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Best Budget Toaster Ovens Under $80

Under eighty dollars, the right oven is the one that does three things reliably and does not pretend to do eleven. One of these even publishes its wattage, which the premium tier often won't.

By Stephen V.Updated Published How we rank
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The short answer

Quick picks

#OvenBest forScorePrice
01
BLACK+DECKER BLACK+DECKER 4-Slice Toaster Oven with Natural Convection (TO1785SG)
BLACK+DECKER 4-Slice Toaster Oven with Natural Convection (TO1785SG)

The published-wattage budget pick

1,150 W
7.7
$64.99Amazon
02
Hamilton Beach Hamilton Beach Sure-Crisp 4 Slice Air Fryer Toaster Oven Combo (31403)
Hamilton Beach Sure-Crisp 4 Slice Air Fryer Toaster Oven Combo (31403)

A published wattage and a real fan for about fifty dollars

1,120 W
7.4
$59.95Amazon
03
BLACK+DECKER BLACK+DECKER TO1313SBD 4-Slice Toaster Oven
BLACK+DECKER TO1313SBD 4-Slice Toaster Oven

The no-frills floor

Wattage not published
6.0
$59.99Amazon
04
Hamilton Beach Hamilton Beach Easy Reach 6 Slice Countertop Toaster Oven
Hamilton Beach Easy Reach 6 Slice Countertop Toaster Oven

The roll-top door

Wattage not published
6.2
$96.95Amazon

#ad · Prices pulled live from the Amazon Product API, last checked October 20, 2026. Where we have no verified live price we show none — we would rather leave a gap than print a number that has gone stale. The wattage column is what the manufacturer publishes; “not published” means exactly that, and we have not estimated one. Scores are ours, compiled from published specifications, and are not test results.

What eighty dollars honestly buys

Two elements, a thermostat that approximates your set point, four to six slices, and — on two of these — a published wattage. The BLACK+DECKER TO1785SG is the standout precisely because BLACK+DECKER publishes 1,150 watts, 120 volts, the capacity, the dimensions and a two-year warranty on its own site. For sixty-five dollars that is more complete documentation than several ovens on this site costing three hundred. The Hamilton Beach Sure-Crisp 4 Slice (31403)is the other, and it is the one oven in this band with a fan and a published figure — 1,120 watts and the dimensions, on Hamilton Beach's own page — for about fifty dollars. Four slices is its ceiling. These are also the ovens most often bought for student housing, which has one prerequisite nobody mentions: residence-hall policies ban toaster ovens by name rather than by wattage, so check the building before the budget.

The lower draw is a real, if small, advantage. At 1,150 watts these ovens cost a few dollars a year less to run than an 1,800-watt machine, and — more usefully — they draw about 9.6 amps rather than the full 15, so they will not trip a breaker on a circuit shared with a kettle or a microwave. The trade is speed: less power means longer preheats and longer cooks. We put numbers on both sides of that.

None of these has a published temperature tolerance, so none is a baking oven. For toast, melting, reheating and a small tray they are exactly right, and every card here states the ceiling plainly rather than selling past it.

In detail

The picks, in full

01
BLACK+DECKER BLACK+DECKER 4-Slice Toaster Oven with Natural Convection (TO1785SG)

The published-wattage budget pick

BLACK+DECKER 4-Slice Toaster Oven with Natural Convection (TO1785SG)

Rated power:1150 WSupply:120 VCapacity:4 slices / 9" pizzaDimensions:8.31"H x 11.22"W x 11.54"DWarranty:2 year limited
Wattage published by the manufacturerSmall interior
7.7/10

1,150 W, 120 V, four slices, a 9-inch pizza and a two-year warranty — all published by BLACK+DECKER on its own site. For sixty-five dollars that is a more complete specification than several ovens here costing three hundred.

