Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro, Brushed Stainless Steel, BOV900BSS

Bigger, better, and quieter than the regular Smart Oven. The media could not be loaded. Our Breville Smart Oven BOV800XL finally broke after 10 years of almost daily use, so it was time to replace it. Another Breville, no question – but which one? The newer Breville model (BOV900BSSUSC, the one in this review) seemed like the obvious choice, but I was afraid it wouldn’t fit on the counter or it would get too hot under the cabinets.Short answer: It fits! It doesn’t get too hot! It works great! Best choice! How did I live without it??Long answer, for those who like to overanalyze everything (not that I’d know anything about that…):*** How big is it? ***- Width: 21.5″- Depth: 15″ not including handle, 17.25″ with handle- Height: 12.375″ not including handle, 12.75″ with handleSee the attached pictures for how it compares with the BOV800XL.*** How loud is it? ***Quieter than the old one. The older 800XL convection fan was loud and almost rattled. The new one has 2 fans: one to cool the electronics and one for convection. Even with both fans, cooking with normal convection is pretty quiet. Airfry turns the convection fan up to 11 and makes a serious whoosh. I don’t use airfry much (regular convection works just as well for most things we cook), so it’s not a big deal.You want numbers? I got numbers. With the decibel meter sitting on the counter next to the oven:Baseline room noise: 33dBOven, no convection: 55dB (mostly the electronics fan)Convection: 57 dBAirfry mode: 69 dB(Note that when the fan first starts, it’s louder, maybe 66dB, for 1-2 seconds until it gets up to speed. That’s how the old 800XL fan sounded all the time.)Check out the attached video if you want to actually hear it.*** How hot does it get? ***After 15 minutes of convection roast at 450°F:- Top front: 215°F- Top back: 160°F- Sides: 140°F- Glass: 235°F- Door: 220°F (top and sides), 170°F (bottom)- Back: 135°F- Wall behind it, a few inches away: 90°F- Cabinet above, 7″ clearance: 90°FThe cabinet above it does get warmish inside, so if you store your chocolate or cooking oils or other heat-sensitive stuff there, you might have a problem.*** How well does it work? ***Great! Having a 2nd oven is amazing for when I don’t want to heat the big one, or need to cook things at 2 different temperatures, or need to keep something warm while the rest of the food finishes cooking. This oven has 10 settings, but I use only a few of them:- Toast: Slower than a toaster, but cooks the slices evenly.- Bake/roast: Temperate is accurate, cooks mostly evenly (there’s a slightly hotter spot in the front right).- Airfry: I never had a standalone airfryer, so I can’t compare. It does make things crispier compared with normal convection. Usually I just use the airfry basket with the fan on normal convection, and that seems fine.- Slow cook: Never used it.- Reheat: As far I as I can tell, the only difference between reheat and bake/roast is that for reheat, the timer starts when the oven starts heating. For bake and roast, the timer starts after the oven is already heated. Subtle difference, but surprisingly convenient for not overcooking your leftovers.tl;dr: Oven is good. I like it.

We live the full time tiny home life, we purchased this as a full time oven, this is the best purchase we’ve made for this lifestyle. The door actually seals all the way, the heat is perfectly accurate, it’s extremely easy to set up and it looks amazing. The price of this nearly scared us away, we purchased the larger sized one, I’m so glad we went with it.As soon as you start pulling it out of the box you can see, and feel, the difference in quality. We were using one of those cheaper convection ovens and compared to this we may as well have been using a candle under a plate. We’ve burned through a lot of ovens, of varrying quality, and this is hands down the best we’ve purchased. It maintains an even temperature, though it does remind you to turn your food, and can even fit our Dutch oven with the lid on. The other extra wide oven we used couldn’t fit the lid and took forever to cook anything in it.If you’re using this for the tiny home lifestyle I highly recommend it, we have been blown away by the quality of the oven and how well if evenly cooks our foods. You can tell they put a lot of thought into making this and it’s on a totally different level compared to all of its competitors. I can’t speak as to how long the oven lasts, we’ve only had it for a few weeks, but you can see it’s build to last a lifetime. If you’re only using it part time you may want to go with something cheaper, it you’re looking for something to actually use as an oven then hit the buy now button, you won’t regret it.Edit on February 16th 2023.This over is still going strong and works exactly like it did when we bought it. We use it heavily and none of the markings have worn off and it still cooks to perfection. This is hands down the best Amazon purchase I’ve ever made.

