Countertop Convection Microwave Oven

I acquired an Countertop Convection Microwave Oven when I was moving to a flat with limited kitchen space, and my primary reason for the choice was that the Sharp model was multi-functional. Since I’ve begun using my Countertop Convection Microwave Oven, I happily have ceased to sing a requiem for the toaster oven, separate grill, and other items I was ‘consolidating’ in this purchase.

I have used the Countertop Convection Microwave Oven for grilling and roasting, as well as normal microwave functions, and the results are better than I could have expected. Grilled and roasted foods are extremely tender and juicy – at least of the quality one could expect from a conventional oven. I have had similar success with cooking vegetables.

Reheating muffins and breads has amazing results – they seem fresh baked and, unlike breads normally heated in a microwave, do not harden in a minute. I have used the convection feature for preparing breads, and had especially stunning results with preparing a frozen chicken pie. I suppose the surrounding air from the convection oven was the reason, but it seemed like a fresh-baked meat pie.

I would advise anyone purchasing a Countertop Convection Microwave Oven to read the manual in full. The capabilities will not be realised otherwise. I actually use the unit less for ’standard microwaving’ than for its other features.

Convection oven functionality: For smaller items that you don’t want to stick into an oven (or for many other things, like reheating food), the convection oven is really handy, and…frankly, fun. You can put in a metal “grill” that the food sits on, you punch in whether you want the oven to preheat before starting the timer countdown or not, put your food in (now or after preheating), and off you go. Now, don’t get me wrong, but…this is possibly the least polished feature of this microwave, in two respects. First…an oven takes, what, 15 or 20 minutes to preheat, for a large amount of space. And on average, this thing takes 7-10 minutes to preheat…what? This microwave is like 1 cubic foot! (whereas ovens are 3.5-5.5 cubic feet). Secondly, I’m not convinced yet that there’s actually a thermometer inside the unit for determining whether it’s preheated yet (rather, just a timer?). That is to say, if you say “preheat first”, it always takes a predetermined length of time to warm up, regardless of whether you just cooked something in there or not.

As you can see– getting a Countertop Convection Microwave Oven will be the right decision!