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My housemate recently bought one of these, and I finally tried to bake something using the oven feature. It did not work out well. Of course, the microwave is fine. The air fryer is just OK, but the baking oven so far is a fail. Anyone have any experiences to share?
Doesn't seem to make much sense. Microwaves are so cheap that buying a standalone one separates the microwave function (which does not involve heating elements or thermostats) from the oven/broiler/convection functions, which are all about heating elements (below for oven, above for broil) and thermostats. I'm no expert on microwaves but I'd not be surprised to find that the design factors that make a good microwave make a bad oven and vice versa.
As a user of various tools both personally and professionally, single purpose tools almost always outperform multi-purpose tools by a very wide margin.
Yes, the jury is still out on the oven. I need to read the manual and make sure I didn't make a mistake somehow. All I did was push the oven button and then choose the temp and time. Should have been enough, but I guess not. The manual might also say something about what to bake in there. I tried to bake corn bread and it took 3 times as long to get done. Too crusty on the edges.
The air fryer is OK, it's just that again, it takes twice as long to fry something as in our very small air fryer.
1. The temperature reading of the thermostat can be off by as much as 40 degrees F. An oven thermometer is needed.
2. Ovens take about 20 minutes to fully heat and stabilize. It may SAY the temperature has been reached, but that is for newbies reheating pizza.
You can also us something like a pizza stone or a few blocks of quarry tile to even out the temperature fluctuations in just about any oven. Some of them really benefit.
Doesn't seem to make much sense. Microwaves are so cheap that buying a standalone one separates the microwave function (which does not involve heating elements or thermostats) from the oven/broiler/convection functions, which are all about heating elements (below for oven, above for broil) and thermostats. I'm no expert on microwaves but I'd not be surprised to find that the design factors that make a good microwave make a bad oven and vice versa.
As a user of various tools both personally and professionally, single purpose tools almost always outperform multi-purpose tools by a very wide margin.
"Specialty" devices kinda suck all around. I didn't even know such a thing as OP is talking about existed..
The problem I'd see with it.. Microwaves are disposable for the most part. They basically have one part to fail, the magnetron.. It goes.. you toss the microwave and buy a new one, because it's non-economical to replace.
But, once it's a part of another device.. That all changes.
Same thing with those 'mounted' microwaves. By the time you've been in your house for 5 years.. That thing isn't being made anymore. So, half the time, not only can you not get parts for it.. but you can't replace it with the same or similar model... And now you have a mismatched microwave. Which is a trigger for some people.
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