We had much about this brand and this particular all-singing, all-dancing air fryer so at the first opportunity, when we could afford it, for it’s certainly not cheap, we bought it. Nice design and full of functions, but if it takes 10 minutes to toast 4 slices of bread, then I think I will stick to my good old toaster. We have used it only once to cook vegetable curry, which cooked good but be careful NOT to touch any part of the steel box for it gets ever so hot! There is no insulation for the top or the sides. One of the more expensive fryers which can hold 4 shelves, comes with only 2 of them. Of course more available at extra cost. Although fuctionality is great, performance so far not so.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from breville.comBy Customer Service, May 10, 2024
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Second Breville oven I’ve owned. Really like this one. Very efficient, pre heats quickly and is a joy to use. There are enough features to do almost anything you want to do. We’ve slow cooked, broiled, baked and leavened bread. Ours sits on a cart that adds additional storage and frees up counter space. Not using our main oven with the amount of heat a main oven generates is life saving. We live in Florida and our AC is on all the time. UMMV, be we live ours.
In spite of a defective first-purchase of this a few years ago (door would not close), this was quickly replaced by Breville. Recently the fan in the replacement went out, so returned to Breville only to learn that it could not be repaired to meet their standards. They offered to replace at a good discount, so recently I purchased it again.
I am crazy about this oven and use whenever possible instead of my full size one. It does what it says. The only thing I have not tried is the dehydrator, but plan to do so. In spite of the 2 random problems, I do not want to be without this oven, and highly recommend. Breville was great to work with as well. A superb company with a great product, and would get again.
I bought a Breville airfryer and find that it doesn't deep fry very well. The broil, bake and dehydrate functions are OK. My main complaint is that the heating element area is almost impossible to clean. I wouldn't buy it again.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from breville.comBy Customer Service, June 14, 2024
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Customer Rating
4
Wish it had an extra inch in the interior
on November 17, 2024
Posted by: Laura
I recently replaced my old Breville toaster oven with a Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro and use it almost every day: toast, bake, slow cooker, air fryer. The only reason I do not give it 5 stars is because the interior width dimension, which I understood to be 16 inches is slightly less due to the rack slots. Therefore, the oven does not accommodate some of my bread baking pans, 9x13 pans with handles, etc. So unfortunately I’m not getting quite the use out of it that I had anticipated. That said, it’s an essential appliance in my kitchen.