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- The Breville Smart Countertop Convection Oven with Element iQ System is for home cooks who need a high performing and versatile convection countertop oven; Reduce cooking time by up to 30% using the convection setting; Choose from 9 cooking functions
- ELEMENT iQ SYSTEM: Using 5 independent quartz elements, smart algorithms steer oven's power where and when it's needed to create a tailored cooking environment for precise results; Fast 1800 Watt preheat gets your meals on the kitchen table more quickly
- CONVECTION POWERED: The Smart Oven's convection setting reduces cooking time by up to 30%; An inbuilt fan circulates the hot air within the oven which speeds the cooking process by raising hotter air and sinking colder, less dense air for quicker heating
- 9 COOKING FUNCTIONS: Versatile countertop oven with 9 cooking functions to bring a new range of meal options to your home kitchen; Toast, Bagel, Bake, Roast, Broil, Pizza, Cookies, Reheat, and Warm; Like having a toaster oven, pizza oven and more in one
- LARGE CAPACITY: Large 13.5 x 11.5 x 5.5 inch interior with space for 6 slices of bread, 6 cup muffin tray and a 13 inch pizza, precisely made; Multifunctional kitchen appliance extends what's possible; Breville countertop oven can feed the whole family
- LCD DISPLAY: LCD display to easily access Breville oven's built in smart functionality; choose from 9 cooking functions; LCD also indicates when pre-heat has completed and automatically begins to count down cooking time for precise results
- NON STICK CAVITY COATING: Countertop oven's inside walls feature a non stick coating for easy cleaning
- INCLUDED ACCESSORIES: 12 x 12 inch Enamel Baking Pan; 12 x12 inch Enamel Broiling Rack and 13 inch Non-Stick Pizza Pan
- WARRANTY: 1 Year Limited Product Warranty; Power: 1800 Watts; Voltage: 110 to 120 Volts
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Breville BOV800XL Smart Oven Countertop Convection, Brushed Stainless Steel
Brand: Breville
Color: Silver
Product Dimensions: 13.9"D x 19"W x 14.1"H
Capacity: 0.8 cubic feet
Special Feature: Inbuilt Fan Circulates Hot Air,LCD Display,Programmable,Non Stick Cavity Coating
Brand Name: Breville
Included Components: 12"x12" Enamel Baking Pan; 12"x12" Enamel Broil Rack; 13" Non-Stick Pizza Pan
Model Name: BOV800XL
Model Number: BOV800XL
Warranty Description: 1 Year limited warranty
Global Trade Identification Number: 73
UPC: 021614051073
Number of Items: 1
Manufacturer: Breville
Item Type Name: Countertop Convection
Part Number: BOV800XL
Unit Count: 1 Count
Item Highlight: Bake, toast, broil and more with this versatile countertop oven | Convection setting reduces cooking time by up to 30%
Other Special Features of the Product: Inbuilt Fan Circulates Hot Air,LCD Display,Programmable,Non Stick Cavity Coating
Wattage: 1800 watts
Control Type: Knob Control
Power Source: Air-Powered
Temperature Range: 4.5E+2 °F
Item Dimensions D x W x H: 13.9"D x 19"W x 14.1"H
Capacity: 0.8 cubic feet
Item Weight: 18.7 pounds
Cable Length: 3 feet
Size: BOV800XL
Material: Stainless Steel
Finish Type: Polished
Door Material Type: Stainless Steel
Color: Silver
Door Style: Dropdown Door
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Color: Silver
Size: BOV800XL
