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Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro

Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro

Based on 160 comments across 3 communities
TL;DR
A durable, versatile countertop oven that excels as a toaster oven and second oven; the recurring gripes are mediocre air-frying versus a basket unit and a tray that's hard to clean.

59% of 160 verified owners recommend the Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro.

What 160 owners say
714 comments reviewed · scored on the 160 clearest verdicts
59%
Recommend
95 owners
22%
Neutral
34 owners
19%
Don't recommend
31 owners
Last 6 months:56% recommend(9 recent verdicts)→ holding steady vs older reviews
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59%
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79%
38
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80%
5

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What owners like
  • Replaces your full-size oven for most cooking · 18 · 11%
  • Durable with years of daily use · 13 · 8%
  • Versatile, does many cooking jobs well · 12 · 8%
  • Large capacity fits 9x13 pans and chickens · 6 · 4%
  • Heats up fast and cools quickly · 5 · 3%
What owners flag
  • Air frying weaker than a standalone unit · 23 · 14%
  • Difficult to clean, especially the interior · 11 · 7%
  • Air frying creates lots of smoke and mess · 8 · 5%
  • Confusing frozen-setting and timer controls · 7 · 4%
  • Uneven heating and inaccurate temperatures · 6 · 4%

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Reddit▼ don’t recommend

I replaced my Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro with the APO. It's better in every way including making toast. If you want great, easy to make toast though, buy a toaster.

Reddit▲ recommend

I got the Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro with “super convection” and it’s amazing. I use it as an air fryer, toaster oven, and honestly never even use my regular oven if I can help it. It’s expensive and huge on my counter but I love it

YouTube— neutral

The small mesh is perfect, without having to use tray liners.

Reddit▲ recommend

Paid $400 for Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro, Brushed Stainless Steel, BOV900BSS 5 years ago and still works like a champ still. Totally worth every penny.

Reddit▼ don’t recommend

I first tried a Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro, as the oven was good sized, but the air fryer functionality was awful and support was inaccessible.

YouTube— neutral

I just wish it was easier to clean.

YouTube▼ don’t recommend

I ve had 3 and didn’t last more than 3 years

Reddit— neutral

I bought the breville smart oven air fryer pro just before Thanksgiving and I’m quite happy with it. I replaced a toaster and an air fryer. It’s slow as a toaster but that’s my only complaint so far.

YouTube▲ recommend

Our Breville is 8 yrs old and the liner pan looks practically brand new.

Reddit▼ don’t recommend

Breville smart oven air fryer pro used on Air Fry setting has consistently taken me 5 minutes to preheat. I've timed it with stopwatch app. When I use it, I have to set the time to an amount much higher than necessary and use a separate timer.

YouTube▲ recommend

This has been my only oven for many months, and it has done everything perfectly.

Reddit— neutral

I use it more often than I thought I would, especially for baking and reheating pizza (it actually stays crispy). But yeah, it’s on the pricier side, and it takes up a chunk of space, which might not work for smaller kitchens.

Reddit▼ don’t recommend

It’s not a pro. It does a lot of things, none of them well. Biggest waste of $400 bucks.

YouTube▲ recommend

the oven is THAT good.

Reddit— neutral

The Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro is pretty good at all of its functions EXCEPT toasting bread, which it does adequately at best.

YouTube▼ don’t recommend

I tried this one it would not toast the bottom at all! Had to return it.

YouTube▲ recommend

It's my favorite piece of kitchen gear. Use it almost every day, and have zero complaints

Reddit— neutral

We have had the Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro since 2019 and it's still working like new. It gets used as an oven for anything that will fit inside, pies, cakes, pizza, vegetable, etc. It's big, but still too small for whole chickens

Reddit— neutral

I ended up just getting the breville smart oven air fryer pro and use it as my oven, toaster, and air fryer. I’ll admit though that it doesn’t air fry to a crisp as well as my previous basket style air fryer, but I’m ok with it to convert to stainless steel.

r/airfryer▼ don’t recommend

This is the most confusing and stupidest design ever. Like a bunch of engineers made all this and made the toaster keep the light on but didn’t think of the timer starting properly?

Reddit▲ recommend

I got the breville smart oven air fryer pro and we use it much more often than the actual oven.

r/airfryer▼ don’t recommend

I'm pretty unhappy with mine overall- doesn't cook evenly, does a poor job air frying (which is apparently because it's just too large), and it is absolutely impossible to clean.

YouTube▲ recommend

I am very happy with mine.

Reddit— neutral

I upgraded from a basic basket air fryer to a Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro. Honestly, the basic air fryer did a better job. Preheated faster and got fries and hash browns crispier. Smart Oven has more capacity, and is overall more useful. Just not quite as good at air frying.

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