Very versatile oven. I have been using this oven for at least six months or more now. I love the fact that during the hot weather of summer, I have been able to use it instead of my stoves oven. Thereby avoiding getting the house to warm. I have use the the toast feature and found it wasn’t quite as good as a toaster. But it did work fine. I’ve used the broil feature, which is great for heating up, cheesy garlic bread and browning the tops of casseroles and blistering peppers for recipes calling for grilled or blackened peppers. I’ve use the big cycle many times. Because of the convection I’ve learned to drop the recipe temperature by 10° and cook for just a little bit longer. I’ve baked pies and casseroles. The roast cycle is perfect for doing roasted vegetables. I have use the proof cycle for rising bread and it worked great. I just the air fry cycle for vegetables, and reheating chicken and reheating other things that have been frozen and I put in the microwave to defrost and then put in the air fryer cycle to crisp up. It works fabulously. I’ve only use the reheat cycle once and it was so long ago I can’t really comment on it. And I just got done doing the dehydrate cycle, which worked great at dehydrating some sliced tomatoes. But I put them on parchment paper on the air fryer rack and about a quarter of them stuck to the parchment so if you try dehydrating, don’t use parchment. Next time I’ll try some of the plastic dehydrator screens I have for my dehydrator.The only downside I found is that because our house is old and our electrical wires are old, they don’t support running to many appliances on the same circuit with the Breville. So, as long as I don’t use our hot water pot to boil water and run the air fryer while the refrigerator is running and the light is on it’s OK but if I do the hot water pot and the Breville, it’ll trip, the circuit breaker every time. In fact, I saw a really nice Breville at a yard sale for $25 recently and it was at a house that was a very old house and the lady said it kept tripping her breaker so she’s just wants to get rid of it.

Step-up in convection countertop ovens. I replaced a Cuisinart air-fryer countertop oven with this model. The Cuisanart generally worked well, but had several control quirks and a display panel that eventually failed. This oven is a step up in every respect. I tried every feature that represented a quirk in my old oven, and found it addressed and improved in this Breville. We love the magnetic pulls for the shelf when it is in the “toast” position—no using a utensil or hot pad to reach the toasted bread. The light is replaceable. I found there was room for a 12-muffin tray, two 1 quart Pyrex bowls, a 12-inch pizza pan, or pretty much anything else I wanted to use. Baking was reliable and did not require modifying recipes. This oven gives us more bang for the buck than our old Cuisinart, and becomes a viable replacement for many of the things for which we’d use our full size range.

Fantastic Toaster Oven. This is our second Breville, and I am so glad to have it. When I melted a plastic cutting board that I inadvertently put into my old Breville toaster oven along with the casserole dish I was baking, it melted all over the heating elements on the bottom of the oven. My husband tried to salvage it by scraping off the tacky plastic, but it stunk too badly, and I was worried about the safety of the oven. So we got this Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro, which is a step up from our old Breville in size and features. Oh man, I’m glad to have this new one. It is FANTASTIC. I never use my regular GE oven anymore at all because this Smart Oven has TWO shelves (with the option of moving them into different slots)! My old Breville had only one. We are vegetarians and every night, I’m roasting veggies of some kind. Sometimes, there are three different kinds of veggies that are seasoned differently or inserted or removed at different times, so I put them into small pans to keep them separated. With this new Smart Oven, I can roast them all at the same time now because all the pans fit inside the oven at the same time. It’s the one feature that is hands down better than my other Breville. It is also user friendly, and wider than my previous Breville. It’s got like an extra six inches in width, which allows me to insert those two smaller pans on the top shelf, and a wider cookie sheet with say, cubed sweet potatoes, below it. It heats up in about 6-7 minutes as opposed to my regular GE oven which my repairman says to preheat for 45 minutes to achieve accurate heating. I can whip up a dinner in no time flat now because 1) The Smart Oven Pro heats efficiently and quickly (which my GE does not) and 2) all the veggies can cook at the same time (which the old Breville could not fit). It has a convection feature that if used, you have to remember it shortens your cook time (I burned brownies badly before I realized this). This oven may take up more counter space, but I think with its speed, efficiency, useful features, and ease of use, it offsets that particular issue. I tell everybody that this toaster oven is the one appliance in my kitchen I cannot do without, and I never thought anything could be better than a microwave, but this thing is. You’ll love it.