I like this toaster oven. It is large enough for a variety of cooking needs but small enough to not take up all of your counter space. Function: It does get hot when in use so beware and don't touch the sides. Food heats up evenly and thoroughly. There are a variety of settings available and they are adjustable depending on how many items you are heating and the level of toasting you want. (for toast, bagels, etc). The timing for each setting seems accurate and you may find that you test a few to find the settings that work best for you. Toaster Oven itself: The door can sometime slam shut if it slips from your hands to be careful. I don't know if it might break but I would guess if you slam it shut a lot it could happen. The racks are adjustable to fit the size of object you are putting in. There are magnets in some areas that pull the rack out when yo u open the door. I think this is a decent feature and so far it works out good for us. I recommend getting the bamboo topper for it to allow you to put things on top when needed. I also have a mat under it to protect the counter. I don't know if that is needed but I thought it might be a good idea and I found one that was reasonably priced. I would buy this toaster oven again.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2026 by Panthers Fan
Color: Silver
Size: BOV800XL
I needed a new toaster because my friends made fun of my last one for the fact it took so long to toast a couple of bagels. Plus your average toaster only toasts 4 slices, tight. So I decided on getting "the best" toaster available on Amazon. After much research, I took a gamble at this one. LOVE IT. Roomy - toasts 6 slides of anything comfortably. It's large, but honestly not as large as I thought it would be. It doesn't come to the edge of the counter or anything so there's still some counter space in front of it. Don't get this if you're looking for a small and cozy toaster, but it's not as gigantic as you might think. Good size. So the controls are super easy. It comes with a massive manual (maybe 100+ pages) but honestly I don't understand why. It's super simply. First knob "chooses" the type of food you're cooking - from toast to bagel to pizza to oven cuisine to whatever. That basically sets the minimum time to cook and tells the toaster whether to plan on using both heating elements evenly or not (for example, bagel setting doesn't use the bottom element as much as the top). Second knob allows you to control toast-level from a 1 to 10 scale. Where my last toaster needed to be on the lowest setting regardless or it would burn, this one is pretty accurate - use 3 or 4 for light+ toasting. Next knob varies depending on what you're cooking - if you're toasting bread or bagels for example, it controls the number of slices (from 1 to 6). If you're in oven mode it sets the temperature. If you're cooking pizza it allows you to select pizza size (13", 14", etc.). What this is really doing is just extending the minimum timer from the first knob to accommodate for more or larger food. Consider this the fine-tuning knob. Finally, there's a little button with an image of a snowflake on this. This button is awesome because if you click it, it'll add a minute or two (whatever's appropriate) to account for the food being still frozen when you put it in the toaster. It must also be playing with the elements because it works perfectly to thaw the food and then allow the elements to toast. It adds maybe a minute. But like I said, there's an actual countdown timer and a concluding beep so you know when to expect your food to be ready. Clearly there's also a convection oven and plenty other features, this is pretty darn close to what a toaster would be like if Steve Jobs made a toaster - down to the magnet in the door that pulls the rack out. Reminds me of how an iPad 2/3 smart cover attaches to the iPad. Anyhow, highly recommend. It's predictable, accurate, looks great, large but not too large, worth it. Best toaster on Amazon.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2012 by Seth K.
