The catch
Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Compact
When everyone eats together, a four-slice and 11-inch-pizza oven can become the bottleneck.
Side by side
Breville BOV680 vs BOV800: BOV800 holds larger breakfast batches, BOV680 air-fries in less width
Quick verdict
If small air-fried snacks are the job your kitchen is missing, pick BOV680. Pick BOV800 for six-slice toast, a 13-inch pizza and larger included baking pans, particularly when you already own an air fryer. BOV680 is narrower but deeper, and the ordinary convection on the BOV800 is not a dedicated air-fry program.
Before you buy
Why, and what it costs you
Less room in front may be left by the narrower oven
In a narrow kitchen, the same counter often has to serve for chopping, serving and the oven. Compared with BOV800, BOV680 frees up 3.2 inches of side-to-side body width but extends an extra inch in depth. That helps beside another appliance and helps less on a shallow worktop where the front edge already feels crowded. Neither body measurement includes the open door or full safety clearances. Before choosing, map where you will place a hot pan. The model called Compact is the narrower option and does not win on every cramped counter.
Where this comes from
Widths as published: 18.9 minus 15.7 = 3.2 inches. Depths: 16.9 minus 15.9 = 1 inch. The inference is about usable counter shape, and the oven top is not treated as preparation space.
The catch
Breville Smart Oven
It has no dedicated air-fry or slow-cook program and no interior light. Its wider body still needs side clearance.
Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Compact
- Why pick it
- A 13-inch pizza whole matters less to you than an included air-fry basket and compact snack routines.
- The narrower body is a need, and you have room for its 16.9-inch depth plus clearance.
- The catch
- When everyone eats together, a four-slice and 11-inch-pizza oven can become the bottleneck.
Breville Smart Oven
- Why pick it
- Six toast slices and a larger pizza need to go in one load.
- With an air fryer on hand, what you need is a separate oven for food cooked at another setting.
- The catch
- It has no dedicated air-fry or slow-cook program and no interior light. Its wider body still needs side clearance.
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What this page compares
Air-fried snacks from the Breville BOV680 face six-slice toast, a larger pizza and bigger pans on the BOV800. A shared kitchen shifts the decision.
In everyday toast, baking and reheating, these ovens overlap. One puts its space and controls into compact air frying, and the other offers a wider traditional convection oven.
Which one fits
Pick the situations that sound like you
A snack is usually cooked for one or two people at a time
The dedicated air-fry job is covered by the compact, with no larger toast requirement.
- Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Compact
- Better fit
- Breville Smart Oven
- Similar
A family sharing larger pizza, and an air fryer already owned
Separate oven capacity and the larger pizza limit are what BOV800 adds.
- Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Compact
- Caution
- Breville Smart Oven
- Better fit
A shallow counter position is all that is available
Safe installation still requires the full clearance check, although BOV800 is shallower.
- Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Compact
- Caution
- Breville Smart Oven
- Similar
You cannot go without a dedicated long slow-cook program
Slow Cook appears on neither exact model's list. Extra air-fry or convection functions do not establish that capability.
- Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Compact
- Caution
- Breville Smart Oven
- Caution
In practice
Differences you will notice
Less room in front may be left by the narrower oven
In a narrow kitchen, the same counter often has to serve for chopping, serving and the oven. Compared with BOV800, BOV680 frees up 3.2 inches of side-to-side body width but extends an extra inch in depth. That helps beside another appliance and helps less on a shallow worktop where the front edge already feels crowded. Neither body measurement includes the open door or full safety clearances. Before choosing, map where you will place a hot pan. The model called Compact is the narrower option and does not win on every cramped counter.
How we worked this out
Widths as published: 18.9 minus 15.7 = 3.2 inches. Depths: 16.9 minus 15.9 = 1 inch. The inference is about usable counter shape, and the oven top is not treated as preparation space.
Keeping a second appliance can pay off when people eat differently
Say one person wants air-fried chicken and another needs a baked vegetarian dish at a different temperature. BOV680 puts both tasks in a queue. BOV800 next to an existing separate air fryer keeps the two cooking spaces available, provided placement and electrical requirements are met. If you mostly make one small meal at a time, the reverse is true, and BOV680 may let you drop a redundant appliance. Separate cooking spaces do not in themselves establish allergen protection, and nothing here measures energy use. The useful question is whether your dinners overlap in time.
