Breville Original '74 BSG1974

Great Jaffle Maker – I had my 74 for 15 years. Best jaffle maker on the market. Just replaced it with the same machine and hope to get another 15 years from it. Show details

So thoroughly happy with this appliance!!! – I was wary of the few bad reviews before buying, but I truly don't understand how anyone could possibly be unhappy!! This is hands down the BEST purchase I have made in the last few years! I had the original as a kid and this one is just as good. Bread loaves tend to be pretty large in my part of the world (I'm in Perth, WA) and the plates are… Read more

the perfect size. Hand on heart, I have made some amazing jaffles in this machine and I am super happy with it. If you're questioning whether or not to make the purchase, don't. Just go for it.

Worked well for the first 18 months – This jaffle maker worked great to begin with, gets plenty hot enough and made great jaffles. We used it nearly every day through last years lock down and on most weekends. In the last few months the non stick coating on the cutting ridges on the top plates has failed even though we only ever use a silicon spatula to release the jaffles and have… Read more

followed the cleaning instructions. It is now too frustrating to use as we have to place strips of baking paper on top of the bread or it sticks every time. A waste of an otherwise good product.

Great golden jafflles – Breville the Original 74 Jaffle Maker Stainless Steel BSG1974PSS is a sturdily built jaffle maker which is stylish. It's heavy and the inner non-stick coating is easy to clean with a damp cloth. The unit stays upright for easy storage in the cupboard. Using think bread slices with enough filling to press and lock the jaffle maker always gives… Read more

golden brown jafflles (butter on the out side of the bread slices makes it even better). Product comes with the Breville assist plug. It would have been great if there was a mechanism to wrap and hold the cord around the jaffle maker when kept in storage. The recipe cards provided have some good ideas to try out as well.

Soggy Sandwiches every-time – Absolute disappointment. Firstly, only extra large bread will fit properly into this jaffle maker in order to seal the sides of the sandwich, 95% of supermarket bread will not fit properly. Meaning all the fillings will leak out the sides. Secondly, it takes forever to warm up and the light to turn green, and even then once its heated be… Read more

prepared for your toastie to take 15 minutes to get any colour, no matter how long I have left my toasties in they have never had toasted bread.

It does look nice and the non stick coating works well, but it can't make a jaffle to save its life, don't waste your time (or money considering the price of this compared to others)

If I could return it I would and would buy something different. I used to use my parents Breville jaffle maker from the 90's (still going strong today) which was perfect every time, this is nothing like Brevilles older jaffle makers.

Unbeatable Quality – This jaffle maker was expensive compared to the cheapies you can get your hands on but it is absolutely worth every cent. Mine is at least 6 years old and doesn't even have a scratch! I used to go through them frequently as my other half insisted on removing the bread with a knife. This one is still as new as the day we got it. Can't recommend it highly enough. Show details

Perfect Everytime – Bought this a year back, still works great. Calibrates output to not burn the bread but evenly toasts it. Saw some reviews about sandwich slice sizes being an issue for some people but no problems here. Maybe if you using smaller cheaper bread slices. Holds a lot of filling. Beautiful styling, all metal body. Show details

5yrs old & not a scratch! – I was shocked to read any negative comments on this product. Before finding this jaffle iron my partner destroyed one every few weeks. This one is at least 6 years old and still going strong. Not a mark on it and my partner is rough! It is large yet smaller bread still fits with no spillage, it heats within a minute or so. Cooks perfectly, crispy… Read more

brown bread every time (still). I can only assume those who wrote negative reviews got a dud machine. Absolutely the best quality appliance in my kitchen. Would give this 10 stars if I could.

Poor product – This product is nowhere near as good as the original jaffle maker. It takes forever to toast the bread and it still comes out soggy and not crunchy. Also it's too small to fit regular sized bread slices. Wish I could get my money back. The cheese hardly melts either. Very poor product for what you pay.  Show details

Poor Product – Purchased this product last winter.It can’t toast sandwiches.no matter how Long you leave the sandwich in the toaster it comes out soggy.Does not even BROWN THE BREAD.Have now purchase a sandwich toaster from BIG W for$19..Perfect every time. Its less than a third of the cost of a Breville.would not even consider another Breville.  Show details

70's bread must have been bigger – Did they even test this thing with Australian supermarket bread?? Cant find any bread big enough to seal the toastie, wonder what they used in testing? I really need a family 4 sandwich jaffle with deep inserts for more fillings. using a camp jaffle maker on a gas stove now works much better only one at a time.  Show details

Does exactly what it is designed to do and it looks good – We bought this a few weeks ago and are happy with our purchase - we use it a few times a week and have had none of the problems other reviewers have had. It is true that it needs bigger bread (like wonder white) but I have used smaller bread and although the edges don’t seal we have had no issues with it leaking (but we don’t overfill it). We… Read more

don’t use butter (not on the outside or inside) and we still get a golden finish with no sticking. Cleaning is pretty easy, let it cool a bit and wipe. The 3 year warranty (as long as you register) is also a bonus

Works ok, but the legs came off! – Looks great and works ok, but after 6 months the legs started getting loose and the fell off. Took it back to the good guys and it was hard to get it repaired. Would have been a good otherwise. Threw it out and replaced it with another Breville. Fingers crossed this time.  Show details

It Leaks No Matter What You Do – The first failures were my fault: First attempt had me using normal sized bread and using too much filling so naturally it made a mess. So then I tried wrapping each sandwich in 'Multix Non-Stck Alfoil' (fantastic stuff by the way) and using much less filling but the foil broke of course. OK so I tried tough baking paper in an attempt to contain… Read more

the leakage but even that still leaked out. All these were my mistakes.

