BOV950BSS Joule Oven Air Fryer Pro, Brushed Stainless Steel

So very happy with this Breville. It is so much better than the smaller air fry models. I can actually bake 2 loaves of bread in it. And the greatest thing is you can connect to your phone so it will cook automatically and it can change temp automatically. LOVE IT,

We are long time Breville customers and are big fans of their products. Their food processor, for example is an awesome product. Unfortunately, our old Air Fryer Pro broke and the Joule was on sale, so we decided to buy that one. It’s amazing! Performance is better than our Air Fryer Pro, air fried items are crisper and we like the convenience of the app. Since it’s connected, we know when the air fryer is preheated and when meals are done. We made a frozen pizza using the pizza pan and it was delicious, much better than in the oven. Also we were amazed with how fast it preheated to 475 degrees. The Joule is another winner from Breville! It’s well worth the price. My only issue is the app, which is just ok, and auto pilot, which is limited to recipes on the app. It would be nice if we could add more recipes. For example, the auto pilot recipe for French fries requires frozen French fries to start. I make fries using fresh potatoes.

Update: the app allows preheating without autostarting the timer and enables modes which aren't on the main screen. That fixes the main thing that annoyed me, and after living with it for a month, the dang thing does an incredible job of cooking. BTW, get the cutting board for the top - it's so worth it to have a cool top surface. So I consider it now a five star device which I love *almost* as much as I expected to. Integration with home assistant so I can blink lights and stuff when it needs attention would put it at six stars out of five. 😂 No Home Assistant integration yet, but maybe someday. Original review follows, because I'm not editing history; I said what I said at the time, even if it was borderline wrong. 🤷‍♂️ --- The idea of a smart oven is awesome, as is the guided cooking. ChefStep almost got it right, then Breville bought them and I guess everything stopped? This thing is really nicely made and works well. But there are two things which are annoying me enough that I really wish I had preserved the box. 1: the app is absurdly limited, and even though they obviously have an API so Alexa works, the API isn't documented anywhere. There's supposedly a Google voice integration, but the link on their setup page is broken, so no Hey Google for you. No Home Assistant integration either, despite supposedly having a developer on staff who said it was coming soon a year ago. 2 - you can't just preheat the oven. Alexa can preheat the oven, ans the app can preheat the oven *in a recipe*, but there's no way to just use the front panel or the app to preheat to 350. You can say 350 for 15 minutes, but as soon as the oven is preheated, the timer starts. So they expect you two stand in front of the oven with your food all ready to throw in at the moment the preheating is done. The timer pauses when you open the door, but it's a small oven so you're losing heat now. You can can reset the timer, but as you're increasing the time, it's still counting down. So you turn to 15:00, and then it goes to 14:59, so you rotate again to get to 15 then 16 minutes. Every second, the number on the display is goes down by one, so it's a really aggravating experience. And of course there's no timer for how long it'll take to preheat. Sure, there's a thermometer in there which knows the current temperature and could calculate based on the time it's taking to increase the temperature how many more time intervals it'll take to reach the temperature, but obviously basic machine learning isn't a popular enough buzzword at Breville.l to apply it in a smart oven. All those buttons and all that intelligence, and no friggin way to just separately preheat or start the timer like literally every other oven which has ever been made. Otherwise, this thing is great. But holy cow, how did they overlook the most basic feature? Also, I'm a software engineer, not some old technology-averse curmudgeon who doesn't understand modern humanity. 😂

The Joule oven arrived (Nov. 2023) without drama. Easily unpacked, wiped down, and ran 20 min. Pizza mode for first cycle burn-in. Slight smell of plastic but no smoke or hiccups. The Wifi (2.5 only) and Bluetooth setups were easy with the iOS Joule app. To my surprise the oven’s firmware was upgraded after Wifi connected to the gateway. I like that feature a lot and had no idea with all the literature read including the online owner’s manual. Also the power cord plug (US/CA) is now a low-profile type with a 45 deg. wire exit to save space in back of the countertop. Older videos online show a larger plug. The oven gets hot on top. Blazing hot top in “Air Fryer” mode. The optional cutting board is recommended and does a decent job of insulating cabinets (the cheaper bamboo knockoff board). Just installed quartz countertops and a heatproof mat is also recommended. Bottom gets warm enough for concern. The left side and back are hot to touch. Right side only warm. Please be aware in high temperature modes or long duration cooks. ...After many cooks under my belt the Joule app Autopilot directed cook recipes just seem to be suggestions. Tried a 3-step Autopilot pizza recipe that actually took 1/2 the suggested time or otherwise would have been burnt to a crisp. What would be really cool Breville is to allow users to save custom Autopilot, multistage cooks on the Joule app to be recalled at any time. The Autopilot Joule feature is very powerful and sets this oven apart from the competition. But at this time Autopilot is limited by only allowing published recipe cooks. Again you can override time/ temperature with the dials on the oven. Once familiar and recipes repeated do not want to hover over the oven while cooking. Otherwise, gets used as a regular dial controlled oven which is $100 cheaper without the Joule feature (BOV900). Let's hope Breville adds custom cook option to the Autopilot and just a software change. Like PIZZA mode 425F 1 min, then 350F 7 min, turn off and beep. User configured. …This oven is huge. When extra counter space is needed the oven is unplugged and moved. But to my delight I can fit a 16 x 12 x 2 in. pan inside this oven! Takes up all of the available rack area with little room for vertical air movement but convection mode helps out. Original plan for the BOV950 was to use as a warm meat holding oven like resting full briskets at 150F until serving (up to 12-16 hrs). Excellent large, multi-tasking oven that uses less electrical energy over a full-size kitchen oven. Gets used daily.

I took a chance on a used Breville Joule Air Fryer Oven, and it's completely transformed my small kitchen cooking. Despite arriving with a dent that prevents fitting full-size pizzas (a minor trade-off for the price), this has become my go-to appliance for everything from morning toast to birthday cakes. The smart features really shine - the companion app offers endless inspiration with its recipe library, guiding me through perfect roasts, dehydrating veggies, and even baking delicate pastries. While I wish I could start preheating remotely (you still need to physically press the start button after selecting a recipe), the precision temperature control and even heating make up for this small inconvenience. After months of daily use, I'm convinced this is the ultimate compact oven. It replaced my toaster, air fryer, and dehydrator, all while fitting neatly on my counter. The dent was worth the savings - it performs like new. For anyone wanting restaurant-quality results in a home kitchen, this is worth every penny, new or used.