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.
>
> The Ranger


The poorest performing nukes use a stirrer and no turntable. A stirrer
is a rotating metal flapwheel either in the ceiling or floor of the
machine, and it bounces the radio waves around at various angles.

These machines are best avoided. They require turning the food by hand
during cooking, and produce the highest incidence of food poisoning,
due to giving the least even cooking. They are also quite prone to
stirrer failure. These machines were popular in the 70s.


The next best type uses a turntable to rotate the food. Better results
than the stirrer, but you cant put as big a dish in. In practice one
can sometimes turn the turntable upside down so it doesnt turn, or on a
few of them swtch it off, and use the space fully. But heating tends to
be very uneven like this, and its not recommended.


The best machines use both stirrer and turntable. If you can afford a
good microwave, ensure it has both stirrer and tt. These really are
much better than the usual turntable types, but for some reason theyre
quite a bit more money.

If youre extra lucky, you might even find one where you can switch the
tt off and use large dishes, but you will get more basic performance in
this mode.


NT