Built-in microwave oven: the right choice of instrument

It is difficult to imagine a kitchen without a microwave oven, because thanks to the device saves time to warm up food. The advantage of the device is that it does not need to spend too much time on his warming. Prepare and cook the food starts immediately after switching on the device. Microwaves are divided into free-standing and built. Unlike conventional microwave oven microwave built-in saves space in the kitchen.

Main advantages of the microwave oven

Microwave become necessary in the same device as a refrigerator and a stove, because the device makes it possible not only to heat food, but also to prepare simple meals. If the microwave oven is designed for cooking, most often with the instruction included is a recipe book, which describes the features of the cooking. As you gain experience you can put the dish in the microwave, set the right time and do at this point other important matters.

It is interesting! In addition to vegetable dishes, in the microwave, you can prepare and deli meats.

Many people like to defrost function, through which you can meat from the freezer immediately put in the microwave. Correctly picked built microwave oven will decorate the interior. The main advantages of using the device:

• saves time;
• Its compact size fits in any room;
• It differs little maintenance;
• no increase in temperature in the kitchen;
• used for cooking vegetables and some meats in their own juice;
• quick defrosting does not prevent spoilage;
• suitable for sterilizing preserving jars and baby bottles.

Classification embedded microwave ovens on the nature of the work

Most conventional microwave ovens are equipped only magnetron that produces microwaves. This type of equipment is designed only for heating and defrosting. furnace is based on the interaction of radiation and water molecules. For this reason, the maximum temperature of the heating does not exceed 100 ° C, i.e. the boiling temperature. The main purpose of this model is the microwave - it's warming up ready meals, cooking oatmeal and hot sandwiches, baking apples, potatoes, and other vegetables and fruits. Typically, these devices are inexpensive.

Microwaves, the price of which is slightly higher, in addition to the microwave radiation, the heating element is further equipped with - a grill. The presence of such a heater allows you to diversify the list of ready meals, cook chicken, and pies with delicious crispy crust. In addition, the inside of the microwave oven with a grill, you can fry sausages, make grilled vegetables, cook the fish and ruddy toast. There are several types of grilling.

The grill heating quartz lamp is located inside - in the ceiling below the metal grate. Unlike other species of this element does not occupy much space in the chamber, but is distinguished by a low power and high energy consumption. The advantages include the fact that under the influence of the quartz heater products are fried evenly, thereby monitor the cooking process much easier.

Grill heaters looks like a tube, inside which there is a heating element, located at the top of the camera. In some models, this element is mobile, so it can be moved or set at an angle. In some types of heating equipment is located at the bottom of the grill.

In the coal grill is used Halogen heating or charcoal heater, which reduces cooking time and give the dish an unusual flavor. The inner part of the heater consists of carbon fiber, which is placed in an insulating tube. When heated filament emits radiation, the principle of operation similar to the usual fire. This heat, penetrating the food retains vitamins and useful elements, and does not dry ready meals.

The Samsung microwave oven, equipped with a ceramic grill, makes it possible to prepare as quickly as possible (in comparison with other types of heaters). The food prepared in this manner, there is more moisture, and the dishes are prepared and warmed more evenly both outside and inside, which is due to infrared radiation.

If there are additional convection function that creates a movement of hot air inside the cooking temperature increased to 240-250 ° C. Microwave oven with convection and grill is equivalent to the oven. Therefore, if the oven is already present, then a set of functions will be superfluous. Choose the microwave should be in the event that in the kitchen there is the possibility of installing the oven.

Built-in microwave oven: Options subcoating

Cheapest microwave oven covered in paint. The painted surface is considered to be unstable: these ovens are easily damaged. The most popular option is considered subcoating enamel. Usually the price of microwave ovens enamelled slightly lower than, for example, the cost of the device with a ceramic lining. The advantage of the enamel considered ease of care, because it simply wash with soapy water.

Important! Enamel coating when exposed to high temperature may crack!

More expensive models have inside stainless steel lining, which is characterized by high strength. Note, however, that the care will be difficult, since the steel is sensitive to mechanical stress. Therefore, you must carefully approach the choice of means for care.

It is considered the most expensive furnace inner cover which is made of ceramics and bioceramics. For surfaces easy to maintain. They are resistant to deposits, as well as provide a minimum absorption of microwave radiation, which ensures fast cooking. Thus coated boast integrated microwave oven BOSCH, SAMSUNG, SIEMENS, LG and others. Most microwave ovens are also equipped with more and antibacterial coating, prevents the growth of microbes and pathogens.

