The reviewer has been compensated in the form of a Best Buy Gift Card. All opinions are my own.
Small kitchens or large kitchens, it does not matter, there is never enough space. In our house we have an air fryer, toaster oven and microwave. While the toaster oven and microwave have permanent locations in the kitchen the Air Fryer does not. We have to carry that up and down from the basement when we want to use it. I think that is what attracts me most to the Breville Combi Wave 3-in-1 Microwave that you can find at Best Buy. This one item could replace almost every aspect of those three appliances. It does not make toast, but has the Power Grill function and the grilling element cooks crispy food, including pizza, by using 1100W of grill power.
We’ve been using our air fryer often and one of our favorite things to make has been Brussels sprouts. Allison makes them with some salt and pepper and sometimes balsamic. Each time they come out great. Having an air fryer has been really nice but having to bring it back and forth to the basement has not. Being able to replace it and our microwave with the Breville Combi Wave 3-in-1 Microwave would save so much space and give us many cooking options.
We’ve slowly been replacing our appliances to have ones that are brushed stainless steel so this would fit perfectly with the kitchen decor. While the interior is a compact 1.1 cu. ft. it does provide enough room for making snacks and other foods. There is a large 12.4″ turntable that keeps food rotating for even heat distribution. To further add to the ability to heat evenly there is convection technology that uses a fan to circulate heat during the cooking process, effectively minimizing the number of hot spots and cold spots. The Power Smoothing™ Inverter also automatically adjusts power intensity for even heat distribution.
Then you also have the Element iQ® system which has smart algorithms and precise temperature control. This comes in handy because there are a variety of cooking programs such as defrost, reheat, fish, bacon, popcorn, pizza, rice, chicken, meat, cake and butter/chocolate. The “Fast Combi” function of the Combi Wave 3-in-1 is designed to cook your favorite dishes faster. Using Microwave, Convection Oven and Grilling to achieve the desired temperature and perfect results in less time.