Review – Earlier this year, I tested an air fryer for the first time.I really like being able to replace two gadgets, an air fryer and a toaster with one, especially since we also get all the functionality of an oven.While my wife and I use this gadget a lot, we wanted it to be different in three things: we wanted digital controls rather than analog controls, presets for common settings (eg, toast, french fries), and a tray dishwasher Safety.PARIS RHÔNE recently launched a new air fryer oven and I think it will meet all our needs for this kitchen appliance.Is this what we’ve been waiting for?Read on to find out!
The Air Fryer Toaster Oven Combo (model PE-AF006) by PARIS RHÔNE is a kitchen gadget that combines four appliances in one.It’s an oven, toaster, air fryer, and dehydrator.Controlled by a touch-sensitive digital control panel and radial control knob, it has 24 presets and comes with a drip tray, oven rack and air fryer basket, all of which are dishwasher safe.PARIS RHÔNE creates “Superior smart appliances that add value to people’s lives”.
PARIS RHÔNE Air Fryer Toaster Oven is a cubic kitchen appliance with a similar design to other ovens.The front has a set of digital controls and a large glass door that opens down like a traditional oven.It comes in matte black and is made of stainless steel.The top is smooth and there are multiple vents on the sides.It’s a straightforward, functional design that sticks to what works.One thing that caught me a bit off guard was the size.Our last toaster was about 13 inches on all sides, but the PARIS RHÔNE toaster is about 16 inches on all sides.That doesn’t sound like a huge difference, but it makes for a surprisingly larger device.Make sure you have enough space on your counter.
The PARIS RHÔNE Air Fryer Toaster Oven is well protected in a sturdy box with Styrofoam inserts.There really isn’t any setup required other than taking it out of the package and washing the tray.The Quick Start Guide and User Manual are pretty much the same, so much so that I’m really not sure why PARIS RHÔNE bothered to include both.In any case, the content of these manuals is simple.Reading them gave me a general idea of what I needed to do, and with some experimentation I figured it out.
PARIS RHÔNE includes a cheat sheet.It’s actually a 6.5 x 10 inch magnet that I attached to the front of the fridge; it’s filled with recommended temperatures and times for a variety of meats, vegetables, frozen meals, seafood, and desserts.What a wonderful idea!This provides a good starting point for pretty much anything I want to prepare in the oven.Every oven should include one of these.
PARIS RHÔNE Air Fryer Toaster Oven also comes with a cookbook, which is without a doubt the best cookbook I’ve ever gotten with my kitchen gadget.It has 128 pages and includes several recipes that use the oven, air fryer and even dehydrator functions.One glance and I quickly found 18 recipes I wanted to try.PARIS RHÔNE has gone above and beyond in this department.
The PARIS RHÔNE Air Fryer Toaster Oven comes with a control panel that includes four different types of controls.The operating buttons are the seven capacitive buttons on the top that control the functions of the oven.Below them is a digital display showing the current temperature and time as well as other status information.At the bottom are 24 presets.Although they look like action buttons, they are not actually buttons.They are just options that can be selected by turning the control knob on the right.There are two rows of presets with twelve options each.The top row is for all the ways to use the oven (eg, air fry, bake, dehydrate, reheat), and the bottom row is for common foods (eg, chips, bacon, pizza, bagels).I really like all of these presets, but I want them in alphabetical order as there are a lot of them to browse.Once a preset is selected, the time and/or temperature can be adjusted using the time and temperature buttons and knobs.When ready, the start button starts heating the oven.
PARIS RHÔNE provides three trays for this oven.Air fryer baskets are used for anything that can be done with an air fryer, such as french fries and mashed potatoes.A wire rack is the most commonly used tray, and it’s perfect for anything that needs to sit somewhere, like pizza, toast, and muffins.A drip pan is usually placed under one of the other two to catch anything that might drip, such as melted cheese in a pizza or grease in a potato wedge.All three trays are dishwasher safe, which makes cleanup a breeze.
Below the burner, there is a built-in crumb tray to catch anything that falls.It slides out and cleans easily.
For the past few weeks, my wife and I have been using the PARIS RHÔNE Air Fryer Toaster Oven to prepare various meals.We tried the bagel preset and found it a bit overkill for our tastes, but still edible.
When we used the toast preset, we found that we also had to choose the number of slices for the toast.When we tried one, it was barely baked.When we tried three, it exaggerated them a bit.I think we need to tweak the default settings a bit.
