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This is a countertop oven that also air fries, and the Breville BOV860BSS Smart Oven Air Fryer does that one job broadly rather than deeply. Its big limitation is the listed interior height of 5.5 inches, which rules out taller cookware. Buy it if you want one box on the counter doing toast, pizza, roast and air-fried food for a family.

Good for: A family kitchen where one countertop oven replaces a toaster and a fryer. Not for: Anyone who needs to fit a tall pot or a large batch of wings.

Pros

• 11 cooking functions on one dial list, toast to slow cook
• 5 quartz elements steer heat where the food sits
• Super convection is rated to cut cooking time by up to 30%
• 13.5 x 11.5 x 5.5 inch interior fits a 13 inch pizza
• LCD shows when pre-heat ends and counts cooking time down

Cons

• 5.5 inch interior height rules out tall pots and stacked racks
• The listing doesn’t print an accessory list, so check the current page for the trays and baskets included
• Element iQ and 11 functions mean more settings to learn than a plain toaster oven

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The Breville BOV860BSS Smart Oven Air Fryer is a countertop oven that wants to replace several appliances at once. Breville says its Element iQ system uses 5 quartz elements and smart algorithms to push heat where the food is, and that super convection can cut cooking time by up to 30%. It also lists 11 cooking functions, from Toast to Slow Cook.

My answer is yes for most family kitchens, with one condition. The listed interior is 13.5 x 11.5 x 5.5 inches. The interior height is the thing to think about before you order, because it decides what cookware actually fits. If you cook in tall pots or want two racks loaded at once, a different shape of oven suits you better.

This review settles three things: what the 11 functions really cover, what the shallow interior means in practice, and whether the air fry setting earns its place next to a normal toaster oven.

Who this is really for

This oven fits a kitchen where the counter is the only space you have and you still cook for more than one person. The listed interior takes 6 slices of bread, a 13 inch pizza, a roast chicken, a 9 cup muffin tray, and a 4.4 qt Dutch oven. If your week looks like toast in the morning, leftovers at noon and a tray of vegetables at night, one appliance covers all of it and you stop moving between machines.

It also suits a household where more than one person cooks. The 11 functions are printed on the dial and the LCD counts the time down, so nobody has to remember a manual setting from last time. A slow cooker function inside the same box is a real gain for anyone who already owns a separate one and has nowhere to put it.

It is not for you if your cooking leans on tall equipment. A stock pot, a deep casserole or a stacked two-rack bake will not fit inside, and no setting changes that. If most of your meals come out of tall pots, buy a different shape of oven instead.

What you actually get for it

The listing describes the oven itself and its features, and it does not print a “what’s included” list of trays and pans. So the honest position is that you should check the current listing for the accessories in the box before you order, because a baking tray and an air fry basket are the two things you’ll reach for first.

What the listing does promise is built-in: 5 quartz elements, digital PID temperature control, an interior light that switches on when the cycle ends, and an LCD that shows pre-heat completion and then counts down. Breville also says the oven uses replaceable componentry like a traditional large oven, which matters over years of use.

Nothing in the listing says you need a subscription, a filter, or a consumable you buy again. There is no stated refill cycle here.

Is it worth it? Judge it on the one job it does well: it puts toast, pizza, roasting and air frying in a single footprint, with an interior sized to feed a family. If you want that consolidation, the feature list backs it up. If you want a small, simple toaster oven, this carries more settings than you’ll use.

Specifications

The table below comes straight from the listing, so the figures are Breville’s own.

The 5.5 inch height is the number that decides this

Every other figure on this page is generous. The 13.5 x 11.5 inch footprint takes a 13 inch pizza and a 9 cup muffin tray. The interior height is the one figure that changes how you cook. Picture a standard loaf tin or a deep casserole dish: if it stands taller than that, it does not go in, and no function on the dial fixes it.

For most owners this is a small tax rather than a dealbreaker. Flat things — toast, pizza, wings, a tray of vegetables, a roast chicken — are exactly what this oven is built around, and those all sit well under the ceiling. You learn to cook in one layer instead of stacking.

The workaround is to own one shallow pan and one shallow rack that fit, and to keep the tall pots for the big oven. If your weekly cooking is mostly one-tray meals, you’ll never notice the limit. If it’s mostly stews and deep bakes, you will notice it every time, and that’s the buyer who should look at a different oven shape.

