You confirmed what I suspected. All of your points were what I anticipated. Thank you for your detailed description.

Well, it certainly does everything the Breville does, and anything you want a toaster/countertop oven to do. I'd love to offer a more thorough review, but to be honest we don't cook that much in it. I've probably only made 2-3 more steaks in the 18 months since I posted this video. Plus we've also got the sous vide cooker and the smoker and the barbecue grill, so the June ends up making a lot of toast, and frozen pizza for the kid. That's not to say there's anything wrong with it, and with the price of the v2 model it's a lot easier to recommend. It is a very well-made convection oven and even without the smart features, it's fast and accurate. They fixed the bacon program and I'll give it 10/10 there. When the summer's over and we're back to cooking indoors, we'll put it through its paces some more.

Exactly...it goes in the side of the meat not the top. That should help with flipping.

The probe should be in the side of the steak so you can flip without removing the probe.

No. There are subscriptions now, but they are only for optional features, like controlling the oven from your phone and access to additional recipes. The prices and features are somewhat hidden on the June web site, you have to find the parts where they talk about premium membership and click more info. But in answer to your question, no, you don't have to pay for the oven's basic features to work.

How do I find out the price for last generation?

According to Serious Eats, this is a myth. www.seriouseats.com/2013/06/the-food-lab-7-old-wives-tales-about-cooking-steak.html

Christopher Masto - you are talking about a COMPLETELY different issue. You can make an awesome steak from frozen meat, and in fact, many experts prefer frozen to ensure perfect doneness. The issue is time. The video creator is puzzled why his freezing cold steak is taking longer than anticipated.

1. I am the video creator. 2. If you actually read the linked article, you'll see that it is exactly the same issue. My steak was not frozen, it was fresh out of the refrigerator. You can see in the video that the temperature reads 39ºF. Serious Eats started with a steak at 38º and one they'd rested on the counter for two hours. And I quote: "Not only did they come up to their final temperature at nearly the same time (I was aiming for 130°F), but they also showed the same relative evenness of cooking, and they both seared at the same rate." 3. Even if you were correct that a cold steak takes longer to cook, the June Oven knows the temperature and could have given a better estimate based on that fact. That's the whole point of having a "smart oven" festooned with sensors and software.

Well, you can go to their web site juneoven.com/the-oven and see that it says 1800 Watts. I can't tell you whether that will make your generator go out, in the event you need to cook a steak during a power outage.

This guy... is a real person.

Appreciate your analysis. In this video I was giving you my raw thoughts as I experienced them. I had never used this function before, and my question about closing the door at 3:50 was about to trying to understand what would trigger the oven to know I had finished flipping the steaks. There's no confirmation button on the screen, it just assumes that when the door opens and closes again, that you've done it. As you may be aware, June revised the steak program to remove the step of turning it over. Presumably many of their customers experienced problems with the original method.

That's a really good question. I'm planning to make a new video on just that topic as soon as I get a chance. Short answer is that I still like it, but they've changed the steak settings to not work as well.

It's very hard to clean. The new model is supposed to be easier, with a stainless steel interior. The experts at June tell me that Easy Off will help get the stubborn grease off. I haven't tried it yet.

It's very loud when the fans come on. I'm actually wondering if mine is defective, since they say on the web site that it's quiet. It's the opposite of quiet.

Or do what I do and stop caring.

Ok, if you have $1500 to spend on a toaster oven . Its yours

I think that's the definition of commerce. If you have to spend on , it's yours.

I like it. Especially now that the newer model is much less expensive.

As the mad french chef says, you must cook it until it is done!

If you're cooking with charcoal in your kitchen, I'm impressed!

@@ChrisMasto who said anything about burning a deadly method in the kitchen

Nothing match briquettes but not every one can do it. A lot places don't have outside grills like you do. So this is best thing in the kitchen. I saw another video when an IDIOT said why I need to roast a chicken when I can go to Costco and get one for $5.00. I answer Why you need a kitchen just go to restaurant......... So when you want give an answer think before you do...................

That's what I live for.

@@ChrisMasto Eating bad steak is what you live for?

I’m sorry to have disappointed you. I hope Ryan & Linda weren’t too upset.

@@ChrisMasto I actually gave the video a thumbs up. I guess my comment sounded more critical then intended. Peace

Thanks for the constructive feedback!

You do you.