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Breville BOV860 vs BOV900 Pro

The same Element IQ brain and the same 1,800-watt rating, in two chassis. The Pro is wider, publishes an interior volume and adds two functions; the BOV860 is narrower and fits a normal counter. For most kitchens the smaller one is the smarter buy.

By Stephen V.Updated How we rank
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The short answer

Quick picks

#OvenBest forScorePrice
01
Breville Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro (BOV900BSS)
Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro (BOV900BSS)

The one to buy if you will keep it a decade

1,800 W
8.5
$399.95Amazon
02
Breville Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer (BOV860BSS)
Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer (BOV860BSS)

The same documentation, a smaller box

1,800 W
8.5
$349.95Amazon

#ad · Prices pulled live from the Amazon Product API, last checked Aug 8, 2026. Where we have no verified live price we show none — we would rather leave a gap than print a number that has gone stale. The wattage column is what the manufacturer publishes; “not published” means exactly that, and we have not estimated one. Scores are ours, compiled from published specifications, and are not test results.

The short answer

Buy the BOV860 unless you specifically need the Pro's extra width and published interior. Both share the same Element IQ control system and the same 1,800-watt rating, so they cook the same and cost the same to run. The BOV900 Pro is wider, publishes a one-cubic-foot interior and lists thirteen functions; the BOV860 is two and a half inches narrower, lists eleven, and — for most kitchens — is the more practical fit.

What is identical

The parts that matter most. Both draw 1,800 watts from the same rating plate, so their running cost is the same few cents an hour — spending up to the Pro buys no efficiency. The by-model table shows both. Both use Element IQ, driving six elements independently rather than switching them in banks, which is the mechanical substance behind the Breville price. If you were choosing between them to lower your electricity bill, stop — they are the same oven on that axis.

What the Pro buys

Width, a published interior, and two extra functions. The BOV900 Pro states a one-cubic-foot interior — a 14-inch pizza or a 9x13 pan fits without diagonal gymnastics — where the BOV860 publishes no interior volume at all, so on a site that scores documentation the Pro scores higher. Its full review is here. The catch is the same width: at 21.4 inches it is wider than many upper-cabinet clearances and deeper than a standard 24-inch counter comfortably takes.

What the BOV860 buys

The same brain in a box that fits. At 18.9 inches wide it clears the depth problem that makes the Pro awkward on a normal counter, for meaningfully less money, with the same 1,800-watt rating and the same published-spec discipline. Its review is here. What it gives up is the published interior figure and two functions most households never select. For the great majority of kitchens, the narrower chassis is worth more than a cubic-foot number on paper.

The decision rule

Buy the BOV900 Pro if you need the widest interior, want the published one-cubic-foot volume, and have a counter deep enough — over 24 inches with the backsplash — to take it. Buy the BOV860 if you want the same Element IQ oven and 1,800-watt rating in a chassis that fits a normal counter, for less money. Running cost is identical — both are 1,800 watts.

If you bake more than you air fry, note there is a third Breville worth a look: the Smart Oven Pro (BOV845)is the same range without the air-fry basket, at the BOV860's footprint. See all three ranked in the air fryer oven roundup.

In detail

The picks, in full

01
Breville Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro (BOV900BSS)

The one to buy if you will keep it a decade

Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro (BOV900BSS)

Rated power:1800 WInterior:1 cubic ftDimensions:W21.4" x D17.3" x H12.7"Functions:13
Wattage published in the manualWidest footprint here
8.5/10

The most completely documented oven in the category, and the only one at any price whose manufacturer publishes a rated wattage, an interior volume and a full element layout in the same place. You pay roughly four times the category floor for that, and about a third of the premium is the documentation itself.

Power
9.5
Usable space
9.5
Footprint
6
Documentation
10
Value
7.5

What it gets right

  • Breville publishes the rated wattage, the interior volume, the exterior dimensions and the element count — almost nobody else in this category publishes all four
  • 1 cubic foot of interior is genuinely a small oven, not a large toaster: a 14-inch pizza or a 9x13 pan fits without diagonal gymnastics
  • Element IQ drives the six elements independently rather than switching them in banks, which is the actual mechanical difference behind the price

What it doesn't

  • 21.4 inches wide is wider than most upper-cabinet clearances allow you to slide it under
  • At the current price it costs more than several full-size wall ovens' worth of countertop convection you could assemble from cheaper parts
  • Thirteen functions is nine more than most households use; the presets are the same elements at different set points

What it costs to run

About 33.9¢ an hour at full draw, or $61.86 a year at 30 minutes a day, 365 days a year and 18.83¢ per kWh.