What 11 functions actually buy you

Eleven sounds like a marketing number until you read the list: Toast, Bagel, Broil, Bake, Roast, Warm, Pizza, Air Fry, Reheat, Cookies, and Slow Cook. Read as a group, that’s a toaster, a pizza oven, a small roaster and a slow cooker sharing one box. The value isn’t the count. It’s that you stop deciding which appliance to switch on.

The Air Fry setting is the one most buyers come for. Breville says it combines higher temperatures with super convection, which is maximized air flow, to get crispy results on fries and wings. Super convection is separately rated to reduce cooking time by up to 30%, and the same airflow is what drives that crispness. In practice, that’s the difference between waiting on a bake and getting dinner out sooner.

The honest downside is learning time. Eleven functions with an Element iQ system that adjusts 5 quartz elements automatically means more to understand than a two-dial toaster oven. If you’ll use four or five of them regularly, they earn their space.

Element iQ, and why 5 elements matter

Breville’s answer is Element iQ: 5 independent quartz elements plus smart algorithms that steer power where and when it’s needed. The listing also says sensing and digital PID temperature control eliminate cold spots.

That’s the claim to weigh, and it’s a manufacturer claim, not something this review measured. What it means for you is even browning across a tray instead of a pale centre and dark corners, and a pizza that cooks the same at the middle as at the rim. If you’ve owned a small oven that burned one side, this is the feature aimed at you.

Breville does say the oven uses replaceable componentry like a traditional large oven, which is the reassuring half of that trade.

How it compares

You still get toast, bake and broil, and you still get a box on the counter. What you lose is the crisping airflow and the automatic heat steering, which are the two things this model is built around.

If your meals are built around large vessels, that’s the upgrade that changes your cooking, not more functions.

The honest third option is buying nothing. If you already own a toaster oven and a slow cooker, and neither frustrates you, this replaces two appliances with one and frees counter space — that’s the whole case. If your current setup works and the counter isn’t crowded, keep it and spend nothing.

What buyers ask before ordering

Does the Breville BOV860BSS Smart Oven Air Fryer fit a 13 inch pizza?

Yes. The listing gives the interior as 13.5 x 11.5 inches and states it holds a 13 inch pizza. Measure your counter depth before ordering, not just the pizza.

Can I fit a Dutch oven inside for slow cooking?

Yes, within limits. The listing says the interior takes a 4.4 qt Dutch oven for slow cooking, and it also lists a Slow Cook function. Anything taller or wider than that won’t fit under the ceiling. Check the outside dimensions of your own pot, not the litre rating, before you plan a meal around it.

What comes in the box with the oven?

The listing describes the oven and its features but doesn’t print an accessory list. That means you should check the current Amazon page for the trays and baskets included before you order.

Is air frying in an oven as good as a dedicated air fryer?

It’s a different method, not a lesser one. Breville says the Air Fry setting uses higher temperatures plus super convection, which is maximized air flow, to get crispy fries and wings.

How long does it take to pre-heat?

The listing doesn’t state a pre-heat time. It does say the LCD indicates when pre-heat has completed and then automatically starts counting down the cooking time, so you’re not guessing when to put food in. For the actual figure, check the current listing or Breville’s own product page.

Does the interior light stay on the whole time?

No. The listing says the integrated light automatically turns on at the end of the cooking cycle, and that you can turn it on at any time to check progress. So you get a look at the finish without opening the door, plus a manual option whenever you want to see how things are going.

Do I still need a regular toaster if I buy this?

No. Toast and Bagel are both on the 11 function list, and the interior takes 6 slices of bread. That’s the main reason this oven earns counter space: it removes the toaster rather than sitting next to it. If you keep both, you’ve gained a function and lost the room you were trying to save.

Is a countertop oven like this worth owning at all?

It is if counter space is your constraint and you cook for several people. One box covering toast, pizza, roast, air fry and slow cook is the whole argument. It isn’t worth it if you already have a working toaster oven and a slow cooker you like, because you’d be replacing things that aren’t broken.

The verdict

For a family kitchen with one counter and more than one cook, buy the Breville BOV860BSS Smart Oven Air Fryer. The 11 functions, the 5 quartz elements and the 13.5 x 11.5 inch footprint cover the meals most households actually make, and the air fry setting is the reason to pick this over a plain toaster oven.

For a single person who mostly makes toast and reheats leftovers, don’t. You’d pay for settings you won’t touch, and a simpler countertop oven does that job with less to learn.

For anyone whose cooking runs on tall pots and deep dishes, look at a different oven shape. The shallow interior is the one limit here that no feature works around, and it’s worth measuring your tallest pan before you decide.

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