Breville BFS600XL HealthSmart Food Steamer

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this steamer. It works awesome. The only bad thing is that it is a number 7 plastic and does have BPA in it. If it was BPA free it would be 5 stars all the way for me. If you dont care about the #7 plastic than this is a very nice steamer. I for one tossed mine, because of the plastic. So now I am on the hunt for a new steamer.

Great product. Used other steamers and this one is a breeze. Brushed metal housing looks good in my kitchen with all the other brushed metal and cast metal devices. Cleans like a breeze, nice timer and loud beeper when water is low or time is up. Holds huge amount of food, you can make a full meal for 5 in it all by itself, meats on layer one, Veggies on layer 2 and rice and other stuff on level 3. Hard plastic levels, which have bounced around my tile kitchen floor from 14 yr old son doing dishes, has been on top and lower shelf of dishwasher with no distortion to plastic shapes. Good product. I like Breville products. They are not cheesy.

Was looking forward to receiving the steamer as I have purchased many Breville appliances and love them. However, this one is a great disappointment. It is very cheaply made (the two "legs" that rest on the countertop are so crooked that it looks ridiculous.) Very thin plastic.

The plastic baskets have very small plastic hooks in which to attach the plates - my guess is that will break in a matter of weeks.

As for the timer, good luck. Very difficult to adjust the time without pushing the button to the max of 50 minutes and then starting over.

Also, the three levels seem attractive until you learn that the two baskets you are not using must be stored elsewhere (can't be stacked).

I could go on, but my advice is stay away. Not worth the money or the aggravation.