A microwave oven is designed to save you time, but I’ve found the stopping, starting, stirring and checking to see if the food I’m re-heating is too hot or too cold can actually take more time than it should. Now that I’ve used the Breville Smooth Wave microwave, I realize not all microwaves need you to do those triple checks.
The Breville Smooth Wave microwave has a soft-close door, one-tap butter or chocolate melting, and smart defrost that doesn’t cook the food you’re defrosting. While using it I’ve been defrosting much more than usual, but it’s the Smart Reheat that’s been my go-to. It makes it effortless to re-heat anything. You don’t have to stand guard by the microwave when warming up food to make sure it’s not over or under-cooked, and that makes a huge difference in time spent in the kitchen.
Appearance and features of Breville Smooth Wave microwave
The Breville Smooth Wave microwave is 1.2 cu.ft. (34L) microwave with 1200 W of power. It’s compact, so it fits easily on a small counter, and the stainless steel exterior fits in well when you have other stainless steel appliances.
It has a lot of features that go beyond simple reheating and defrosting.
- Breville Smooth Wave is 20.4″ W (51.81 cm) x 12.5″ H (31.75 cm) x 17.5″ D (44.45 cm) with handle
- 12.4″ (31.5 cm) glass turntable that rotates your food while cooking or defrosting
- Power Smooth Inverter will sense and adjust the power intensity so your food is cooked perfectly
- Sensor iQ technology measures the humidity released from your food and automatically calculates cooking time
- Has Smart Cook, Smart Reheat, and Smart Defrost to take the guesswork out of how to best use your microwave and cook your food
- 15 one-touch auto settings including melting chocolate, melting butter, and pizza
- Soft-close door so you don’t have to listen to the door slam shut
- Options to turn the notification beep off or on or turn the volume up or down
- Stainless steel interior and exterior wipes clean
Testing the Breville Smooth Wave microwave
Breville appliances have never let me down. The brand is known for being solid, dependable, and timeless, and anytime I buy Breville I know I’ve got an appliance for the long haul. I’ve only used this microwave for a week so far, but it definitely lives up to what I’ve expected from the brand.
It won’t over-cook or cook while defrosting
It’s easy to use the Breville Smooth Wave microwave. Once it’s set up all you have to do is tap the button and it will run for 30 seconds. When you turn the top dial it will adjust the length of time, and the bottom dial will choose your power level. You can turn the dial all the way down to defrost or up to full power.
While the dials make it simple to choose a setting, you don’t have to do that with this microwave. It has Sensor IQ Technology to adjust the power for whatever you’re cooking, and it can Smart Cook, Smart Reheat, and Smart Defrost without any guesswork on your part at all. All you have to do is tap one of those buttons, choose what you’re cooking and the weight of the food and the microwave will cook, reheat, or defrost it perfectly.
I used to put a bowl of soup in my old microwave for my son, and I always had to go back and forth a few times to make sure it was hot enough or not too hot. Or, I’d have to stop the microwave, stir the soup, and start it again. When the Breville Smooth Wave reheats food, Sensor iQ will actually detect the steam that’s released so it’s perfect every time. This has saved me so much time, because I’ll just put the food in, tap the button, and go back for it when it’s done.
While I love Smart Reheat, Smart Defrost is also a favourite feature. You put frozen food in the microwave, tap Smart Defrost, and when the cycle ends your food is ready to cook. I was impressed because it’s always difficult to estimate how long you’ll have to defrost a chicken breast, and in my old microwave I’ve over-defrosted the breast so it’s cooked around the edges. I used Smart Defrost several times with the Breville Smooth Wave and it never went too far.
Pre-sets make quick meals easy
There are several one-touch presets on this microwave that you can use to quickly reheat a beverage, cook a piece of pizza, slices of bacon, or melt butter and chocolate. The microwave automatically adjusts the power level so everything turns out great. I used it for everything from pizza to melting butter and it always came out perfectly. The butter still had some solid left to it, so it wasn’t an oily puddle that wouldn’t blend properly when baking.
Quiet microwave, quiet door close
The Breville Smooth Wave has a soft close door, so when you push the door closed it glides until it clicks shut. I think this is a great feature because I’ve never liked hearing a microwave door slam shut. The Breville Smooth Wave also runs very quietly, so quietly I almost don’t even notice it’s on. It has a similar decibel level to a range hood fan.
The Breville Smooth Wave microwave also has options to adjust the volume of the end-of-cycle notification. It can either beep at a normal volume, very quietly, or you can mute it so you don’t have to hear it at all. There’s also a Child Lock so you can prevent little hands from turning the microwave on when you’re not looking.
Should you choose the Breville Smooth Wave microwave?
The 1.2 cu.ft. Breville Smooth Wave microwave is a great size for a family. I used it for big plates and small casserole dishes and they fit perfectly. It’s the easiest way to make bacon or cook a quick pizza, and it really shines when it defrosts food. Nothing I put in it, from frozen ground beef to chicken, was over-done, dry, or had the edges cooked. The presets are great for quick reheating or cooking, and it’s so great to be able to walk away and not worry about whether or not you have to stop the cycle and check your food. Having a microwave that runs this quietly and has a smooth close door is pretty amazing too.
