In the past, I have owned several toaster ovens. But when I first laid eyes on the Instant Pot Omni Plus, I was more than excited to test it out. This machine is an absolute beast in terms of size, quality, and overall performance. Not only did the toaster oven exceed my expectations, it also amazed me by what it was capable of doing. The Instant Omni Plus is not like any other toaster oven in the sense that it can handle eleven different cooking methods aside from just toasting. The machine did have some trials and tribulations, but in the end, it still reigned victorious in my opinion.

Table of Contents
- What’s in the Box?
- How Does It Look/Feel/Sit?
- How Easy is it to Set Up?
- Test #1: Cooking Pizza (Frozen)
- Test #2: Cooking Roast Chicken (Rotisserie)
- Test #3: Baking Muffins
- About the Dehydrate Function
- About the Wire Racks
- How Long Does The Instant Pot Omni Plus Take to Preheat?
- How Easy Is It To Clean?
- How Would I Improve the Instant Pot Omni Plus?
- What’s the Warranty?
- Verdict
- How does it Compare?
What’s in the Box?
The Instant Omni Plus was delivered to my front door in an orderly fashion as promised. The box it was packaged in was quite large to my surprise, but that is because the actual toaster oven is larger than I expected. The toaster oven was well packaged tightly between styrofoam housing that fit snuggly in the box. Needless to say, the machine was well protected.
Inside the box was the Instant Omni Plus toaster oven, an oven rack, cooking pan, air fryer basket, rotisserie spit with forks, and a rotisserie lift. There was also an owner's manual that covered the safeguards and routine maintenance of the machine. A getting started guide was also included which instructed the user how to set up the machine and a general overview of the product's controls and smart programs.
How Does It Look/Feel/Sit?

The Instant Omni Plus is absolutely beautiful. When I pulled it out of the box, I wanted to plug it in and start cooking immediately. The toaster oven is completely covered in polished stainless steel with a large tempered glass window on the door. What really surprised me was the actual size of the toaster oven. The Instant Omni was much bigger than I expected with a length of 18 inches, a depth of 15 inches, and a height of 16 inches. Not only does the machine take up plenty of counter space but it also barely fits underneath my overhead cabinets.
However, the Omni plus has plenty of weight which makes it very sturdy and not flimsy at all. The bottom of the machine is equipped with rubber feet to keep the toaster oven stable and in place. All of the presets are individual function buttons that are clearly labeled along with two large dials that control the temperature and time settings. The display has a well backlit LED digital display that is easy to read and control. Overall, the Omni plus toaster oven will look incredible in anyone's kitchen as long as they have the counter space available.
How Easy is it to Set Up?
In all honesty, there really was not much to set up. The toaster oven came completely assembled in the box and really just needed to be plugged into a 120v outlet and was ready to rock and roll. The accessories that were included were for different cooking methods and could be interchanged when needed. The drip tray needed to be inserted on the bottom of the oven and then a single wire rack could be placed in the oven as well. Also, the wire rack is able to be moved into 5 different height positions within the oven.
Aside from that, the other accessories that came with the toaster oven were to be used for a specific cooking method. The fryer basket could be placed on the wire rack within the oven and is usually used for the air fryer function. The rotisserie spits and forks were a bit difficult to use with food, but they were very easy to install in the Omni Plus.
Test #1: Cooking Pizza (Frozen)
When it came time to cook a frozen pizza in the Omni Plus, I was a little skeptical about how the pizza would turn out. Most of the other toaster ovens that I have used were not able to successfully cook a pizza correctly. Either they would burn on the top leaving an uncooked crust or the bottom would burn and the top would still be slightly frozen. But I decided to set my differences aside and give it a go.
First off, the Omni plus is a large-capacity oven. I decided to just go with a regular 10-inch medium-sized pizza, but I am positive there was enough room left over to cook an even larger pizza.
The pizza I decided to use was just a common thin crust pepperoni pizza. It usually takes 14 minutes to cook one of these in a regular conventional oven at 425 degrees. So, I decided to start the toaster oven at 400 degrees and set the timer at 10 minutes. I allowed the toaster oven to preheat which only took a couple of minutes, then tossed in the pizza and closed the door.
