Buying a microwave is not a much difficult task but buying a microwave that suits you perfectly according to your available space and need is not that easy. There are things you will have to think and note before you buy a microwave. Few questions you have answer to yourself so it will be easy for you to ask a specific type of heater when you walk in to a electronics store. To know things like how much will you use the microwave? What quantities of food will you be cooking in the microwave? What kind of features might you need in your microwave? If you consider these type of question before the visit to the electronic store than you will have idea about what you need and it will be easy to look for a microwave that fulfils your requirements. In this buying guide well discuss types and features of microwave so it will be easy for you to know what you need or what might you want.
Based on where to place there are two types of microwave.
Countertop microwave_ this type of microwave can be placed on a table or on the fridge or anywhere else where you can generate space.
Built in type microwave_ this type of microwave are generally larger and are built in the walls and fixed.
Now talking about few important features:
Turntables rotate the food for even cooking. You might want to take a look at removable turntables, because they are easier to clean and capacity can be increased if required.
Sensor cooking - Many higher end models feature take the guesswork out of cooking with a built-in sensor that automatically calculates and adjusts cooking times and power levels for your favorite foods.
Convection cooking - This feature in to speed up the cooking. This feature provide improved browning, broiling and gives you crispy food
Pre programmed cooking- its one touch cooking. You can program and assign the machine to cook for certain time and in certain amount of heat.
Non-stick interior coatings –this one is important for ones who do not find cleaning fun. This helps you to clean easily and it also gives you better food.
Auto-Defrost / one touch defrost- this helps you to defrost frozen food easily.
Child lock- this feature is important for mother with small curious kids.
At last talking about budget, price of the heater varies depending upon its size, features and brands. But it doesn’t cost you too much. More important than budget you should know how much are you going to cook in the microwave you are going to buy. If you are not a regular cook and you need the microwave just to heat leftovers than you can go for small microwave ovens but you are taking cooking seriously than you might have to buy a bigger oven with loads of features.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Microwave buying guide
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