The Breville Smart Toaster Oven Review

The Breville Toaster Oven, also known as the Breville Smart Oven, consistently receives great ratings and glowing reviews. This is a bit shocking, given the fact that this toaster oven costs about $250 for the regular sized version and about $180 for the compact oven. Why are so many people impressed with this expensive toaster oven when they could have easily just spent $30 for a toaster oven at the local discount big box store? Is there really that big of a difference between the Breville Smart Oven and typical inexpensive toaster ovens? Yes!!!!!
First and foremost, the Element IQ technology that the Breville Smart Oven posesses is lightyears ahead of other toaster ovens out there. The Breville Smart Oven has 5 heating elements with multiple heat options to be able to offer the best cooking possible for every item in every type of cooking situation. But the makers of the Breville Smart Oven didn't want to make this toaster oven difficult to operate, so they developed a system where the user can just pick a food item or type of cooking and have the oven do the rest. The ease with which this is done is quite surprising; I expected to need to memorize different commands in order to get this toaster oven to function optimally. However, I never even had to open up the user's manual. This toaster oven is that user-friendly and intuitive! Also, the Breville Smart Oven rememebers your settings. Let's say you bake brownies at 350 degrees F for 8 minutes, then switch to cooking a quiche at 425 degrees F for 12 minutes. The next time you switch to brownie baking, the toaster oven will be automatically set for 8 minutes at 350 degrees F. It is indeed a "smart oven."
When you first take the Breville Smart Oven out of the box, you will be struck by how solid and well-constructed it feels. This toaster oven is as much of a joy to look at as it is to use. The Breville Smart Oven has a very spacious interior and it can replace your regular full-sized oven for most day to day kitchen tasks.
The convection feature on the Breville toaster oven is very quiet, unlike most other toaster ovens which simply use a loud fan to move around the air. This oven heats up very quickly and evenly. The toaster oven shuts off automatically after every cooking cycle is finished. The door is magnetic and the middle rack automatically pulls out when the door is opened. The door on this toaster oven seals very well, which means very little heat escapes. This adds to the Breville Smart Oven's energy efficiency; it uses about 50% less energy compared to a full-sized oven. It also means the handle will always stay cool to the touch, good news for anyone who has ever been burned by a cheap toaster oven.
This toaster oven comes ready to use with 3 included pans: a 13 inch round pizza pan, a 12 x 12 baking dish and a 12 x 12 broiler pan. The crumb tray is located in the front, making it very easy to clean. This is one toaster oven that is incredibly well designed, both for function and beauty. Use it once and you will understand why it is consistently well-rated and deemed worth the higher price.