How to buy an embedded microwave oven

Functionally and structurally embedded microwave is almost no different from separately standing. Except that it does not have the finished corps and is intended for the installation of "flush" into the kitchen furniture. The main advantage of embedded models is saving space. Otherwise, the choice and purchase of the "LCD" model does not differ from the purchase of a conventional microwave oven.

Internally, the coating of an embedded microwave may be several species. In the cheapest furnaces, ordinary paint is applied - very fragile coating. It can also be enamel, stainless steel or ceramics. Each of them has its advantages and disadvantages. For example, stainless steel has aesthetic appearance, but poorly cleared. Enamel is perfectly cleaned, but at high temperatures it has a trust property. The best option is to cover from ceramics. This is almost eternal material, weakly absorbing microwaves. A typical representative of the ceramic coating furnace is samsung ge88sstr.

One of the essential characteristics is the internal microwave. All furnaces can be divided into three classes: small-sized (up to 20 l), medium (up to 27 l) and large-sized with a volume of 28-40 liters. Small-sized suitable only for the preparation of hot sandwiches and heating a small amount of food. Large-sized able to prepare lunch for a large family. A very successful model of large ovens is TEKA MWR 32. The most popular in families from 2-3 people use ovens with a volume of 17-25 liters of internal space.

Microwave furnaces differ in power, which is in the range from 500 to more than 1,500 W. The most optimal option is the ovens with a capacity of 1000 W - they quickly prepare food and are quite economical in energy consumption. Sometimes there is a furnace with inverter heating, i.e. With smooth heating power adjustment. Cooking in this mode allows you to preserve the taste and nutritional properties of the dish. This mode is successfully implemented in ELECTROLUX EMS26204 furnace.

There are differences and in control methods - mechanical and electronic. Mechanical management is used in cheap, not burdened with a large number of functions, microwaves. But the models with electronic control are more practical, as they have greater functionality. It is often quite possible in memory of such furnaces, the preparation programs of the main, most common dishes are already preliminary. The most "advanced" models make it possible to independently create programs for making favorite dishes and bring them into the built-in memory. The Whirpool stoves have proven perfectly.

Functionally embedded microwave furnaces can be divided into three groups - a regular microwave, a grill furnace and a grill and convection ovens. The usual microwave oven serves only for heating food and defrosting products. In such a furnace, you can prepare only the simplest dishes, such as porridge. In a grill furnace, it will turn out to fry meat, bird, fish, and so on. In the microwave oven with a grill and convection heating, you can prepare almost everything - make pastries, cook the first dishes, stew vegetables, bake the bird and fish with a crispy crust. The Bosch Exxel HBC84 stove has proven very well.

It is desirable that in the kit of the furnace it was and additional equipment (the so-called accessories) is a spit, a tank for a pair of paper, an extra dish. Very good when the furnace is equipped with the locking of the door from a random opening in the process of making a dish. Be sure to pay attention to the presence of the camera backlight and the door opening with the button, not a handle.

And now about manufacturers. The best value for money has the SAMSUNG, LG, Daewoo, Hotpoint-Ariston, Mouleinex, Panasonic, Aeg, Whirlpool, Zanussi, Ardo, Sharp. A separate group is the embedded microwave furnaces of a premium segment, such as Miele, Franke, Gaggenau. But here there is a certain risk to overpay for the name. Although it is necessary to pay tribute - the design and quality of manufacture is simply unique.