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629 of 637 persons found the following review helpful.
Great for all Kitchens… a will have to have for little kitchens
By Charles Evans
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2J25WF8LU8H8Y The Breville Smart Oven is a must-have kitchen appliance. In many/most cases it may serve as a substitute for it larger cousin the established oven/range. However, the Smart Oven is much more energy effective (using roughly 50% less electricity) and may fit into the smallest of kitchens
Things that we enjoy
+ Depending on the setting (Broil/Bake/Toast) you have the capacity to manage the temperature zones in the oven. This helps to assure perfective cooking depending on you person requirements.
+ The magnetic door helps to prevent any burns (see video)
+ Door seals nicely – reducing energy waste and the unneeded heating of your home.
+ 9 programmable settings – HOWEVER – you likewise have the capacity to tailor the settings to your person needs.
+ Nice Stainless steel finish will look nice in all kitchens.
+ Despite being stainless steel the surface of the oven does not show too a lot of fingerprints.
+ Three pans included – Pizza – Baking – Broiling
+ Great operating manual
+ Not just a popular toaster oven – this is also a convection oven!
+ AS A OVEN IT WORKS GREAT
Areas to improve
- The cord is a little short (less than 3 feet) – while some humans may be grateful for a short cord it does mean that you have to have outlet near a space where you plan to use the oven.
- You may not be competent to operate other appliances on your electrical circuit – At full heat the Smart Oven will pull amongst 15-20 amps – make sure that you have at least a 20amp breaker on the plug that you are using.
Final Verdict…. this is an easy 5 stars – buy with confidence.
408 of 414 people found the following review helpful.
Beauty and Function – What more may you ask for?
By Karl
I love this product – it is a pleasure to use, functions beautifully, and is beautifully designed.
The other reviewers have already said much of what I would have written. The ‘Out of Box Experience’ is superb. As another reviewer noted, the packaging is rather a bit like Apple’s (see photos) – beautiful graphics on an inner box protected in an outer, recyclable box. The oven itself, when equated to the Cuisinart TOB-165 that we have been using (or even the stainless steel TOB-195 model), is like comparing an Apple Mac to a Dell: visually more stylish and appealing, better engineered ‘guts’, and once operated, functionally very well thought out.
A few years ago, our old toaster oven passed away and we migrated to the Cuisinart which, like this Breville BOV800XL, is a convection oven / toaster / broiler. We liked it so much, that we gifted various more to friends and family. Ah, if only this Breville had ben available then…
The Breville is so vastly superior in each way – function, capacity, ease of use, and ease of cleaning. I can not commend it highly enough.
The timer on the Breville turns the oven off at the end of any kind of cycle as you would suppose – toast, bagel, bake, broil, pizza, etc.This is hugely fantasti equated to the Cuisinart unit which only turns itself off after toasting – you have to do not forget to turn it off when in any other mode. (The Cuisinart’s timer is ‘dumb’ – just a beeper.) Also, each Breville cycle has smart default settings, and may do not forget your own settings for temperature and time, or slices (toast) and darkness, etc.
The BOV800XL accomodates a 13″ pizza pan (included). We made two pizzas tonight to test the oven, one fresh (deli) the other frozen. I dialed the ‘pizza’ setting, dropped the default 450 temperature to 425, accepted convection mode, and accepted the default 12″ size for the fresh pizza and pressed the on button. Once preheated, the oven beeped for the pizza to be inserted. At the end of the timed cycle, the oven turned off and beeped again: perfective pizza!
I then did a 9″ frozen Amy’s pizza. Similar routine as above, but dialed the size knob down to 9″ and pressed the ‘frozen food’ button. Again, perfective at the end of the cycle.
Toast setting works great – up to 6 pieces of toast, as does the bagel setting, which toasts the top at a higher temp then the bottom to make the top crispy and the bottom warm but still soft. Frozen waffles come out great – crunchy outside and moist inside, rather of all dried out.