Color: Silver
Size: BOV800XL
As a chef, I love all kinds of kitchen gadgets but I ditched my toaster oven in the 90s and never looked back. GIVES YOU A FASTER SPARE OVEN FOR THE HOLIDAYS AND PARTIES OR THE ONLY OVEN YOU WILL NEED: Recently some folks began talking about their toaster ovens and it made sense--they preheat in no time at all so you not only save electricity, but loads of time if you cook a bunch, they cook faster so ditto; I got one and discovered how they have changed in the years since I thought I didn't need one...Some may think they are just for the person who rarely cooks because it's just simpler and easy to clean but for someone who cooks a bunch this is really fantastic because you not only have an extra oven in your house for things like the holidays when you want more than a couple items cooking at once or you want items cooking at variable temps, but it also has a warming setting so that you can pre-make something and keep it warm for your guests or your honey who has to work late at the office and still wants a hot plate. Because it's convection, it also won't dry out the items as a normal oven would when you have it on warm. Even though I cook daily, I find myself now almost exclusively only using this one due to the time savings and the results. Because there is no large family here, it's perfect for almost everything I do and in many cases far better than my fancy-pants old school oven. It heats up so fast I have pretty much broken up with my oven and microwave. PLATE WARMER: And speaking of hot plates, the top of this one is a built-in plate warmer. So, like a restaurant that does not serve you a hot dish on a cold plate since that equals a tepid dish very quickly, put your ceramic or glass plate on top while you cook your dish and your plate is warm to the touch when serving. CONVECTION OVEN: So let's talk convection oven. Regular ovens heat by the heating elements whereas convection ovens also blow the heated air around the oven cabin to result in faster cooking with more even results and a crisp outside while retaining all moisture inside. That's great if you eat meat, but there is no better oven for baking because you get perfect crumb and crust like you just can't get in any regular oven that's not convection. Breads are moist and springy and perfect inside (perfect crumb) with a great crust outside. Cookies are tender yet have a bit of a crisp on the outside. True pro cooking. Because convection ovens also speed up cooking time, I often also lower the recipe directions by 25 degrees. The convection setting is optional. It's default for some cooking settings but if for some reason you want to ride out the baking time old-school cooking, just press the "convection" button and you can turn that on or off. TOASTER HEAVEN: I ditched the toaster. If you take 2 pieces of toast and make a sandwich you get a very dry sandwich. However, you can put the entire sandwich in here and get melty cheese, hot insides, the most perfect crisping on the outside that I have seen in ages, and still not have it dry on the inside. This has become my addiction--fancy Sammys. There is a reason Subway uses toaster ovens for their hot sandwiches. You can't melt cheese in your toaster. AUTOMATIC SHUT-OFF: There are several pre-programmed settings but no matter what you set it on, it turns off automatically for you when it's done. Your regular oven can't do that trick. So if you want to go about your business and go upstairs and vacuum or do laundry and are away from the oven--no worries, when the timer goes off or the automatic cooking time goes off, so does your oven. Of course, if you want more time, you can just hit the start button again if something takes longer to cook but this is a safety and convenience feature. COOKING IQ: If you are not aware of this part, and you are testing your oven temp, you might do it wrong. First, I want to point out that you have to leave an oven thermometer in for 30 minutes to get an accurate reading. As a chef I frequently check my ovens for accuracy both at home and work and this one never fails...always accurate. So back to IQ. What is it? It does things to ensure what you are baking exceeds expectations so if you do your part, you'll get great results. For example, on the toast setting it asks you how many pieces. If you input one you'll get the heating elements just in the center of the oven. Put in 4 and you get the whole oven but it pulses the heat in order to not overdry out your bread while toasting. Really the best toast ever. On toast it does this on the top and bottom of the oven, whereas you can put a bagel or English muffin in on the bagel setting and you get less toasting on the bagel bottom where it's already cooked so it does not dry out. Smart, huh? CELSIUS RECIPE CONVERSION: Set this up wrong and you will always wonder