1,800 W ÷ 1000 × 182.5 h × 18.83¢ = $61.86

1800 W is the rating plate figure in Breville's own instruction book, not a marketing headline. This is an upper bound: the elements cycle off once the cavity is at temperature, and no manufacturer publishes a duty cycle, so we compute at full rated draw rather than invent a correction factor. The full method is published.

Skip this if…

…your counter is under 24 inches deep with the backsplash, or you are buying an oven mainly to make toast and reheat pizza — nothing about this machine's price is recovered on those two jobs.

$399.95on Amazon

Price last checked Aug 8, 2026. Prices move constantly — Amazon's at checkout is the one that counts.

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Breville Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer (BOV860BSS)

The same documentation, a smaller box

Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer (BOV860BSS)

Rated power:120 V ~ 60 Hz 1800 WDimensions:18.9" x 15.9" x 10.9"Functions:11
Wattage published in the manual
8.5/10

The Pro's electronics in a chassis two and a half inches narrower, at meaningfully less money. Same 1,800 W rating plate, same published-spec discipline, two fewer functions and a noticeably more realistic footprint for a normal kitchen.

Power
9.5
Usable space
8
Footprint
8
Documentation
8.5
Value
8.5

What it gets right

  • Identical 1,800 W rating to the Pro, so the running cost is identical — you are not buying efficiency by spending more
  • 18.9 inches wide clears the depth problem that makes the Pro awkward on a standard 24-inch counter
  • Breville publishes an instruction book with a real rating plate reproduction, which is rarer in this category than it should be

What it doesn't

  • Breville's own product page quotes a relative claim — 'up to 35% less power compared to a built-in oven' — and no absolute wattage; you have to open the manual to find the number
  • No interior volume is published for this model, so you cannot compare its usable space to the Pro's 1 cubic foot on paper
  • Still several times the price of an oven that toasts and bakes to the same temperatures

What it costs to run

About 33.9¢ an hour at full draw, or $61.86 a year at 30 minutes a day, 365 days a year and 18.83¢ per kWh.

1,800 W ÷ 1000 × 182.5 h × 18.83¢ = $61.86

120 V ~ 60 Hz 1800 W is the rating plate line reproduced in Breville's instruction book for all BOV860 models. This is an upper bound: the elements cycle off once the cavity is at temperature, and no manufacturer publishes a duty cycle, so we compute at full rated draw rather than invent a correction factor. The full method is published.

Skip this if…

…you were buying it for lower running costs than the Pro — it draws exactly the same 1,800 W, and the only thing that changes your electricity bill is how long you leave it on.

$349.95on Amazon

Price last checked Aug 8, 2026. Prices move constantly — Amazon's at checkout is the one that counts.

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How we picked

Ovens we claim to have cooked in: 0

Everyone in this category tells you they roasted forty chickens. We have roasted none, and we say so. Here is what we do instead: read the manufacturer's manual and spec sheet, record the published wattage, interior volume, temperature range and warranty term, work out what the oven costs to run for an hour and for a year, show the arithmetic so you can redo it with your own electricity rate, and cite all of it. Where a brand publishes no wattage, we print no running cost rather than borrowing a number from a similar model. Prices come live from Amazon's API and disappear rather than go stale.

The scores above are judgments from that documented research — not test results. One of the five metrics is Documentation: whether the manufacturer will tell you what its oven draws at all. The full rubric, including what disqualifies an oven, is published in full.

Questions

Frequently asked

What is the difference between the Breville BOV860 and BOV900?
The BOV900 Pro is 21.4 inches wide, publishes a one-cubic-foot interior and lists thirteen functions; the BOV860 is 18.9 inches wide, publishes no interior volume and lists eleven. Both draw the same 1,800 watts, use the same Element IQ control, and cost the same to run.
Is the Breville BOV900 Pro worth the extra over the BOV860?
Only if you need the extra width and the published interior, and have the counter depth for it. For most kitchens the narrower BOV860 is the more practical fit at less money, with the same brain and the same running cost. The BOV860 review is here.
Does the BOV900 cost more to run than the BOV860?
No -- both are 1,800-watt ovens, so their running cost is identical, a few cents an hour. The Pro's higher price buys width, a published interior and two extra functions, never a lower electricity bill.

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We have not cooked in these ovens and we do not pretend to have. Specifications come from the manufacturer's own published documents; electricity rates come from the US Energy Information Administration; prices come from the live Amazon API. Where a figure is not published, the page says “not published” rather than guessing. Read the full method.