For baking, a 13″ x 9″ baking pan effortlessly fits inside as does, of course, the larger pan that comes with the unit, loaf pans and little muffin pans.
The glass door conveniently labels the three rack positions for broil, toast/cookie/bagel/pizza, and bake/roast/reheat/warm.
The crystalline-looking heating constituents (three on top, two on the bottom) seem to heat faster, and more evenly, than the metallic parts in other counter-top ovens. Depending on the mode/cycle, the oven enables or disables sure elements, and changes the wattage of others.
The crumb tray in the front answer another of my huge complaints in regards to the Cuininart. No crusade to pull the tray out at any time to brush off crumbs, or wash off accidental spills. (The Cuinsart’s crumb tray slides out of the rear of that unit, calling for minor gymnastics – sufficient to put it off until it is actually gross.)
The stainless finish and assemblage is of high quality, and the oversized handle and control knobs give a feel of quality as well (and match current upper to high end major appliances).
No doubt I’ll have more remarks after we use the Breville BOV800XL for a few months, but for now, I may only sing it is praises.
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Boring details:
Dimension Comparison to Cuisinart TOB-165/195:
The Breville being more or less more spectacular permits it to be used for items that other than as supposed or expected would have to go into a regular oven. The interior of the Breville is 13 1/2″ x 11 1/2″ x 5″ high (to clear the elements), with a curved recess in the back so that a closely 13″ pizza pan fits. The Cuisinart is 11 1/2″ x 9 3/4″ x 5″ which cannot accommodate pizza, nor a 13 x 9 pan and toasts only 4 pieces of bread.
The little increase in interior space which results in so much dandier skillfulness is at the expense of only an inch of counter space required. The Breville exterior is roughly 18 1/2″ wide x 16″ deep x 10 3/4″ high equated to the Cuisinart 17 1/2″ wide x 14″ deep x 10″ high.
Electrical Notes:
As others note, the oven uses a greatest or most complete or best possible of 1800 watts, which is basically all that a 15 amp circuit has to offer (most home kitchens will have either 15 or 20 amp circuits). So, you shouldn’t use other power hungry widgets on the same circuit as the BOV800XL. As noted in the owner’s manual, you ought to have a grounded 3-prong outlet, which any modern home will have. Even altho my kitchen is 20 years old, I’m fortunate that the electrician had included three circuits for gimmicks so no difficulties here.
With regard to those concerned when it comes to the short cord: do note that electrical codes require that outlets on kitchen counters be serviced by a minimum of two discerned circuits and be no more than 2 feet from one another (4 feet at a corner). Even underneath older codes that permit outlets up to 6′ apart, the 3′ cord is adequate.
Installation note:
This is a countertop oven. When operating, not one thing will have to be within 4″ of any side. Because a great deal of people are accustomed to GE/Black and Decker toaster ovens that mount under cabinets, do note that that is NOT an option here because of the high heat and clearances required. You actually do need to have sufficient counter space to accommodate the unit.
327 of 333 persons found the following review helpful.
Like a full-size convection range in a little package — A+++
By K. Robertson
I am wholly in love with this toaster oven! It is a heavy, quality appliance, with galore handy, smart features. I just got it today, and I will update my review later if needed. I cooked a great deal of *perfect* cupcakes in it a little while ago, so I’m going on that experience.
1. The instruction book (with when it comes to 30 recipes & ideas) is very easy to perceive and follow. We had it up and going in minutes, doing the basi heating for 15 minutes to rid the heating elements of a protective coating. There was a great deal of odor (no smoke) with this process, but not that bad, and I just opened a window slightly. After this, there was no smell at all when I cooked.
2. The oven door has magnetized areas that pull the oven rack when it comes to half way out when you open the door. It’s a outstanding concept, and guess what? — it works! Makes it so handy to get your feed out without reaching in and risking a burn.
