Calphalon Performance 12-in-1 Air Fry Dual Zone Toaster Oven w/ 12" Pizza Drawer
- Top zone functions: Bake, Air Fry, Broil, Roast, Toast, and Keep Warm
- Lower zone functions: Bake, Pizza, Crisp, Roast, Cookies, and Keep Warm
- Whole thing functions: making cooking fun and easy
- Can it make a margarita: No, unfortunately, there is no blend function
Great For Newbs & Pros
Look, we’re just going to talk about resolutions a lot in the January write-ups, okay? So if you’re tired of it, we’re sorry. It’ll only be for another couple weeks that we bring it up. Promise.
But anyway: resolutions! A popular one? Cook more meals at home. Or, along those lines, expand your cooking repertoire beyond the three or four meals you cook all the time. Introduce some new recipes! Spice things up! (Maybe literally, or just figuratively if you don’t like your food to hurt.)
Now, with every new hobby or activity you pick up, there exists a risk: over-indexing on new gear. Like, even if you take up running–an activity that requires nothing more than a pair of shoes, maybe a decent pair of socks, and ideally some moisture-wicking clothing–you can still spend hundreds of dollars on a bunch of stupid shit that probably isn’t necessary for doing couch to 5k.
But no category of gear quite compares to kitchen gear.
Seriously, they make an appliance to do just about everything now. Plus, every appliance sounds pretty rad on paper. And if you’ve ever tried and failed to take on a new hobby or activity, you know how dangerous this can be. You end up focusing on acquiring shiny new toys rather than just doing the thing.
And yet, while a new kitchen gadget isn’t required if you plan to cook a bit more in 2025, the right gadget might just get you jazzed enough to follow through. And this thing? It could be that gadget.
It has two zones, each with different cooking functions: Bake, Air Fry, Broil, Roast, Toast, and Keep Warm on top; Bake, Pizza, Crisp, Roast, Cookies, and Keep Warm on the bottom. And they can be used at the same time. That’s the kind of functionality and convenience that you’ll definitely appreciate as an aspiring home cook. Or, hell, that’s the kind of functionality and convenience you’ll appreciate if you’re a professional-level chef who wants a side of crispy Brussels sprouts with their reheated pizza.
Basically, you’ll use this thing, is our point. Also, it’s, like, half as expensive as it is on Amazon. So buy it, please.