On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 23:41:48 -0600, OmManiPadmeOmelet
> replied:
>In article >, The Ranger > wrote:

> > After a decade of daily use, my GE convection-microwave crapped
> > out. We're looking for another to take its place. In hitting the
> > different appliance stores and local dept. stores, all we saw were
> > vent/exhaust-microwaves and carousel microwaves. Do they no longer
> > make non-carousel microwaves? If so, is there one that's durable
> > enough for daily use like models or yore?
> >
> > Many thanks for any leads.
> >
> You WANT the carousel!!! :-)
> It keeps you from having to turn stuff half-way thru microwaving.
>
> Things cook a lot more evenly.

You're right; I do want the carousel. Carousels do save you that
obnoxious 1/4-turn mid-cooking. Foods _do_ cook more evenly (and
often more quickly) with a carousel. But...

SWMBO, the other cook for Clan Ranger and user of the kitchen
microwave most often, does NOT want a carousel in her microwave.
Her mother never had one so she doesn't need one. You know;
they're just too new-fangled and different. She'd have to learn
how to cook all over again. She doesn't know what they are but
she's ag'init!

And since I grow weary of always being wrong when I argue with
SWMBO, it's easiest to shrug my shoulders, readjust the weight of
the world upon them, and trudge along without saying anything
more.

The Ranger