# Breville Smart Kettle Luxe

- Source: https://stierproducts.com/products/breville-smart-kettle-luxe
- Category board: https://stierproducts.com/categories/electric-kettles
- Placement: #5 of 18 in Electric Kettles, A tier
- Brand: Breville
- LP on this board: 647
- Last researched: 2026-09-10T05:03:17.467Z
- Method: https://stierproducts.com/methodology
- Dataset: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22062813 - every board at once, one dated snapshot per release, same licence, prices and photographs left out
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## Verdict

Consumer Reports and Serious Eats both found Breville's temperature kettles among the fastest and best at holding heat, backed by the strongest small-appliance support reputation here.

## For

- Consumer Reports lab-tested it among models that boiled quickly and held temperature for an hour or more
- Serious Eats found the Breville variable-temperature model among the very fastest boilers in the entire field
- Breville's build and parts support reputation in small appliances is among the best in the category
- Fast, accurate heating with genuinely useful presets
- The fastest kettle in Serious Eats' winner group

## Against

- Costs meaningfully more than the Cuisinart CPK-17, which offers nearly the same feature set
- Pour-over enthusiasts consider Breville kettles overpriced for coffee use
- Costs more than the Cuisinart for roughly equivalent function

## Evidence

Consolidated from 6 independent outlets

| Outlet | Said by | Stance | Link | Link status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Serious Eats | - | B | https://www.seriouseats.com/equipment-the-best-electric-kettles | outlet blocks automated checks |
| Consumer Reports | - | B | https://www.consumerreports.org/appliances/electric-kettles/best-electric-kettles-from-consumer-reports-tests-a3290978339/ | fetched and confirmed |
| Facebook | - | C | https://www.facebook.com/fb-answers/serious-eats-best-electric-kettles-breville-smart-kettle-luxe/ | fetched and confirmed |
| TikTok | tiktok.com | B | https://www.tiktok.com/discover/breville-smart-kettle-luxe-olive | fetched and confirmed |
| Worth It Reviews | Worth It Reviews | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HQ2I2k-hbg | fetched and confirmed |
| Wizard Review | Wizard Review | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aERIWdKeQS8 | fetched and confirmed |

## Nearest alternatives on this board

| Rank | Product | Tier | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Cuisinart PerfecTemp CPK-17 | S | https://stierproducts.com/products/cuisinart-perfectemp-cpk-17 |
| 2 | OXO Brew Adjustable Temperature Kettle | S | https://stierproducts.com/products/oxo-brew-adjustable-temperature-kettle |
| 3 | Cosori Electric Gooseneck Kettle | A | https://stierproducts.com/products/cosori-electric-gooseneck-kettle |
| 4 | Fellow Stagg EKG Pro | A | https://stierproducts.com/products/fellow-stagg-ekg |
| 6 | INTASTING Electric Gooseneck Kettle | B | https://stierproducts.com/products/intasting-electric-gooseneck-kettle |
| 7 | Cosori Original Electric Glass Kettle GK172-CO | B | https://stierproducts.com/products/cosori-original-electric-glass-kettle-gk172-co |
| 8 | OXO Brew Cordless Glass Electric Kettle | B | https://stierproducts.com/products/oxo-brew-cordless-glass-electric-kettle |
| 9 | Zwilling Enfinigy Cool Touch Kettle Pro | B | https://stierproducts.com/products/zwilling-enfinigy-cool-touch-kettle-pro |
| 10 | Ninja Precision Temperature Kettle KT200 | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/ninja-precision-temperature-kettle-kt200 |
| 18 | Hamilton Beach 1L Electric Kettle | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/hamilton-beach-1l-electric-kettle |

The full board is at https://stierproducts.com/categories/electric-kettles.

## What this tier means

- A: Excellent. Strongly recommended, beaten only by the very best.

## How to read this

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## Image

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