Incredibly versatile. I’ve used this to broil, bake, air fry, toast, and proof. It works wonderfully and is very adjustable to the time, temperature, and rack position you want. I’m very happy with it so far. The lighted display is easy to read, the oven light makes it easy to check on things without opening the door. The crumb tray slides out easily and is easy to clean.

I couldn’t be happier with this Breville. I’ve had this oven a little over a month now, and I love it! It replaces my Cuisinart Convection Steam Oven – two years into owning that toaster oven, the steam option died, so I was left with convection bake, and broil, and toast. This Breville is miles ahead in my opinion.I cook a lot, I bake a lot. If I can use both my Bosch oven and my toaster oven, I’m happy. If I can use only the toaster oven, I’m even happier (doesn’t heat the house up as much, the energy consumption is less). I’ve roasted a whole chicken, made air fryer chicken nuggets and chicken parmesan, roasted mixed vegetables, made air fryer sweet potato fries, roasted nuts in the shells, baked 3 types of cookies and 1 cake, 2 batches of muffins (3rd came out today, house smells like cinnamon), baked beans, and well… a lot of cooking in the past month. Oh, and toast and bagels every morning! I’ve used the Roast, Bake, Broil, Air Fryer, Toast, Bagel, Cookies (yes, cookies!), and Proof settings.What I love about the Breville:*The knob controls. My Cuisinart used 1 knob for primary controls – multiple controls. The Breville is so user friendly – my non-cooking husband has no problems figuring it out. The controls and buttons are all labeled and easy to understand.*It’s spacious for a toaster oven. I mean, toaster ovens shouldn’t be overly huge, they need to fit on a counter. I can fit 2 medium casseroles (reheating is such a joy with this oven!). I can fit my 12-muffin pan in it. I can fit a small roast and a small whole chicken in it.*It has a dedicated convection button. Love that and so easy to use. It has a “phase” button. You can set it to brown a roast, then bake (or roast) it. I often need to broil after I bake something, and that’s what the phase is for – does it after you program it, automatically. 2 different cooking methods and temps and times, one time setting.*It has a countdown timer which shuts the oven off. Some like this, some don’t. I do. I will still use a separate timer, and often set the oven a little longer than needed – but, you can always add time, or change the temperature while you are cooking. You don’t have to stop the oven to do this.*It stops the timer when you open the door. Thank you, Breville. You get it.*It’s a toaster oven and makes great toast! Nice and crunchy outside, softer inside. Settings for light to dark and setting for number of slices. Do keep in mind, a larger toaster oven will take a bit longer to toast than a very small one.*Air fryer… I didn’t want another item to store. But we are trying to eat healthier. While this isn’t a dedicated air fryer and might not have quite the power, we’ve really enjoyed our crispy chicken nuggets and chicken parm, the crisp of the sweet potato fries (took me a while to get the timing and method right, but wowsers!). Comes with a really nice sized air fryer basket. I spray it with a bit of olive oil, and find even if cheese gets stuck on, a soak in sudsy water and a quick rub with a stainless steel cleaning pad makes it sparkle again.*Oh, and the magnet on both sides of the door – it’s for the air fryer basket, which can get very hot… so when you open the door the air fryer basket gets pulled out a ways for you. I love the person who came up with that brilliant idea!*Comes with a pizza pan (haven’t used that yet) and a roasting pan, which oddly, I have used for the first time in my life. I line it with foil or parchment, and the weight of it is perfect for baking fish, chicken, or roasting veggies. Anything, really.*I’ve set this under an 18” high cabinet (standard) and after 1-1/2 hours baking, and finishing with a quick broil, the cabinet underside has not gotten overheated.*I love the crumb tray/removable bottom. Many toasters have this now. I lined mine with a 500 F Teflon oven mat (purchased on Amazon, of course), in case I get any drips or messes. Easy to clean!*It preheats very quickly with a clear flashing ‘preheating’ text, and an alarm tells you it’s time to put your food in, and another lets you know when the time is up (plus the interior light comes on just before, so you can take a look at the progress).Honestly, I could go on and on. I’ve found no negatives thus far. I find myself saying each time I use it: “I love this oven!”. Highly recommend!