How to choose a microwave Housing in volume and power

By volume microwaves are divided into 3 categories:

• small microwaves capacity of 12 to 20 liters;
• medium - 21-27 l;
• large - 28-42 liters.

When a device is to be understood that the useful volume of the chamber exterior dimensions depend on embedded microwave oven, so before purchase and need to determine vymeryat space prepared for installation. Compact microwave ovens are designed to heat and will not take up much space in the kitchen, as they are used for the preparation of many favorite breakfast - hot sandwiches. The device is perfect for 2 people.

Medium-sized microwave ovens are suitable not only for heating but also for cooking. The camera can easily fit into a small chicken or a goose carcass. Microwaves volume of 20-27 liters is enough for a family of 4 people. For 6 or more people it is recommended to choose a lot of good microwave oven capacity of more than 30 liters.

The microwave power ranges from 500 to 1500 watts. The higher the power, the faster to cook and will warm dishes. Most embedded Electrolux microwave ovens and other devices from popular manufacturers are characterized by a capacity of 800-1000 watts. Such variations are considered optimal in terms of cost, speed of preparation and consumption of energy.

Inverter microwaves have high power which can be adjusted during cooking through a special mechanism. Adjust the texture and helps to preserve vitamin content of ready meals. Most models have a few options for heating capacities of different amounts of food. The more choices, the easier it is to pick up the radiation power required for a particular dish.

Important! Before buy a microwave, it is necessary to clarify at what voltage wiring is designed in an apartment. Keep in mind that if you choose a combination microwave oven, power functions develops, resulting in energy consumption is very high.

If you turn on the device and select the power level, it will run at maximum output, which is not always suitable for a particular dish.

Approximate power needed for cooking and heating food, shown in the table:

Mode	Power, W
defrosting	150–300
Maintaining optimal serving temperature	80–150
Fast defrosting	450–500
Slow heating or cooking	550–750
Quick cooking or heating	800–1000
Cooking complex dishes	1000–1500

Types of microwave control: mechanical, sensory, push-button

Mechanical control is considered to be the most simple and universal. On the facade of microwaves located white or other colors of the handle, by means of which it is tuned. One handle is usually responsible for the power, the other is used to program the cooking or heating. The main advantages of these models - easy-to-use, low probability of failure. The downside is considered inaccurate given time, because when you turn the handle, you can add an extra minute, while significantly overheat dish. The cost of the microwave with a mechanically controlled lower than the price of sensor peers.

Push-button control is a significant plus - digital display, which shows what a given power and how much time is programmed cooking. These models feature a modern look that can easily fit in the kitchen interior. Thanks to the push-button control is easy to pick the best warm-up time, select the defrost power. The screen displays the time of standby.

Touch control is practically no different from the push-button. The only difference is that the buttons do not protrude from the body. This makes the device easier to clean the facade, because between the buttons often accumulate dirt and grease, which are very difficult to remove. However, the microwave oven with touch controls present a significant drawback: for some reason, they break down more often than other models, especially frequently burn out internal components during power surges. If the home often occur sudden changes in voltage, it is better to buy a microwave oven Samsung embedded system volt control, which allows to withstand surges up to 400 watts.

It is interesting!Krusty Plate (or Crisp) - utensils designed specifically for microwave ovens. It is made of a special metal that allows to use it for some models of microwave ovens. Especially considering the fact that it is possible to fry foods in the microwave as well as a frying pan. Permitted heating capacity of up to 200 ° C, but keep in mind that the plate is not suitable for all models.

How to choose a microwave ovenIf additional functions

More popular option the possibility is considered steam during cooking, thereby reducing the cooking time. This saves valuable substances products and their appearance, but also saves energy. Dishes cooked with steam, are considered to be dietary and equal to the dishes from the oven.

It helps to maintain the function of ventilation of the working chamber (deodorizer), which in a few minutes after cooking eliminates odors. This option is most often available in either push-button touch models. To get rid of extraneous odors simply press the desired button - then the work is done automatically.