How we worked this out
Air-fry and oven programs share one chamber in BOV680. When paired with an already-owned air fryer, BOV800 provides a separate conventional oven. The scheduling inference depends explicitly on conditional extra equipment.
What you can buy whole depends on a larger pizza setting
A household sharing store-bought pizza can avoid buying a different size, or splitting dinner into separate loads, by moving from an 11-inch limit to 13 inches. The included 13-inch pan of BOV800 helps here. BOV680’s air-fry functions do not make up for a pizza that will not fit. The same check applies to baking dishes. BOV800 supplies a 12-inch square pan, and BOV680 supplies a 10.55-inch square roasting pan. Those are accessory sizes. They do not guarantee that any dish with that nominal label, lid or handles fits safely.
How we worked this out
Size compatibility rests on manufacturer pizza limits and the exact dimensions of supplied pans. Nothing is claimed about how many people a pizza feeds, usable interior volume or arbitrary third-party cookware.
Option A
Breville, BOV680BSS1BUC1
Smart Oven Air Fryer Compact
A 13-inch pizza whole matters less to you than an included air-fry basket and compact snack routines.
- Best for
- A 13-inch pizza whole matters less to you than an included air-fry basket and compact snack routines.
Facts we checked
- Body shape: 15.7 W by 16.9 D inches
- Shared meal capacity: Four toast slices and 11-inch pizza
- Supplied baking equipment: 10.55-inch square roasting pan and air-fry basket
- Fan and air frying: Super convection with dedicated air-fry functions
Option B
Breville, BOV800XL
Smart Oven
Six toast slices and a larger pizza need to go in one load.
- Best for
- Six toast slices and a larger pizza need to go in one load.
Facts we checked
- Body shape: 18.9 W by 15.9 D inches
- Shared meal capacity: Six toast slices and 13-inch pizza
- Supplied baking equipment: 12-inch square bake pan and 13-inch pizza pan
- Fan and air frying: Conventional selectable convection
Spec by spec
Where they really differ
| Spec | Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Compact | Breville Smart Oven | In practice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body shape | 15.7 W by 16.9 D inches | 18.9 W by 15.9 D inches | Let your tightest counter dimension make the pick. |
| Shared meal capacity | Four toast slices and 11-inch pizza | Six toast slices and 13-inch pizza | The tray limit of the smaller oven can catch up with a family before the presets run out. |
| Supplied baking equipment | 10.55-inch square roasting pan and air-fry basket | 12-inch square bake pan and 13-inch pizza pan | Measure the outside of your real cookware, handles included. |
| Fan and air frying | Super convection with dedicated air-fry functions | Conventional selectable convection | A fan by itself does not show that air-fry results are equal. |
| Slow cooking | No dedicated program | No dedicated program | Do not choose either to replace a documented long slow-cook workflow. |
Trade-offs
What each pick costs you
With Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Compact
- A chamber is shared by air frying and baking, so a second dish cannot be cooked independently at another temperature.
With Breville Smart Oven
- Only in the middle position does the magnetic rack move outward. Roasting in the lower position still needs careful manual handling.
Change of plan
When the answer changes
The kitchen lacks dedicated air frying
Go with Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Compact. The function and basket come with BOV680.
Routine use means a whole 13-inch pizza or six toast slices
Go with Breville Smart Oven. The documented larger capacity comes from BOV800.
You cannot go without a long dedicated slow-cook program
Neither model fits. That function is missing from both lists.
Decision guide
Before you buy
Snack convenience and enough room for shared meals are both on your household's wish list, yet the counter has only one good spot for an oven.
What this page can’t tell you
- No air-fry result follows from the BOV800 ordinary convection fan.
- Running separate appliances takes suitable electrical capacity and safe placement.
- Serving count cannot be worked out from pan size or pizza diameter. Follow the supervision and cleaning instructions.
By the numbers
What the data shows
What we found across the countertop ovens we compare, plus the checked facts behind each finding.
Show the facts and the math
| Product | Needs it meets | Facts we checked | Sources |
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Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Compact
A 13-inch pizza whole matters less to you than an included air-fry basket and compact snack routines.
The narrower body is a need, and you have room for its 16.9-inch depth plus clearance.
See price & reviews on AmazonBreville Smart Oven
Six toast slices and a larger pizza need to go in one load.
With an air fryer on hand, what you need is a separate oven for food cooked at another setting.
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