Power
5
Usable space
5
Footprint
9.5
Documentation
10
Value
9

What it gets right

  • BLACK+DECKER publishes wattage, voltage, capacity, dimensions and warranty for a sixty-five-dollar oven — better documentation than most of the premium tier
  • 1,150 W draws about nine and a half amps, which leaves real headroom on a shared 15-amp kitchen circuit
  • One of the cheapest genuinely checkable running costs on this site

What it doesn't

  • 1,150 W takes noticeably longer to preheat than 1,800 W, so a cheaper hour can still be a more expensive meal
  • Natural convection means no fan — the air moves because it is hot, not because something pushes it
  • Four slices is the honest ceiling

What it costs to run

About 21.1¢ an hour at full draw, or $38.49 a year at 30 minutes a day, 365 days a year and 18.34¢ per kWh.

1,150 W ÷ 1000 × 182.5 h × 18.34¢ = $38.49

1150 W at 120 V, published by BLACK+DECKER on its own product page along with the capacity, dimensions and warranty term. This is an upper bound: the elements cycle off once the cavity is at temperature, and no manufacturer publishes a duty cycle, so we compute at full rated draw rather than invent a correction factor. The full method is published.

Skip this if…

…you cook for more than two, or you want a fan. 'Natural convection' means there isn't one, and that phrasing does more work in the marketing than it does in the oven.

$64.99on Amazon

Price last checked October 20, 2026. Prices move constantly — Amazon's at checkout is the one that counts.

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02
Hamilton Beach Hamilton Beach Sure-Crisp 4 Slice Air Fryer Toaster Oven Combo (31403)

A published wattage and a real fan for about fifty dollars

Hamilton Beach Sure-Crisp 4 Slice Air Fryer Toaster Oven Combo (31403)

Rated power:1120 wattsCapacity:4 sliceFunctions:Air fry, bake, broil, toastDimensions:11.5 D x 14.9 W x 8.7 H (inches)Temperature range:200° to 450°FWarranty:One (1) year
Wattage published by the makerFour slices is the ceiling
7.4/10

The cheapest oven on this site with a fan AND a manufacturer-published wattage: Hamilton Beach prints 1,120 watts and the exact dimensions on its own page for model 31403, which is the model Amazon's listing data names. Four slices, a 9-inch pizza, four functions, and nothing electronic to fail.

Power
5.5
Usable space
5
Footprint
9.5
Documentation
7.5
Value
9.5

What it gets right

  • Hamilton Beach publishes the wattage and the dimensions for this model on its own site — rare in the budget air-fry band, where most SKUs publish neither
  • 1,120 watts draws about nine amps, which leaves real headroom on a kitchen outlet shared with a kettle
  • A convection fan and an air-fry basket at a price where most ovens are radiant boxes with three knobs

What it doesn't

  • Four slices, a 9-inch pizza and an 8 x 8 pan is the published ceiling — this is a small oven
  • Hamilton Beach sells two variants under near-identical names at 1,120 and 1,500 watts, so check the rating plate on delivery
  • 1,120 watts preheats and cooks more slowly than the 1,800-watt norm — cheaper per hour, not necessarily cheaper per meal

What it costs to run

About 20.5¢ an hour at full draw, or $37.49 a year at 30 minutes a day, 365 days a year and 18.34¢ per kWh.

1,120 W ÷ 1000 × 182.5 h × 18.34¢ = $37.49

1120 watts as published on Hamilton Beach's own product page for model 31403 — the model number Amazon's listing data gives for this ASIN. Hamilton Beach publishes a separate 31403J variant at 1500 watts; if the unit you receive is a J, its rating plate will say so and the arithmetic changes accordingly. This is an upper bound: the elements cycle off once the cavity is at temperature, and no manufacturer publishes a duty cycle, so we compute at full rated draw rather than invent a correction factor. The full method is published.

Skip this if…

…you cook for more than two people, or you want a second rack. Four slices is the honest capacity, and no preset on the dial changes it.

