The 15 best toaster ovens we tested in 2024: Our full review

Its time to get toasty. But before you can toast all things whole wheat, sprouted and brioche to perfection, picking up one of the best toaster overs under $200 is key. After all, toaster ovens are miniature convection ovens when you think about it which you likely have in your kitchen so the

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It’s time to get toasty.

But before you can toast all things whole wheat, sprouted and brioche to perfection, picking up one of the best toaster overs under $200 is key.

After all, toaster ovens are miniature convection ovens when you think about it — which you likely have in your kitchen — so the affordable, sweet spot of $200 or less is what we deem worth it.

With a quality toaster oven, your heat-up options aren’t limited to bread, either. Sure, you can create the perfect crispiness for layering your scrambled egg, everything seasoning, creamy avocado and sea salt flakes. But, you can also cook frozen pizzas, pull-apart grilled cheese and a cookbook’s worth of others.

Ahead, we rounded up the 15 best toaster ovens under $200, according to hyperenthusiastic, toast-loving reviewers. Not to mention, if you’re gung-ho on upgrading more kitchen essentials, check out our guides to the best air fryers, pressure cookers and woks, too.

With over 11,000 reviews on Amazon, Mueller’s 4-Slice Toaster Oven is your conventional stainless steel appliance that’s less than $100, has a timer to bake and broil (and toast, of course) and includes a pan and baking rack.

In other words, it’s a force to be reckoned with — especially when you can toast four pieces of bread at once.

To match your French door refrigerator, Luby aims to make your appliances consistent with its Large French Door Toaster Oven. It’s like opening the door to your favorite breakfast or frozen dinner ever with each use.

Aesthetics aside, this toaster oven has a one-hour timer and, thanks to its four built-in heating tubes, gets nice and toasty super quickly.

If you’re looking for your baseline toaster oven that’s not only less than $200 but less than $100, Hamilton Beach’s 6-Slice Toaster Oven is your match. Top-rated by Amazon with nearly 7,000 reviews, this stainless steel model is easy to use and keep clean (a key component) and has a 30-minute timer with an automatic shut-off for safety.

While we love our light stainless, we also love this brushed dark type designed by Toshiba. The sleek, modern and digitally-minded toaster oven heats up to 450 degrees to measure up to your regular oven. Not to mention, its bright digital display and included accessories — a rotisserie kit, baking rack and more — are nifty additions.

From the makers of the highly acclaimed Barista Express Espresso Machine ($690) comes the Mini Smart Toaster Oven.

Breville surely knows what it’s doing with its customized heat settings to steer power to hit directly on your food, coupled with eight functions, an LCD display and a nonstick coating for easy cleaning. For less than $200, it’s a score.

Not only can you grab a toaster oven for less than $200, but you can also snag a toaster oven and air fryer hybrid. Instant Pot makes some of our favorite air fryers, too, and this model comes with nine different cooking settings, preheats quickly and delivers an even crisp to your toast and pizza or chicken and veggies.

We’ll be honest, aside from its grand stature, we adore Oster’s Convection Toaster Oven for its pull-out pizza drawer — an add-to-cart-worthy addition that caught our attention.

Specifically, this toaster oven has powerful turbo heat baking technology to provide a faster and more even cooking experience. The pull-out drawer is even great for quesadillas and bruschetta, too.

Meet the most affordable toaster oven in this edit. For far less than $200, Black+Decker has you well-supplied with a toaster oven that still toasts four pieces of bread at once. Plus, it has four cooking functions and a removable crumb tray for easy heating up.

Williams Sonoma to your kitchen is like Starbucks to your coffee — it’s just sought-after and top-notch. Cruxgg’s 6-Slice Digital Toaster Oven also has the ability to air fry and is clad in the most modern, black exteriors we’ve seen (who knew toasters can be a display piece?)

Not to mention, the stainless interior tray is a nice touch. Its 10 preprogrammed cooking functions and generous capacity are enough to render a solid five-star ranking, too.

Cuisinart hit the nail on the head with its $100 toaster oven. Smart, simple and compact, it has the interior food tray we know and love, along with a cool-touch handle and adjustable toasting functions. In the eyes of more than 5,000 reviewers, it’s a good buy.

As one of our favorite Amazon home products, Panasonic’s FlashXpress Toaster Oven takes the cake (or rather, the toast).

It’s also an Amazon’s Choice product, clad with six one-touch controls, no preheating required (which we love) and an automatic shutoff to prevent overheating and overburning. It comes in white and black colors, too.

For almost $100 off, Ninja’s Digital Air Fry Countertop Oven is well worth the top spurge for its slim, more horizontal design to pack in more food and sides and cooking your meals with 75% less fat thanks to its air fry component. With more than 24,000 reviews, you’ll thank us later.

Give your kitchen a bold color with Luby’s Convection Toaster Oven. With a large capacity, a price point under $100 and its retro-minded, six-slice-toasting design, we’re not surprised more than 1,000 others love it, too.

What we love most about KitchenAid’s Digital Countertop Toaster Oven is its seamless exterior — two small knobs lining the bottom with a digital display to give your home a modern touch.

Plus, it has nine preset cooking functions, a nonstick interior for easy cleanup and a larger capacity when compared to other models.

How adorable is this retro toaster oven that, like some of our other picks, is also an air fryer? Crownful’s Air Fryer Toaster Oven gloriously has 10 preset cooking functions, an easy-to-use design and included accessories: a rotisserie shaft, a roasting basket and removal tools, among others.

Crownful is also one of our favorite brands for mini fridges and, with its 50s-eqsue makeup, it would look amazing with the Smeg’s Coffee Grinder ($330).

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