I have used microwave ovens for many years but for this review I tested an appliance beyond everything I could imagine. First of all, let me say, “Air fry, where have you been all my life?” I can’t believe the first time I used air fry was with the Breville Countertop 3-in-1 Convection microwave. Now that I’ve tried it, I can’t stop finding things to air fry. The fact that everything I cook comes out crispy and delicious with no effort at all is amazing.
Air Fry just scratches the surface of what the Breville Countertop 3-in-1 Convection microwave can do. It’s also a convection oven so it can bake, grill, and microwave everything you want to cook. I’ve started to think of it as a second oven because it’s large enough to fit bigger dishes but it sits neatly in a corner of your counter.
Here’s my look at the Breville Countertop 3-in-1 Convection microwave.
Appearance and features of the Breville Countertop 3-in-1 Convection microwave
The Breville Countertop convection microwave is a 3-in-1 convection microwave. That means you get an air fryer, convection oven, and microwave, all in one. Measuring in at 1.1 cu.ft, it’s roomy enough to fit large plates.
- 1400W convection, 1100W microwave, and 1100W grill to let you bake, cook, grill, and reheat
- Included tray with legs and grill so you can grill, bake, or use air fry
- Power smoothing inverter technology will adjust the power intensity so your food isn’t overcooked
- Temperature controls let you adjust the settings for time and temperature, even if you’ve already started cooking
- 12.4″ glass turntable will rotate or can be locked into position if you don’t want it to rotate
- 19 settings including Smart Cook, Smart Reheat, and Smart Defrost so you can use your oven without having to go back and check in on your food
- Fast Combi speeds up the cooking process by combining the oven, grill, and microwave at one time
- Cook from Frozen lets you pop in a frozen steak or chicken breast so you can cook your food from frozen
- Soft-close door stops the door from slamming shut
- Variable beep functions let you turn the volume up, down, or mute your notifications
Testing the Breville Convection microwave
The Breville 3-in-1 has so many different functions, it will take you a while to work your way through them all.
19 different functions to choose from
With the Breville 3-in-1 convection microwave, you can choose any number of pre-sets to quickly cook, melt, grill, or keep your food warm. There is a popcorn button you can tap to make popcorn, and the butter and chocolate melt and soften settings will soften butter and melt chocolate perfectly. I was impressed with how it just softened the butter and didn’t turn it into an oily puddle.
Baking with the Breville Countertop convection oven
When you tap oven the Breville Countertop 3-in-1, the oven function turns on. You can turn the dial to adjust the time or turn the second dial to adjust the heat. It offers the same heat as your range does, so to test it I turned it to 350 degrees and let it pre-heat for a few minutes.
When using the oven you’ll need to use the included tray with legs. The microwave will always tell you when you need to use the tray so there’s no guesswork involved. I had just made a batch of oven-baked french toast, so I put a cookie sheet of it in my own oven and added a few pieces to the tray and popped it in the Breville oven.
I set the timer for 15 minutes and the heat for 350 degrees. My own oven was set to 375 for 20 minutes. At the end of both timers, I compared my french toast. Both were crispy on the bottom and cooked perfectly on top, and I was impressed I couldn’t really tell the difference between my oven-baked french toast and the toast I made in the Breville.
Air frying with the Breville Countertop 3-in-1
Air fry lets you cook everything without adding oil, and you can cook french fries to chicken strips or egg rolls. It’s definitely my new favourite way to cook.
I wanted to make the most Canadian thing I could possibly make, so I got to work making a big plate of poutine. I put the fries in the tray, followed the instructions on the microwave for how long to cook the fries and let the oven do the work.
It took 25 minutes to air fry my french fries, and I was shocked at how crisp they were when they came out. I tried it with crinkle-cut and shoestring french fries, and the only difference is that you need to adjust the time slightly to ensure shoestring fries aren’t overdone.
Once the fries were finished I just added hot gravy and cheese curds and we were good to go.
Reheating with the Breville microwave
With a tap on the microwave button you have access to all of the microwave functions on the Breville Countertop 3-in-1. I recently tested out the Breville Smoothwave microwave and I found the functions on this microwave to be similar. There’s cook, reheat, and defrost, and there are options within each.
The Breville microwave has sensors that assess the humidity levels of what it’s reheating and will adjust the temperature and time so your food is cooked perfectly. It’s so easy to just put a plate in the microwave, walk away, and have it reheat. You don’t have to constantly check-in and see if the food is cooked or stir it. The microwave will beep halfway through cooking so you can stir if you want to, but you don’t have to. The food still comes out great.
Should you choose the Breville Countertop 3-in-1 Convection microwave?
There’s so much you can do with the Breville Countertop 3-in-1 microwave, you’ll be working your way through you all of the options for a while . I tried everything from pizza to poutine to baking french toast and it was all perfectly cooked.
Defrost worked well and didn’t cook anything it was supposed to be defrosting, and the reheat option takes all the time out of reheating your food. Just press the button, walk away, and it’s ready. The soft-close door is a nice addition to this stylish, compact microwave, and the brushed stainless steel looks great on the counter while wiping clean easily.
