How strongly 6 sources agree — expert labs and real owners, with community voices weighted heavier. Not one reviewer’s opinion; the pattern across all of them.
- Replaces toaster oven, air fryer, and nearly a full wall oven for holidays and large batches
- Preheats fast and maintains precise, honest thermostat temperatures
- Sleek, consistent design that has held up over years of use
- Expensive at $333-$350
- Large cooking chamber makes it harder to achieve the same crust as a compact basket air fryer
- Air fry function not as powerful as dedicated basket-style air fryers
“For the last three years it's basically replaced my big oven for everything except making tons of cookies.”r/airfryer
Owners consistently describe the Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro as a genuine oven replacement for daily cooking, with one user noting it “basically replaced my big oven for everything except making tons of cookies”3 over three years of use, and another appreciating that “my Breville cools off and shuts the fans down in 5 minutes”6 compared to hours for a wall oven. The most repeated honest criticism, however, is that the air frying function falls well short of its billing: multiple users report “air frying is a mess and the oven is extremely difficult to clean”4, with one thorough tester following every recommended technique only to produce “what a freaking mess, everything covered in grease”. At least one household resolved the contradiction by keeping a dedicated Breville strictly for baking while pairing it with a separate basket air fryer for crisping, a workaround that speaks to how much they value the oven half of the equation even as they abandon the feature the name advertises.
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