why your oven is the wrong temperature. It has F and C cooking. What's great about that is that you can use any recipe you find online even if it's from another country and written all in Celsius. Push the button and all the temps are C. Push again and back to Fahrenheit . So it's an instant recipe converter. But if you feel your oven is running wrong temp, look for the F after the number and be sure you didn't push the button. FROZEN FOODS BUTTON: Are you cooking from one of the pre-set easy settings but your items is frozen? For example, if you want to pull a bagel out of the freezer to toast it? Just push the "frozen" button first and it automatically warms up the item and adds the extra time to your toaster setting so you don't get crispy outside and frozen middle or undercooked or undertoasted. You can add this to any setting like the pizza setting. RACK PLACEMENT SMARTS: The outside of the oven door tells you where to position the rack for proper cooking. For example, if you are broiling, you will want a different setting than if you are toasting. It is easy to forget this on regular toaster ovens and get poor results because of it. Just look at the small guages on the right of the glass and you will never make a mistake. Top rack height position is for broil, middle rack is for toast, bagel, pizza, and cookie functions. The bottom rack height is for bake, roast, reheat and warm functions REHEAT FOODS WITHOUT DRYING OUT: Got leftovers but don't want to dry them out while cooking again? You don't have to. Choose the "reheat" setting. It will reheat your foods but will not brown the top since that has already been done. MAGNETIC AUTO-EJECT RACK: Why didn't all oven manufacturers think of that? There are two magnets on the back side of the oven door, when you open the door, the magnets automatically pull the oven rack out for you so you don't have to REACH IN and grab your hot food or cheese toast. Really great if you have kids on the go grabbing something--safety first and no more burns and I usually don't even need an oven mitt if juts grabbing my toast or sandwich. CUSTOMIZED TOAST BROWNING: Pick how many slices and how brown you want your toast and it will automatically return to that setting the next time and display it. Should you vary the number of slices often, just one turn of the dial will give you a new number so it's easy to change that up as you cook. The pulsing ensures you simply can't get better toasting. BAGEL FUNCTION: Top and bottom elements cycle on and off but you'll get a tad more browning on top where the bagel is totally uncooked with a perfectly crisped base where it's already browned. All other toast options are the same as the toast options as far as auto-memory etc. BAKE: It will default for cooking convection 325 for 30 minutes. It should be noted that that's 350 in a regular oven. The hot air circulates the heat so you get faster cooking so adjust all recipes by 25 degrees. You will far prefer the results of convection baking to a regular oven but that is why it defaults to 325 rather than 350. To increase temp or time, just one roll of the top and bottom knob does that. You can also turn off the convection baking if you want. Just push the "convection" button. I never turn that off while in the baking mode. Regular baking can't do what convection can as far as better results. ROAST FUNCTION: Top and bottom elements cycle on and off to get the correct temp overall but middle element is off so as not to dry out. It is suggested the max weight to roast be 4.5 lbs for best results. Also, many like to roast poultry in juices that contain lemon. Citric acid damages broiling pans of toaster ovens so line yours in foil if you use anything with citric acid or lemon juice. BROIL: While the top rack is suggested, this is a guide. You can also brown the tops of casseroles by having the wire rack lower. It still works. You can melt cheese on your sandwiches on broil, or crisp something up. You can even broil seatood, meats, and veggies. On this setting you want to use the broil rack. That's the rack that sits inside the baking pan that came with it. Use them both. It has slats in it but is not as open as your wire rack. This way, melting cheese, oil, etc that you have won't drip onto the base of the oven but air will circulate through those vents in the rack. PIZZA: It does a really great pizza and I highly recommend the pizza stone that's an option for this oven. To use a pizza stone, don't ever wash it. It will wind up getting seasoned (black from cooking on it) in time but the high temp kills off bacteria...always scrape it after use, don't wash a pizza stone. The seasoning will make it non-stick eventually but until then, just throw a little cornstarch on it. You want to heat the pizza stone up WITH the oven. Don't put it in the oven cold with the pizza. It