Breville Joule Oven Air Fryer Pro vs Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro (BOV900BSS)

The Joule's app isn't gimmicky smart-home theater — Serious Eats specifically called out its recipe library as one of the most fleshed-out of any connected oven. Multi-stage cooking sequences mean you can set a recipe and walk away while the oven adjusts temperature and mode automatically. But if you cook from memory or your own recipes, that library is shelf-ware you paid $150 for.

The Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro scores 92/100 versus the Joule's 88/100, and that gap reflects real-world testing depth. Serious Eats put the BOV900BSS through 12 pounds of fries and 24 pounds of chicken wings before crowning it. CNET gave it best-in-class broiled salmon. That's a broader, more rigorous testing record than the Joule has accumulated — and it matters when you're spending $300+.

The Joule starts at $500 and doesn't dip below it. The BOV900BSS can be found for $320 on sale, and even at its $500 ceiling it's the same price as the Joule's floor. That $150-plus difference buys a lot of groceries to cook in whichever oven you choose. Unless the app is a genuine priority, the BOV900BSS is the smarter financial decision by a wide margin.

Both products share the exact same weakness: air-fried wings aren't as crispy as a standalone air fryer. This isn't a knock on either one specifically — it's the physics of a large oven chamber versus a compact dedicated unit. If ultra-crispy air frying is your primary use case, neither of these is your answer. But for everything else — roasting, baking, broiling, dehydrating — both are excellent.