If you're a smart home fan, consider adding some smart tech to your kitchen with a smart oven. These devices offer more than just internet connectivity — they have smart displays with Bluetooth thermometers, recipe guides, and even integration with Samsung Family Hub smart refrigerator.
Many of the best smart ovens even work with voice assistants, while others use AI cameras to recognize food or scan packages of frozen meals and pizzas from your local grocery store. They also make perfect holiday gifts for the person who has everything. Here are the best smart ovens to consider, tested and reviewed by our CNET kitchen experts. We will continue to add to this list as we test additional options or new smart ovens enter the market.
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The Tovala Smart Oven is built around Tovala's chef-curated meal kits. These meal kits are expensive, starting at $10 per serving, but you can buy the oven without the meals and still get a lot of use out of it.
That's because the Tovala smart oven can scan 750 different foods from your local store and use steam, bake, fry and toast functions to cook your dish during the cooking process. There is no voice assistant compatibility, but there is a Tovala app where you can control the oven, view recipes and more.
If you are interested in the Tovala Toaster I would recommend trying the meal kits as they are easy to make, tasty and interesting. The oven is often on sale or other promotion for less than the $299 MSRP, so if price is a deterrent, check the Tovala website for deals.
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The June oven in its second generation is the best oven we've tested when it comes to food recognition. There are many options for the cooking mode, including settings for convection bake, slow cook, toaster, boil and more. The oven also offers on-screen recommendations on how to cook different foods and several handy accessories. Use it for air frying and dehydrating, or as a convection oven for convection baking and cooking, or as a toaster oven for baking.
The June Oven works with Alexa for voice commands, and the June app lets you control the oven from anywhere and watch live video of your food as it cooks. The smart cooking function monitors the core temperature for the perfect cooking time.
You can buy the oven in a standard package that includes a food thermometer, baking rack, baking pan, wire rack and crumb tray for $499, or in a gourmet package for $699 that adds baking pans, frying baskets on air, prescription subscription and extended warranty. (Note: This item is currently out of stock, but availability on Amazon tends to fluctuate.)
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| June oven (second generation) | Tovala smart oven | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | 499 dollars | 299 dollars |
| Dimensions (W x H x D) | 19.6 inches x 12.75 inches X 19 inches | 18.5 inches x 11.75 inches x 12.32 inches |
| Voice assistant compatibility | Alexa | No one |
| Cooking modes | Convection Bake, Toast, Air Fry, Dehydrate, Slow Cook, Boil, Keep Warm | Steam, toast, fry, bake |
| Extras included | Thermometer, baking rack, baking pan, wire rack, crumb tray | Oven mitt, baking pan, oven rack, measuring cup |
This category is only a few years old and we have seen a lot of growth. We tested a smart oven with limited release from Whirlpool's WLabs. On Suvi kitchen robot launched on Kickstarter and uses water to cool and cook the entire meal. Then there is Anovawhich released a smart oven in 2021.
These ovens may be the best right now, but they certainly won't be the last. More and more companies are expressing interest in this category, so we will continue to test new models as they appear.
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