Breville the Fast Slow Cooker BPR650

I’ve been using regularly and have not been disappointed. Great sautee feature, pressure cooking is good alternative to slow cooking as so much faster . I also use it boil rice, pasta, legumes. I use weekly in winter to make soups and have been happy with the result. I like that the lid comes off completely unlike the Tefal cook in one. Only downside is it takes a while to reach pressure to start actually cooking, approx 10 minutes so need to factor in this time.

Was really happy with this, but after about a dozen times using it now it fails to pressurise about 75% of the time and I only find out at the end when no pressure releases and food isn’t cooked. Very frustrating when you need to get dinner on the table. I purchased an Instant Pot to replace it - it is so much easier to use than the Breville.

First time using it very happy. Second time the seal didn’t work and I couldn’t use the pressure function, when I had people over to cook for. Disappointing, it is going back and am going to buy another product.

Frequently had seal issues. Cleaned seal thoroughly and carefully fitted lid.

Frequently loses pressure through the seal. Had it cooking once when the seal exploded spewing boiling liquid all over the wall. Fortunately it blew out the back towards the splash back not forwards where we would have been scolded.

So we are buying a brand new cooker, of another brand.

I only ever used this appliance in the sear and pressure modes.
The capacity was enough to cook a meal with left overs for my family of 2 adults and 5 children.
The product did retain the smell of meat but it didn’t really affect the use. Also it was hard to get the food reside out of the grove in the top.
I loved the cooker and used it a lot and when it worked, it was great.
Just out of the 12 month warranty, it ceased working properly and never reached pressure. This ruined a $30 piece of roast beef I was cooking at the time and left me scr...

The product itself is good when it works. Option to saute, slow cook and pressure cook. 6l capcity of bowl is plenty for a big curry, stew that would feed 6 - 8 people.

Was a happy owner of mine until the unit displayed E2 error code which is the code for when the bowl is not sitting correctly in the unit. This error actually went off in the middle of a cook so I knew the bowl was sitting correctly. Nevertheless I turned off the unit and removed the bowl, checked the element switch etc 20+ times. It was broken.

Phoned Breville who were not h...

The fast slow Pro has the convenience of being a slow cooker and a pressure cooker . It allows
You to sear saving time and also has a risotto feature which makes perfect risotto every time
It’s a kitchen appliance I could not live without - Meals always tasty and meat tender especially
Slow cooked lamb shoulder as
Pictured -
Perfect every time

I have owned a FastSlow for 12 months. It is great. I cook a lot of soups and curries using a mix of pressure cooking and slow cooking meaning lots of flavour and keeps hot for eating at different times. Only difficulty is there is no temperature control on the sear feature.

Food comes out much more tastier using the slow cooker feature than the pressure cooker feature. Beef spare ribs using the pressure cooker function came out very chewy with not much taste.

In hindsight I should have just bought an old fashioned crock pot with a glass lid.

I've had this machine for years. I LOVE it. This slow cooker makes meat incredibly tender, never burns or undercooks and is very sturdy and of high quality.

I'm aware there was a recall on the seal, but my seal has worked faultlessly every time I've pressure cooked and I don't think mine was under recall. The lid can be a little annoying as it beeps at you when you take the lid off to look at slow cooked food.

But the flavour! Tender, tender meat! I always use utensils that won't scratch the non stick surface and it has lasted for years. No f...

The first 4 times I used it I loved BUT then, the lid would not seal. Got a replacement but still had the same issue. Ended up returning it and getting a refund. Very disappointed

I love the slow-cooker more than the pressure cooker. I've made several curries and other casserole type dishes, all of which turned out with delicious flavours and really, really tender, fall apart meat. I've only used the pressure cooker function twice, neither with very good results, but that's more than likely due to my inexperience. The beef casserole was quite chewy and the corned beef was not done in the middle. I've yet to find a recipe for corned beef that tells you how long to pressure cook it for.
The other thing that I'm not kee...

Went alright to start so bought one for my Mother. She could never work the lid so that was a waste of time. The lid is very difficult.

Then the nonstick surface went crap after sbout 6 months...gradually becoming worse that it now attracks things. I wish they had a stainless uption. I would pay extra for SS

Now the unit wont detect lid secure so cannot steam or pressure cook so have to load it as if you are pressuring and then place on Sear.

Lookup its predecessors reviews (BPR200) a guy got told off for inspecting inside the lid and finding a part made to break. Thanks Breville for filling our rubbish skips!

Possibly dangerous but who would know as not covered in manual.
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It does the job, but isn't perfect.
The inner ring required replacing under recall, and it was easy enough to manage.
However, even with the new ring installed, the pressure cooker functionality is fiddly and can be quite difficult.
Cleaning the lid and ring is also a little difficult.
The slow cooker is easy to use however.
Recipe book is also helpful

Excellent product. Highly recommend it and it is very convenient considering that you just leave and do other chores then few minutes you have a good food ready for the whole family. Enerhy saving and ot realky makes the food yummy and tender. We love having the slow cooker very convenient for us.