Remarkable. What can I say. This oven is amazing! To be able to cook a frozen pizza to as close to perfection as they can get, to perfect, evenly toasted bread, to roasting a tray of veggies – so far it has done everything I’ve asked of it. Not just done the job, but done it well, without any fiddling. And the fact that it air fries (only tried it once with tater tots so far) and dehydrates (planning to make beef jerky soon), as well as toasts, roasts, bakes and broils – it’s just icing and sprinkles on top.The controls are easy to use. I haven’t done any phase cooking, not sure just what I’d even need that for. But the rest is fairly intuitive.Now that I’ve learned to trust it, I can put something on to cook and ignore it while it cooks. I was never really able to that with any other toaster oven I’ve owned, and there have been several. Others, various brands – cooked unevenly, had to be watched carefully when toasting bread, and just generally were not “set-and-forget” appliances.As a widower living alone, this is the only oven I need 99% of the time. Big enough for a 12″ pizza, and easily holds a 1/4 sheet pan. It’s a bit slow toasting bread, but the fact that the result is as near to perfect as I’ve ever gotten from any toaster of any type, a couple of extra minute per 4 slices isn’t that big a deal. This oven preheats faster than my GE electric range, and uses far less power. Definite win there.I can’t recommend this Breville Smart Oven highly enough. Giving it 5 stars is barely touching on how much I enjoy cooking with this wonderful tool.

LOVE this oven – 11/10. We purchased this oven to replace our Instant Omni pro 18L (which was TERRIBLE). I owned the previous model of Breville’s smart oven before the Instant and had a great experience but was looking for the included air fryer… boy did I make a mistake with Instant…We have since returned to the Breville and could not be happier! I have used this oven multiple times a day and it produces fast consistent results every single time. I know this may sound silly but I am a believer.Toasting… perfect every time.Frozen pizzas… Perfect, taste like restaurant quality.Air fryer… love it, very fast and convenient.Meatloaf, Bread, Cookies, Fries, Baked Potatoes, Roast Turkey…. Every single time, comes out perfect.Now here’s the real important part. That instant oven I mentioned, the touch panel failed… very annoying. Breville, no touch… just buttons and dials that keep working. Our first Breville is now ~6 years old and still working great at my Brother’s house, no issue with controls.If I had to make a nitpicky complaint…. I guess it would be that the air fryer basket could allow things to drip on the heating elements, that is easily remedied by putting the rack and a pan under the fryer.If I could add 1 feature, it would be the integrated temperature probe that the instant had… that was the only thing it had going for it.Everything else with build quality, attention to detail in design, and provided accessories are excellent.

As good as a Second Oven in our house. Our old toaster oven was squealing its convection fan somewhere in a b# tone that drove the family nuts. Finally decided to look for a replacement and I wasn’t sure I really ‘needed’ an air-fryer solution combined with the functionality we’ve used for years. Boy was I wrong! Compared to the air-fryers I’ve seen at friends and family, I really liked that this looks and functions as a toaster oven that also includes the air-fryer feature.Easy to use as there are several modes of cooking you select with a dial, then a timer (also a dial) and then push start. I’ve used it to cook chicken legs (a whole 12 pack) with the air-fryer feature and they turned out great after a few experiments with timing and an instant read thermometer.I like that it’s big enough to hold an entire casserole dish, which allows us to cook side dishes while our single oven is focused on the larger or more demanding cooking tasks. I consider this to be as effective as a second oven, with space as the only compromise over a full-sized option.The one downside I would comment on is that there isn’t a temperature probe to help with identifying when something is cooked to the correct temperature. This is especially missed with the air-fryer feature being a new addition to our cooking repertoire. For example, I tried using an online airfryer chicken leg recipe to judge how long and at what temperature to cook at; but my instant temp thermometer ended up requiring that I double the time I originally set (not the fault of the oven, just unfamiliar with the function.) I also miss not having a rotisserie feature that our last toaster oven had. I am that odd-ball that used the rotisserie to cook whole chickens and pork tenderloins. Not having that wasn’t a deal breaker, and we knew we weren’t getting that feature, so nothing taken away from the product that does a great job at what it does. Oh, and one last thing – air frying take a considerable amount of time to warm up (okay, “considerable” is subjective), most noticeable after the timer stops and temp check says it needs to go some more – which surprisingly came with another preheat cycle. However, having never owned an air-fryer before, I’m not sure if this is standard to all air-frying units or not; again not a deal breaker or even a detractor from a 5-star rating, just something new to us.