I had a faithful DeLonghi for about a dozen years, and it finally
decided to lose one of its heat rods last fall, so out it went. I
replaced it with a Pana NB-G100P and am completely thrilled with the
Pana unit.

The Panasonic heats up very quickly due to the near-infrared (quartz
lamp) element,and it also uses a standard heat rod. Speed is quite
amazing due to the lamps. Occasionally, I'll cut short its
preprogrammed times by just pressing the red power button (as Pana
suggests), especially when, for example, slightly warming a flour
tortilla.

Toast consistency on white bread slices is so good as to create a
pattern of lines on the bread where the rack shields some of the heat.
My wife is quite happy with its performance on bagels.

I've used its roll-reheat preset often; it works well.

When reheating leftover pizza (frozen) I get better results if I first
use a minute of microwave, followed by a few minutes in the Pana's
aluminum sheet pan. (Reheating without first microwaving tends to
overbrown the crust before fully heating the toppings.)

I've cooked up a variety of small frozen items, e.g. fries, in the
sheet pan, and they've been good. (Reheating leftover fries from the
fridge turned out surprisingly good results.)

Because of its quick heating speed, I find I'll use it more often for a
quick warming of a variety of foods. With a conventional-heat unit,
there's just too long a wait.

A drawback for some folks is that it's only available in white.

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