Breville the Smart Waffle Pro 4 Slice Review: A$379 for a Countdown, Not More Heat

Breville the Smart Waffle Pro 4 Slice in brushed stainless steel on a white background, lid open: the upper plate shows four deep square grids, the lower plate four empty square pockets ringed by the moat, and the orange LCD between the POWER | MENU dial and the LIGHT-to-DARK dial reads 3:29 beside the menu list BELGIAN, CLASSIC, CHOCOLATE, BUTTERMILK, CUSTOM, with RESTART and A BIT MORE buttons at the right

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THE SHORT VERSION

In Australia the Smart Waffle Pro 4 Slice is model BWM640BSS, listed on Breville's own store as "the Smart Waffle" at A$379 in brushed stainless steel, in stock on 5 November 2026. It is the 220–240 V version: 1800 W, 39.3 × 31.8 × 14.7 cm, four slices, four batter settings and 12 colour settings, stainless housing over deep cast-aluminium plates, a BPA-free dosing cup and a one-year limited warranty. Amazon Australia sold and dispatched the same model that day for A$318.

What Waffle IQ adjusts is time. Breville's page says the cooking time is calculated automatically for the waffle style and colour; the Australian instruction book warns that the time can differ from batch to batch on the same settings because other inputs feed the calculation, and Breville's US edition of the same book names plate temperature as one of them. There is no temperature dial. And unlike the US range, Breville Australia sells no two-slice Pro, so the cheaper step down is a single round waffle without the screen.

Our verdict

Buy the BWM640BSS when four waffles must land at once and you would rather pick a batter type and colour than learn cook times. At A$379, or A$318 at Amazon AU, there is no two-slice Pro to step down to.

A good fit for: Families who fill four squares at once and want a batter setting and a colour instead of a timer to watch; benches with about 60 × 52 cm clear and 20 cm of air above.
We would skip it if: Households that make one waffle at a time, where Breville's A$219 No-mess Waffle does the job, and kitchens that want plates which come off for the sink. Nothing here detaches.

Reasons to consider it

The timing is calculated, not fixed: Breville works the cooking time out from the waffle type, the darkness setting and other inputs, so a repeat batch can run on a different clock from a cold first one
Four deep cast-aluminium squares on 1800 W at 220–240 V, with the overflow moat built into the same frame so stray batter is caught and cooked in place
Documented controls: 12 darkness settings, A BIT MORE to add time without resetting the timer, RESTART between batches, and a dosing cup sized for two waffles

The compromises

The plates do not come off. The Australian booklet's cleaning routine is a soft cloth on the plates and moat, with no immersion, no metal or abrasive scourers and no spray-on non-stick coatings
It needs bench space: 39.3 × 31.8 cm of body plus 10 cm at the sides and 20 cm above, and it stores flat with the storage clip locked
Breville Australia's range has no smaller Pro: the next model down is the A$219 No-mess Waffle, one round waffle on 900 W with seven colour settings and no countdown screen

What we have not verified: Breville publishes no cook-time table for the presets, so batch length has to be learned at the bench; the only countdown on its pages is the 3:29 in the product photo. No weight appears in the Australian specification. Breville's Australian warranty page sets no authorised-seller condition in the passages read, but it does not name Amazon either, so how a claim on an Amazon-bought unit is handled is not settled here; keep the invoice.

The things in this guide

A closer look at the products, who they may suit, and what to check before buying.

Four squares at once, timed by batter type and colour rather than by feel

the Smart Waffle Pro 4 Slice · BWM640

A$379 at Breville Australia, A$318 at Amazon AU that day, for four deep cast-aluminium squares on 1800 W, a POWER | MENU dial with four batter types plus CUSTOM, 12 darkness settings, a countdown LCD, A BIT MORE and RESTART buttons and the dosing cup.

Before you buy: Plates and moat are fixed: cloth only, never immersed, no metal scourers, no spray-on coatings. The Australian instruction book asks for 10 cm of space at the sides and 20 cm above.

$379 at Breville Australia $318 at Amazon AU

Price checked 5 November 2026. Retailer prices can change.