If you’re looking for a microwave upgrade, take a look at the Breville Smooth Wave microwave. It’s available on Best Buy right now.
If I am so lucky to win his microwave I would make hot chocolate first!
i would make chicken wings in the Breville 3-in-1 Convection Microwave
I would make fries in the Breville 3-in-1 Convection Microwave!!!
if I win the Breville 3 in 1 oven I will make a vanilla cake.
I would cook pizza in the Breville Smooth Wave Microwave. I love that it has a melted butter feature. I always over melt the butter in the microwave.
That pizza button is speaking my name lol!
With the Smooth Wave would love to make some Nachos! Its always Nachos! All day if I could! Don’t judge me!
I would try to cook a Steak in the Breville 3 in 1 Microwave
If I won I would make a chocolate mug cake
I would love to try and bake something in it like brownies or mug cake! And try the reheat pizza setting to see if it doesn’t make soggy pizza!
If I win a Breville Smooth Wave Microwave, I would make some bacon quick for some BLT bagels.
If I win the Breville Smooth Wave microwave, I will use it to defrost and cook all kinds of meat – pork chops, chicken breasts, etc. I love the features that take the guesswork out of defrosting!
If luck permits and I happen to win this awesome microwave, I would just explode with happiness! Afterwards, I think I would proceed to heat up a big delicious bag of popcorn to enjoy while watching a movie with my family.
If I won a Breville Smooth Wave Microwave I’d make some leftover chicken.
If I won I would be making popcorn, my son loves popcorn!
If I win a Breville Smooth Wave Microwave I’d warm up some leftover pizza.
If I won a Breville Smooth Wave Microwave i’d warm up some chicken.
If I win a Breville Smooth Wave Microwave i’d make tons of popcorn.
If I win the Breville Smoothwave Microwave I would love to try baking in it. I’ve never baked in a microwave before.
Quiet door close – well how the heck are you supposed to engage in passive-aggressive couple’s communication now?
If it makes me the perfect cooked veggies though…I see it can detect the steam released for the perfect broccoli. I would make the perfect broccoli! instead of the soppy green much I currently feed my children.
And then I would reheat my tea/coffee…because that is why microwaves were invented in the first place.
I think we would test this out by making bacon in it the first time. Our microwave is almost 20 years old and definitely on it’s last legs…bacon has been one thing that I notice has been taking longer than usual with too many checks needed.
I would cook my bacon for breakfast in the Breville Smoothwave Microwave.
If I won the Breville Smoothwave Microwave I would make spicy chicken wings! This microwave is so impressive with the large size, high power, smart technology and quiet door close!
I would love to make Life Affirming dip from the book “Oh she Glows” in the Breville Smoothwave Microwave.
If I won the Breville Smoothwave Microwave, I would make home made soup.
I would cook bacon in the Breville smoothwave microwave. No dodging grease splatters!
If I win a Breville smooth wave microwave, I would love to try and make homemade mini pizzas!
If I win the Breville Smooth Wave Microwave to cook bacon.
if I win the Breville smooth wave microwave I will make popcorn, nachos, soup and more!
If I won the Breville Smoothwave Microwave I would make pizza in it.
I’d like to make chicken pot pie and biscuits in my Breville 3 in 1 oven.
Breville Smooth Wave microwave would be great to make a quick meal of quesadillas
If I won the Breville Smoothwave Microwave, I would make my kids brownies
sounds like the Breville Smooth Wave microwave will make the perfect popcorn
I would make chicken in the Breville Smoothwave Microwave,
If I won the Breville Smoothwave Microwave, I would try to bake brownies in it..
I would make mug cakes for the kids or french fries
Breville smooth wave. Cook a bowl of soup with the sensor IQ and not have to stir it 4 times till it’s cooked evenly
I would love to use for baking
if I win the Breville 3 in 1 oven I will make an apple crisp Smile please and thanks
I love the Breville Smooth Wave. It has a sensor IQ – nothing can go wrong with this. I would make a creamy pasta meal in this.
This Breville Microwave sounds just what I’ve been looking for. Since I am a baker melting the chocolate sounds like it would be time saving. Also being able to re-heat food to a perfect temperature without being cold in the middle is right up my ally.
In the Breville 3 in 1 oven I will make french fries!
I would love to have a new microwave, ours is from the 80s!! We like making nachos with cheese, heating up leftovers, and garlic bread with cheese.
I would use the Breville Smooth Wave Microwave for defrosting. Love that it won’t cook the food as it is defrosting!!
I forgot to mention that it’s the Breville Smooth Wave Microwave I would use to make my scrambled eggs in a mug! The Sensor IQ feature sounds like it’s exactly what I need to make these a breeze!
I would make my scrambled eggs in a mug in this microwave. There is so much guessing and opening the door and stirring and watching to make sure they don’t overflow the mug! It would be great not to have to constantly do all that.
With the Breville Smooth Wave Microwave I would try popcorn or pizza
I love to make big batches of beef stew. I would loove to use the Breville Smooth wave to reheat leftover stew. It would heat it up without drying out the gravy.
I won make my chocolate mug cake if I won this microwave
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