Sunbeam Pizza Bake and Grill Oven 19L BT5350

great compact oven, built NOT to last – have had 3 and a bit years use out of our oven until a few day ago. like preview reviews, I gave the insides a clean while unplugged, but straight after plugging it back in it now trips the earth leakage breaker within a minute of it being turned back on. I used a damp sponge with an all purpose cleaner, no excess water, no idea why it's now… Read more

shorting out. On further inspection after reading other reviews, the top heater bar elements are both warped and no doubt causing the short. Seems to be coincidence that I just happened to be cleaning it. Contacted Sunbeam, as unit is discontinued, so too are spare parts, so as the title to my review says, this oven was never meant to last. I would have been happy if I could still buy the spare parts for it, but pretty disappointing they are no longer available

Buy this with a timeline in mind – Ok, this fantastic machine will save you a lot of money. The reason being that it will heat up faster than your conventional oven and use less energy to do it. If you roast foods in it, the sidewalls will blacken out and forget cleaning them, its too hard. Regardless of that, the unit is still good. As far as pizza's go, the peforated circular… Read more

plate that comes with with the oven is an issue for sticking, thats due to the material they made it out of. However , I have had one of these for 5 years and only replaced it due to wear. At less than $120 dollars , who cares.

The things that are going for this little oven is that they use infra red solid core elements, Not the infra ray glass tubes which shatter easily and cant be handled very well.

Why waste your money heating up foods for lunches with kids in your conventional oven when this one will save time and expense.

You must be prepared to buy another in years to come, They are not foverever.

So far i have bought two for $100 on specials. Even bought one before the other failed when it was cheap.

And yet with all the power you will save

Who cares about that...

Excellent...with reservations. I have a lot to say about this little $100 beaut – I am now on my third one of these, over the years. The first one simply got grubby, after being used at least once per day for over 2 years. The second I had to have replaced, as when I was cleaning it I sprayed it with cleaner spray and the stuff got into the electrics (reservation 1). I reckon this would not have mattered as the heat from the… Read more

oven would soon have dried it out, but it made the RCD trip every time I turned on the oven, so it never had a chance. Reservation 2 is that, as with any electric oven grill I have tried, it is pretty much useless. If you place something right up under the top grill, the cooking is very uneven due to the widely spaced heat bars. Any further down and you get no grill, just a cook. BUT... I am a guy that likes to get the ridged griddle smoking hot then sear. Reservation 3 is that at this price, there may be QC issues. There have been complaints of inaccurate heat control and although I have not had that trouble, I would believe it could happen and would call that a warranty replacement issue if it was way out.

Other than that, this is a magnificent oven. I use it every day still, at least once, for roasts (slow roasting and crisping), baking fish, cooking sausages finishing off spanish omelettes. It is far faster to heat than a wall oven and is large enough to take quite a family meal. The different heat patterns allow different cooking methods, which I find very versatile. It can also allow cooking food more evenly if, for instance, you have a large chook etc and need to place it lower in the oven. Then I would use Pizza-Toast, to crisp the chook without overheating it from below.

I do not know any oven that you do not have to learn to work with and I have cooked in a $3500 oven. The limitations of room and closeness of the heat bars to the food are just something you need to learn to work with, and they can actually be very useful, in a way that a larger oven can not, if used with thought for this as a versatile tool.

So given that this is about $100 and meant to be a small economical oven, I rate it excellent for what it is. I simply would not use a wall oven every day as I do this little gem. Because of this I have learned many new ways to use an oven and my diet is better for it.

Excellent Value – I had a much more expensive bench top oven from a leading brand and it stopped cooking effectively not long after the warranty ended. Needing a replacement immediately gave fewer options and I settled on this as a compromise as it was inexpensive and large enough. Having had the appliance for almost a month now I am really impressed. It is… Read more ·  1

efficient, easy to use - the temperature settings did take a little time to get used to - and the food is cooked evenly and completely. I mainly use this for baking but the other functions are handy - pizza and also grill. Given that it was just over $90 I am extremely pleased. It is working as efficiently as the one I replaced which cost 3 times as much. Definitely have no hesitation in recommending this highly. Well done, Sunbeam and Good Guys.

Great oven, small caveat (though arguably, proper use and youd be fine) – Used the previous model of this from 6 years ago (that's also how long it lasted) and this newer model I notice has a chrome/metallic covering on the heat bars, which I assume protects them more. Old ones heat bars warped out of shape, touching the roof of the oven in its last month. On grill with tray, like the older one in its first months,… Read more ·  1

lid must be open or food burns within precious minutes- heat sensor seems to be at the bottom and keeps heating even though temperature has been reached 40 degrees ago (tested with oven thermometer-bread at 90 degrees will burn in under 4 minutes excluding preheating).

Other than that slight issue, it's worked fine so far, heats food evenly, lid is light, removable tray at bottom makes oven easier to clean.

