On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 05:32:09 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski" >
wrote:

>
>"Isaac Wingfield" > wrote in message
>> I have an old nuker that needs replacement, but I'm confused by your
>> statement. In exactly which way (or ways) would a new microwave perform
>> "far better" than my old one? According to my measurements, my nearly 30
>> year old model still delivers just as much power as it did when new, and
>> the timer still works just fine; what else is there?
>>
>> Isaac
>
>Just how much power when new? Most were 500 or 750 watt compared to the
>1200 or 1500 of today making them much faster.
>
>Inverter technology can sense cooking and adjust the time accordingly.
>Better defrost cycles by weight or by time. Newer models tend to have more
>even heat (wave) distribution than the older models. New ones even do
>popcorn better. Most have a button just for that as it is a very popular
>thing.

Well, we went out and bought a new Panasonic. It's one of those "The
Genius" models. Model number NN T994SF. Cost $180.

The first thing I did was make popcorn. I use loose corn (Orville
Redenbacher air pop corn) in one of those microwave popcorn gadgets. I
tried the popcorn button. The corn started popping a little sooner
than with the old oven, but not much. I think the old was was 1,000
watts (maybe 1200) and this one is 1250.

It ran about 2 minutes which was not nearly long enough. (I used to
set the old one for 3 minutes.) I immediately pushed the popcorn
button again and it finished popping. Took about 3 minutes overall.

When I took it out, one area was badly burned. It was so bad, that the
edge of the popper wall was scortched. This never happened on the old
one.

I'll do some more testing, but this one is not as good as the old one
for popcorn based on one test.

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