Breville - the Mini Smart Oven - Stainless Steel

This has been a great replacement for my old toaster oven. It has a small footprint, which leaves me with plenty of counter space. The various cooking options are ease to read and user friendly. I love that I can add more toasting time by pushing one button. The heating elements are quickly responsive. The shelf that collects crumbs makes it easy to keep clean. Very well designed.

#1 best thing, is it has no clock! OK, not really, but why do most appliances have clocks? The really best thing is it toasts bread and bagels perfectly. We use ours for toast, bagels, and reheating/cooking small items that come out better in an oven than in a microwave. This does all of that to perfection. It looks about the same as most toaster ovens, but inside it is bigger. The tray that comes with it is 10x10 (25x25cm) and it'll fit an 11" round pizza tray. Two large slices of pizza fit into the tray for heating. It does an excellent job of heating pizza. It gets to temperature quickly and keeps that temperature pretty accurately. One of the complaints in earlier units was the plug, which has changed to a flat plug so if you have wall outlets it won't stand out 4" from the wall. The photo shows it next to our electric kettle. It's small, but substantial interior.

even though i have the large breville ovens ,, when i found this ,, is the perfect size to free up counter space and cook smaller meals .. . primarily broiling and it does it well .. i line the tray with foil and use a smaller grill in the tray .. as you see in my photo . .and clean is real easy ... most frozen pizza are not 12" anymore ,,, but 10" so they fit perfectly too .. frozen fries have cooked well too ... lastly another oven makes cooking several items at same time is convenient ..

This is a great compact toaster oven that heats quickly and works well for toast, small pizzas, and reheating food. The size is perfect for smaller kitchens. The only downside is that it’s smaller than some toaster ovens and doesn’t have an air-fry feature, but overall it’s reliable and easy to use.

For decades, I have had nothing but large toaster ovens. Fact is, now that I am older & kids are grown, I no longer need a ridiculous large toaster oven. My 5-year-old Cuisinart toaster oven stopped working after 5 years. For $350, I was hoping it could have lasted longer. Anyway, I replaced it with a smaller new Cuisinart toaster oven, Model TOB-1010, that was purchased 4 years ago for someone who never used it. Excited to have a backup, I dug it out of storage and started to using it. The piece of junk burned everything to a crisp. Something had to be wrong with the thermostat. When I started to look around for a small toaster oven I didn't expect it to be so difficult. I saw the Black & Decker and Hamilton Beach basic toaster ovens, but I don't like their bottom dial. It gauges the toast shade & another function (I can't recall what it is). To set the shade for your toast, you literally have to turn the dial to the right pass a certain spot, then back to the left, and again to the right for the desire setting. Pretty darn antiquated, if you ask me because it's been like that since the 70s. The other companies are really focusing on the large toaster ovens. They do everything, except clean your house. I eventually came across this one. I did some reviews online by independent testers and it received really good scores. I'm very happy with my new toaster. It toast 4 slices evenly. Number 4 is a nice medium brown setting. NOTE: The rack has to be in the middle of the toaster oven to properly toast. I love making tater tots in a toaster oven (it's quicker that way). The tots came out almost as good as my regular oven. Both tots and bread crisp really well on the outside and remain soft on the inside. I have yet to try a bagel. Another thing I really like, is how fast I can get from the toast to bake options. My Cuisinart had too many options. It took forever to jump from point A to point B. Furthermore, the crumb tray is removable from the front. It also has a countdown timer for baking, whereas the Cuisinart Inferno model did not have that. Now, let's see if it can last longer than 5 years.