Oven-Style or Basket Air Fryer if You Want Less Coating
If less coating is your goal, the oven shape gives you more to work with on paper. Our Place lists a stainless oven, and its coated part is a separate pan. It is no guarantee, though. Breville and GreenPan both say their oven walls are coated.
updated November 2, 2026 · 3 min read
The short answer
For less coating, we would look at oven-style first. Our Place lists a stainless oven and a chromed-steel basket, with one coated pan you can leave out. For drawer models, the papers we read name a coating on the basket. Shape alone proves nothing, because Breville and GreenPan state coated walls.
What's on this page
If your goal is less coating and the shape fits your kitchen, look at oven-style first. Start with the Our Place Wonder Oven. If you want a drawer, expect the basket to be the part you need to ask about.
We couldn’t find a brand document, for either shape, that states an uncoated stainless drawer or oven basket as the main cooking part. We also say nothing here about which shape crisps better.
How do they compare?
| Oven style | Basket style | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A countertop oven with a door, racks and pans | A pull-out drawer with a basket or plate |
| Inside walls | Our Place: “Stainless steel”. Breville and GreenPan: coated. Cuisinart booklet: sides coated | Not stated in what we read |
| Parts that hold food | Rack, basket and pan, each possibly different | Basket and plate, usually |
| Can a coated part stay out? | Sometimes. On the Our Place it is a separate pan | Harder. Where the basket is described, it is coated |
What about the inside walls?
This is where shape shows on paper. Our Place lists “Stainless steel” for the oven. Breville’s manual says “The walls on the inside of the oven feature a non-stick coating”. GreenPan’s says “The interior walls of the oven are coated”.
A booklet for Cuisinart’s TOA-70 series says “The sides of the oven are coated”. We couldn’t tie it to this exact production run.
No drawer-style paper we read says what its walls are.
What holds the food?
An oven gives you a choice of parts. Breville lists a non-stick pizza pan, wire racks, an enamel roasting pan and an air fry basket. Our Place lists a chromed-steel basket and rack and a ceramic-coated pan. More parts also means more to check.
A drawer usually has one set. Cosori’s TurboBlaze manual says the basket and plate are “aluminum metal with nonstick coating”. The Iconic’s EU manual mentions “the ceramic coating on the crisper plate and inside the basket”. Instant’s manual says “The Cooking Tray has non-stick coating.”
What about size and care?
Sizes are stated in different units, so compare carefully. Our Place gives “13 qt” and “12-liter” on the same page. Drawer models usually say quarts. An oven also needs space around it, so check your manual before measuring your counter. See what size air fryer you need.
For care, read your own manual. Our Place says its accessories are “not dishwasher safe”. Breville says not to use standard oven cleaner on the inside.
| Comparison | Our Place Wonder OvenLeast coating we found | Breville BOV900Large oven, coated walls | Cuisinart TOA-70 | Cosori IconicStainless look, coated basket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coating | Has a coating | Has a coating | Has a coating | Has a coating |
| Basket | “Chromed steel”, not stainless steel | “Air fry/dehydrate basket”; the manual doesn’t say what it’s made of | We couldn’t find this out | “Made with 304 stainless steel” on Cosori’s page, but the manual says it has a coating |
| Inside | “Stainless steel” | “The walls on the inside of the oven feature a non-stick coating” | “The sides of the oven are coated, providing an easy-to-clean surface.” Older excerpts disagreed (“Stainless steel interior” and “Nonstick, easy-clean interior”) | We couldn’t find this out |
| Size | “13 qt” in the specs, “12-liter” in the FAQ | We couldn’t find this out | 0.6 cubic feet in the Amazon title | 6.2 L in the EU manual; 6.5 qt in the Amazon listing |
| Design | Oven style, 2-rack | Oven style | Oven style | Basket style |
| Price class | Mid-range | Premium | Mid-range | Premium |
| Good for | families who want the least coating and don’t mind an oven shape or a coated bake pan they can leave out. | families who want a big oven with lots of settings and don’t need bare inside walls. | families who want a stainless oven, accept coated sides and will ask Cuisinart which basket comes with it. | families who want a drawer fryer with a stainless look and accept a coated basket and plate. |
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Which should I choose?
Oven style, if you want the least coating on paper and have the counter space. The Our Place Wonder Oven* is where we would start. Against it: the basket is chromed steel, not stainless, and one pan is coated.
A basket, if a drawer is what you will really use and you accept a coated basket. The Cosori Iconic* suits you if you also want the stainless look. The US version may differ from the EU manual we read.
Which one should you get?
If you want the least coating named on paper and an oven shape is fine
Our Place Wonder Oven · Has a coating
View(paid link to Amazon, opens in a new tab)Ad · paid link · check price & delivery on AmazonIf you want a large oven and the walls may be coated
Breville BOV900 · Has a coating
View(paid link to Amazon, opens in a new tab)Ad · paid link · check price & delivery on AmazonIf you want a drawer and accept a coated basket
Cosori Iconic · Has a coating
View(paid link to Amazon, opens in a new tab)Ad · paid link · check price & delivery on AmazonIf you want to see the whole field first
The Cuisinart TOA-70 is in the table because it comes up often. Ask Cuisinart which basket ships with it. The Emeril Lagasse ovens are covered in what we know about Emeril.
Common questions
Oven-style or basket air fryer if I want less coating?
From the papers we read, we would look at oven-style first. Our Place lists a stainless oven, a chromed-steel basket and rack, and one coated pan. Shape is no guarantee, because Breville and GreenPan both say the inside walls of their ovens are coated.
What is an oven-style air fryer?
It is a countertop oven with a fan, a door, racks and pans, often sold as an air fryer toaster oven. A basket-style one has a pull-out drawer. What matters here is which parts touch food and what the brand says about each.
Do oven-style air fryers have stainless insides?
Some brands say so, and some say the opposite. Our Place lists “Stainless steel” for the oven. Breville and GreenPan say their inside walls are coated. A booklet for Cuisinart’s TOA-70 series says the sides are coated.
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Where this comes from
- 1Our Place, Wonder Oven product page
- 2Breville, BOV900 instruction book, pp. 7, 9 and 29
- 3GreenPan, BISTRO 9-in-1 user manual, p. 4 (copy on ManualsLib)
- 4Cosori, Iconic Single CAF-SE601S-CEU user manual, p. 14 (EU model, copy on ManualsLib)
- 5Cosori, TurboBlaze user manual
- 6Typhur, Dome 2 product page
- 7Cuisinart, TOA-70 Series instruction and recipe booklet, p. 4 (copy on ManualsLib)
- 8Instant, Vortex and Vortex Plus 6 quart user manual, p. 25 (copy on ManualsLib)
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