I stepped away for about 5 minutes and when I came back, the pizza was nearly done. So, I opened the door, turned the pizza 180 degrees, and continued to bake away. After about 2 more minutes, I could clearly see that the pizza was completely cooked. So, I pulled it out and sliced it up. The bottom was a perfect golden brown like it should be and the top was not burnt at all. It was a success! The pizza was cooked perfectly in half the amount of time it would have taken in the regular oven in my home.
The next day, I had very little time to eat something before I had to get the kids to school. So I cranked on the Omni Plus to 400 degrees and set the timer for 5 minutes, then tossed in one of those cheap rectangle pizzas that come in a wrapper. Usually, they take 10 minutes at 450 degrees in the oven. But after 5 minutes, the pizza was cooked completely again. So, in summation, I think it is safe to say that the Instant Omni Plus toaster oven can cook pizza perfectly in half the amount of time it would take in your regular oven at home.
Test #2: Cooking Roast Chicken (Rotisserie)
This is the test I was most excited about. I have never cooked a whole chicken in a home rotisserie oven. I have cooked them in larger commercial rotisserie ovens as a professional chef, but this was bound to be much different.
Sadly, this is where the Omni Plus toaster oven failed in delivering the instructions needed to do this correctly. There was no information or guidelines included in the instruction manual on how to cook a whole chicken in the rotisserie. All that was indicated in the booklet was that you would be able to roast a whole chicken on the spit, but it could not be larger than 4 pounds. FOUR POUNDS?! Are you kidding me? Seriously, how often do you go to the store and find a whole chicken that is smaller than 4 pounds? Take it from someone who cooks whole chicken all the time, it rarely ever happens.
Other than that, I had a general idea on how to hook up a chicken on the spit and place it in the rotisserie safely. But anyone who has never done this before would be completely lost. Heck, even I was a little lost. So I decided to get online and do some research from other Omni users to find out the proper technique.
On Instantpot.com, they had a little more information on how to place the chicken on the spit correctly, and after enough research, I was finally ready to roast a chicken of my own.
The chicken I had picked up at the store was a whopping 6 and a half pounds, so I could not place the whole bird in the toaster oven without it rubbing against the fan and heating elements which could have ended up badly. Also, the sheer weight of the bird would not allow the rotate function to continuously turn the chicken on the spit. Necessarily, I decided to eliminate some weight from the bird by reducing the size. That way it would fit on the spit, rotate properly, and not allow it to touch anything in the oven that it was not supposed to.
I started by removing the leg quarters from the chicken which are the legs and thighs. Then I flipped the chicken over and removed half of the spine with a pair of kitchen shears. I seasoned the inner cavity of the chicken with salt, pepper, and herbs.
In order to keep the chicken well balanced on the spit, I had to fill the cavity with half a yellow onion, a couple of crushed garlic cloves, and half a lemon. I folded up the loose skin over the cavity from the lower section of the chicken to seal in the vegetables and then used a few toothpicks to securely fasten the skin to the backbone.
Once the cavity of the bird was sewn up, I used some kitchen twine to truss the chicken. By doing this it allowed me to tuck the wings in close to the breast so they didn't flop around while it was rotating. It also compressed the chicken tightly to make sure it would cook evenly. I then slipped the rotisserie spit through the chicken lengthwise starting at the neck and coming out the sewn cavity. I placed the fork attachments on the spit and snugly pressed them into either side of the chicken to harness it to the rotisserie spit. Once they were in the chicken meat tightly, I tightened the screws on the rotisserie forks to keep them securely in place on the spit.
So, the chicken has had the leg quarters removed, seasoned, properly trussed, and attached to the spit. Normally you would add the drip tray at this point to collect all the drippings. But since the chicken is so large I did not put the wire rack or oven tray in the toaster oven. Instead, I placed a single sheet of aluminum foil in the base of the toaster oven and formed a well at the bottom to collect any grease or liquid. I also made sure to cover the heating element on the bottom with foil as to not cause any safety issues. I placed the rotisserie spit in the proper connections within the oven, closed the door, and was ready to go.
I set the toaster oven to the roast setting at 400 degrees for 1 hour. The oven turned on, I pressed the rotate function and the chicken started to spin around slowly. Success! Or so I thought.
Everything was going fine with no problems. Then about 20 minutes into the cooking process, the rotisserie forks somehow came loose and fell off. I know I made sure I tightened them. So the chicken was still on the spit but was not turning with the spit. I took it out and fastened the forks back in the chicken, which was really difficult to do when it is extremely hot and partially cooked. Then I tightened up the screws and placed it all back in the oven again.