$59.95on Amazon

Price last checked October 20, 2026. Prices move constantly — Amazon's at checkout is the one that counts.

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03
BLACK+DECKER BLACK+DECKER TO1313SBD 4-Slice Toaster Oven

The no-frills floor

BLACK+DECKER TO1313SBD 4-Slice Toaster Oven

Capacity:4 sliceBrand line:BLACK+DECKER toaster ovens
No published wattage for this SKU
6.0/10

Sixty dollars, four slices, three knobs. Nothing is published about what it draws, and nothing in it can fail electronically — for a dorm room or a second kitchen that is the entire specification you need.

Power
4.5
Usable space
4.5
Footprint
9.5
Documentation
3
Value
8.5

What it gets right

  • About as cheap as an oven gets while still having a working thermostat
  • Knobs, so nothing electronic to fail
  • Small enough for a dorm room, an office or an RV

What it doesn't

  • No published wattage for this SKU
  • No convection, no air fry, no digital control
  • Four slices, and the interior height is very limited

What it costs to run

BLACK+DECKER publishes no wattage for this oven in any document we could find, so we do not show a running-cost figure for it. We are not going to estimate one from a similar model. Here is the method we would have used.

Skip this if…

…this is your only oven. It will toast and it will melt cheese; it is not a machine to cook dinner in every night.

$59.99on Amazon

Price last checked October 20, 2026. Prices move constantly — Amazon's at checkout is the one that counts.

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04
Hamilton Beach Hamilton Beach Easy Reach 6 Slice Countertop Toaster Oven

The roll-top door

Hamilton Beach Easy Reach 6 Slice Countertop Toaster Oven

Capacity:6 sliceProduct line:Easy Reach
No published wattage for this SKU
6.2/10

The door rolls up and out of the way instead of dropping down into your working space. It is the only genuinely different idea in the budget tier and it solves a real problem — you can reach in without leaning over a hot panel.

Power
5
Usable space
7
Footprint
8
Documentation
3
Value
8

What it gets right

  • The roll-top door is a real ergonomic improvement, not a styling exercise
  • Six-slice capacity in the budget tier
  • Nothing in front of the oven to work around while it is hot

What it doesn't

  • Hamilton Beach publishes no wattage for this specific SKU that we could find — the 4-slice 31401 in the same family is listed at 1100 W by retailers, but we have not assumed the six-slice matches it
  • The roll-top mechanism is another moving part in a cheap appliance
  • No published temperature tolerance

What it costs to run

Hamilton Beach publishes no wattage for this oven in any document we could find, so we do not show a running-cost figure for it. We are not going to estimate one from a similar model. Here is the method we would have used.

Skip this if…

…you want a wattage figure before you buy. We could not source one for this SKU, and we are not willing to borrow the 4-slice model's number and call it this one's.

$96.95on Amazon

Price last checked October 20, 2026. Prices move constantly — Amazon's at checkout is the one that counts.

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How we picked

Ovens we claim to have cooked in: 0

Everyone in this category tells you they roasted forty chickens. We have roasted none, and we say so. Here is what we do instead: read the manufacturer's manual and spec sheet, record the published wattage, interior volume, temperature range and warranty term, work out what the oven costs to run for an hour and for a year, show the arithmetic so you can redo it with your own electricity rate, and cite all of it. Where a brand publishes no wattage, we print no running cost rather than borrowing a number from a similar model. Prices come live from Amazon's API and disappear rather than go stale.

The scores above are judgments from that documented research — not test results. One of the five metrics is Documentation: whether the manufacturer will tell you what its oven draws at all. The full rubric, including what disqualifies an oven, is published in full.

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We have not cooked in these ovens and we do not pretend to have. Specifications come from the manufacturer's own published documents; electricity rates come from the US Energy Information Administration; prices come from the live Amazon API. Where a figure is not published, the page says “not published” rather than guessing. Read the full method.