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​Compare Countertop Air Fryer Convection Ovens: Cuisinart TOA-60 vs. Ninja Foodi SP101 vs. Instant Vortex Pro

Air Fried Potato Chips (Photo Credits: Instant)

If you are planning to get a countertop convection oven, you might want to consider one that comes also with the air fryer feature. We have no doubt that once you have tested the air fryer convection ovens to be compared in this article, you will be more than satisfied.
The best countertop convection ovens available nowadays offer a number of cooking modes such as baking, toasting, broiling, dehydrating as well as air frying which is the recommended healthy way of preparing deep-fried foods.

Air frying, which uses powerful ultra-hot air, is a healthier way to prepare delicious fried favorites, such as wings, fritters, fries and shrimp. Indeed, as little or no oil is used with air fryers, the resulting foods obtained will have less than 3% fat compared to the more than 15% fat that results in traditional deep-fried foods. This represents 80% less fat! 
In addition, air fryers are much safer than regular deep fryers since there is no boiling oil, and they are usually equipped with cool-to-the-touch handles that allow handling without any danger of burning the fingers.

Aside from offering various cooking methods, including  air frying, the three countertop ovens that will be compared below allow for  "true" oven cooking in kitchens where a built in oven is not available. They are the ideal solution for the tiny kitchens found in so many of the modern condo style apartments in our big cities which do not have enough space for a regular stove with a built in oven. They save a lot of energy when compared to regular built in ovens, and, in the long term, this can translate into considerable money savings. Finally, they can be quite useful as a second oven to allow you to become more efficient in the kitchen by being able to prepare more than one dish at a time.

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This article will compare three of the best rated and most popular countertop ovens that include the air fryer feature. They are the Cuisinart TOA-60, Ninja Foodi SP101 ​ and Instant Vortex Pro. These three ovens were not just the most popular in their category at the time this article was written, but they had also received excellent reviews from Amazon customers with an average rating of 4.5 stars out of 5 stars for each!

If you are in a hurry and wish to see right away price and product information for these three ovens, please click:
Countertop Air Frying Convection Ovens on Amazon.

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Comparing the Selected Countertop Air Fryer Convection Ovens

The following pictures show the three countertop air fryer convection ovens selected for comparison:

Cuisinart TOA-60 Air Fryer Oven

(Photo Credits: Cuisinart)

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Ninja Foodi SP101 Air Fryer Oven

(Photo Credits: Ninja)

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Instant Vortex Pro Air Fryer Oven

(Photo Credits: Instant)

The following table compares the various features of the three countertop air fryer convection ovens (please read the table notes that follow for a better understanding of the features offered by each):

Table Notes 1 - 4 Explained:

Note 1:
The following pictures describe the structure, parts and the control panels for the three countertop air fryer ovens considered here:

Cuisinart TOA-60 Structure and Parts and Control Panel

(Photo Credits: Cuisinart)

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Ninja Foodi SP101 Parts and Control Panel

(Photo Credits: Ninja)

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Instant Vortex Pro Parts and Control Panel

(Photo Credits: Instant)

(Photo Credit: Instant)

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Note 2:
Each of these three air fryer ovens considered here come with a number of built-in programmed cooking modes that automatically set a required default temperature and cooking time. However, with all three ovens, cooking temperature and cooking time can also be adjusted as you wish using the appropriate temperature and timer buttons on their control panels.
​The following programmed cooking modes are available on each of the three ovens considered here. The user manuals that come with each oven explains in detail how each cooking mode is invoked and done.

Cuisinart TOA-60 comes with 7 programmed cooking modes:​​

• AIR FRY
• TOAST
• BROIL 
• CONVECTION BROIL
• BAKE 
• CONVECTION BAKE
• WARM

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Ninja Foodi SP101 comes with 8 programmed cooking modes:

• AIR CRISP (AIR FRY): Give foods crispiness and crunch with little to no oil (done using the basket and the pot). 
• AIR ROAST
• AIR BROIL
• BAKE
• TOAST 
• BAGEL 
• DEHYDRATE
• KEEP WARM

Instant Vortex Pro comes with 9 programmed cooking modes:

• AIR FRY
• ROAST
• BROIL
• BAKE
• TOAST
• PROOF
• DEHYDRATE
• REHEAT
• ROTISSERIE

Note 3: 
All three air fryer ovens considered here are equipped with digital controls to set and adjust both the temperature and the cooking time.
Note again that, with each of these ovens, even though their programmed cooking modes have pre-set cooking times and temperatures, they can be customized to your own settings using the temperature and timer adjustment control buttons on their screens.

Note 4:

• The Cuisinart TOA-60 oven is large enough to air fry about 3lbs food, toast at least 6 slices of bread, bake a 4lb chicken or a 12" pizza.
• The Ninja Foodi SP101 oven is large enough to air fry about 4lbs of food, toast at least 8 slices of bread, bake a 4lb chicken or a 13" pizza.
• ​The Instant Vortex Pro oven is large enough to air fry about 3lbs of food, toast 6 slices of bread, bake a 4lb chicken or a 9" pizza.

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So which of the three countertop convection ovens to buy?

All three countertop ovens described above had received raving reviews from Amazon customers at the time this article was written with a minimum of 4.5-star average rating for each (out of 5 stars). They not only bake, broil, and toast, but they also let you air fry right inside the oven, so you can prepare in a healthier way your fried favorites such as wings, fritters, fries, shrimp, etc.. 
We have no doubt that once you have tested these countertop ovens, you will be more than satisfied.
Note, however, that the three different air fryers considered here come with different sets of programmed cooking modes. So, you should carefully read Note 2 above, and select the air fryer that offers you those cooking modes that you will be using most.  Note in particular that the dehydrate mode is only available on the Ninja Foodi SP101 and on Instant Vortex Pro, and rotisserie is only available on Instant Vortex Pro.

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Compared Countertop Air Fryer Convection Ovens on Amazon

Please click the Amazon US  image below for the air frying convection oven of your choice to see exact price information or to purchase.
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Cuisinart TOA-60
Convection Oven, Toaster and Air Fryer

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Ninja Foodi SP101
Convection Oven, Toaster and Air Fryer

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Instant Vortex Pro
Convection Oven, Toaster and Air Fryer

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