The Breville Countertop 3-in-1 microwave is the perfect example of just how far microwaves have come over the past decade, and it really does give you all the options of a second oven in a compact, countertop package. I loved using this microwave, and I think you will too. You can find the Breville Countertop 3-in-1 Convection microwave on Best Buy right now.
If I win the Breville 3 in 1 oven I would make fried chicken, it’s hubby’s favourite and I would love to try the air fryer function to see what a difference it would make.
When I win the Breville 3 in 1, I will use it to do my meal prep of grilled chicken breast and grilled veggies with broiled sweet potato fries!! So excited!
if I win the Breville 3 in 1 convection oven I will make my oatmeal and egg whites every morning in it
With the Breville Countertop 3-in-1 Convection microwave I would make some french fries.
Yum, if I win this Countertop 3-in-1 Convection Microwave, I have to make Homemade french fries..these are my hubby and sons fave!
If I win the Breville 3 in 1 oven I will make some crisp french fries
If I win the Breville 3 in 1 oven I will make some sweet potato fries
If I win the Breville 3 in 1 oven I will make some bbq wings
If I win the Breville 3 in 1 oven I will make apple pie
If I win the Breville 3 in 1 oven I will make fried rice
If I win the Breville 3 in 1 oven I will make brownies
If I won the breville 3 in 1 oven where would I begin! I could make chocolate chips cookies for a late night snack and no one would be the wiser with the soft close door 🙂
If I won the Breville Countertop 3-1 microwave I would make fish and chips !
It sounds amazing ! What amazing product it is a kitchen creation game changer
I would love poutine right now, & the actifry feature on this Breville Countertop 3-in-1 Convection Microwave would make my dream come true 🙂 thank you
Wow looks an amazing oven with all the features I can ever ask for. If I win a Breville 3 in 1 (sure beats my old old microwave), I would love to try air frying function to try my very own fried chicken recipe!
I would make nachos with cheese and hamburger in the Breville 3 in 1 oven
That oven is just a beast. Especially with everyone cooking from home that is a perfect tool in your aresenal! I would so try that poutine cause I’m curious.
WHEN (visualize the win) I win the Breville 3 in 1 oven I will make a stuffed chicken breast with mushroom and cheese sauce!
I’d make pies galore for my little brother who is down syndrome it’s his favourite thing this would be fantastic
If I won the 3 in 1 Oven I would definitely try to make homemade pizza for my hubby.
I would make fried chicken with the Breville Countertop 3-in-1 microwave
I’d try the air fry french fries. We’ve stopped eating french fries because of the fat.
i would definitely try fries in this 3 in 1!
This would be a wonderful addition to my family. I am disabled so this will make meal times helpful and so much easier for me cooking them.
I would love the air fry capability. Making french fries and fried chicken would be amazing!
I would air fry me some air fried French fries.
Sweet unit! If I won the Breville 3 in 1 oven, I would make Lasagna.
if I win the Breville 3 in 1 oven I will make cookies
This looks like a wonderful microwave. I don’t have a microwave now, but this looks tremendous. I especially like the idea of an air fryer.
I’d make chicken strips!
If I won the Breville Countertop 3-in-1 microwave I could bake my cake’s, cookies, heat my food, cook food like chicken, sausage and so much more. Chocolate swirl cheese cake is the first thing I would bake.
If I win a Breville Countertop 3-in-1, I’ll make poutine.
If I win the Breville Smooth Wave Oven, I would make microwave cinnamon rolls!
if I win the Breville 3 in 1 oven I will use the air flyer option to fry some fries to make delicious poutine .
I would make crispy pig’s ears using the air fryer function! YUM!
I would make pizza in the 3 in 1 breville countertop oven
in the Breville Countertop 3-in-1 Convection Microwave i would make bbq chicken nachos i saw a recipe for on youtube that used a microwave
When I win the Breville 3 in 1 oven I will be making my grandma’s fried chicken with poutine.
Air fryer! Wow! Love fried food but with all this “bad for you” staff lately I can’t even enjoy the food you love. If I win the Breville 3 in 1 oven I will make a French fries, buttered fish, Southern Fried Chicken, fried eggplants . Ok, I start drooling already.
Thank you for a chance to win! Keeping my fingers crossed.
Img a connection oven and grill in a microwave? Sign me up
If I win the Breville 3 in 1 oven I would love to make a lobster mac-n-cheese. yummy
I would love to air fry a french fries and chicken dinner in this Breville Countertop 3-in-1 Convection Microwave! This is the perfect size for our new boat — and will meet all our cooking needs.
If I win the Breville 3 in 1 oven I would try to air fry chicken wings.
I would use this Breville 3 in 1 to air fry sweet potato fries. I’ve never had luck crisping them up before and they are sooooo good.
oohhh! french fries!
The Breville 3-in-1 Countertop is amazing. I really like the air fryer. It offers the same heat as a range and it self adjusts the humidity levels to cook properly. The door shuts quietly.
if I win the Breville 3 in 1 oven I will make my mom’s favourite crispy spicy fried chicken!
A soft close door is a game changer!!! I would definatly use the air fryer function first.
If I won the Breville Countertop 3-in-1 microwave, I would use the air fryer function and make some chicken!
If I win the Breville 3 in 1 Oven (hope I do) the one thing I will make is my kids favorite chocolate chip cookies .
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