
This is a nice midsized oven. It does not dominateyour counter space like the larger counter top ovens, and it also large enough to do more than pop popcorn.
We eat alot of the low calorie diet tv dinners.. this oven heats them evenly and to perfection. The microwave panini meals even end up with toasted crisp bread.
In 30 years this is probably the best microwave oven we have owned, and you cannot beat the price.After 31 years of faithful service from a Sharp Microwave, it was time for an update. This Panasonic fit the ticket perfectly. It arrived on time as stated and works great. On the highest setting, it boiled water in 45 seconds and heated a bowl of soup in 20 seconds. Nice!! It has 10 different heat settings including defrost, cook delay, a keep warm feature, and it's very quiet. For the price of this machine, you can't go wrong!!This unit was my first experience with the "inverter heating technology".I like it so much better than my older units that when on reduced power cooking, it just gave you shorter durations of full power heating.This unit actually reduces the cooking power over the total cooking time.I no longer experience overheated spots on my defrosted meats. I seldom actually cook anything in it, other than fresh vegetables.I mostly re-heat left-overs, de-frost meats, heat frozen dishes, and quickly boil water when needed.However, the "inverter" funtion is about all that I really like about this model.
The things that I was dissatisfied with are: The interior light does not come on when the door is open; it is not a quiet operating unit, if fact, I would describe it as quite noisey; there is a 5 beep alarm that sounds upon the completion of the heating cycle, but no further notice alerting you that food is still in the microwave awaiting to be removed; you cannot use the timer function if your heating something in the microwave; and finally the opening and closing of the oven door is very hard to do.The force required to push the "door open button" is quite excessive.I doubt children under the age of 15 would be able to open it, and you cannot just push the door closed, you nearly have to slam it closed.So, in short I have very mixed feelings about recommending this unit to anyone.Even though this is a 1200W microwave, it is definitely the strongest one I've ever used. Before I had to use only slightly less time than recommended on packages...now I have to use a significant less amount of time, as well as 80% power settings.
I ordered this to supply a microwave for the new house. It is easy to use, works well, and looks good. It was also well packaged and arrived pretty quickly. All in all, I am satisfied with its performance.
Also, It doesnt feel cheap and the button to open it doesn't stick. I also like that you can just press the buttons for the time that you want instead of having to hit a specific input time button or turn a dial or do some other form of annoying time wasting step. You just press 1-3-0 start for a minute 30. Exactly how it should be.
I have been using it more and more, and it heats food quickly and evenly. I have had to adjust my microwave intuition (setting it for how much your food really needs) because it gets hot pretty quickly. Again, satisfied and would recommend!
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