Most ovens are large and slow to heat up for smaller meals, and the Breville BOV650XL Compact Smart Oven lets you get dinner going faster while taking up less countertop space. Breville’s Element IQ uses independent quartz elements and intelligent algorithms to direct heat where it needs to go, and the 1800W fast preheat gets you started sooner. The eight cooking options provide the functionality you need to cook anything from toast to roast chicken, and its compact design fits easily on crowded countertops.
A countertop oven with eight preset functions and fast preheating
The Breville BOV650XL works as a toaster, a pizza oven, and a small conventional oven. It toasts four slices of bread at one time and accommodates a 12-inch pizza or a roast chicken. The oven comes with an LCD display, a non-stick interior, and a 10-by-10-inch enamel baking pan and broiling rack, so you can start using it immediately.
Element IQ provides even cooking by directing oven power to the appropriate quartz elements above or below your food, depending on the cooking method. Depending on the function you choose, such as toasting or roasting, Element IQ adjusts to ensure all areas of your food cook evenly. Toast browns evenly, pizza crusts don’t burn from uneven heat, and roasted vegetables come out evenly cooked throughout.
The eight preset functions take the guesswork out. Simply select from Toast, Bagel, Bake, Roast, Broil, Pizza, Cookies, and Reheat, and the oven determines the proper heating sequence for the selected function. When you select Bagel, the cut side toasts while the outside lightly crisps. The Reheat function gently warms leftover foods to a comfortable eating temperature.
The Pizza function melts the cheese and toppings on your pie uniformly while browning the crust evenly along the bottom, so your frozen or homemade pizzas taste closer to those from a local pizzeria. The Cookies function distributes heat evenly across your cookie sheet for consistent results. Rather than worrying about one area of your cookies being burnt and another raw, you get an evenly baked batch.
One major advantage of this oven is its quick heating, thanks to the 1800W preheat. This capability is perfect for busy weeknights because it lets you move on to other parts of your meal quickly after loading the oven. The LCD display shows accurate times and temperatures for each function, and its glow indicates whether the oven is preheating or cooking, changing from orange to blue when the cooking process is complete.
Cleaning the interior walls is much simpler than cleaning a traditional oven. Because of its nonstick finish, food is unlikely to stick to the walls, and if you accidentally spill sauce while cooking, cleanup is just as easy. The removable crumb tray, enamel pan, and enamel rack all clean up easily with soap and water.
The Breville BOV650XL Compact Smart Oven’s small size is another key benefit. While the oven accommodates a 12-inch pizza or a roast chicken, it’s significantly smaller than a standard full-size countertop oven, making it suitable for small countertops. Breville provides a one-year limited warranty for this product.