Calphalon Performance Air Fryer Toaster Oven Review

We are back with another unique Calphalon air fryer toaster oven, only this time it has a striking french door. Talking about the Calphalon Performance Air Fryer Toaster Oven. It’s the brand’s first-ever french door oven and has some amazing features to offer.

Just like its previous sibling the pull-down Calphalon air fryer oven, this french door oven also has amezing multi-functional ability.

With its 11 different cooking fucntion, you can make a variety of recipes from the comfort of your own home. Plus its large capacity allows you to make large batches of recipes. Like you can roast a whole chicken or bake a 12-inch pizza effortlessly.

That’s not all, the oven comes with quartz heating elements that offer even heat distribution while cooking. Besides the analog control panel allows you to easily maneuver the oven.

However, this oven comes with a premium price tag! So even with its amazing versatility and good looks does this oven worth this much money?

If you wish to know let’s read this full Calphalon Performance Air Fryer Toaster Oven review starting with the pros and cons.

Pros of Calphalon Air Fryer Oven

Impressive french door design
Solid built quality
11 cooking functions
Intuitive control panel
Large capacity
Fits a whole chicken
Easy to use

Quartz heating element for even result
Wide temperature range (up to 450°F)
Sturdy build quality
Dishwasher safe attachments
BPA- and PFOA-Free
Limited 1-year warranty

Cons of Calphalon Air Fryer Oven

The appliance has only 1400 watts of power
Analog control panel with knobs and turn dials
The oven is quite large, therefore, takes up significant space on the countertop

Design of Calphalon Air Fryer Oven

The most attractive feature of the Calphalon Air Fryer Oven is its eye-catchy design. The oven comes with a nice french door design instead of the common pull-down oven door.

So, if you are a fan of french home decor ideas or simply love the retro double-door oven look, this oven could be your new buddy. It’s also helpful too, especially if you have a small kitchen space.

The thing is regular pull-down door takes up more space in front of the oven. Whereas a french door requires less space as you can fold the door to the side.

Although this Calphalon oven door does not fold too much, it still takes less space than the pull-down doors.

Let’s focus on its other design aesthetics. Its intuitive control panel is another wonderful aspect to talk about. The oven has an analog control panel, hence it’s super easy to control.

Using the turn dials you can control time temp and cooking fucntion settings. Plus there are three different paddle knobs to change some common settings like oven light, and start or cancel controls.

There is also a high-contrast LCD screen that shows time, temperature, and cooking settings efficiently.

Altogether, the design aesthetics of the Calphalon Air Fryer Oven is excellent.

However, it does not come with a complete touchscreen control panel. If you are a fan of a complete touchscreen control panel, you can check out the Instant Omni Pro Air Fryer Toaster Oven.

Is Calphalon Air Fryer Oven Easy to Use?

Yes, using the Calphalon Performance Air Fryer Toaster Oven is fairly easy. It comes with an analog control panel therefore, it is pretty straightforward to understand.

Besides, unlike other French door ovens, this Calphalon Performance oven features a single-pull door opening system. This means you need to pull only one door to open this oven.

Well, this may sound simple, but usually, a french door requires two hands to open the door. But with this feature, you can easily open the door with one hand when you are holding something (food) with the other.

Better yet, the oven comes with a large capacity, therefore, you can make large batches of recipes in one go. No doubt this will save so much time and effort in the kitchen.

Besides, its high-contrast LCD display allows you to see the display pretty easily. And the handy turn dials help you to select time, temperature, and cooking functions effortlessly.

However, we have preferred the touchscreen control panel over the analog ones, simply because they look gorgeous and convenient. So if you are into touchscreen control panels like us, you can check out the Instant Omni Pro Oven.

Lastly, the Calphalon Performance Air Fryer Toaster Oven’s accessories are dishwasher safe so clean-up will be a breeze.

What Can You Make with Calphalon Performance Air Fryer Oven?

The Calphalon Performance Air Fryer Toaster Oven comes with 11 different cooking functions – Air fry, Toast, Bagel, Bake, Roast, Broil, Pizza, Cookies, Keep Warm, Wings, or Dehydrate.

So no doubt you can make a whole bunch of recipes using these cooking functions. There are hundreds of air fryer recipes just for air frying online. You can try them all using this handy oven.

Besides, you can also make any kind of baked goods with the bake fucntion. Plus, you can make whole roasts with poultry, turkey, or porks to perfection with the roast fucntion.

Or get the perfect shade of toast using the toast or bagel fucntion.

That’s not all, this oven also comes with two dedicated recipe fucntion for pizza, cookies, and wings.

Furthermore, you can keep your food warm at a serving temperature using the keep warm function.

Lastly, the dehydrated function allows you to preserve food by making healthy dried treats such as meat jerky, or dried fruits and veggies.

What are the Accessories of the Calphalon Air Fryer Oven?

The Calphalon Performance Air Fryer Oven comes with all the necessary accessories for every cooking task. Let’s see what you get with this appliance.

Stainless Steel Air Fry Basket
The stainless steel air fry basket helps you to make oil-free crispy fried foods with minimal effort.

Oven Rack
Oven racks are pretty common and vital accessories. You can use it to place food on top of it in the oven.

Baking Tray
This baking sheet is perfect for making cookies, muffins, or other types of baked goods.

Drip Tray
You will also get a nice stainless steel drip tray with this oven. It catches all the dripped food residue while cooking. You can easily remove it for easy cleanup.

How to Clean Calphalon Performance Air Fryer Oven?

Cleaning the Calphalon Air Fryer Oven isn’t a hassle at all. Because all the accessories are dishwasher safe. However, the good practice is to wash it by hand.

To hand wash it properly, follow the next few steps-

First, soak all the removable attachments in warm soapy water for an hour or two (If it’s easy to clean, you can skip the soaking part and just wipe off the accessories).

Then, use a soft soapy sponge to gently scrub off any food residue, which should come off quickly. Don’t use any abrasive sponge like the scouring pad of the Scotch-Brite as it can damage the coating.

Rinse off the attachments with running water. Finally, dry completely with a dish towel before storing.

As for the base unit, simply wipe it off with a damp cloth in and out. If there’s too much food residue you can take a little bit of soap with it. Then wipe it again with a dry dish towel to dry it.

Note:

Unplug the appliance before starting the cleaning process.
Make sure the unit is completely cool before starting the cleaning process.
Do not put baking or parchment or foil paper into the oven without food on top.

Is Instant Indoor Grill and Air Fryer Worth Buying?

Undoubtedly, the Calphalon Performance Air Fryer Toaster Oven is a versatile, easy-to-use, and efficient appliance. And its aesthetic french door design will add a new twist to your decor. So yes it is definitely worth your money.

However, it does come with a hefty price tag. With this price range, you can get the Cuisinart TOA-65 Digital AirFryer Toaster Oven which is even more versatile than this oven. So the final choice solely depends on your own need.