The automation is a clock, not a hotter plate

Breville's Australian page says the cooking time is calculated automatically to suit the waffle style and colour, and the specification reduces that to two counts: four batter settings and twelve colour settings. There is no temperature control in the list — the controls are the POWER | MENU dial, the LIGHT-to-DARK dial and two buttons. The element is 1800 W on 220–240 V.

The clock is not fixed per setting. The ANZ booklet says that even with the same batter type and shade, the cooking time may differ from batch to batch because of other inputs, and calls that correct function; Breville's US booklet names the temperature of the plates as one of those inputs. In practice the first batch off a cold plate and the fourth on a hot one can get different clocks. A BIT MORE adds time without resetting the timer, and RESTART resets the count for the next batch.

Three models in Australia, and no two-slice Pro

Breville Australia's waffle range is three machines, priced on their own pages. The Crisp Control (BWM250) makes five heart-shaped waffles on 1000 W with a temperature dial, at A$99.95, but was sold out on 5 November 2026. The No-mess Waffle (BWM520) makes one round classic waffle about 16.8 × 14.3 cm on 900 W with a seven-setting browning dial, at A$219. The Smart Waffle Pro 4 Slice is A$379.

The US range has a two-slice Pro with the same screen at a lower price, which is the obvious answer there for a household of two. Australia does not: the BWM620 page does not exist on the Australian site. So the choice here is starker — four squares with the countdown, or one round waffle without it — and A$160 separates them.

About 60 × 52 cm of bench, 20 cm of air above, and a flat slab to store

The Australian model measures 39.3 × 31.8 × 14.7 cm, and the ANZ instruction book asks for at least 10 cm of space at the sides and 20 cm above while it runs. Add the 10 cm all round and the working footprint is about 59 × 52 cm, with no overhead cupboard closer than 20 cm to the top of the machine.

Storage is flat. Switch off, unplug, let it cool fully, lock the storage clip, wrap the cord underneath and put it on a flat, dry, level surface. The booklet gives no upright-storage step, so a cupboard shelf has to take 39.3 cm of length and clear 14.7 cm of height. Breville prints no weight for this model.

Nothing comes off, and the booklet says so

The cooking plates, hinges and overflow moat carry the non-stick coating, and none of them comes off. Breville's routine is a soft cloth on the plates and moat after every use, ideally while the machine is still slightly warm, with warm soapy water and a non-abrasive plastic pad or nylon brush for stubborn residue. Do not immerse any part, do not use metal or abrasive scourers, and do not use spray-on non-stick coatings, which Breville says affect the plate surface.

The moat's job is to catch batter that strays and cook it in place, so the mess lands on a surface you are wiping anyway. The dosing cup is sized for two waffles, so a full four-square batch is two pours.

What A$379 covers, and why the channel matters

Breville lists the machine at A$379 with a one-year limited warranty, on top of the Australian Consumer Law guarantees its warranty page says cannot be excluded: a refund or replacement for a major failure, and repair or replacement when goods are not of acceptable quality. Breville's own warranty is valid only in the country of purchase and excludes misuse, accidental damage, minor cosmetic issues including coatings, and the cost of getting the machine to and from the place of purchase.

Amazon Australia sold and dispatched the same BWM640BSS for A$318 on 5 November 2026, A$61 under Breville's price, with no end date shown. Returns then run through Amazon: Breville accepts change-of-mind returns only for machines bought on breville.com.au, within 30 days of delivery, unused in their packaging and with a Return Authority number. Keep the invoice whichever channel you use.

Three households that should stop lower down the line

Skip it if waffles are one at a time or once a month. The No-mess Waffle at A$219 makes a single round waffle on 900 W with a seven-setting browning dial, on about half the Pro's footprint and for A$160 less; it gives up the countdown and the batter settings.

Skip it for novelty shapes: the Crisp Control's five hearts are a different job, though it was sold out when checked. And skip it if the washing rule is a deal-breaker. The plates and moat are wiped where they sit, no part goes under the tap, and the booklet has no dishwasher step.

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