Best Wall Oven Brands of 2026

“As CR engineers, we’re routinely asked about which brands make the best stuff,” says Kenneth Sutton, a CR engineer who oversees the testing of ranges, cooktops, and wall ovens. “One thing we’ve found is that it varies a lot by category. There’s probably no single brand that makes the best kitchen appliances across the board.” 

We provide three crucial pieces of information that can help you find the best wall oven possible. 

Model performance: We capture performance at the model level in our wall oven ratings. You’re able to search by model and see how well a particular oven bakes, broils, and self-cleans. You can also see how its capacity compares with the competition, what features it has, and what it earns on a 100-point scale. It’s the best indicator of how a particular model will work in your kitchen. (You can also check out Best Electric Wall Ovens of the Year and 5 Best Wall Oven-Microwave Combos for specific recommendations.)

Reliability and owner satisfaction: Each year, we survey hundreds of thousands of CR members about the products they buy, and in particular, how well those products hold up. We use repair or breakage rates to generate a brand-level predicted reliability score for every major appliance we test. We also ask whether people would recommend their appliance to other people to determine a brand-level owner satisfaction score. The results can be found in our ratings charts.

Brand-level performance: These scores, shown above, reflect how well the wall ovens from a particular brand perform in our testing and surveys. The scores are not model-specific. For that reason, they can be a good backup if you’re interested in a particular model we haven’t tested. Just remember that a high brand score isn’t a guarantee that every model is a winner. It’s possible for a company to earn a high score for its wall ovens even if it has a few duds in its lineup. 

Our experts use a combination of calibrated time and temperature measurements that determine how evenly an oven distributes heat for baking, broiling, and self-cleaning.

Our test engineers bake over 100 cakes and more than 1,000 cookies each year, looking for the models that do the best job of baking on multiple racks. We also measure the usable capacity of every oven, meaning the space from the bottom rack position to the top, to see how much room you’ll actually have to bake and roast. Many manufacturers include unusable space below the bottom rack when they provide information on oven size.

Finally, we make the oven as grimy as possible to test the self-cleaning cycle, baking on a proprietary mixture that includes shredded cheese, tapioca, and pie filling. We run the self-cleaning function to see how effectively each oven converts the baked-on gunk to fine white powder that can be wiped away easily. The best need a simple wiping, while the worst require lots of scrubbing and still don’t get fully clean.