After another 10 minutes, it did the same thing. This time when I removed it, I placed the forks back on once more. Except when I tightened the screws, I used a pair of needlenose pliers to really tighten them. Placed back in the oven and kept going. After another 15 minutes, the cavity burst open and most of the onions and lemons fell out. At this point, I just didn't care since there were only fifteen minutes left and I was tired of taking the bird out over and over.

Even though I had to go through all this trouble and do all this research, it actually turned out terrific. I'm not sure if that was on account of my knowledge of how to properly do this cooking method or if the Omni Plus actually did a good job. Overall I think it was a little bit of both.
If you are planning to use the rotisserie function, make sure to pick a small bird, and watch enough Youtube videos beforehand. As long as you do that, you can expect a perfectly moist chicken with a crispy golden brown skin to enjoy.
Test #3: Baking Muffins
When we decided to bake muffins in the Omni Plus, I figured this would have been pretty easy. And it was pretty easy for the most part, except for one major flaw in the design of this machine. Even though this beast of a toaster oven is really huge, I think it needs to be about 1 inch longer. This is because none of my sheet trays or muffin trays would fit in the toaster oven, not even the really small ones. They were all about ½ inch too long, which is the standard size of any muffin tray or small sheet tray.
Regardless, I still needed to bake some muffins to test out the performance of the machine. So, I thought I would just wing it and fill the muffin/cupcake liners with the batter and just place them on the drip tray in the toaster oven. I set the oven to bake at 375 degrees for 10 minutes. Normally these muffins would have taken 14 minutes at 400 degrees in the regular oven. I let the oven preheat, then gently placed the filled liners on the oven tray and closed up the door.
The muffins held their shape fairly well on the baking tray. Not necessarily as good as if they were in a muffin tray but much better than I thought they would. I decided to stay close to the toaster oven this time because all of the other tests were so fast that I figured this one would be too.
Of course, after only 7 minutes, the muffins were completely baked through. Once again the Omni Plus had baked them in half the amount of time compared to the regular oven. I just wish the toaster oven would have been a little bit bigger to fit a muffin tray.
About the Dehydrate Function
The Omni Plus has a dehydrate function as well, as do some of the other air fryers out there. But the Omni Plus is able to achieve very low temperatures which aid in the dehydrating process. Most of the other dehydrators I have seen can only go as low as 100 degrees while the Omni Plus can get down to 85 degrees! This actually is awesome not only for the dehydrating process but also for a number of other cooking methods.
One of these methods is proofing dough. Proofing is the process of allowing the dough to rise before it is ready to bake. Normally people will just place the dough in a bowl and wrap it with plastic wrap. Then place the bowl on top of the oven or in a hot room for an hour or so. They do make machines that will actually keep food warm and proof dough. Most commercial pizza places use a dough proffer to allow their dough to rise before baking. But the Omni toaster over is able to do this as well.
And if you are concerned about the amount of time the Omni Plus is able to keep track of, then don't worry one bit. The timer on the Instant Omni Plus starts at one minute and can go all the way up to 12 hours which is way more time than you will ever need for any cooking process.
Also since the Instant Omni Plus has a large capacity oven, it is able to hold quite a few food items in the oven. Additionally, if you wanted, you could purchase more Instant Omni Plus oven trays to fit in the oven at the same time. This would give you even more oven space for dehydrating, cooking, or proofing dough.
About the Wire Racks
As I stated before several times, the Instant Omni Plus is a very large capacity oven and can hold quite a bit of food. If you can fully cook a large pizza in the oven on the rack, then you will surely be able to cook multiple foods at once.
One of the best features of this toaster oven is the internal space and the five different rack positions. Other air fryer ovens we've tested have sufficient space, but only one or two rack positions. With five rack positions, that means you can always adjust the height if you need to. This means that each item is neither too close nor too far away from a heating element.
With the Omni, you won't have any trouble cooking multiple food items simultaneously on multiple racks, especially if you purchase extra oven pans or wire racks for it.
How Long Does The Instant Pot Omni Plus Take to Preheat?
The preheating process is very fast as a matter of fact. I timed it several times at different temperatures starting at a low temperature. I waited for the oven to cool off completely before starting a new test to see how fast it could achieve a temperature of 300, 350, 400, and 450 degrees.