won't work. The point of a pizza stone is to crisp up the crust and so heating it up as you preheat the oven makes it do that. I have a pizza oven so I never thought I'd use my toaster oven for that. I thought I might use it for frozen pizza now and again so I bought the stone. But now I love it! You can put it on the "fresh" setting and use dough or your can put it on the "frozen" setting for store bought frozen pizzas. It asks you the approximate size in order to use it's smart technology to heat perfectly. I do recommend the pizza's suggested temperature of 450 at convection for great results. You can just pop it in and put the size and it will automatically tell you how long it thinks you should cook it at that temp., Of course you can always change that. COOKIE FUNCTION: Use the convection on this one. It comes on as default but you can't get better cookies than your convection oven. It also does perfect biscuits, cinnamon rolls, croissants, etc. You can cook from frozen cookie dough simply by pushing the "frozen" button. I recommend getting some silicone baking sheets. You can cut them to any size you want and then your cookies never stick to the baking pans you use and you need no grease. I use them whether I make cookies in the oven or in the toaster oven but it's nice for the toaster oven since you need small pans and they often are not as well made so you get flawless non-stick from them. EASY CLEAN-UP: The bottom pan pulls out so you don't have to do the cleaning by reaching into the oven. You can also line that with the non-stick foil but I have not found the need to as it cleans up easily. I throw the racks in the dishwasher for anything that drips onto those. You are not supposed to put the broiler pan in the dishwasher though. I handwash the cookie sheet because I want it to build up non-stick seasoning. It may be dishwasher safe though; I just know never to put any cookie pan in the dishwasher if you want it non-stick. KEEP WARM: When I am having a dinner party I use this often. I can bake a loaf of bread or a side dish and have it done while I begin other dishes. I set it in the toaster oven on the warming setting and the heat cycles on and off with convection air That means it does not dry out the dish, but it keeps it hot until I am ready to serve it. I made jalapeño bread for a recent Tex/Mex party and the bread was in there a couple hours until I was ready to serve it. It came out hot and fresh and moist and perfect as though I'd just taken it out of the oven. You never have to worry about perfect timing again. Of course, this also means that you can cook dinner for the kids when your spouse works late, and keep their meal hot until they arrive home and everyone eats happy with hot fresh dinners. That's my recap having been using mine for some time now. I had no idea how toaster ovens had changed and how invaluable one would wind up being to me. Cooking time is reduced considerably as is clean up and during the holidays I have a full extra oven for that casserole so all my foods are timed perfectly no matter what is in the other oven. I thought I'd use it some but I have rarely used my pro full-size oven since and I actually have nearly broken up with my microwave. I can preheat the whole oven in a couple minutes and since it's convection, everything cooks better so I now only use my regular oven for large baking for parties. Everything else is done in this one. Including meals I used to microwave. Easy clean up, great features, this one is simply a winner.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2014 by Chandler
Color: Silver
Size: BOV800XL
I've gone through several toaster ovens. The most recent the top end Cuisinart one that I just gave to my mom when I replaced it with this. It was fine, but I just am not a big fan of the bubble buttons. I wasn't even looking for a new toaster oven when I came across something that showed a picture of this in it, so I had to find it. Did some digging, found it online, and just loved the design. So even though I was satisfied with the Cuisinart and had not planned on replacing it, I ordered this. Arrived incredibly well packaged - I was a little worried because the UPS person was pretty rough with the box. But everything is packed individually nice solid foam. Got disassembled and did the initial bake they recommend to remove the protective coating from the elements. They warned about smoke and smell, but I had no smoke and very little smell, so it was a piece of cake. Tested with a frozen pizza - I have my own 13" pizza pan with holes in it so I used that in here. Instead of doing what the box stated or time and temp as I always have, I simply dialed in frozen 12" pizza and let it rip. And it came out perfect. The display is one of the clearest and crispest displays I've ever seen for a kitchen appliance. Very