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Convenient to consider the possibility of automatic weighing on models with built-in weights, which facilitates the calculation of the required time of heating and cooking. dual-function light is split microwave. This promotes more uniform heating of products and reduces the amount of time elapsed. Very popular in the ranking of microwave ovens are equipped models interactively, or voice option of duplicate messages that appear on the screen. Other additional features microwaves:

1. Bread. It allows you to bake bread, rolls, cakes and other products that are not using the oven.
2. steam cleaning (self-cleaning). A handy feature that reduces the time it takes to clean the camera: it is enough to put into a container filled with water and select the desired mode. Even the old soot and heavy dirt softened, and it becomes possible to easily remove them with a normal sponge or microfiber.
3. A temperature sensor. Measures the temperature inside the chamber, it eliminates the need for adjustments, which is especially important when heating ready meals.
4. Beep, indicating the end of cooking, or the need to perform other manipulations with the stove. If desired, the signal can be turned off.
5. Timer. It allows you to control the time required for cooking.
6. Protection of children. All microwave ovens at the sudden opening of the door stop giving radiation. In some models, you can lock the buttons, and then disables the device, as this feature prevents accidental key presses.
7. Ability to connect to the "smart house" system. It allows you to connect an appropriate device to your phone or computer, allowing you to remotely control the operation.

Important!Absolutely can not use dishes with metallic elements, because for this reason that the magnetron can burn!

Elements that make it easier to work with microwave

Any microwave, whether it is an expensive feature-rich embedded Bosch microwave or a small microwave oven with convection, designed to save time, work in the kitchen. For additional equipment to help manage the instrument include:

1. Built-in digital display, which shows an accurate representation of the selected operating mode, the power and the cooking time and the current time.
2. Rotisserie that helps process the dish hot air from all sides, which contributes to uniform heat distribution (in most cases equipped with microwaves skewer grill). Due to the skewers can be cooked whole chicken, duck, fish and cook large pieces of meat.
3. The turntable, which helps to uniformly heat the food within the chamber by turning the different parties to the heating element, wherein the section size depends on the microwave parameters.

Microwave to heat small size only has a small diameter - 20 cm and a diameter of 30 cm and above in large microwave ovens. Previously, all built-in microwave oven Siemens, LG and other manufacturers' devices manufactured without a rotary table, but they heat unevenly, and this process takes a lot of time. Now manufacturers have returned to the production of microwave ovens without a turntable, but they organized a principle of operation according to the modern trends.

To speed up the cooking and make uniform warming, manufacturers have placed a heating element that generates microwave radiation, not on the side surface and the bottom. During the preparation of the dish does not rotate, and the special distributor of radiation that is not visible to the user. Such models microwaves 13% intensively prepare food and 12% faster defrost frozen food.

Also, there is another technology, which excludes the presence of the turntable, - the "system triple distribution of microwaves." Many models of Samsung microwave ovens vary this function. The sense operation is the presence of the main antenna, which supplies the magnetron radiation and 2 additional, uniformly distribute heat throughout the chamber. In general, the lack of range makes it easy to care for microwave oven, since the lower surface is completely smooth and there is no likelihood of split plate, which rotates.

Important! Significant advantage furnaces without a rotary table is considered to increase the useful volume of the chamber and the possibility to install several plates, even in a small microwave oven. The absence of a table does not affect the operation of other functions, such as convection, grill and others.

How to choose a microwave: Review of manufacturers and models

Sometimes it is very difficult to make the right choice, because in the ranking of microwave ovens constantly changing list of the best models. Manufacturers are constantly adding new features to play up the design, remove the excess and add useful options. Power rating, which affects the speed of preparation, all the different manufacturers, but the average power of 800 watts. The main criterion for the reliability of the device is considered to build quality and materials used, affects the durability and the inner coating chamber.

By selecting the optimum cooking device, should take into account how many people will use it. If the purpose of the purchase - hot sandwiches or a morning omelet, would be enough to buy a small microwave that takes up minimal space. If you want more, and cook, then it is better to buy a large appliance combined. Of course, do not forget about the design, as built-in microwave oven should ideally fit into the interior of the kitchen.

Manufacturers have made sure that it was easy to pick up a microwave for design in hi-tech, modern, retro, as well as for vintage kitchens. Now it does not only produce black and white facades of the manufacturer is performing the door in different colors to adapt it to any style.