The least amount of time it took was 1 minute 40 seconds for 300 degrees and 2 minutes 35 seconds for 450 degrees. I also put it up against the main oven in my home and set both at the same temperature. Not only did the Omni Plus preheat quicker, but it also cooked the food before my oven at home was even done preheating!
How Easy Is It To Clean?
The Omni Plus cleaning process is really no different than cleaning any other air fryer toaster oven.
One feature other toaster ovens have that I noticed is a crumb tray that will pull out of the bottom of the machine. It is meant to collect all of the burnt pieces that gather at the bottom of the toaster oven. The Omni Plus does not have a crumb tray, but it does have an oven tray that can be placed at the bottom to collect liquids, fat drippings, crumbs, and anything else that may fall from the wire rack while cooking, so it is kind of the same thing.
I placed the wire rack, rotisserie spits, and forks in the dishwasher and they came out nice and clean with no problems. I hand-washed the oven tray several times with hot water and dish soap. The oven tray has a non-stick coating on the pan which makes it very easy to clean so the process is seamless. All in all, I had no trouble cleaning the machine from top to bottom.
How Would I Improve the Instant Pot Omni Plus?
The Instant Omni Plus is just an outstanding toaster oven that can do so many things. Aside from the trouble with the rotisserie cooking process was, the Instant Omni Plus made cooking everything so easy.
The biggest downside of the Omni I think is for the bakers among us. Even though the toaster over has a large capacity oven, it needs to be one inch longer to fit some of the common pans you may have in your kitchen, just like my muffin trays. I understand they probably did that to make you purchase extra pans and wire racks from Instant Pot to solve the problem. But it would really be great if you were able to fit more standard trays and pans in the Omni Plus with no trouble.
What’s the Warranty?
The Instant Omni Plus toaster oven comes with a 1-year limited warranty. The warranty is good up to one year from the original purchase date and you need to have the receipt to actually redeem the warranty.
It really only covers damages and defects caused by the manufacturer, and for these, they will either fix the toaster oven or replace it for you. It does not cover any damages done by the user or unsatisfied customers. This warranty is pretty standard when it comes to these types of kitchen appliances. For more information about the warranty, you can visit the Instant Omni warranty page.
Verdict
After reviewing the Instant Omni Plus toaster oven, I really did end up loving it a lot. I went through some turmoil trying to get the rotisserie cooking process to work out, but looking back, I would totally do it all over again because it really was worth it.
The Instant Omni Plus toaster oven will be able to feed the whole family in a matter of minutes, no matter what you decide to cook. Even if you are needing to cook several pizzas for the family, it will cook them so fast that you can just do one after another in the same amount of time it would take to cook one pizza in your oven at home. As a professional chef of 25 years, I highly recommend the Instant Omni Plus toaster oven.
How does it Compare?
Vs Breville Smart Oven
![]() Instant Pot Omni Plus | ![]() Breville Smart Oven $189.99 |
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Watts: | 1800w | 1800w |
Capacity: | 27 quarts | 22 quarts |
Basket: | Square | Square |
Presets: | Air fry, dehydrate, toast, roast, bake, broil, slow cook, proof, or reheat | Toast, Bagel, Bake, Roast, Broil, Pizza, Cookies, Reheat, and Warm |
Temperature range: | 85-450 degrees | 150-450 degrees |
Timer Length: | 1 minute- 12 hours | 1 minute- 10 hours |
Accessories Included: | wire rack, drip tray, rotisserie spit with forks, rotisserie lift, air fryer basket | Roasting pan, Drip tray, and Pizza tray |
Warranty: | 1-year limited warranty | 1-year limited warranty |
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The Breville Smart Oven is a great contender for the Instant Omni Plus toaster oven to go up against because they are so similar. They both can do about all the same things in terms of cooking methods. However, this oven does not have a dehydrate, proofing, or rotisserie function, which could put it out of the running for some people. They both have the same amount of power and the Breville Smart oven is ½ inch wider but is 4 inches shorter than the Omni Plus toaster oven, making it a better fit for your kitchen counters.
While this oven does have a wire rack, it is stationary and cannot be moved up or down which could be frustrating in some circumstances. The controls on the Breville Smart Oven are also digital with a backlit LED display but do not seem as intuitive as the Omni Plus. Either way, the Omni Plus toaster oven still takes the cake in my view.
