Breville Smart Oven® Air Fryer, BOV860BTR

Love this oven! Every function performs perfectly. Just bear in mind, it’s very hot.

Bought this toaster oven with airfry partly because we had the previous model. Main reason is their toasting ability with a Bagel mode. Bagel mode is important for bagels, english muffins, pizza reheat, etc. Not only did they add Airfry but an enhanced convection mode. The added lighting is a great feature (light shines on the food, for example comes on 30sec before toast is done so you can see the brownness – very thoughtful by some designer) Overall a great unit – if you have previous model you’ll be amazed how quiet this one is in regular convection mode, almost can’t hear it; of course enhanced or airfry mode has the fan noise. For us best possible combination unit and was surprised at the increased quality and convenience features.

So far, I’ve used four settings: toast, bagel, reheat and air fry. All have worked just as I had hoped. The air fry function takes a while to heat up, but works great! The wings were crispy outside and moist inside. The toast / bagel settings have several options. Reheat is a helpful setting that I didn’t think I would use much. Easy to clean. Easy to adjust time and temperature while in use. I chose it for its size. Just a bit larger than my toaster oven, still far enough from the bottom of my cabinets to be safe from heat damage to them when air frying. I’m very happy with my Breville appliance!!

This is my 4th Breville oven over the past 20 years. The convection fan broke on my last one after 5 years of daily use. I decided to upgrade to the air fryer model and am glad I did. These units have always been my daily go to for many preparations. Only thing I dislike about this unit is how loud the convection fan is during air frying, and the groaning sounds it makes when the fan is initialized. I hope this doesn’t lead to another failure of the convection fan. Otherwise I am very pleased with the performance of the unit.

Kids have been bugging me for an air fryer but I didn’t want another appliance, let alone a single purpose one. Did my research and chose the Breville based on many testing and trusted source reviews. I’m glad I didn’t get the larger size as this one doesn’t hog countertop space, and fits under our upper cabinets even with their trim piece below. We pull it out to use as is directed.

Frozen pizza using the pan and pizza setting (and set to 425) is amazing! Are frying frozen appetizers like breaded green beans takes more of a learning curve to figure out time (generally keep the temp the same). We’ll figure it out! Don’t follow package directions for frozen food including pizza. Broiling is fast and easy, I have a toaster so I haven’t tried that yet, and have barely used the roasting feature except to reheat, and for that it was fantastic!

Even on super convection, the fan is VERY quiet, not that I care too much, quality is more important. Easy to clean. Easy to use. Cooks evenly.

Minor details. The rack doesn’t come out with the magnets on the door in other rack levels. Even in the middle level, it rarely comes out. I use an oven mitt to pull the rack slightly out so I don’t really reach in to get the pan out. Very minor, no need for a tool or even a full oven mitt. The pizza setting, which just asks for temp and size, is great but doesn’t have an 11” setting aside from the fact that most frozen pizzas are 11”. We use 10” instead and it comes out great. If Breville made this just 1” wider, standard 9×12 bakeware would fit. Seems short sided to me.

It’s a great addition to our kitchen and I look forward to summer and avoiding the heat our regular oven emits! Still I think it uses less energy though I’ve never tested it. I wouldn’t buy another brand especially not the Cuisinart given it’s poor test results in even cooking and it’s inconvenient size compared to this Breville.

I was planning to buy a small, inexpensive replacement for my 20 year old, 2 rack Oster which finally bit the dust. After spending way too much time researching, it dawned upon me that since I use this every day, why not upgrade to bigger and better and so I did. This countertop oven is awesome. Wish I had done this long ago. Now for some details.

The dimensions listed for the product are not accurate. I measured and found 13″ D x 18.5″ W x 10.5″ H to be the actual size. Nonetheless, this product is ideal in so many ways and full of nice features. My old toaster oven had 2 rack positions and this one has 3 which is nice. When you open the door with the rack inside, the rack pops out with the rack guide which is very nice. It has a three plug outlet cord to run the 1800 watts and so far no issues with the kitchen circuit. The preheat time is fast and sweet. This model comes in a very nice blue and has 10 function controls, which is plenty.

This Damson Blue Smart Oven is what I consider a mid range size in that it has three rack positions compared to many small toaster ovens which have two and the larger ovens have four. This unit is an upgrade in size from my older toaster oven and that is exactly what I wanted for the long haul.

You can use parchment paper for most everything, which is so much better environmentally. Say goodbye to all the foil usage. While the manual does say to not line the crumb tray with foil, you can use foil to wrap your food if needed.

A note about “Convection” and “Air Fryer” is also important since many brands now tout this in their marketing materials. In my research, what I learned is that these two terms simply mean, it has a fan. The fan is used to disperse heat evenly throughout the small chamber. This unit does come with a good sized air fryer basket but I have not tried it yet.

The controls are very easy and simple to use and are of very good quality. Other than all of the features and size, I chose this model and brand based upon how high the Breville brand rates on most top ten lists. In my view, this is a great value and highly recommended for the cost.