Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro review: Cooking performance

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In our tests, the Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro scored well for cooking Brussels sprouts, breaded chicken and frozen and fresh French fries. It struggled a little when frying chicken wings, but results weren’t bad. It also scored full marks for roasting a chicken and close to full marks for broiling burgers. The main area it fell down in was toast, which was very uneven.   

 

For many functions, including air fry, the Breville immediately goes into a preheat mode. Once preheating is finished, you need to be ready to put your food in as the timer automatically begins to countdown on the main setting. It will however not count down when the door is open, so as long as you do this you have time. If you want to add more time after cooking is complete, you will need to deactivate the preheat to skip this step. For many functions, including air fry, you can set the oven to remind you to turn the food by flashing “Rotate Remind” on its display and making an audible noise.

Food air fries in the provided shallow rectangular basket; the manufacturer recommends arranging it in one layer. There are no presets for air fried foods, but you can adjust the time and temperature, select a frozen setting and change the speed of the convection fan.