On Fri 05 Sep 2008 03:00:30p, James Silverton told us...
> T wrote on Fri, 5 Sep 2008 16:14:37 -0400:
>
>> In article
>> .net>,
>> lid says...
>>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>
>> >> On Wed 03 Sep 2008 06:10:35p, Corey Richardson told us...
>> >>
>> >>> Microwave cookers are an ingenious invention, but does
>> >>> anyone really use them for cooking rather than reheating?
>> >>>
>> >>> Sure, I use mine for softening butter or reheating tinned
>> >>> beans and soups etc. but I could never see myself actually
>> >>> cooking a raw chicken in one.
>> >>>
>> >>> What do you use your microwave oven for?
>> >>
>> >> I cook many things in mine with the exception of meats. I
>> >> also use it for the things most people do, defrosting,
>> >> melting, reheating, etc.
>> >>
>> >> I should say that I have a Panasonic with inverter turbo
>> >> cooking technology, which is quite different than most
>> >> other microwaves. When you select a power setting, you get
>> >> a constant flow of power at that setting rather than the
>> >> usual pulsing at full power to achieve the lower power
>> >> level. This makes a big difference in cooking results.
>>>
>>> That's what I thought with my Panasonic inverter turbo. Then
>>> I was doing something with it one day, and my TV isn't far
>>> from my microwave, and I could plainly see from the
>>> interference on the television that the oven was cycling
>>> power off and on to obtain that partial setting.
>>>
>> One feature I like about my Sharp Carousel is that it has a
>> re-heat mode that doesn't blast the food with microwave. It
>> cycles the magnetron, about every 15 seconds it powers the
>> magnetron down for 10 or so second. The food doesn't get
>> completely dried out this way.
>
>
> Yes, Sharp really seems to know how to make a convenient microwave.
Sharp Carousel microwaves are excellent, but I prefer the inverter
technology used by Panasonic. It also has an excellent re-heat mode as
well as keep-warm mode.
http://www2.panasonic.com/consumer-e...ics/shop/Home-
Appliances/Microwave-Ovens/Countertop-Microwaves/model.NN-H765BF_11002_
7000000000000005702
http://tinyurl.com/yturwg
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