OK, so ... by this point, you've probably seen your fair share of air fryer content and spiralizer reviews, but hear us out ... there is a trendy new kitchen appliance about to transform home cooking for good. Behold: The smart oven. While some other areas of your home may already be considered smart thanks to devices like Alexa- or Google Assistant-enabled cameras, alarms, speakers, or TVs, smart ovens are what savvy consumers are buying right now to streamline their kitchen.
What Is a Smart Oven?
A smart oven is a standalone, amped-up toaster oven of sorts with a wide range of cooking functionalities — from steam cooking sous vide style, to air-frying and dehydrating, to baking and convection cooking. Although each model ranges in functionality, the most consistent features of all smart ovens are their Bluetooth-enabled cooking command capability as well as built-in “smart,” automatic features. Both of these features help the home cook better track cooking progress. Which means you might finally stop setting off your damn smoke alarm!
Models like the Anova Precision Cooker are trending right now in the smart kitchen appliance space for their multitasking capabilities, but there are a few other key players in the space that are much more affordable.
For our list, we read detailed one-off reviews on specific models from the editors at tech or kitchen appliance review sites including CNET, Epicurious, and Mashable. We also scoured consumer reviews from retailers including Amazon, Williams-Sonoma, and Best Buy.
One of the main factors to consider when choosing the right smart oven for your kitchen setup is a compact footprint. Breville's Smart Oven Pro combines the versatility of a convection oven, microwave, and slow cooker, all in a sleek and compact countertop oven format.
This smart oven has 10 preset functions: toast, bagel, bake, roast, broil, pizza, cookies, reheat, warm, and slow cook. As an editor who uses this kitchen appliance every single day, I vouch for its ease of use, versatility, and super sleek chrome design. It looks great in my kitchen, and it makes mealtime a hell of a lot easier. Plus, it's under $300. What are you waiting for?
Fusing futuristic technology and intuitive design into one of the most versatile smart oven design we've ever seen, Anova's Precision Oven is a bit of a splurge at $600, but it's well worth that investment. As the brand states, this is the world's first combi-oven (an appliance which would normally set you back thousands of dollars) downsized to fit the modern home cook's setup.
This multipurpose Anova Precision Oven has everything you’re looking for in a kitchen appliance, including steam, air-fry, and sous-vide settings. It'll even remind you when to check on that slow-cooked pork or chicken you forgot about.
The June Oven is the smart oven that basically broke the internet with its eternal waitlist. The June Oven Premium (featured here) is the newest and most expensive iteration of the June series, and it has preset functionality to air-fry, grill, stone-fire, roast, dehydrate, convention bake, keep warm, toast, broil, reheat, and slow cook.
Go ahead ... get on that waitlist. You won’t regret it.
Another more affordable smart oven with an under-$350 price tag, the Ninja Foodi 10-in-1 Smart Oven is a wise investment that'll get you plenty of mileage for its long list of cooking functionality. This smart oven is oversized with two cooking racks, which makes it versatile for bigger families or cooking for groups.
The Ninja Foodi can air-fry, air-roast, bake, whole-roast, broil, toast, bagel, dehydrate, reheat, and cook pizza, all in one powerful 1,800-watt appliance. How’s that for multitasking?
A more petite, basic approach to a smart oven, Tovala's Gen 2 Smart Steam Oven packs five different cooking functions: steam, bake, broil, reheat, and toast. If you steam veggies or chicken breasts on the regular, this easy-to-use smart steam oven will transform your weeknight meal prep in the best way possible.
It's also a steal at an under-$300 price point.
Danielle St. PierreSenior Food & Drink EditorDanielle is the former food & drink editor for BestProducts.com, where she put her knowledge as a cocktail consultant and connoisseur to use; her work can also be spotted on Thrillist, Food & Wine, and Delish.
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