Get another microwave/oven combi or mini oven?

WIAWSNB

textbook said:

WIAWSNB said:

Hi Textbook.

What are the capacities of your two current wall-mounted ovens? 

A good microwave/fan oven combo is a really useful device, and would be my personal choice - lose that second microwave.

Do you have an air fryer? It does things the combo doesn't, so is a genuinely useful addition.
It doesn't seem sensible to me to go for 'just' a worktop oven like the Ninja, great though I'm sure it is.

But you should choose a combo carefully - we have a Sharp R959 which is pretty physically BIG, but does offer 40 litres of capacity, so carries out 90% of our cooking, and very effectively too. And then we have a Tefal LF-12P 6.2 litre A/F (and grill and steamer) which is great for zapping things quickly, and has fully earned its place. Great for veg too. 

These two devices handle everything - other than hob, of course - and leave now't to be desired. Our normal 'big' oven, like yours, is a Christmas/extended family meal thing only. 

But a separate w'top/wall oven and MW? I don't get it.

So get another combi oven and maybe ditch other microwave at least when it stops working?

Has to be your call. But I'd personally never buy 'just' a MW, always a combi, and one with a proper fan oven.

textbook

Went for the Panasonic as the feet are 38 cm apart like previous one so will fit on brackets.   I noticed the grill thing has rubber feet,can they go in when using convection oven?   

He recommended a microwave plate thing from Asda or somewhere to cook pizzas, chicken nuggets etc on when using convection setting






cm so

textbook

Found this tray etc in my old oven.  Shall use in new one?

ka7e

Check the instruction manual, but my Panasonic rack is fine to use in convection mode. I had a round metal/enamel plate supplied with mine - checked online and they retail at £55-70!

textbook

ka7e said:

Check the instruction manual, but my Panasonic rack is fine to use in convection mode. I had a round metal/enamel plate supplied with mine - checked online and they retail at £55-70!

This  ?

https://www.google.com/search?q=nnctt55j+panasonic+enamel&oq=nnctt55j+panasonic+enamel&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIJCAEQIRgKGKABMgkIAhAhGAoYoAEyBwgDECEYjwLSAQkzMzEwMWoxajSoAg6wAgHxBbrTmqvOdib4&client=ms-android-samsung-ss&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

Worth buying or just get something else cheaper?

textbook

It looks like there's an enamel/metal plate thingee aswell as rack and glass.  Do I take out the glass thing at bottom and rack for example if I wanna cook a pizza?

WIAWSNB

The glass turntable should - afaIk - always be in place. 

That oven doesn't have a fan? Or does it blast down from above?

Edit - it does have a 'fan', so I'm guessing it uses the quartz grill as the oven element, with a fan in the roof.

Nice machine. 

Edit edit - just seen their video - it does, indeed, have a wee fan in the roof instead of the back, which is why the oven isn't as deep as conventional models. Nice nice.

outtatune

I've got the 56 version of that in black, very happy though I have noticed that for convection only cooking (i.e. 'oven') I need to take 20 degrees off the cooking instructions from food packaging, even taking into account the lower temps for fan cooking. I don't know if it's the Panny being better at delivering the claimed temperature than other machines.

Glass plate should always be in the machine regardless of what you're using it for. Wire rack and enamel plate fine and to use in convection or grill mode, those 'rubber' feet don't melt! Can't remember if they're suitable for microwave use but have never felt the need to find out.

WIAWSNB

Yes, the feet will cope with MW too. Keep them boots on at all times. 

textbook

outtatune said:

I've got the 56 version of that in black, very happy though I have noticed that for convection only cooking (i.e. 'oven') I need to take 20 degrees off the cooking instructions from food packaging, even taking into account the lower temps for fan cooking. I don't know if it's the Panny being better at delivering the claimed temperature than other machines.

Glass plate should always be in the machine regardless of what you're using it for. Wire rack and enamel plate fine and to use in convection or grill mode, those 'rubber' feet don't melt! Can't remember if they're suitable for microwave use but have never felt the need to find out.

So I put enamel plate on top of glass and glass on top of wheel thing (underneath).   It's now rotating like a microwave in convection mode.  Without glass didn't rotate.  All good?