Breville the Fast Slow Pro 6Qt (BPR700BSS): problems, parts and running costs

Checked: 2026-10-05

Summary

The most-documented fault on this 6-quart multicooker is not cooking quality but sealing: across about seven years of exact-model owner feedback the machine stops mid-cook and declares the lid not secure, with steam escaping at the joint between the lid and the handle arm. Running costs are effectively unknown, because Breville publishes no US price for the gasket, sealing nut, release valve or bowl and no wattage anywhere, so the electricity cost of a cycle cannot be worked out. It is a good buy at or below about $200 if you want slow cooking, steaming and rice and treat pressure cooking as a bonus; at the $329.95 Breville charges direct (October 2026) the value is poor on the evidence available.

Common problems and fixes

The lid will not hold pressure — the most reported complaint on this exact model: the unit stops mid-cycle and reports the lid not secure, steam escapes at the lid-to-handle-arm joint, and a wobbly lid gets worse with use. Owners quantify it at roughly 70% of pressure attempts failing, 80% of the time reaching pressure before a lid-not-secure cutoff, 5 failures in 8 attempts, and one unit that gave up after about ten uses. Replacement gaskets, reseated seals, tightened sealing nuts and aligned safety pins are reported fixes that often did not restore sealing, and the workarounds owners resort to are raising the float pin by hand with a chopstick and rocking the lid back and forth. The warranty terms exclude damage from normal wear, so sealing trouble is not covered. [3][5][6]
E0 or EU error, which owners trace to a broken wire at the top lid sensor — reported across several owners and years: one unit flashed E0 constantly after about 18 months and around 10 uses, another showed EU, another would not power on at 14 months, and one owner was told the fault was not fixable. At least three owners, one an electrician, have opened the lid compartment and resoldered the wire themselves and call it a design flaw because it recurs so often. That repair is not a service procedure, no Breville page documents it, and the warranty voids coverage for work by anyone Breville has not authorized; Breville’s reported answer was a discount on a new unit once warranty had run out, not a repair. [3][5][6]
Slow time to pressure — owners report about 20 minutes before the float pin lifts, 15-20 minutes to build pressure, about an hour for 1.5 litres of liquid, and one owner who measured 30 minutes of preheat on a 7.5 psi, 8-minute vegetable cook and found the vegetables and a litre of water still cold at the end. The same owners report the automatic release dropping from about 80 kPa in roughly 5 minutes, so allow for a long preheat in any cook time you plan. No published source settles whether the slow build is a deliberate release-versus-build tradeoff. [2][5][6]
Heating failures — units stuck indefinitely on preheat across several settings, a heating element that stopped after two years of light use and was described as unrepairable, a unit with no power to the digital display that a repair service attributed to a failed circuit board, and a slow cook that produced only lukewarm food. [5]
Ceramic coating breaks down — one heavily documented case has the coating failing after about a year and the replacement pot degrading too, with bare aluminium visible and corroding; other owners report chipping, scratching with heavy use, food sticking and a curry odour that survives the dishwasher. The manual allows the dishwasher but cautions that it affects the coating and bans abrasive cleansers, metal scouring pads and metal utensils. [1][2][5]
Automatic steam release stops working, and steam escapes through the pin — owners with sealing trouble report falling back on lifting the release valve with a cloth because the automatic release did not work on their unit, and one user describes liquid spattering out through the safety pin during a stock cook and covering the lid and counter. The manual notes that if pressure is still present when the unit drops to standby, it switches itself into Natural release. [2][5][6]
Warranty length is not published — Breville’s warranty page gives the full terms but no duration and points to the country product page instead, and the BPR700 product page and the manual state none either, so ask Breville before you buy. The published terms are limited and non-transferable, cover only product bought and used in North America, are void for commercial use, and require a receipt showing model number, payment and date. [1][2][3]
No measured performance data for this model — the single independent hands-on test was published in October 2017 and carries no cook times, no pressure or temperature measurements and no scores, so there is no measured pressure accuracy, temperature stability or keep-warm figure to judge the machine against. The 12 psi top setting is a menu value below the roughly 15 psi many stovetop pressure cookers reach, and nothing measures what the machine actually achieves. [2][4]

Parts and consumables

Silicone lid gasket — seats around the lid wire ring under the knurled sealing nut and has to be pressed evenly back into that ring after every dishwasher cycle, which is why sealing trouble is so common. Replacement gaskets are the most frequent owner fix and often did not restore sealing. No Breville page confirms a part number or US price for this model. [2][5][6]
Knurled sealing nut — the threaded nut that clamps the gasket to the wire ring; the manual requires it to be unscrewed and washed, and owners report that tightening it did not restore sealing. No part number or US price is confirmed. [2][5]
Pressure release valve and cover — the manual requires it to be unscrewed, washed and inspected for food or liquid, and requires the pressure safety valve to be cleaned by pushing it. No part number or US price is confirmed. [2]
Safety locking pin and its seal — checked for free up-and-down movement every service, per the manual. One owner was quoted $65-69 for a whole replacement lid and told the safety-pin seal, roughly a 10-cent part, cannot be sold separately, so they kept the original. That quote came from an owner outside the US, which makes it a signal about parts being bundled rather than a US price. [2][5]
Ceramic-coated bowl — the part owners name as the first consumable to fail, and the one with no confirmed replacement: an owner reports Breville saying the stainless bowl from the smaller Fast Slow Go does not fit the Pro. The bowl doubles as a serving dish. [1][5]
Removable lid and cleaning effort — the lid unthreads from a fixed arm and is dishwasher safe, which is more cleaning convenience than any of the pressure parts, but the gasket-seating step above happens every time. [1][2]

Yearly running cost

Not enough data to compute a yearly figure, and electricity cannot be costed at all: neither the product page nor the 88-page manual publishes a wattage or ampere rating, only a 120 volt outlet requirement, so nobody can say what one cycle costs to run. [1][2]

The parts that wear out have no confirmed US price. Breville publishes no list of orderable parts for this model — not for the gasket, sealing nut, pressure release valve, safety locking pin, moat, steamer basket or a replacement bowl — and the warranty page only says that parts or authorized service may be available after the term, without listing any. Ingredients and normal kitchen consumables apply as with any cooker. The one part figure on record came from an owner outside the US: $65-69 for a whole replacement lid with the small seal not sold separately, and a three-month wait for a part under warranty service, so budget for downtime as well as parts. [1][2][3][5]

When it is a good buy

The only store anchor verified for this model is Breville’s own US direct price of $329.95 in the Breville store (October 2026); no third-party US retailer price was found, so treat the thresholds below as reasoning against that anchor rather than a surveyed market. [1]

At or below about $200: good value. Sealing failures show up early, so the risk is cheap to resolve by returning the unit.
Roughly $200-260: fair, if you mainly want slow cooking and rice and accept that sealing may need attention.
Roughly $260-300: weak. You would be paying near list for the functions the owner record rates lowest and for a lid-wiring fault nobody has put right.
Above $300, which includes the $329.95 direct price: poor value on the evidence available.

Alternatives, named here only because owners report switching to and from them: several owners moved from Breville to Instant Pot, to Philips, to an Aldi unit or to an unnamed stainless-pot brand, while at least two moved from Instant Pot to the Breville. Instant Pot or Philips is the better choice when pressure cooking is the reason for the purchase rather than a bonus; a stainless-pot machine is the better choice when you would rather not risk a ceramic bowl with no confirmed fitting replacement. Wherever you buy, check the return window, because sealing problems often appear only after the third or fourth cook. [5]