Cuisinart TOA-29J

Hybrid convection toaster oven — handles toast, small-batch baking, and air-fry mode in one footprint. No perforated basket means surface fat can't drip away; crisping is genuinely weaker than dedicated air fryers.

The Cuisinart TOA-29J is not a basket-style air fryer but a small countertop convection oven (similar to Aladdin or Balmuda toasters) with a high-speed air-fry mode bolted on. Inside fits a small pizza, four slices of toast, or a small whole chicken, with a removable rack and tray. The hybrid form is genuinely useful in cramped, compact kitchens because it consolidates a toaster oven and an air fryer into one footprint, and it handles flat-bottom baking dishes that no basket-style unit can use. The honest weakness: with no perforated basket, surface fat from food cannot drip away, so crisping is measurably weaker. Frozen fries come out browned but less crisp; chicken wings sit in their own rendered fat puddle on the underside rather than crisping against airflow.