The oven is excellent, however, the instructions for toast are just wrong and have given me no end of grief including the return of two ovens. The fact that the center upper elements do not heat for toast is a failure for toasting. Bread must be in the front or back and it takes an unbearable amount of time to toast. This is not rocket science and should be corrected to make a perfect product. The smaller older units do toast perfectly. Toast that tales 7 or 8 minutes to do is dried out. Toasting should be a quick sear to brown the outside and leave the inside soft. This unit could do it. Please attend to this issue.
I just purchased my third Breville Oven. First one was a basic oven that I dropped and broke. Second one upgraded to the Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro and had it for a year and half and it died. This oven is underrated and doesn't get enough love. It truly is a versatile oven. I have used it from everything from whole chickens, pizza, meatloaf, burgers and fries. I even used the dehydrated feature. Hubby likes to use it daily for his bagels. It is definitely is used in our kitchen many times a day and one we can not live without. Hope this one lasts longer than the previous.
I absolutely love this new version with Air Fryer Pro of the Smart Oven; I used the largest Smart Oven available at the time (5/2010) as a substitute oven for our small bed & breakfast. It was a lifesaver due to our regular gas/convection oven awaiting an igniter repair. I now have the Smart Over Air Fryer Pro which was gifted to us at Christmas and have used our kitchen gas convection oven only 3 times in 5 months.
Fan stopped working in less than 2 years of use. It’s a common issue with this oven. Without the fan, it’s basically useless and can only be used as a toaster nothing else. I’m very disappointed with Breville. I was expecting more lifetime from a product with such a price tag. Please don’t waste your money.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from breville.comBy Consumer Support, April 22, 2022
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Fast, accurate, and makes great food - what's not to love?
on April 12, 2022
Posted by: TK
Verified Purchase:Yes
After doing a ton of research I decided on this bad boy and it has been even better than I had hoped for! Everything I put in comes out perfectly cooked. I love the proofing option for taking the guesswork out of my sourdough. I was initially worried about the size but since getting it I haven't had to use my regular size oven range at all!
Breville never disappoints! This is an upgrade for us, as we wanted the air fryer and it works perfectly!!!! I can make toast, bake a cake, air fry chicken wings and bake homemade chicken pot pie…it does it all. These products are worth every cent…they are built to last!