Very good compact mini oven – This little oven really surprised me because it has no fan. My last one did and cooked really well. I have had the Sunbeam oven for 2 months now and I have to say it is better than my old one with the fan. Very surprised. I use the bake function all the time when I'm cooking food and I quite often have toasted cheese sandwiches. The grill… Read more ·  1

function is super quick. Over all this oven has been fantastic and is fairly quick in all the cooking I have done in it. I paid just under $100 so very much value for money. Even if it only lasts me a year or two I'm really happy and I would buy another one. So far so good.

A Lemon – Worked really well for the first couple of years and then kept "tripping" the earth leakage safety switch on the power board. When it works it's great but I would not recommend purchasing this unit due to it's short life span. Show details

Would not recommend! – Have owned 2 of these over 4 years. And each time the heating elements at the top has warped and causes the whole thing to short circuit. I stupidly thought I'd give them a second chance, but regrets aplenty. Before completely dying on us the unit began to take longer to do basic functions like toasting bread would take 10 minutes. Show details

Electrical fault after 2yrs old – Our first unit kept tripping out safely switch around 2 years old and same thing happened again to our 2nd unit. Very disappointing despite we like the size and functions. Show details

Fantastic oven....it replaces my wall oven – I just thought I would put in my cents worth. I think I may have written a review a while back but I am now updating. Only this morning I was looking back over old receipts and realised that I purchased this oven on 12 December 2017 so it will be four years old later this year. I cannot speak more highly about it and am thinking of buying… Read more

another just in case it dies on me shortly. I do not know how long they last but I think 4 years for a product under $100 is great.

Great unit when working .3rd edit from original review. Top elements eventually stopped working – On my 2nd unit . The first worked like a dream until the elements warped then it started tripping the circuit breaker. On my second unit which has not got warped elements but , after cleaning the insides has now started tripping the circuit breaker again ! I contacted Customer support who were excellent. The unit now works ok after the liquid… Read more

used to clean it dried. ...update ...a few months later both top two elements stopped working . Sunbeam kindly resolved the issue for me . Thank you sunbeam.

Sunbeam Pizza Bake Bake and Grill Oven BT 5350 – Same experience as Elle T. Harvey Norman happily replaced My Sunbeam Pizza Bake and Grill Oven BT5350 . Same problem again . Customer Care at Sunbeam happily and very promptly replaced but problem has not been rectified. Disappointing. I have had 2 of these ovens lasting about 3 years each . Show details

Trips safety switch constantly – I have bought Sunbeam products for most of my life and so did my Mum but I will think twice before doing that again. Have read a lot of reviews here and I concur with the uneven cooking of this oven but the clincher is that it keeps tripping my safety switch and the dials and door get very hot. I've had this oven for 2.5 years and it really… Read more

started playing up after the warranty ran out and now I can't use it because it clearly is shorting out. Not happy and looking for a different oven to replace it with.

It was perfect for one year only – Bought pizza bake grill as my main oven element broke was great for pizza, toast etc but top two elements stopped working one week after one year warranty expired. Disappointing  Show details

VERY DISAPPOINTED!!!!! – I have had Sunbeam products all my life and Im 65 now. I usually buy secondhand toaster ovens, but always Sunbeam because I do all my baking in it. I have a gas oven but hate it. The new one BT5350 is terrible and burns my cakes, pizzas and everything at the back. I am devistated as I love to bake and cant believe I have a negative review, but there you go, they dont make em like they used to. Show details

Poorly Designed – I got the idea to buy this from using my landlord's mini-oven, which is some no-name brand, it was brilliant in every regard. This model however is not so brilliant. It doesn't cook evenly, pizzas burn towards the back and not cooked up front. It's also incredibly inefficient, in that there are two big gaps between the door and the contact… Read more

points so heat is always oozing out of it.

Update: Several months later and both bottom elements stopped working and the two top elements have uneven heat outputs. For an oven that's rarely used, this is quite disappointing.

Handy little Oven – This oven is handy to use when your just cooking a small amount. It cooks a pizza well at a high temperature. You can use the top, bottom or both elements. Great for grilling, has a variety of settings which are a little hard to read but when you get used to them its simple to use. Lightweight and easily moved about. Would recommend this small oven.  Show reply

Perfect little pizza oven – I mostly use it to reheat pizza or take away meals. Perfect little oven as heats up very quickly and is economical to run. I got it on special around the $100 mark. So glad with the purchase as it was based mostly on all the reviews here. I bought another two for presents.  Show details ·  1

mostly good – this is the 2nd one I've had. The first one lasted nearly 8 years and it was pretty darn good; but I replaced it because the handle came off and sunbeam seemed very unhelpful with a replacement handle. Also the toasting function was extra slow. So I bought a new one hoping to get an appliance that can at least toast properly. Disappointed. The… Read more ·  1

under side of the bread doesn't toast. I can't believe how hard it is for manufacturers to come up with an appliance that can toast evenly whether it be a toaster or a toaster oven

Perfect mini oven!!! – Really good for cooking everything you want The 19l capacity is enough for a small family You can bake , grill , reheat! Really easy to use When mine is broken I just buy the same beacause it is really the best mini oven I had since a long time !! If you don't have many place for storage it is the perfect deal !!!!  Show details

Compact, heats up fast and simple to use – Bought one of these earlier in 2016, however after a while the top heating elements began to warp and buckle due to oil / food debris splashing up during the cooking process. Since it no longer cooks as quickly so I decided to buy a replacement unit from The Good Guys for $85 online This BT5350 seems to feature some new changes and upgrades… Read more

(version 2 of the original product), as it now has stainless steel guards that surround the heating elements which now protects them from debris / oils that might otherwise land on the elements.

