Breville Breville Price: $99.99 - 219.99 Shipping Options:: $5 Standard Shipping Estimates: Ships in 1-2 business days (Thursday, Mar 05 to Friday, Mar 06) + transit Condition: Factory Reconditioned
I just hopped on the Breville RM-BFP800XL Sous Chef, been waiting on that one to come back. Fantastic reviews and only slightly more expensive than the generally regarded second place KitchenAid. This is hands-down the best food processor out there, total overkill but worth it at this price.
I can also highly recommend the BOV800XL convection toaster oven which I own and use almost daily.
That 800XL Smart Oven makes the world’s best toast.
Now, you might think toast is toast, and wonder how special “the world’s best toast” can really be. That’s what I would have thought… until I made toast in one of these.
Trust me on this. My toast consumption has gone way up because of this thing…
800xl is best toaster oven I’ve ever used. Big enough that I haven’t used regular oven for years. Great for toast, frozen pizza (fits full pie easily), broiling. Doesn’t heat up house in the summer. Great safety feature in that it shuts oven off completely when cooking time is done. Temperature is super accurate. Bought this at William Sonoma for about $250. At this price, I’m buying a spare.
I purchased this exact espresso machine a few woots ago…
I have to tell you, now after upgrading, with the single wall baskets (have to buy them extra) and a little practice, this espresso machine is very forgiving and will provide pretty good espresso (I’ve used that little hand burr grinder you find on Amazon for under $40 with great results).
Do some research if you are new to espresso. Be warned though, it is addicting and you will be bitten hard by the upgrade ‘itis’ bug, trust me.
Also, if you like Americano’s, don’t use the hot water out of the wand, not hot enough. Instead, put hot tap water in your cup and use steam out of the wand to heat water, then add shot.
Of course, mine is now sitting on a back counter after my case of upgrade ‘itis’. I have all the extras now too (anybody? Bueller?)
Well poop, I already missed the non-mini Smart Oven. Been waiting for this to come back to Woot and it’s gone so quickly. I hope it comes back again at this price!!
The mini is currently selling new for $149 at Amazon. Great price there, but even better here!
I don’t know if this is helpful to anyone, but just in case…
The YouBrew coffee maker (not the Espresso maker) comes in two flavors out there in the world - this one, with the glass carafe and a warming plate, and the BDC600XL, which has no warming plate but a thermal carafe. Other than that, the main difference seems to be that the BDC600XL allows you brew a full carafe, a single mug, or less than a full carafe but more than a mug. The BDC550XL just allows the full carafe or a single mug. Most of the reviews if you just google YouBrew are for the BDC600XL.
I bought the largest Breville Smart Oven (reconditioned) on Woot about 6 weeks ago and LOVE IT! It works perfectly (box was a bit ratty, but nothing wrong with the oven itself), and I use it at least once a day. It pre-heats very quickly, and cooks/toasts/broils/bakes/warms beautifully. It sure beats using my big oven for everything (especially since I’m cooking for one).