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.
cheese pizza please!!!
wow – this microwave looks so awesome — my current microwave is scary, so grunchy and incredibly old – I am surprised it still works — the first thing I would make is an apple crisp I think – maybe my family would love me again!
I win the Breville 3 in 1 oven I will make chicken wings. My addiction.
Would be great to use for pizza.
If I won this Breville Smooth Wave Microwave, I would be making a pepperoni & cheese pizza
I would try making some nachos if I were to win.
If I won the Breville Smooth Wave Microwave, I would make some chocolate mug cakes.
If I won this Breville Smooth Wave Microwave, I would be making a gluten free pepperoni pizza in it.
If I won the Breville 3 in 1 oven I would make mug vanilla cakes.
If I won this Breville Smooth Wave Microwave, I would be making a pepperoni pizza in it.
I would definately make a plate of melted cheese in the great looking appliance!
I would have to try a batch of homemade cinnamon rolls!
This is a beautiful microwave
If I win the Breville smooth wave microwave I will make pizza!
Coffee mug brownie!
I would reheat my pizza in the morning
If I won the Breville Smooth Wave Oven I would make apple and potato chips
If I won the ” Breville Smooth Wave microwave”, I will use it on my Crispy Fish and Fries.
If I won the Breville Smooth Wave microwave, I would make my mouth watering three cheese omelette, crispy delicious Turkey bacon, and creamy scalloped potatoes, followed by my sinfully tasty chocolate cupcake!
if I win the Breville Smooth Wave Microwave I of course would have to make my favourite popcorn, but, not only that I love the helpful presets for melting chocolate or softening butter while I’m baking. I’ve had my old microwave for just over 10 years and it finally broke down on me and I miss my popcorn. Another great thing is the pizza preset, I am excited to test out all the presets if I were lucky enough to win.
Amazing to think I could use the Breville Smooth Wave Countertop Microwave for warming up my chocolate for making home made truffles. This function can save a lot of time gently melting chocolate.
If I won the breville smooth wave I would make pizza
If I won the smooth wave microwave, it reheat some pizza in it
With the Breville Smooth Wave Oven
I would be looking forward to thawing a perfect pack of ground beef with the smart defrost or cooking a perfect potato or bag of popcorn with smart touch buttons.
Time for a delicious pie – lemon meringue is our favourite
I would make steamed veggies.
I would start with steamed veggies in the Breville Smooth Wave Microwave
I would make scalloped potatoes
I would love to be the winner of this all-in-one microwave/convection oven. What a wonderful idea! I live alone and find that heating up a large oven to prepare a small dish is something I don’t want to do. It uses a lot of energy and creates a lot of unwanted heat especially in the summer. It would be much easier to throw in a chicken pot pie, a beef stew or even a cake and have it done in less time than the oven because of the convection capability. I would also air fry french fries, chicken pieces or pork chops without using a lot of oil. And the appliance is very attractive
If I win the Breville Smooth Wave Microwave, I will make a vegetable soup.
If I won the Breville Smooth Wave oven I would try making a chocolate cheesecake
If I won, I would make a pie.
If I won the Breville Smooth Wave microwave I would make some baked potatoes in it.
If I won I would use the Breville microwave to make baked potatoes!
In the Breville Smooth Wave I would try making pizza!
If I won the smooth wave Microwave oven, I would cook chocolate cake.
Winning the Breville Smoothwave Microwave would be a breeze to prepare quick snacks like pita pizza or veggies soup!
I’d make some french fries or sweet potato fries. yum.
Thank you kindly for picking me as a winner of the Breville Smooth Wave microwave! I can’t wait to make white chocolate drizzled popcorn, yum!
If i win the breville smoothwave oven I would love to make a quick pizza. Esp in these times when Im feeling a bit lazy it would be perfect – Twitter @Romcomfanatic
If I won the Breville Smooth Wave Microwave I would make some pizza
Looks like a fantastic piece of kitchen equipment!! If I win, I look forward to trying many newly-discovered microwave recipes – risotto… english muffins… endless possibilities!!
I love the humidity sensing feature… does that mean it wont dry out my food like my current microwave? or does it just help to figure out cooking time?
If I win the Breville 3 in 1 oven I will make Pizza.
in the breville smooth wave microwave , I couldn’t cook anything until I read the instructions . it looks so modern and a lot of technology involved . you have no idea how much I need a new one . mine is seriously from the 80’s lol I would love to try my cheddar chicken breast in it . season chicken breast any way you prefer , then add asparagus and top with cheddar cheese ..sometimes add my own homemade bbq sauce as well …my goodness ..i know what we are having for dinner this evening lol gl everyone xx
The one touch chocolate melt feature would be awesome for Christmas baking .
In the Breville smooth wave I would make nachos.
Spicy shrimp ramen, here I come!
If I won the Breville Smooth Wave Microwave I’d make Moroccan chickpea stew!
with the Breville Smooth Wave Oven I would make ribs
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