easy to read, pleasing to the eye. There is no clock function, which was fine by me since it's one less thing to fix in case of a power outage. The display also never turns off completely. The blue backlight turns off but the display stays on in the background. It's also nice how it turns orange during cooking - a very clear visible sign that it's heating. There's a reddish orange ring around the start/cancel button as well that lights up. There's plenty of space in it. I also really like the magnetic catches on the door that pull the rack out several inches when you open the door. Very nicely done. And another nice surprise for me was a FRONT loading crumb tray. In hindsight, the one thing I really hated on the cuisinart one was that I had to pull it out and spin it around to pull the tray out of the back. Stupid design. This one doesn't suffer from that. Everything I've tried so far has turned out great. It really does work its own program to adjust the heating to do the best job, and I've not had anything so far come out bad. A great toaster oven, not only visually appealing, but well designed for ease of use as well as how well it cooks. I'm very glad I purchased this. Edit - I purchased this summer of 2012, it's now Jan 2021, and this is *still* used often. Still never had an issue with it, still looks and works great.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2012 by LegoDude
Color: Silver
Size: BOV800XL
I'm stunned this oven can make a grilled cheese if u butter the bread like u put it in a skillet or if u want not fat toast it like the perfect piece of toast WITH melted drippy cheese ! It does everything every other convection oven I've had doesn't ! Best oven EVER in performance !!!!! The chef who did the other review was 100% right ! I only gave it 4 stars coz of the Calif chem warning I assuming is about the non stick coatings & chems that r supposed to burn off after initial programing BUT( so I opened my doors & put every fan I had on & left the house for 20 min coz I'm neurotic about stuff like that ) AND ...I'm 70 plus & the warnings r about reproductive issues just like EVERY other non stick pan or frying pan ..,,out there so I'll roll the dice esp for how well it performs ! I just wonder if there could b a stainless steel model that was more expensive w out the ' non stick 'coating ... Either way I'm very impressed w the performance of this oven ....oh ya ... I only had it run for 20 min at 450 but the warnings had it sound like it was glowing red hot in use & gonna do 3rd degree burns if u touch the handle or any part .. ya it's hot but I think ' scary hot ' is to cover their butts from lawsuits from whiny pp . Normal pp will get the thing gets hot & just figure out how hot when & respect it .... it's not an issue .
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Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2026 by Country girl
Color: Silver
Size: BOV800XL
After fairly extensive research, this is the single best toaster oven on the market, and if you can afford the price tag, totally 100% worth it. I bought one and loved it. I gave one to my sister for her birthday and quickly it became the desired item within my family ... In the end I think I purchased 5 of them. I love well-designed products with simple interfaces. Analog toasters have a nice simple interface - time, temp, mode (toast / bake / broil). Digital toasters have better components, but tend to have cluttered and unintuitive interfaces. This Breville toaster is a nice blend between the two. The interface is at least as intuitive as a simple analog toaster, but the quality is so much higher. Pro: * Construction Quality - The construction quality is excellent. It has a solid feel and is aesthetically quite pleasing. The handle is nice and wide, and despite a few reviews that mentioned issues with burning one's hand while opening the toaster, I've never had an issue, nor do I fully understand how that would be possible. The door is balanced such that it opens easily, yet doesn't fall into the counter if you let it go. The elements are ridiculously over-engineered. My previous $50 toasters would burn out after a few years when the elements wore out. Due to the quality of the quartz elements, I don't envision ever having that issue with this device. It seems solid and built to last. And the quality and sturdiness provide a simple beauty that makes the over pleasant to look at and use. * Design & Aesthetics: Controls - The four controls are intuitive and simple - time, temp, mode, GO. The digitized rotating knobs are faster, more intuitive, and more pleasant than the crappy up/down buttons or number-pad found on most other digital devices. Toast longer? Spin the bottom knob. Toast hotter? Spin the top knob. Toast the same as last time? Press GO. Rather than spinning freely, each