Breville BOV900BSS Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro, Brushed Stainless Steel, 13 Functions Review (2026)

Who this smart oven fits

This Breville is aimed at a cook who wants to replace several countertop appliances, and sometimes the main oven itself, with one large capacity unit. At roughly 1 cubic foot of interior space, it is rated to fit a 13 inch pizza or a 12 cup muffin tray, which makes it large enough for real batch cooking rather than reheating single portions. Meal preppers who roast a full sheet pan of vegetables, air fry a batch of proteins or dehydrate fruit between other tasks will use most of its 13 functions regularly. It is a poor fit for a small kitchen with limited counter space, since a unit this size and weight needs a permanent spot rather than being stored away between uses.

What the specs actually mean

Breville rates the exterior at about 21 by 17 by 13 inches and the unit weighs close to 39 pounds, which is heavier and larger than a basic toaster oven and closer in scale to a small countertop oven. It runs on an 1800 watt element controlled through Breville's Element IQ system, which uses six independent quartz heating elements to direct heat toward whichever function is active, for example concentrating heat on top for broiling or balancing it for baking. The 13 functions include toast, bagel, broil, bake, roast, warm, pizza, proof, air fry, reheat, cookies, slow cook and dehydrate, covering most everyday cooking tasks in one appliance. Breville backs the unit with a two year limited warranty, longer than the one year coverage common on cheaper toaster ovens.

Living with it day to day

Having air fry, dehydrate, slow cook and a full size bake and roast function in one unit means fewer specialized appliances cluttering a countertop for a meal prep focused kitchen. The Element IQ system's six independent elements are meant to reduce the guesswork of adjusting a basic oven's single heating element for different tasks, aiming for more even results across functions like pizza and broil that need very different heat patterns. Because the interior is large enough for a 12 cup muffin tray or a 13 inch pizza, batch tasks like a full tray of muffins or a sheet pan dinner fit in one run rather than needing multiple smaller batches. The tradeoff for that capacity is a unit that takes up meaningfully more counter space and weighs enough that moving it for cleaning is not a casual task.

How it compares with other toaster ovens

Against Breville's own BOV860BSS Smart Oven Air Fryer, this BOV900BSS Pro adds two more functions, for a total of 13 versus 11, along with the larger Element IQ system, at a step up in price. Compared to the BOV845BSS Smart Oven Pro, which offers 10 functions and no air fry setting, this Pro model is the clear upgrade for anyone specifically wanting air frying and dehydrating built in. Against Breville's compact BOV680BSS, this larger Pro model trades counter space for meaningfully more interior capacity, better suited to family size batches rather than single servings. The main downside across the whole Breville Smart Oven line, including this model, is price, since even the base versions cost well above a basic toaster oven.

Verdict and who should look elsewhere

For a meal prep kitchen that wants one large capacity countertop oven to cover roasting, air frying, dehydrating and slow cooking, this Breville's 13 functions and sizable interior justify the counter space and cost for frequent use. A household with limited counter space or one that mainly needs basic toasting and reheating should look at a smaller, simpler toaster oven instead, since most of this unit's advanced functions would go unused. Anyone deciding between this and Breville's other Smart Oven models should weigh how much they specifically need air frying and dehydrating, since stepping down to the BOV860BSS or BOV845BSS saves money if those two functions are not a priority.

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