Suddenly I realised you MUST use large sized bread. The slices have to reach right out to the sealing surfaces of the clam-shell style recesses. So I tried big bread with only about a teaspoon of cheese on each half of each sandwich and half a thin slice of tomato too. It still leaked. It makes a mess. The filling oozes out and dribbles down the sides unless your filling consists of one sesame seed, halved per sandwich.

It's not easy to clean at all. Maybe I'm fastidious but I found even after thoroughly wiping all over (you keep finding spots you've missed) for about 3 minutes with several paper towels, there's still bits stuck to it.

Mines gone in the bin. I could have given it away - but that would be mischievous.

Great Jaffe maker + lots of recipe – Very Classy looking sandwish maker - easy to simply wipe clean after use, good size for any sort of bread, slightly burn and seal the edge properly. It comes with Breville 3 years warranty - Brilliant !! It came with a box of recipe pocket / cards. Very interesting meal ideas. We tried to put croissant on it and it came out dense, crispy and… Read more

brown, oh so nice. We have been using it every second day on breakfast for 1 months now. So much you can create with it.

So simple, great results, easy to clean, ACTUALLY CUTS – Amazing results out of such a simple machine, makes you wonder why other manufacturers never quite got it right. With standard supermarket bread the results look exactly like the pictures in the brochures. Plenty of interesting recipes included that we can't wait to try. Power cord is maybe a bit short but that is a minor shortcoming in an otherwise brilliant product.  Show details

The best sandwich maker out there – I've been using this just about every weekend for 3 years now. What a great buy. It cleans up easy and is made from material that is robust and resistant to damage so it shines up as good as the day it was purchased. It has a red heating light and a green light which turns in when it reaches operating temperature. I use Tip Top Multigrain… Read more

Bread with pumpkin seed which is a good fit.

The unit is strong enough to use a bit of force to close the unit without the handles breaking off which had been the problem with other brands I have used in the past.

The heating surfaces are easily cleaned with a paper towel and after three years show no sign of damage.

I highly recommend this product.

Worked well for 2 years – I was given this sandwich maker as a birthday gift about 2.5 years ago from my parents. The kids & I ate toasted sandwiches almost every day and we loved that this toaster was 'roomy' enough for decent fillings in the sandwiches and we loved the retro look. Sadly, the sandwich maker has recently begun malfunctioning, where, when I turn it on the… Read more

light does not come on nor does it heat up unless I tilt the whole thing upright. I rang and lodged a claim with Breville, but because I did not register the product to get the 3 year warranty they won't help me, even though I have the original receipt that my parents kindly held on to. The information on the Breville warranty card is a bit misleading as it says in big headlines '3 year replacement guarantee' and in small letters on the side it says to register your warranty. It doesn't actually say that in order to have the 3 year warranty you have to register it.To be honest, who looks at these bits of paper when you are given something like this for a gift? I'm wondering where I stand in regards to my statutory rights under the Australian Consumer Law....

Only works with gigantic sized bread – Managed to get a good jaffle after finally finding bread that is big enough to seal all sides. We use this "gigantic" sized bread on occasion to get that authentic jaffle which is sealed. However as my family eats regular sized bread we get unsealed leaky toasties most days using this machine. Still tastes nice but filling leaks and then the clean… Read more

up! I guess Breville is marketing this product to people who love huge bread that measures 12.5 x 12.5cm!

Doesn't fit regular bread – Got this for Christmas. Works fine. Heats up evenly. But doesn't fit any type of supermarket bread. Wonder white is as big as a slice of bread can get and the jaffle maker can't seal the edges so there is always something spilling or bubbling out of the machine. I am a huge fan of Breville's products but this one is a big downer. Sorry Breville. This ones going back for a refund since it can't really do what it says it's supposed to do.  Show details

My review of the Breville Original '74 - My current favorite appliance – Currently I own both the Breville "The Big One" and this current one I am reviewing which is the Breville "Original '74". Currently the one I am reviewing is my favorite cooking appliance in our house. The uses are phenomenal. I recently even tried a spicy mozzarella pasta filling with cheese. Worked beautifully! . As I stated I owned the… Read more ·  1

Breville "The Big One" which I had issues with. The appliance itself was fine with no faults but due to the large size of the compartment it was hard to tell how much to fill. It was always never enough as it had never browned. It also did not cut the Jaffle in half. This basically made the filling all travel to one side which was not ideal.