It's a good oven for the price; it starts up and heats up quickly to the target temperature, and seems to outperform my built in oven when it comes to cooking smaller dishes or single meals.

efficient and easy to clean – We have had this trusty little toaster for a couple of months and we use it multiple times a day. It's super efficient and heats things up way faster than an oven. It also has a tray at the bottom that you can use to easily clean crumbs out of the toaster.  Show details

A great oven - does the job everytime! – It's been very reliable and heats, bakes, toasts and grills small quantities of food efficiently and quickly. I like it's small footprint. As my kitchen is not large it is a perfect fit. I have baked pizzas, sausage rolls, grilled veggies and all my food have turned out well. It's energy efficient and is value for money for its performance. I would recommend it anytime.  Show details

Excellent bake and grill lunch oven – Excellent everyday work lunch preparation of my favorite peas, onion and cabbage food-processed mixer first and then spread evenly on the baking tray for baking for 20 minutes at 150'C and then add grated cheese plus mixed dry herbs for grilling for 3 minutes. Once done then poured into plastic container so that the moisture and flavour are… Read more

absorbed into crumbed rice cakes in a closed lid environment over 2 hours or so. Power plug is connected into a power-board with on-and-off switch so that I can turn it off from the power board without the risk of damaging by turning the timer dial to off.

Great for small baking – We've had this little oven for over a year now and it is still working fantastic. We bake scones, pies, fish, sausage, even quiche, well, pretty much anything in it. We re-heat meals and other food items as well, saving money on the power bill. As we've decided not to have a microwave oven this is a good alternative. The only downside is difficult… Read more

cleaning (no harsh chemicals used in our household) due to the internal surface and location of heating elements.

A good replace for the build in oven – I bought this product last year and used it each weekend when I want to do some baking staff. It is the best replacement for the build in oven. It baked cake or Pizza even faster than the build-in one and used less energy as well. Personally, I prefer this one against others since it is cheaper and you can expect that it will give you a good performance.  Show details

My favourite kitchen item now! No need to spend for a big oven! – I really love this small oven and it's my favourite kitchen item which I use everyday. I used to use a big 90cm wide gas oven to heat up a little pie for kids' lunch, what a waste!! This small oven does all jobs we require. Even a normal size pizza to just a pie or baking a cake in the normal size tin. It's so perfect. It's quite light so I… Read more

normally store it away after use. Perfectly bake cakes, roast lamb or chicken, etc. Highly recommend this to anyone uses an oven.

good little oven – my friend gave it to me for my birthday it is excellent oven for baking cake ,pizza it is good value for $79 easy to use and to clean, hardly use big stove oven since i got this 19L Sunbeam oven it is very convienience when doing small cook job  Show details

Great little Bake & Grill – We inherited this little oven :-) But wow! We put it on our bench top a year ago and have not stopped using it. It works very fast and we use it a lot for browning the top of food. Hardly use our mega expensive large oven anymore. Very fast cooking, it heats up pizza in a few minutes. Sometimes the door will not close completely but no worries as it is so fast.  Show details

Good value – I bought this oven for my parents which replaced their old oven. Good value for money when compared to other brands of similar size. Simple and easy to use. My only dislike is the the elements located on the top and bottom of the oven does not have a reflector cover and thus heats the element all the way round which could bake the crumbs and any thing that fall to the crumb tray beneath if not clean up immediately.  Show details

A worthy replacement – It's been a year of 'dying' for some of our kitchen devices. A few months ago our 9L Sunbeam mini-oven started to trip safety switches and as it was at least 5 years old it had to go. After much research I decided upon this replacement as it rated highly in Choice and Product Review and was reasonably priced. Good decision. It has… Read more

performed splendidly and being twice the size of our old one has proved to be much more versatile. It seems to be well made ( nothing has fallen off ! ). Recommended.

Buy this product – Bought at Harvey Norman for $99.00 as a cheap use occasionally and put away in the cupboard appliance. No way. This oven is so good it has a permanent place on the bench, so light can be easily moved, so much cheaper to run than a large wall oven, heats up quickly, cooks perfectly and is very generous in size because of the curved glass door… Read more

for a small bench top oven.

I now rate this the number one must have in the kitchen.

Well done Sunbeam.

Use it every day – They are great even for toast! They don't heat up the whole house. The only problem I have is I have had three in three years but Sunbeam do replace it so I keep going back. I have had overseas brands (second hand) and they outlast this brand but I hate being without it.  Show details