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Experts recommend Breville Smart Oven more than Cuisinart Chef's Convection

As of 3 Jan 2025, experts prefer Breville Smart Oven over Cuisinart Chef's Convection, but both Toaster Ovens have solid expert endorsements.

As per this month's meta ranking, Breville Smart Oven received 5 recommendations: from CNET (19 Nov 2024), The Spruce Eats (24 Jun 2024) Food & Wine (27 Nov 2024) and 2 others. By contrast, Cuisinart Chef's Convection received only 4 recommendations from Good Housekeeping (31 Jul 2024), The Kitchn (6 Jan 2021) Wirecutter (29 Oct 2024) and 1 other.

Rank Change Price Toaster Oven
Good Housekeeping
Homes & Gardens
CNET
HealthyKitchen 101
The Spruce Eats
Food & Wine
Business Insider
The Kitchn
Wirecutter
Reviewed
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-1 $250
Breville Smart Oven
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- $290
Cuisinart Chef's Convection
The Cuisinart Chef's Convection Toaster Oven is a versatile and powerful countertop oven that offers a large capacity, user-friendly interface, safety features, energy efficiency, and durability, making it a great choice for individuals or families in need of a larger capacity toaster oven.
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Endorsement summary:

  • On 29 Oct 2024 Wirecutter ranked Cuisinart Chef's Convection as #2 and Breville Smart Oven as #4
    Rank Toaster Oven Comment
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    #2 out of 4 Cuisinart Chef's Convection
    The best large toaster oven
    ... ... ...
    #4 out of 4 Breville Smart Oven
    A luxe toaster oven for air frying
  • On 19 Nov 2024 CNET ranked Breville Smart Oven as #4
    Rank Toaster Oven Comment
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    #4 out of 5 Breville Smart Oven
    Best large toaster oven for power users
    ... ... ...
  • On 24 Jun 2024 The Spruce Eats ranked Breville Smart Oven as #3
    Rank Toaster Oven Comment
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    #3 out of 6 Breville Smart Oven
    Best Versatile
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  • On 27 Nov 2024 Food & Wine ranked Breville Smart Oven as #1
    Rank Toaster Oven Comment
    #1 out of 4 Breville Smart Oven
    Best Overall
    ... ... ...
  • On 7 Nov 2024 Business Insider ranked Breville Smart Oven as #4
    Rank Toaster Oven Comment
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    #4 out of 6 Breville Smart Oven
    Best large-capacity
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  • On 31 Jul 2024 Good Housekeeping ranked Cuisinart Chef's Convection as #4
    Rank Toaster Oven Comment
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    #4 out of 5 Cuisinart Chef's Convection
    Best Large
    ... ... ...
  • On 6 Jan 2021 The Kitchn ranked Cuisinart Chef's Convection as #1
    Rank Toaster Oven Comment
    #1 out of 4 Cuisinart Chef's Convection
    The Best Toaster Oven
    ... ... ...
  • On 2 Dec 2024 Reviewed ranked Cuisinart Chef's Convection as #4
    Rank Toaster Oven Comment
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    #4 out of 12 Cuisinart Chef's Convection
    Best Mutipurpose Toaster Oven
    ... ... ...

After counting and adding up the 57 expert endorsements of the January rankings, Breville Smart Oven outranks Cuisinart Chef's Convection. This is not to say that Cuisinart Chef's Convection is a bad option. Like Breville Smart Oven, it is recommended by experts, but less.

MetaRanking Common points from expert reviews summarized.
As can be seen below, Breville Smart Oven outranks Cuisinart Chef's Convection by 1 position. This indicates that, as of 3 Jan 2025, Breville Smart Oven is more critically acclaimed than Cuisinart Chef's Convection.
Rank Change Price Toaster Oven
Good Housekeeping
Homes & Gardens
CNET
HealthyKitchen 101
The Spruce Eats
Food & Wine
Business Insider
The Kitchn
Wirecutter
Reviewed
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+1 $150
Panasonic FlashXpress
The Panasonic FlashXpress Toaster Oven is a compact and energy-efficient appliance that uses double infrared heating to cook food faster, making it ideal for individuals or couples with limited counter space.
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Breville Smart Oven
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- $290
Cuisinart Chef's Convection
The Cuisinart Chef's Convection Toaster Oven is a versatile and powerful countertop oven that offers a large capacity, user-friendly interface, safety features, energy efficiency, and durability, making it a great choice for individuals or families in need of a larger capacity toaster oven.
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- $250
Instant Omni Plus 18L
The Instant Omni Plus 18L Toaster Oven is a versatile and spacious appliance that offers a range of cooking functions, a large capacity, and user-friendly features, making it a reliable and durable option for various cooking needs.
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Expert Reviews There are people on the Internet whose job is to review products. Below are their opinions.

Expert reviews [3]

No critic scores
Total expert reviews: 3
  • with a score: 0
  • without a score: 3

Expert reviews [14]

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Total expert reviews: 14
  • with a score: 5
  • without a score: 9
Highest score by Gadget Review
100
Average score based on 14 reviews
90
Lowest score by TechGearLab
84

Score distribution:

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From Seller:
  • The Breville Smart Countertop Convection Oven with Element iQ System is for home cooks who need a high performing and versatile convection countertop oven; Reduce cooking time by up to 30% using the convection setting; Choose from 9 cooking functions
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From Seller:
  • ENDLESS FUNCTIONS: With 1800 watts of power you are able to dual cook, sandwich speed convection, pizza, bake, broil, toast, waffle, bagel, leftover, keep warm including several other options
  • CAPACITY: Fits 13-inch pizza, 9-inch x 13-inch baking pan and 9 slices of bread. .95-cubic feet inside oven toaster
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