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I really don't understand. Airfryers are convection ovens, not microwaves. Does that microwave also toast bread?
Yes. There have been microwaves with heat elements in them for ages. You remove the glass plate, put in a wire rack, and run it in convection mode. They generally already have modest fans to help combat hot spots. I'm not sure about the brand-new ones, but the last one I had either ran in convection mode or microwave mode.
Air fryers usually have a massive coil tucked away in the top and blast heat+IR down on the food, but you can't just throw a large metal coil in the middle of a microwave, You could cover it over with a mica waveguide, but those don't love to pass through heat.
Fan ovens rather than convection surely?