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I don't understand why that is dramatically better than cycling? Isn't the overall energy input into the food roughly similar over time? It's not like microwaving gives great texture or browning to begin with?
The worst part about this article for me is that there is a reason for some people to buy new microwaves. Inverter microwaves (yes, these have been around a while) have become far more broadly available. This is a worthwhile upgrade for many users.
But when we started shopping we were pleasantly surprised that there had been at least two major developments in the tech since last time I bought one.
First, an inverter gives you actual power-level control instead of the old-fashioned on-off modulation.
Second, flat-bed models have rotating emitters so you no longer need that rotating glass plate to get even application of heat to the food, and can even use square dishes that would be too large to rotate, without risking the usual hot-spots.
Maybe this market isn’t progressing at a rapid pace, but there is some progress.
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I don't understand why that is dramatically better than cycling? Isn't the overall energy input into the food roughly similar over time? It's not like microwaving gives great texture or browning to begin with?
We use our InstantPot daily, too, for all sorts of foods and especially steel-cut oats or oat groats, scheduled to be ready in the morning.
How do we avoid this problem and sustain companies who make long-lasting products? - Subscription service? - Annual government funding? - Annual private funding for "best product in category"? Also how are some companies who make long-lasting tools which are apparently good quality (such as Lodge, PYREX, Patagonia) seemingly doing just fine?
As a chronic comparison shopper, this is a first-world problem that's near and dear to my heart. I think the reason microwaves (and appliances in general) suck is because comparison shopping is so hard. I wish I could get a list of all microwaves and filter by criteria such as: - Does the +30 seconds button start cooking immediately, or do you have to also press "start" afterwards? - Does it beep every 30 seconds aft…
i've seen one where buttons 1-6 immediately start cooking for that many minutes, alongside a +30 button, so that every 30s interval between 30s and 6:30 can be activated in one or two button pushes; fastest nuke in the west
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I was looking for a microwave with two knobs a few years ago and finally found one. Unfortunately it was one of the most expensive ones in the stores: https://www.breville.com/us/en/products/microwaves/bmo850.ht... Biggest annoyance is that it's 1500W so any time I'm microwaving packaged food I have to scale down power to 70-80% to match the wattage on the package.
I bought this one for the same reason , two simple knobs , no BS keypads and presets. It was expensive but I love it, more than I expected.
It's a commercial kitchen microwave oven and is built like a tank.
It requires a 20amp circuit and it has no turntable because it has two magnetrons.
https://www.manualslib.com/products/Panasonic-Ne1258r-Commer...
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