When comparing Breville Smart Oven BOV800XL vs DeLonghi DO1289 Digital Convection Toaster Oven, the Slant community recommends Breville Smart Oven BOV800XL for most people. In the question“What are the best toaster ovens?” Breville Smart Oven BOV800XL is ranked 2nd while DeLonghi DO1289 Digital Convection Toaster Oven is ranked 3rd. The most important reason people chose Breville Smart Oven BOV800XL is:
The Breville Smart Oven is equipped with an automatic rack ejector, which pushes the rack outside when opened. This allows you to get the food without fear of touching the hot edges of the opening. The distance the rack is pushed depends on how fast you open the door, but be careful though when the food is spillable. This feature only works for racks placed in the middle position.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Has an automatic rack ejector to avoid burns
The Breville Smart Oven is equipped with an automatic rack ejector, which pushes the rack outside when opened. This allows you to get the food without fear of touching the hot edges of the opening. The distance the rack is pushed depends on how fast you open the door, but be careful though when the food is spillable. This feature only works for racks placed in the middle position.
Pro Spacious
It fits a 13-inch pizza and can toast 6 sandwich slices at a time.
Pro Amazing heat containment
You won't have to worry about getting burned when touching the exterior surfaces of this toaster because it is able to contain its heat very well. Its exterior temperature only reads 94 °F. Exterior temperatures of other toaster ovens would reach 150 °F to even 230 °F, making them totally unsafe to touch. The temperature of the handles even measures at only 79 °F thanks to its insulated dual-wall door and glass window.
Pro Cook foods that require longer cooking times
It has a 2-hour timer, whereas others have timers for up to 60 minutes only. This allows you to cook food that require longer cooking times, and thus, more food choices in the menu.
Pro Easy-to-grab door handle
The handle's bar fits well to the hand, extends at a comfortable distance from the door, and has the same length as the door.
Pro Easy to clean
It has a nonstick interior that allows you to clean the interior by simply wiping the stains with cloth or paper towel. You can also easily access the crumb tray out in the front to clean the crumbs. The baking pan that comes with it is dishwasher safe as well.
Pro Automatically shuts down
This is very good safety feature, preventing you from leaving the oven on or overcooking your food by accident.
Pro Cooks evenly
It is a convection oven and thus have a fan to help circulate the heat. This reduces cooking time and ensures that food is cooked evenly. Even without the fan, the 5 heating elements are placed in a way where heat is evenly distributed.
Pro Multifunction cooker
You can use this multifunction cooker for toasting, baking, roasting, broiling, making pizz and cookies, reheating, and warming food.
Pro Available in two colors: cranberry and silver
There are two colors to choose from: cranberry or silver. You can select whichever complements your kitchen.
Pro Multifunction cooker
You can do more than just toasting food. You can bake, broil, toast, warm, defrost, pizza, and dehydrate food.
Pro Cook foods that require longer cooking times
It has a 2-hour timer, whereas others have timers for up to 60 minutes only. This allows you to cook food that require longer cooking times without having to reset the time when the clock is up, and thus, more food choices in the menu.
Pro Exterior surface does not heat up much
This toaster is able to contain its heat very well; thus, you won't have to worry about getting burned when touching the exterior surfaces of this toaster. It is one of the few toasters with exterior temperatures below 100 °F. Other toaster's exterior would heat up from 150 °F to even 230 °F, which are totally unsafe to touch.
Pro Spacious
It has enough room to fit a 12-inch pizza, two if the upper rack is used, and can toast up to 6 sandwich slices at a time.
Pro Cooks evenly
Heat is well distributed because it is a convection oven; that is, it has a fan to help circulate the heat. This reduces cooking time and ensures food is cooked evenly.
Pro Easy-to-grab door handle
The handle's bar fits well to the hand, extends at a comfortable distance from the door to avoid touching the door's surface, and has the same length as the door.
Pro Can cook in two racks
You have the option to cook not only in one but two racks as well. You can save time and energy in doing so.
Pro Automatically shuts down
This is very good safety feature, preventing you from leaving the oven on or overcooking your food by accident.
Pro Easy to clean
Its interior is coated in enamel for easy cleaning. You can simply wipe it with soap and water solution. You can also easily access the crumb tray out in the front to clean the crumbs. All accessories, which include bake pan, broil tray, two wire racks, two cookie sheets, dehydrator kit, and aluminum pizza tray, are dishwasher safe as well.
Cons
Con High power usage
This smart oven has high power usage. While other toaster ovens has powers at around 1400 W, the Breville Smart Oven uses a significantly higher power at 1800 W. Although it uses more power, it definitely offers more features.
Con Huge body
Its body is quite huge in relation to its interior volume. It has a volume of 0.5 cu ft but has a body of an oven that has a volume of 0.8 cu ft. Therefore, it occupies a lot of counter space for its size.
