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.
I would make super easy roast chicken.
Convection and Microwave combination is a game changer for me! I would do complete Sunday evening dinners of Roasts and Chicken in this oven! Fingers Crossed!
I would like to air fry some french fries with the Breville Countertop 3-in-1 Convection microwave
If I win the Breville 3 in 1 oven, I would love to bake a carrot cake.
I want to make this part of my kitchen.
If I win the Breville 3 in 1 oven I will air fry my french fries.
I would cook French fries.
If I win the Breville 3 in 1 Countertop Convection Microwave I would try baking a carrot cake in it.
I’d like to try air fry fries
If I win the Breville Countertop 3-in-1 Convection microwave I would bake a lemon zucchini bread.
I would make poutine with the Breville 3 in 1 oven.
if I win the Breville 3 in 1 oven I will make MexI-fries
I’d make air fried french fries with the Breville 3 in one oven.
I’d make air fried crispy fried chicken with the Breville 3 in one oven
If I win this Breville 3 in 1 oven i will make poutine with the air fry
if I win the Breville 3 in 1 oven I will make a salt and pepper wings.
I would like to make crispy chicken
With my Breville Countertop 3-in-1 Convection microwave oven I would to try my favourite frozen pizza. I always hate the fact that I have to heat up my whole kitchen every time I want to have pizza.
I’d like to try to use the air fry function – I’m told wings are gorgeous in an air fryer and I love wings!!
Mishelle G
if I win the Breville 3 in 1 oven I’d make apple pie.
if i won the Breville Countertop 3-in-1 Oven I would make Poutine
if I win the Breville 3 in 1 oven I will make crispy onion rings to go with my New York strip steak
if i won the Breville Countertop 3-in-1 Convection Microwave w/ Air Fry i would love to make jalapeno poppers
What an amazing and versatile machine! My mind is feeling with all the things I’d love to cook in it!
I would try cooking a whole chicken in this Breville 3-in-1 Convection microwave.
if if win the Breville 3 in 1 oven, i like to make spicy chicken wings
I would like to make chicken strips for my grandson.
If I won the 3 in 1 Convection Microwave Oven I would like to try making my Lasagna.
If I win the Breville 3 in one oven, I would make a layered dish like shepherd’s pie to see if it cooked all the way through.
If I win the Breville 3 in 1 microwave I would be able to prepare dinner so much easier. Definitely would be helpful!
If I win the Breville Countertop 3-in-1 oven, I’d make pizza.
If I win the Breville 3 in 1 oven I am going to make Cheeseburger egg rolls
With the Breville 3 in 1 oven, I would make some chicken wings.
Chicken wings!
I would melt chocolate for my recipe “Double Chocolate Cereal Treats”.
I win the Breville 3 in 1 oven, I would love to make chicken wings! Tasty, juicy, without all that deep fry!
if i win the smoothwave microwave ill cook nachos
I would love to own this oven, less oil and fat in my diet.
If I won the Breville 3 in 1 oven, I would make a lasagna. My kids has started to watch Garfield and it’s all they talk about now. This 3 in 1 oven help with that along with slew of other dishes.
Breville Countertop 3-in-1 Convection Microwave used to make ham steaks with pineapple
I’ll try making cannoli with the Breville 3 in 1 convection oven
the breville 3 in 1 convection oven I’ll use for beef stew
One food item that I would make in the Breville 3 in 1 oven, if I won, would be a roast chicken – yum!
If I win the Breville 3 in 1 oven I will make chicken parm
I would make absolutely everything in this amazing 3 in 1 oven! I love make pastas dishes the most though
Oh my gosh this would be so amazing to win! I can’t even explain how much it would help me right now my microwave just went out last week and I cannot afford a new one. Thank you so much for having this fantastic giveaway!
if I win the Breville 3 in 1 oven I will make a ratatouille nicoise.
If I win the Breville Countertop 3-in-1 Convection Microwave, I would make vegetable wontons.
I will make the best chicken wings ever in the Breville Countertop 3-in-1 Convection Microwave
If I win the 3 in 1 Breville oven I would surely grill a steak with mushrooms and onions and then grill our balsamic veggies and a bake potato .. bammmm … .. dinner would be served in 20 min … oh yaaaaaaa
This Breville 3 in 1 oven would work well for our lasagna recipe! Thanks for the chance to win and good luck to all!
if I win the Breville 3 in 1 oven I will make so many things…. starting with Lasagna and Parmesan Chicken.
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