Vs Emeril Lagasse Power Air Fryer 360
![]() Instant Pot Omni Plus | ![]() Emeril Lagasse Power Air Fryer 360 $289.27 |
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Watts: | 1800w | 1500w |
Capacity: | 27 quarts | 930 cubic inches |
Basket: | Square | Square |
Presets: | Air fry, dehydrate, toast, roast, bake, broil, slow cook, proof, or reheat | Air fry, bake, rotisserie, dehydrate, toast, reheat, roast, broil, bagel, pizza, slow cook, and warm |
Temperature range: | 85-450 degrees | 100-450 degrees |
Timer Length: | 1 minute- 12 hours | 1 minute- 10 hours |
Accessories Included: | wire rack, drip tray, rotisserie spit with forks, rotisserie lift, air fryer basket | Includes a 3-pc. crisper tray set, rotisserie spit, rotisserie stand, 2-pc. pizza rack set, baking pan, drip tray, and Emeril Lagasse cookbook with recipes written by Chef Emeril |
Warranty: | 1-year limited warranty | 1-year limited warranty |
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This Power Air Fryer 360 designed by world-renowned chef superstar Emeril Lagasse actually may be a better product than the Instant Omni Plus toaster oven in several areas. The main reason is that the machine was designed by an actual chef who thought of all the problems you may encounter when using a machine like this and made it simpler. Although the oven is not as powerful as the Instant Omni Plus at 1500 watts, it does make up for that in other areas.
The oven is actually longer than the Omni Plus by 2 inches, which means you are able to place other pans of your own in the oven as I wanted. But no matter because the oven comes with a 3 piece crisper tray set, rotisserie spit, rotisserie stand, 2 piece pizza rack set, baking pan, drip tray, and Emeril Lagasse cookbook with recipes written by Chef Emeril. This is way more accessories than come with the Omni Plus toaster oven.
The Power Air Fryer 360 is equipped with digital controls and an LCD-backlit display but it doesn't match up to the Instant Omni Plus's control panel with an LED-backlit display. But we imagine that everything will still work out just fine. If you are looking for a quality product with plenty of accessories then this may be the product for you. And if it doesn't work out the way you wanted it to, then you can always blame Chef Emeril Lagasse since it's his name on the box!
Vs Nuwave Bravo XL
![]() Instant Pot Omni Plus | ![]() Nuwave Bravo XL $179.04 |
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Watts: | 1800w | 1800w |
Capacity: | 27 quarts | 30 quarts |
Basket: | Square | Square |
Presets: | Air fry, dehydrate, toast, roast, bake, broil, slow cook, proof, or reheat | Air Fry, Broil, Bake, Roast, Grill, Toast; Dehydrate, Warm, and Reheat |
Temperature range: | 85-450 degrees | 100- 450 degrees |
Timer Length: | 1 minute- 12 hours | 1 minute- 100 hours |
Accessories Included: | wire rack, drip tray, rotisserie spit with forks, rotisserie lift, air fryer basket | Internal probe thermometer, roasting rack, roasting pan/drip tray, wire rack, air fryer basket |
Warranty: | 1-year limited warranty | 1-year limited warranty |
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The Nuwave Bravo XL oven is really pretty cool in a couple of ways but is still not as great as the other models available. It is one of the largest capacity ovens with a 30-quart size and has the ability to cook a 13-inch pizza to perfection or roast a 10-pound whole chicken or turkey.
It does not have the rotisserie function but it does have an internal probe thermometer that can be placed into meats while they cook in the oven. The thermometer will be able to deliver the internal temperature of foods to the LCD backlit display screen so that you know exactly when to pull it out of the oven.
It doesn't come with anything out of the ordinary in terms of accessories when compared to other models. But it does come equipped with a roasting rack, roasting pan/drip tray, wire rack, air fryer basket to help with several cooking methods. The timer goes all the way up to 100 hours which could be meaningful for dehydrating projects. It does have the same amount of power as the Omni Plus toaster oven but is a little larger.
The Nuwave Bravo XL oven honestly looks just like a microwave in terms of the display screen and overall look of the appliance. But it could be a great kitchen appliance addition for your kitchen if your needs are fairly basic and you have a large family to feed.
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