TOA-70 Air Fryer Toaster Oven with Grill
Stainless-look toaster oven, but the bundled air-fry basket and the grill/griddle plate are nonstick-coated. Only worth it if you swap in your own stainless tray - otherwise the food sits on coatings.
Plastic-free verdict: Minimal plastic contact
The oven itself is a stainless-clad convection toaster oven, but the two surfaces you cook food on out of the box are coated: the air-fry basket is nonstick, and the dual-sided grill/griddle plate is ceramic nonstick. The racks and baking pans are aluminum. So as shipped, air-fried and grilled food contacts an applied coating. It earns minimal-contact only on the assumption that you use it as a plain convection oven with your own uncoated stainless tray or wire rack instead of the bundled basket and plate. Used with the included accessories it is effectively a coated-surface appliance.
Verification: Community reported · reviewed 2026-07-05
What it's made of
| Part | Material | Food contact |
|---|---|---|
| air-fry basket nonstick-coated per community reports; coating type not disclosed, treated as fluoropolymer - swap for stainless | PTFE / Teflon (nonstick fluoropolymer) | Yes |
| grill / griddle plate dual-sided ceramic nonstick per Cuisinart | Ceramic Nonstick (sol-gel coating) | Yes |
| oven rack / baking pan aluminum, uncoated | Aluminum | Yes |
| interior cavity stainless easy-clean interior per Cuisinart; some listings describe a nonstick easy-clean finish - unresolved | Plated / Coated Steel (chrome, galvanized, aluminized) | No |
| housing | Plastic (other / unspecified) | No |
A popular, capable convection toaster oven that looks like the safe stainless choice - and can be, but only if you ignore two of its own accessories. The air-fry basket it ships with is nonstick-coated (Cuisinart doesn't publish the coating chemistry, so we treat it as a fluoropolymer until shown otherwise), and the dual-sided grill/griddle plate is ceramic nonstick. The racks and baking pans are plain aluminum. Our honest read: buy it for the oven, not the basket. Air-fry and roast on your own uncoated stainless tray or a wire rack, and leave the coated basket and grill plate in the drawer. Handled that way it is a fine minimal-contact option; used as sold, its two headline "air fry" and "grill" surfaces are exactly the coatings this category is trying to avoid.
Pros
- Stainless-clad convection oven; large capacity and strong reputation
- Racks and baking pans are uncoated aluminum
- Easy to run with your own stainless tray instead of the coated basket
Cons
- Bundled air-fry basket is nonstick-coated (chemistry undisclosed)
- Grill/griddle plate is ceramic nonstick
- Conflicting reports on whether the cavity finish is bare stainless or coated
- Only "safe" if you deliberately avoid the included cooking surfaces
Categories: Toaster Ovens · Air Fryers
Sources
Every material claim above is backed by these. This is the scattered info we centralized.
- review https://www.mychemicalfreehouse.net/2023/09/non-toxic-toaster-ovens-including-convection-air-fryer-ovens.html independent roundup reporting the TOA-70 air-fry basket as nonstick, racks/trays aluminum, grill plate ceramic nonstick
- forum https://www.bestbuy.com/site/questions/cuisinart-air-fryer-toaster-oven-with-grill-stainless-steel/6493340 retailer Q&A discussing the coated basket/grill plate and stainless interior claims
- review https://pleasanthillgrain.com/cuisinart-air-fryer-toaster-oven-grill-toa-70 retailer product page listing the dual-sided ceramic nonstick grill/griddle plate and included accessories