Built In Microwave + Eye Level Grill

A second microwave, a combi model with grill function, set at eye level.

MBQ

But it'll be slow filling the bath....

Hi

Quite a few of the manufacturers offer high speed grills. Hotpoint call theirs 'Solarplus', and I'm sure Bosch et. al. do something similar.

They heat up in under a minute - often much less.

Steve

get just a plain nuke nowadays.

NT

Hmm... I have this thing about multi function gadgets... There are always compromises made along the way in the design.. Still - I'll think about your point...

Many thanks, Roy

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Steve, many thanks for your response... Do Hotpoint do a "compact" single oven? I can't find one... It needs to be a "compact" oven to go above the microwave... Hence the Neff B1724

Thanks, Roy

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I've never had any complaints.

Owain

Definitely seems to apply to printer/scanner/teamaker gizmos but one of the longest lasting kitchen gadgets we've had is a Panasonic microwave/oven/grill, now 14 years old and never gone wrong. It wasn't cheap, but it has been well worth the money.

MBQ

Hmm - interesting - we had a Panasonic microwave for 18 years! One of their very early ones - it was a sad loss when it finally passed away!

How well does the grill bit work on your machine? Do you use it a lot? Heat up fast? Any drawbacks?

Being a mocrowave it's probably a little smaller than the Neff oven we have been considering... The neff cooking volume is 45L, with a width of about 45cm... Quite a lot bigger than our current Panasonic microwave (26L)

Many thanks for your response, Roy

Sorry, never used it. It seemed like a good idea at the time to buy a combi (actually a wedding present but we were allowed to choose) but in practice we only use the microwave function.

It is quite big compared to many microwaves, it just fits the width of a 600mm oven housing and I estimate the volume of the cooking compartment to be over 30L (can't measure it at the moment).

MBQ

I've not had any compromise type problems with them.

NT