This Our Place countertop oven might make your full-size one obsolete

Here’s the thing: most of us don’t need a cavernous oven just to crisp up salmon or reheat yesterday’s pizza. We need speed, efficiency…something that won’t heat the entire house in July. The Our Place Wonder Oven delivers most apartment dwellers’ oven needs in a compact, design-forward body that looks good enough to leave out permanently, which, in small kitchens, is half the battle.

Even if you aren’t working with a small kitchen, this little device is part of a larger culture shift. We’re all downsizing, streamlining, and questioning whether we need 12 separate gadgets to do 10 overlapping tasks. The Wonder Oven itself is a multitasker: air fryer, toaster, roaster, baker, reheater, and — most intriguingly — steam infusion oven (the thing professional kitchens use to keep chicken juicy and sourdough crackly).

At its core, the Wonder Oven is a compact countertop oven that combines air frying and steam infusion technology in one unit. It preheats quickly, uses less energy than a traditional oven, and offers multiple cooking modes including toast, bake, broil, roast, reheat, and air fry. The steam function is designed to help maintain moisture while achieving crisp exteriors, a balance that’s notoriously difficult in smaller appliances.

With a capacity large enough for a 4.5-pound chicken yet small enough for apartment countertops, it’s engineered to be practical without sacrificing aesthetics, available in the brand’s signature muted colorways and accompanied by accessories like a bake pan, wire rack, and air fry basket.

This article was written by Kendall Cornish, New York Post Commerce Editor & Reporter. Kendall, who moonlights as a private chef in the Hamptons for New York elites, lends her expertise to testing and recommending cooking products – for beginners and aspiring sous chefs alike. Simmering and seasoning her way through both jobs, Kendall dishes on everything from the best cookware for your kitchen to chef-approved gourmet meal kits to the full suite of Ninja appliances. Prior to joining the Post’s shopping team in 2023, Kendall previously held positions at Apartment Therapy and at Dotdash Meredith’s Travel + Leisure and Departures magazines.