3. The interior has .8 cubic feet of space. A 12″ x 12″ enamel baking pan, with broil rack, and a 13″ non-stick pizza pan are included, and fit snugly inside — a pan any more spectacular wouldn’t fit. I made 12 cupcakes at a time on the pizza pan (using silicone muffin cups) and had a great deal of room. (The pizza pan didn’t buckle or warp, so it’s evidently a sturdy piece.) My 1/4 sheet pan and various other pieces I have fit nicely inside, which I’m so pleased about. This thing fits 6 pieces of toast! (I want to mention that they don’t advise using glass baking dishes in the oven. I’m frighted of breakage that I’ve read about, so I don’t use glass anymore anyway.)
3. The glass door has markings on it to tell you which position to put the rack in (bottom, middle or top), depending on what you’re cooking.
4. The LCD display is very easy to read (esp for somebody who needs reading glasses like me). The temperature, function, and time controls are knobs — similar to stereo control knobs — and I like that you don’t have to keep incessantly punching a button to go up or down; you plainly twist to get where you want, and you may go tardily or quickly. Also, there are a minimum of icons (there are 3 buttons for frozen food, convection, & temperature conversion) on the controls — most functions are spelled out so that you don’t have to use a “cheat sheet” to figure out what picture stands for what!
5. The convection feature is very quiet with this oven and you may hardly listen it. Some settings such as “bake” are programmed to switch on the convection feature, which keeps down the need to fiddle with various controls to get what you want. I made cupcakes today on bake, and they were done a full 3-4 minutes quicker.
6. The huge door handle is easy to grab and open, and stays cool to the touch.
7. The top of the oven gets hot for the duration of cooking, so you may keep feed warm on a ceramic plate(s) on top while other feed cooks. There is likewise a “cutting board and tray” that may be used on the top but I was unable to find it on Breville’s web site so I will call them later. (You may likewise get a pizza stone and pizza crisper.)
8. The crumb tray fits snugly into the front of the unit, and not in the back like other toaster ovens I’ve had, so remotion and cleaning is easy.
The only suggestion that I would have is that a little interior light would be helpful.
As I have always liked in regards to toaster ovens, you don’t have to heat up your huge oven to bake or cook a meal. And I don’t think most of us have convection ranges, so having this feature on a toaster oven is great. I genuinely do have to give this oven 5 stars because it is designed so fantastically well. I may never use my stove again — except for a full-sized turkey!
UPDATE 12-27-2008: I received an email back from Breville, and they say the accessaries for this oven (see#7 above) will be available April 2009. I have been using my Breville every day for a little over a week now, and I may see myself years from now doing the same. Still exceedingly impressed with this work horse!
UPDATE 3-29-09: According to the Breville website, a pizza stone and a pizza crisper for the Breville Smart Oven will be available for sale 5-9-09. The cutting board and tray that fit on top of the oven has a “TBA” availability date. And I am still taking into account this toaster oven one of the best I’ve ever come across!
UPDATE 6-08-09: *Another* delay from Breville for the cutting board/tray and the pizza stone — those will be available at the BrevilleUSA website (and here at Amazon, I suppose) this month (June 2009), unless they change the date once again. A pizza crisper will be available in July 2009. I proceed to use my SmartOven daily, and it has a prominent place in my kitchen.
UPDATE 12-21-09: Looks like all the accessaries cited are now available at the Breville site. Hope they are soon available on Amazon and available with Prime shipping!
UPDATE: 5-23-10: I see that the accessaries for this oven are now available on Amazon. I ought to say that the prices seem outrageous, and similar accessaries at lower prices are made by other manufacturers, which I would explore if I needed/wanted them. I have the Petite Broil and Roast pan by Chicago Metallic (one of my bestloved brands of bakeware) and it works wondrous in this oven. C.M. also makes a whole toaster oven set, including a muffin tin.
It’s 1 1/2 years later, and I still use my Breville closely each day — still love it and not one hint of problems. Crumb tray in the front is SO very easy to pull out and to keep clean.
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