Inverters microwaveand Camsung, Bosh and Siemens: their benefits

To understand the issue, which microwave oven is better: or conventional inverter, it is necessary to understand the meaning of the furnace. The advantages of embedded microwaves Bosch inverter includes a method for radiation delivery in the inner chamber. In an oven with an ordinary magnetron power supply is always the same, that can be compared to cooking on a frying pan or a pan on an electric or gas stove.

In the inverter type device can perform power adjustment: recommended at the beginning of the cooking select the maximum and minimum - in the end. This means that the nearer the completion of the cooking process, the operation will be less stressful magnetron. Different intensity of radiation proceeds helps to preserve the structure of the finished dish, does not dry food, favors uniform propekaniyu.

The products prepared in microwave ovens inverter Samsung stored maximum amount of nutrients, vitamins and minerals. It has been proven experimentally in NFRI Institute. Researchers have verified that the content of vitamin B1, which is available in swine meat, after cooking in the oven inverter 42% higher than after the cooking process in the conventional microwave oven. vitamin C and calcium content of cabbage was higher at 31 and 16%, respectively.

Due to the fact that the inverter in the cooking process gradually reduces the power of the microwave proceeds going energy savings. In this case, the magnetron in Bosch microwave ovens is only activated at the beginning of the preparation and running constantly. In a conventional oven it is then switched on and off, thereby power consumption is increased. This is because at the moment when the magnetron consumes the maximum amount of electricity, causing the meter to spin harder.

Built-in microwave oven Siemens INNOWAVE series also use an inverter which has high speed cooking. The device has a special grill - the development of the company with the function of automatic cooking based on weight. The device starts to work on the program stored in the memory, it is necessary only to choose the type of product and specify the weight. Further microwave itself will select the optimum mode and cooking time.

Short review microwave ovens LG: The variety of choice, devices function

Popular model considered capacious microwave MS8289BRCS having a working volume of 32 liters chamber. The device is equipped with the microwave, grill and convection. In fact, this can be replaced by microwave oven, is also available here feature a double boiler. Cutlery and utensils for cooking is complete. The program "Russian chef" makes it possible to prepare all your favorite dishes, such as mashed potatoes, buckwheat, apple jam. Defrosting is offered in different modes for different types of meat, and depending on the weight. In general, this type of microwave replaces oven, a steamer and even multivarku, which makes it possible to save space in the kitchen.

It is interesting! South Korean brand LG offers a huge range of microwaves - that integrated and freestanding models, devices with a grill, a converter without them.

A LG microwave ovens are considered the best model with dual grill, one of which is able to rotate and to ensure uniform frying, thus there is no need to turn the dish. After cooking mode in such products produced crisp, which is not worse than after cooking in the oven. On many models the manufacturer gives a guarantee of 10 years.

Built-in microwave oven: price review

Of course, each customer wondering how much microwave from different manufacturers. As a rule, the most cheaper brands considered Delfa, Hansa, Vitek, Saturn, Indesit. They do not differ a great set of features, and the average price of such a microwave oven - 13 thousand. rub.

Separately allocate expensive brands Miele, Bork, Franke, Smeg, which are characterized by thoughtful design, often exclusive. However, they cost starts from 90-100 thousand. rub. Sometimes the price is not based on the quality of the goods, and popular brand and is often overestimated.

The table below the most popular brands and prices microwave ovens depending on their characteristics:

brand name	Model	L	Power, W	price, rub.
Bosch	BFL554 MW0	25	900	23,990
BFL634 GS1	21	59,490
COA 565 GS0	36	1000	83,990
Siemens	BF 525 LMS0	20	800	23,990
BF 635 LGS1	21	900	64,990
CM 585 AM S0	44	73,990
Samsung	FW 77 SR-W	20	850	14,990
MS22M805AK	22	22,990
NQ50K3130BS	50	900	60,990
Electrolux	EVY96800 AX	46	1000	73,990
EMT 25203 C	25	900	32,990
EMC 26204 OX	26	900	35,490
LG	MH6044VAT	20	750	13,990

Correctly matched microwave should be not only beautiful to fit in the kitchen interior, but also help to significantly save time, work in the kitchen. After all, it can be used not only to heat already ready meals, but also to cook something new, and quickly defrost food from the freezer. Food cooked in the microwave, it is believed diet as cooked in its own juice. The main thing - when using the device to follow the safety precautions: make sure that the door is firmly closed, check the condition of the seals, use the dishes, which is designed to microwave. To prevent proliferation of pathogenic microorganisms, the device must be washed frequently chamber.