knob has discrete positions that are subtle but can be felt tactilely. Most of the time my oven sits at a single setting, and I just press the GO button, and it works with the simplicity of an old-fashioned toaster. The "GO" button is also the "STOP" button - when running, the GO button instantly lights up a red perimeter, making it blindingly obvious ... toggle it back and forth like a light switch and there will be zero confusion what is happening. * Design & Aesthetics: Display - The display is large, high-contrast, and uncluttered. When idle, the screen is passive, readable with the lights on, but emitting no light of it's own. Touch any control and the display lights up, readable at any light and or sobriety level. * Design & Aesthetics: Racks&Magnets - The magnetic bits on the door cause the rack to pull out about half-way when opening the oven -- this is a nice touch and very convenient in a subtle way that you don't even notice after a few days. I was a bit surprised at my parent's house when the rack _didn't_ pop out, and I had to reach into the oven to pull out a piece of toast. To me, that is the hallmark of this device, and indeed of any truly well designed consumer appliance - you stop noticing the features that were so deliberately engineered into it and use it intuitively. For a longer discourse on the subject, check out "The design of everyday things" by Donald Norman. * 5 High Quality Heating Elements - The 5 elements are excellent. Being a bit wider, they distribute heat more evenly. They heat up quickly and do a good job maintaining consistent temp. Bread will toast consistently to the same level every time and evenly across the surface. As if that wasn't enough precision, Breville added something called "ElementIQ", basically a fancy branding name for the logic that reduces toasting time when the toaster starts hot, providing fairly consistent results between the 1st set of toast and the 2nd despite the difference in starting conditions (cold-start vs hot-start). They did that right too; the adjustment happens at the beginning and time is still counted in seconds for the actual toasting session. Want something to keep toasting for longer? Just spin the time knob to the right and the "seconds remaining" will keep going up. * Like a Swiss Army knife, closed. - The oven has lots of "features" - broiling, multi-hour convection baking, a bagel mode, etc - but these modes are all subjugated under that smaller "mode" knob. You could probably bake a turkey in this oven, but I have a real oven for that. 99.99% of the time it sits in "toast" mode and does what any $50 toaster would do, just with more elegance, precision, and consistency. If you are looking for one of those ovens that can multitask, that box is definitely ticked. The other modes are intuitive too. Rotate the mode knob and the display shows the list of 10 or so different ways to heat food. The mode list is one level deep, so no complicated submodes or "settings" or anything like that. Con: * The one surprise I had was that there is no "full power" mode. Toast is the only mode to use all 5 elements, but refuses to use convection. The convection modes use 4 or fewer elements. Also, toasting temp is measured in slices of bread up to 9, vs the degF temp for the baking modes. In the first week I had the device, I really wanted to put it through it's paces and run it on HIGH with convection and watch it do to a piece of bread what a magnifying glass under the sun does to an ant. :). This is sadly not possible. Even on toast on the highest temp setting, the device does not run at full power. It uses those 1800 watts to come to temp really quickly, but 1800 watts continuous would probably exceed the design temp by quite a lot and melt something metal. Don't worry, it will toast quite well. After the first week, I stopped caring about seeing how much power I could pump into one unsuspecting starch vessel, put the toaster on medium (~6 of 9), and let it give consistent tasty results every morning. I guess that makes this toaster more Lexus than Fararri. There are a bunch of other high price premium toasters on the market sporting a variety of features. None of them seem to have the same elegance, simplicity and thought-through design. Buying a basic $50 analog controlled toaster makes sense if you want to be frugal. But if you want to take a step up and own a nice appliance, you won't regret this choice. Just don't make the mistake of splurging $200 on a half-assed hack that has whizz-bang features poorly implemented. This is the only high-end toaster I've come across that justifies paying a premium. Well done Breville. In a world with very few truly well designed products, this is one. Then again, at 5x the price point, it damn well should be.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2010 by Dave D.