My wife followed the recipe in the cookbook to make banana muffins (p115).When the timer went off, she found that they were still a little stiff.She added another 5 minutes, but when it was done, the top and bottom were almost burned, as you can see in the picture, this shouldn’t happen so quickly.We did some detective work and found something odd about this oven.Any time it is done and the timer is off, whether cooking or preheating, the oven will reset itself to the default time and temperature (20 minutes at 400°F).My wife didn’t realize the oven changed her temperature – it raised it!- that’s why the muffins were almost burnt.This is easily the most annoying “feature” of this device, and I have absolutely no idea why the engineers at PARIS RHÔNE did this.Our traditional ovens do not reset themselves after preheating or when the timer is turned off.Neither does any toaster or air fryer we use.It’s just a device.I really wish the PARIS RHÔNE Air Fryer Toaster Oven would simply keep the temperature and time at zero until the user makes a change.Honestly, it’s so annoying that in itself it might be a good reason to skip this device and look for another.
One night I baked a cheap frozen pizza as a snack, and while the pizza itself had some flaws, it baked perfectly.Presuppositions are made for this.
In the recipe, I saw a recipe for dehydrating apples and bananas, so we decided to try it with bananas (p126).It’s super easy to do, basically slathering the slices with lemon juice and putting them in the oven’s dehydration setting.
The result is really cool.They are not banana chips, as I would expect.They are chewy and have a gummy bear-like consistency.Still, they were delicious and sweeter than I expected.The problem, of course, is that it takes six hours for these bananas to dehydrate!It takes a lot of electricity just to dry two bananas.I think if I want to do this often, I’ll have to buy a dehydrator (the PARIS RHÔNE happens to be on sale, and we happen to have a review).
My wife decided to try two recipes I found in the cookbook together, Bacon Burger Bites (p17) and Potato Wedges (p24).She puts them in the oven at the same time and guesses how to adjust the cooking time so they finish dinner at the same time.
The bite was a bit like a mini hamburger on a toothpick, a bit overcooked and the wedges a bit undercooked.Even so, they made a great meal.This is another victory for the cookbook and PARIS RHÔNE Air Fryer Toaster Oven.
For my final test, I purchased a large New York-style pizza from a local pizzeria.The next day I used the reheat function and the leftover pizza was incredibly crispy!
One of the tricks we’ve learned about this oven is the importance of using the preheat function before baking or air frying, especially if the total cook time is short (less than 20 minutes).If we skip this step, it’s not surprising that food tends to be undercooked.
Finally, one detail I noticed is that the exterior of the PARIS RHÔNE Air Fryer Toaster Oven can get very hot, like burning myself, if I touch it.If you have young kids at home, make sure you keep this gadget away from curious little fingers.
The Air Fryer Toaster Oven Combo by PARIS RHÔNE is a multifunctional cooking appliance.I’ve tested it as an oven, toaster, air fryer and even a dehydrator and I’ve found that it handles every request and every recipe I send.My wife and I have been enjoying the many delicious dishes we’ve made with it over the past few weeks.The digital control panel is easy to use, and I appreciate that there are so many presets.I love that the trays are dishwasher safe which makes cleanup easier and the extra capacity allows for larger size cookware.The accompanying recipe is excellent and the magnet with time and temperature is a good idea; other appliance manufacturers should follow the example of PARIS RHÔNE in these areas.
I only found one thing I didn’t like about this gadget: when it finished preheating and cooking, it automatically reset the time and temperature to default, forcing me to reset them to finish cooking.I personally find this “feature” very annoying because it’s unlike any other cooking appliance I’ve ever used.If details like this don’t bother you, then this might be the oven you’re looking for; if so, then you might want to keep looking.Be sure to check out our many other air fryer reviews.
Price: $189.99 at Amazon, $189.99 at the PARIS RHÔNE online store.Where to buy: PARIS RHÔNE online store and Amazon Source: Sample for this review courtesy of PARIS RHÔNE.
The description says it bakes, but its max temp is 450 degrees and most things say use 500-550 degrees to bake.So, again, not perfect.
Of course, with enough of these gadgets around and enough feedback, some manufacturers can figure out how to get it “right” – dishwasher safe parts, full temperature range, no silly quirks, etc.
Cynically, I have to guess that the reason no one is doing this is that we would stop buying.In fact, we buy the best stuff, but we’re never completely satisfied, so we easily mark things up for the next thing, which ultimately brings us closer but never quite “gets there” to where we stopped spending money.
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Post time: Jul-18-2022