I love my Brava, but I almost did not purchase a Brava after reading the lukewarm and mixed professional reviews available online. The Brava is highly underrated. It makes cooking healthy meals fast and minimizes dishes. The last kitchen appliance that I got this excited about was my Instant Pot. The Brava oven has quickly become an essential kitchen appliance in my house.

Meat without Smoke or Oil
I purchased a Brava as a multipurpose device that allows me to quickly cook healthy food. One of the biggest advantages is the ability to cook steak without setting off my smoke alarm. The Brava achieves an impressive sear without preheating, with meat straight out of the fridge, produces no smoke and does not require oil on the meat. It cooks faster with no smoke and less clean up than my other kitchen appliances. It will even allow me to cook a medium well steak for my husband without filling the room with smoke. The only other device that I am aware of that will do that is a sous vide, and I don't like the idea of cooking in plastic.

Fewer Dishes
Three zone cooking is another one of my favorite features. With 5 minutes of prep time & 15 minutes of cooking time, I can cook yellow potatoes, broccoli and fish or steak simultaneously. Then I only have one pan and one bowl to wash. That's amazing.

Multipurpose
My Brava replaces my convection oven/toaster, griddle, and air fryer.

Bacon
I discovered oven cooked bacon a few months before I got my Brava and swore that I would never cook bacon any other way. The Brava is even better due to the lack of preheating.

Customer Service
The customer service is responsive and helpful. My loaf pan arrived damaged. I got a response quickly, and they are sending a replacement.

Learning Curve/Programed Options Limitations
Although the tutorial videos are excellent, there is a learning curve with this device. When using the programed options (which has the most efficient cooking), the zones must be filled properly to avoid over or undercooking. The programed options are primarily limited to seasoning with just salt/oil. It would be great to have guidelines on converting recipes like one can do with the Instant pot. I have used Chat GPT to help me with this a little. Of course, one can use the Brava like a standard oven or air fryer, but programed options are more efficient (faster cooking and no preheating). Some more basic programed options like sautéed onions or browned stew meat would be very useful.

Temperature probe
The temperature probe is a pain to use due to the need to plug it in and tuck the wire. Then it must be unplugged (while hot). Unfortunately, the wireless version is backordered. I am hopeful that the wireless version is an improvement.

Brava Glass vs Traditional Brava
I purchased a traditional Brava due to the potential risk of infrared ocular damage with the Brava Glass. The traditional Brava oven has a camera that shows the internal contents on the top screen.

I have really enjoyed this product so far it replaced two items in our home I was a big ninja fan but this is better

A friend cooked a fantastic multi-course meal for me using her Brava (including baking bread!) and I knew I had to try it for myself. It truly is amazing how well the food comes out. The toast and grilled cheese sandwiches are perfectly crisp without drying out or getting greasy! The chicken and steaks have all been cooked out just right"¦ Having a computer watch over it all the time so you dont have to really reduces the stress.

Its fun to browse the recipes and send them to the oven. We now use the Brava everyday. Looking forward to trying more recipes.

I've had a Brava for almost a year and we love it and use it pretty much every day. I just got the chef pan, and made the chicken Cacciatore and it was easy to follow and turned out perfectly.
The pan is as nice as le creuset, but made to fit the Brava. I've also tried non-brava recipes just using the bake setting like a normal oven. Its great for things that have a long cooking time where a normal oven would make my house hot. I can't wait to make bread in here.

For the Brava in general (not just the chef pan) here ase some of my favorite things:
outstanding for heating up leftovers like crispy potatoes, meat, pizza, anything that gets soggy in a microwave.
Eggs! The egg pan is a must and I love that I can cook eggs and toast english muffins at the same time. Egg sandwiches for 4 people ready at the same time. Boom!
The temperature probe for meat is great. Its my favorite way to cook pork chops, but I've also been very happy with steak and fish. I love that i can perfectly cook meat without having to pay attention; it will just turn off when cooked.
The ability to save my own adjustments on recipes for more or less done from last time, if you are picky about your eggs.
It's easy to use, and the tutorials on the app are very thorough if you get stuck.
It makes the most perfectly toasted nuts. Excellent grilled cheese also.

Love the brava only down fall is cleaning it . Seems to not get everything off when cleaned