Color: Silver
Size: BOV800XL
There's not too much I can say about this toaster oven that hasn't already been said in the over 1000 reviews so far. So, I'll just add in the bits that make me particularly love this toaster oven: 1. Great size & quick heating - this little oven can fit more in it than you'd think. I find that my use of the real oven has been cut in half (at least, probably more...) since we started using this toaster oven. It heats very evenly as well. I use ceramic, glass, metal, and even parchment overwrapped with foil in it when reheating food - all nicely but especially my ceramic pans. If I knew someone moving into a studio without an oven I'd strongly recommend this one - you can essentially cook just about anything in it - even a small to average sized whole chicken! (Ok, by whole, I mean the usual 'whole' you'd buy in the store - not a chicken with feathers, feet and a head. Since I have backyard chickens and have posted on chicken related products I figure I really ought to clarify so I don't horrify any fellow backyard chicken folks....) 2. Has multiple settings - there is a toast, a roast, a bake, etc. The nice thing about the roast and bake - we keep it always on convection, so it makes roast and bake pretty much the same. Because of this, we leave the bake setting on 12 minutes at 410 degrees - we've found that most things we cook or reheat want about that range of time and temp, as well as things we heat from the fridge. With the bake setting always here, our daughter can stick things in to warm up and not worry about how to set it. She knows how to use toast and bake and we leave those two settings pretty much always the same so she can heat things on her own (she's 8). 3. Kinda kid friendly - read #2 above about leaving some settings at a set time and temp for ease of use for kids. The downside is that they need to be cautious enough to wear an oven mitt to remove things after they've cooked - the oven is pretty hot and even the outside of it can be hot, so the glove is really needed to protect from burns. If your kid is forgetful or doesn't follow instructions well it could be a hazard, but so would any oven. We don't use a microwave, so for us this is great. 4. love the bottom slide out tray - I'm one of those naughty people who butter their toast then stick it back in to melt, so there is always butter drips on the bottom. The tray slides out so easily I can wipe it down right after doing this, so no burnt butter on the bottom for the next person. We've had ours for over a year now with no issues except *someone* (not me!) put some bread that was in plastic on top of it then used it to heat something up - the plastic melted and some stuck to the front of the glass door and has left a clear, think plastic melty mark on the door. Beware - don't let people put stuff on top! I now keep a few dishtowels and cloth napkins on top which dissuades people putting other things up there (and also gives you a warm cloth if you need it - don't know why you'd need it but it's kinda cozy having warm dishtowels...) Summary: Positive - Heats quickly Fits more than you'd think Settings stay where you leave them Simple to use - even for kids Easy to clean, great drip tray Negative - even the outside heats up, so beware of touching it or leaving things that can melt on it. It's worth the extra $$$ over your basic toaster ovens in my opinion.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2013 by K. Salinger
Color: Silver
Size: BOV800XL
After a few weeks of use I determined that the unit was defective. The unit signals you when it reaches the temperature that you select but I discovered that everything was undercooked. I used an oven thermometer and found that an expected 350 temperature signal rang when the actual oven temperature was 225. I tested this in various oven settings and it was always the same. Tech support was terrible. They first blamed it on my oven thermometer (a new Taylor) and said they would test it with the same thermometer. They promised a call in a two days. No call. I called again and was promised another call back. They did not keep their word. Each time they seemed to deny there was a problem. I called today and after giving my case number was on hold for 20 minutes. I was asked for the third time the same questions. FINALLY they agreed to send another unit. We shall see. This may be a good unit if it works out of the box but if you have to deal with Breville customer service - good luck! FOLLOW UP After many go-rounds with customer service, they exchanged the unit. The same problem persisted. I went through another round of unhelpful people at customer support and finally spoke to someone who claimed to be an expert. He told me the manual is wrong when it states "Once the oven has reached the set temperature, the temperature alert will sound." He claimed that things will cook properly even though the oven temperature is not what you set it at. We agreed I would try it his way as a test. I baked a Trader Joe's Eggplant Parmesan. The instructions stated to bake it for 45-50 minutes at 400 degrees. I set the oven for 400 and put it in when the bell rang. (Actual oven temperature was 275.) After 50 minutes the food was lukewarm in the center and needed 10 more minutes. Remember convection ovens are supposed to cut baking time - not increase it. Breville offered to send me another oven but I had had it. After telling my story to Amazon (which included me calling them in Australia), they agreed that I could get a full refund even though I was beyond the exchange period. THANK YOU AMAZON! I was so unhappy that I wrote the President of Breville. He sent me a note of apology and thought that perhaps I was the victim of a manufacturing error. He did not seem happy about the poor customer service. I now have a Cusinart. It is smaller than the Breville and not as well engineered but it cooks things at the proper temperature.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2010 by Saul D. Feldman