It’s not every day we get a new form of cooking heat, but that’s exactly what Sharp unveiled at KBIS 2026, the expansive kitchen and bath showcase in Orlando this week.
THE Sharp Celerity™ High Speed Oven features what the brand calls a “golden warmer” – a combination of three cooking technologies that allows it to roast chicken and bake cookies three times faster than any convection oven.
Pressing the rapid cook button triggers the oven’s golden heat for cooking three times faster than normal convection.
David Watsky/CNETThe Quick Cook feature, which we saw in action in the showroom, uses traditional true convection combined with microwave heat to penetrate food quickly and deeply, as well as infrared to sizzle and crisp the exterior.
The oven is smaller than most ovens, closer to the size of a microwave.
SharpUsing microwave heat speeds up cooking time, while more traditional convection aims to keep food from drying out. Additionally, we’re told that the oven requires almost no preheating time when the golden heating mode is used.
Sharp was baking cookies in the Celerity at KBIS 2026.
David Watsky/CNETIn a live demonstration, Sharp brand representatives made gooey, golden cookies out of the oven in 9 minutes. A traditional convection oven would take at least 15 minutes to do the same job. We tasted them, of course, and they were just as good as grandma’s: gently crispy on the outside and perfectly soft and chewy on the inside.
This beauty only took 9 minutes to make thanks to Sharp’s new golden heating technology.
David Watsky/CNETWe are told that a 5 pound chicken can be roasted in 30 minutes, even faster than in an air fryer. And if you prefer this method, this oven offers it too. In total, the oven has nine manual modes, including air fry, speed cook, microwave, convection bake, and roast.
I asked the representative on site if he was concerned that home cooks would have difficulty adapting their recipes to this new form of heat. Because it’s an industry-first cooking method, they said, the oven includes dozens of preloaded cooking programs — tested by the company’s culinary experts — to help shorten the learning curve.
The pricey Celerity features metal crisping racks and a ceramic drip tray.
David Watsky/CNETThe oven also incorporates a range of smart features, many of which are familiar from other modern models. Its ‘Sensor Cook’ technology uses humidity sensors to determine ideal cooking times and temperatures, while a built-in camera lets you monitor your food as it cooks to avoid burning.
The Celerity is currently available on Sharp’s website for $3,999.99.