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I also realise that there was an original (BTS200) version that is not all metal. Upon seeing reviews of the non stick surface not working so well I decided to opt for the Original '74. Only costing $30 more it seemed negligible. On attending The Good Guys in Tarren Point I did notice the surface on the BTS200 was different to the Original '74. I have not used the BTS200.

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For the price of this appliance which compared to some other appliances out there ("Kitchen Aid...") is still cheap in my opinion. It cooks thoroughly and hadn't burnt at any time. Still fits large slices of bread but when using smaller slices it still worked as intended. There is also a high level of build quality to it. Non stick surface worked great only having to wipe it down afterwards. Cuts the bread in half cleanly leaving a nice centre crispy line of cheese every time. (Everyone knows this is the best part)

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If deciding which Jaffle iron to get don't bother wasting time looking at cheaper versions. Just get this and you wont be unhappy. It also has good reviews on all websites for a good reason. I have done the research for you.

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ENJOY

Love it ! – This was so worth the money. The whole family think it's great. The biggest problem is how much bread and cheese we go through. Like the person before me wrote, sometimes the edges don't quite seal. We had a cheap sandwich toaster before this an every sandwich stuck to the plates, not with this one. Thanks Breville, you took me back to my childhood.  Show details ·  1

Am I doing it wrong? – I have tried a variety of breads such as Tip Top and WonderWhite and for some reason and for some reason my jaffle is always open on one side of the edges? I get leakage of the insides each time so it kind of ruins the experience. Is the iron super big or what?

Takes me Back, Way Back! – We have had this since the middle of winter and it was used daily until just recently. I prefer fresh salad sandwiches now it's 40 plus outside. This machine is faultless and I clean it with paper towel after each use. I takes full size slices of bread and you can load up the inside and not have it spill out. It seals and cuts perfectly each time… Read more ·  3

as I remember as a kid using the original one back in the 70's. I remember thinking back then "why were you buttering the outside of the bread" but now I have the upper hand because the whole family cannot believe how good these taste. The handles are decent being solid stainless steel, not like many others that have plastic. We have many family meals produced from this beauty so it seems to keep the heat constant over cooking eight to ten "Brevilles". Writing this makes me looking forward to next winter and more "Brevilles" Yah.

Yea Breville!!! – Aw shucks ... Took me a while to get around to praising these guys for the new model. Bigger - AND Better !!! LOVED the oldie, we did. (Just the 2 of us). Actually reckon this is a way better product (well, it sure will be if it lasts anything like the 25 yrs or whatever our other one did.) And look, we're soo into JAFFLES here , I'd often… Read more

thought of starting a Jaffle biz ...

Crikey, you could set up a dozen of these things for less than a thousand bucks and produce a whole lotta beaut food - and with no training whatsoever.

Anyhow, just letting you know that after hundreds, thousands(?) of jaffles and the shock of that old model blowing up - and I do mean "KABOOM !!!", it's real nice to have a replacement that does an even better job in our kitchen! Good Guys did us a good Deal - but seriously, this new "old 74 Original" would be worth buying at even twice the price ...

Cheese and Tomato, Leftovers JAFFLES? Mmmm... Think I'll go make us another couple!

So look , if you don't have one of these Jaffle Irons then y's should go get yourself one. Got It ??? GOOD !

Not the original from 70s!! – The original breville was orange and cut the sangas in half from top to bottom not corner to corner!! I really really really dislike corner to corner cut sangas! Each half of the sanga had 4 bumps with each bump a perfect mouthfull of goodness! Where can i get one??!!

easy to clean and lots of room for fillings – The jaffle maker comes with a small recipe book. They look good, but I like a tomato cheese and ham classic combo. This jaffle maker allows a lot of fillings, is easy to clean and looks nice too. It is a little on the heavy side because of the all metal casing, but this is much better than plastic, and well with it. Really happy. All metal

Just like mum's old Breville! – I am a die-hard jaffle fan and have finally found the perfect one! This is the one to buy if you want a jaffle just like you had in the 70s. It's strong and nice and heavy like the original model. No bad plastic here. My mother's original still works! The coating on the hot plates is easy to clean and doesn't peel off like the other jaffle makers… Read more

on the market. It also cuts the jaffle in two so well you hardly even have to use your hands to separate them. Breville finally got it right. I got mine on sale at Myer so it wasn't so pricey. But honestly, you get what you pay for. I bought the other Breville model first, before this one came on the market, which was cheaper, the BTS200, and after a few uses, the black coating on the hot plates started to peel off!!! Love this one, just wish they made it in the 4 sandwich size. Used it nonstop all school holidays and since and have not had any problems with the hotplates at all! Worth every cent. easy to clean, non-stick, cuts bread in two, no plastic

Retro Sandwich Maker – Bought this because the idea of an old fashioned style sandwich maker appealed to me. It works well, heats up quickly but does't reach a very high temperature, which makes it difficult to burn things. The sides still get hot though, so all power cords need to be kept clear. Looks nice, feels pretty sturdy, and I like the leverage the old style… Read more ·  1

handle/clamps give me. Loses a star only because it's a bit pricey compared to almost every other twin sandwich press. Looks nice, good leverage, tasty sandwiches. Bit pricey.