The TOA-65 replaces the TOA-60's knobs with a digital panel that sets temperature in five-degree steps, and Food Network Kitchen found it beat the older model on nearly every test it ran. The 18-quart cavity takes a 12-inch pizza, six slices of toast or a small chicken, and the 1,800-watt element skips preheating for everything except Bake and Pizza. It runs hot enough to need watching.
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Five-degree steps instead of a 50-degree toggle
The digital panel is the substantive change from the TOA-60. Temperature moves in five-degree increments rather than the older model's coarse toggle, and Food Network Kitchen's Leah Brickley put that precision at the centre of why the newer oven cooks better. Buttons cover air fry, convection fan speed, defrost and the light, with a dial to scroll through cooking modes.
18 quarts: a 12-inch pizza or six slices of toast
The cavity takes a 12-inch pizza, six slices of bread, a four-pound chicken or three pounds of food in the fry basket, in a footprint about the size of an ordinary toaster oven at 14 by 15.75 inches. The air-fry basket is flat rather than barrel-shaped, so fries sit in a single layer and crisp instead of steaming against each other.
1,800 watts, and no preheat except Bake and Pizza
The element is fast enough that most functions start cooking immediately, and only Bake and Pizza ask for a preheat. Bob Vila ran it for three weeks and timed it three to four minutes quicker than three comparable ovens. The range runs from 80 to 450 degrees Fahrenheit, low enough at the bottom end to dehydrate tomatoes rather than roast them.
It runs hot and wants watching
The repeated warning is heat: the oven runs hotter than expected and food browns faster than the same settings would in a full-size oven, so the first few cooks need supervision. Bob Vila made the same point after three weeks with it. Anyone new to air frying is better off starting below whatever temperature the recipe calls for.
The crumb tray and rack are not dishwasher-safe
Cleaning is the weak spot. Neither the crumb tray nor the wire rack goes in the dishwasher, so a greasy air-fry session ends in hand washing. Owners also report the mode dial getting sticky or failing after a few years of daily use, which on a $299.95 appliance is the durability question worth asking before buying.
Strengths
- +Digital interface with precise temperature control in five-degree incriments
- +Outperforms the TOA-60 model on virtually every cooking test
- +Seven distinct cooking features including air fry, bake, and reheat
- +Spacious interior with 18-quart capacity suitable for large items like 4-pound chicken
- +Fast cooking times due to 1,800-watt motor and no preheating required for most functions
Watch-outs
- −Runs hot, so food browns faster than the same settings would suggest
- −The crumb tray and wire rack are not dishwasher-safe
- −Owners report the mode dial sticking or failing after a few years of daily use
- −No temperature probe and no app control
How it compares
About $70 more than the TOA-60 it replaces, and Food Network Kitchen judged the extra worth paying for the finer temperature control alone. Bob Vila timed it three to four minutes faster than three rival toaster-oven air fryers. There is no temperature probe and no app, which some competitors do offer.
Rating sources
“Bottom line: The Cuisinart TOA-65 is our top pick for Cuisinart air fryer toaster ovens.”
“Agatha Crispy coming into my life has been a game-changer with all my food recipes, and she has been one of my favorite purchases of the entire year.”
“it is literally the most versatile appliance that I own now now that I've used the airfryer I can't imagine living without it”
Our 4.8 score is the average of these published ratings. Ratings marked * were derived from the reviewer’s written analysis or video transcript — the publisher didn’t print an explicit numeric score, so we inferred one from their own words. Click through to verify. More about methodology.
