Breville BOV800XL Smart Oven - The Ultimate Kitchen Appliance for Perfectly Cooked Meals

Toni Curtis: I had high expectations for this oven.have had for a year. Great brand, but it is seriously got noise issues. Don’t buy it if you don’t want to hear thumping and whining and whiring on your counter. It’s terrible for that. And if you want toast… plan on waiting 5 mins and only one side toasted. It’s a good looking oven but I’m over all not happy. It is a noisy piece of xxxxx

Canada on Oct 07, 2023

JIM OB: OTHER MAKES ALL HAD LIGHTS. I EMAILED BREVILLE AND THEY ARE JUST STALLING. I AM THINKING OF RETURNING IT AS THIS IS V E R Y IMPORTANT TO ME. ALSO, THERE IS NO WAY TO TURN IT OFF EXCEPT TO UNPLUG IT. IT STAYS LIT FOR ABOUT 15 MINS. WITH NO WAY TO PUT THE CONTROLS LIGHT OFF. IT IS VERY EASY TO OPERATE AND PERFORMS COOKING CHORES WELL AS ADVERTISED BUT IS NOT CHEAP AND DEFINITELY NEEDS A LIGHT!

Canada on Dec 13, 2022

PA: We ordered a replacement of the same, it’s a very functional and versatile mini oven / toaster.
Only disappointment is that there is no internal light on the new model!!

Canada on Dec 11, 2022

Graham: I have a Breville oven at home and it's be fine now for 6 years, so I bought this one for our cottage. I liked this model as it has a light inside to view how the cooking is coming along. The description clearly shows a light and it is mentioned in several places. We unboxed the oven and the first time we used it, I went to turn the light on and to my surprise, there isn't a light!
I would give it 5 stars however this is clearly not what is advertised nor what I wanted. Very disappointed.

Canada on Nov 30, 2022

Chandler: 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...

United States on Oct 29, 2014

mady: My Smart Oven just arrived today. Firstly, I need to clarify that this is the first time I ever bought anything from Amazon.ca. The whole process was a breeze. I placed the order last Thursday and by the following Tuesday, I received everything, wrapped tightly in big boxes.

The oven is beautiful, sturdy and looks "smart". I made naan bread to try out the intensity of the heat (bought a 13" pizza stone that fits perfectly in it). Since it is brand new and it will take me a few trials to get to the right temperature, I did not think my pizza stone was hot enough to give my naan the baking it required. However, I can definitely see the potential this oven offers. The features are very easy to use and the makers have really taken a lot of the guessing out of the way. Like many reviewers have previously mentioned, the oven does get excessively hot so you need to be extra careful when handling the oven door (I place a small towel on the handle and I don't think it will be a problem).

The crumb plate at the bottom will be super easy to clean I suspect (as long it is crumb and not major sticky, oily stuff). I cannot vouch about anything else right now as it is still too...

Canada on Feb 16, 2011

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 quite a bit like Apple's (see photos) - attractive graphics on an inner box protected in an outer, recyclable box. The oven itself, when compared 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 died 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 several more to friends and family. Ah, if only this Breville had ben available then...

The Breville is so vastly superior in every way - function, capacity, ease of use, and ease of cleaning. I cannot recommend it highly enough.

The timer on the Breville turns the oven off at the end of any kind of cycle as you would expect...

United States on Dec 31, 2008