‘Warm’, ‘Toast’. The interior is made from non-stick materials and it’s got an interior light so you can keep an eye on your food as it cooks to perfection. Plus, it’s got a 60-minute timer with auto shut-off to stop you from leaving it on if you forget. It is a perfect kitchen gadget for those who like to cook.

The Oyama TRO-110C Turbo Convection Oven offers something completely different to every other product on this list. For a start, it’s the cheapest product here. For just over $50, you can get the amazing results of a convection oven, but without having to fork out hundreds of dollars, which is why we’ve selected it as our Best Value product. The reason that it doesn’t cost as much is that it’s not really a full-sized oven. Instead, it’s more like a portable convection oven that you can store away in a cupboard and only bring out when you need it.

Instead of the conventional design, it has a 12-liter tempered glass bowl that is resistant to heat and sits inside a protective frame. You put your food inside the glass bowl and place the lid on top. The lid has a thermal heating mechanism that turns the bowl into an oven. It’s a truly innovative product that provides a cheaper alternative to buying an expensive turbo oven.

Now back to something a bit more heavy-duty. The Hamilton Beach 31103A Countertop Oven is a bit of an all-in-one product that is designed to do it all. One of the first major selling points of this product is that it’s a rotisserie convection oven. Basically, that means you can rotate a piece of meat inside the oven to achieve perfect, even results. This makes it a big seller around Thanksgiving and Christmas when people are really in the mood for eating poultry.

It’s also bigger than most of the ovens we’ve featured so far. It can easily fit two 12” pizzas, two 9” x 13” casseroles, or two cake pans. This makes it the perfect kitchen companion, especially when you’re cooking for a party or a large family. It’s not heavy on cooking pre-sets, but it makes up for it by making the dials extremely easy to understand. There are only four cooking options: ‘rotisserie’, ‘bake’, ‘convection’, and ‘broil’. It’s not the most versatile convection oven, but it’s still one of the best. Our handy guide to the best panini presses features more great products like this.

The Wolf Gourmet WGCO100S is the Ferrari of convection ovens. If you really want to get the benefits of convection cooking and you have an unlimited budget, you’ve got to get this oven. Wolf is famous for making extremely high-quality oven used by professional chefs. So, when they brought out this countertop version, we knew it had to be included on the list. Of course, for this sort of quality, you have to reach deep into your pockets. This oven comes with a price tag just under $600.

The convection function is more advanced than the other ovens we’ve featured. It has a powerful fan that circulates heated air evenly around the oven, providing you with perfect results without any hot spots. The temperature control is finely tuned and calibrated, so experienced chefs can get the ideal temperature for the dish. It even comes with an integrated temperature probe to make sure your meat is cooked thoroughly. The easy-glide rack slides smoothly in and out of the three rack positions, so you don’t have to do any annoying jiggling motions to get the dish out when it’s cooked. This is the height of convection cooking, so if you can afford it, you won’t be disappointed. Find more great products like this by checking out our guide to the best waffle makers.

We’ve already featured one Oster convection oven as our Best Choice product, but we thought this one deserved a place as well. The Oster TSSTTVFDXL is very similar to the first one, but it has a very noticeable difference. It’s got a French door style opening instead of the conventional one-door style. Not only does this make it much more attractive than most convection ovens, but it also makes it easier to open in tight spaces. You don’t have to open each door separately either. If you pull one, the other opens automatically. This might seem like a bit of a gimmick, but it really sets it apart in terms of style.

It’s no slouch in the cooking department either. It’s got Turbo Convection baking technology that allows it to cook faster than a conventional oven and brown more evenly. Plus, it has a 60-minute timer and an extra-large interior that can accommodate two large pizzas. It also comes with two racks and an auto-turn off function, so you don’t end up leaving it on by accident. Our selection of the best portable induction cooktops offers more great items like this so check it out.

The last (but not least) oven on our list is the Daewoo KOC-9Q4DS Convection Microwave Oven. Daewoo is another one of those brands that you can trust when it comes to kitchen appliances, but we don’t think this is the best convection oven on the market. The reason we’ve included it is because it offers a great amount of versatility and it’s not particularly expensive. It costs around $100 and for that, you get a convection oven, microwave, and grill all rolled into one.

It’s got 10 different power levels and 5 auto cook menus. The only problem is that the controls really take some navigating. It’s probably because they’re trying to make a product that is universal, but it ends up being a bit of a maze. Having said that, if you take the time to read the instructions, you should be absolutely fine. On the plus side, it features Daewoo’s Concave Reflex System. This technology provides a more efficient microwave emission, which cooks your food quicker and much more evenly. So, if you’re looking for a high-quality microwave that is also capable of convection cooking and grilling, this could well be the product for you. Just make sure you’re prepared to get used to the controls.