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Microwave useful pracusiom busy. Check also for small kitchens, which have no place in oven.

For several years there have been discussions whether or microwave dishes are healthy. Finally, practical considerations prevailed, that is very quick and easy cooking, ensure that the microwave. Such a microwave be useful especially to those who lack the time to cook once a week, and then only if rozmrażają odgrzewają dishes, and all impatient and always busy. Maybe that's why become a popular wedding gift. On the market there are plenty of models. How, then choose the one best suited for us, since the primary function of all microwave is cooking and heating? Here are three steps that will help you choose

Method of control:
mechanical - they have older or cheaper models - the user must set the same power of the device and the time of the oven. These settings, at least initially done by the eye, so sometimes you have to turn the oven a few times before it reaches the proper cooking time and intensity;
electronic (automatic) - typical of more expensive models. It is much more convenient than mechanical, simply select the type of food (eg fish, poultry or vegetables), enter the approximate weight and select an option such as cooking or defrosting. Cookware itself selects the required heating power and time preparing meals;
so. smart - are equipped with the latest generation of devices is not. Same check the weight and volume of food, "guess" of what is done, and set all the parameters, we just have to decide what he wants to do with food: to cook or reheat them.
Check the power and capacity
If the microwave is used exclusively for heating food quickly whether or not to defrost them, just when it has little power (eg 700). However, if you want a lot of it to cook, bake and even grill, for example, in the kitchen oven does not fit, decide on a model of high power (over 1000). It is also important, how many households will benefit from the oven. Large capacity (eg 34 l) useful when preparing food is usually for a few people.

Additional Features
Microwave oven can be equipped with many different features, select those with whom you intend to use:

BBQ - you have to remember that in a low-power ovens grill takes a long time;
thawing - the more expensive models is a special system that prevents heating of the food rozmrażanej;
quick heating - just turn on a button to give gently podgrzało, this feature is useful when very rush and do not have time to figuring out how heavy dish;
steaming - one of the newest ideas cooker manufacturers, the equipment is a special dish that allows such a way as cooking (important for those on a diet);
toast - to prepare a crunchy foods like toast;
hot air - thanks to him bake the dough quickly and evenly.
How to take care of the stove?
Microwave does not require multiple treatments, however, we must remember a few rules of its use:

interior and cover it is best to clean soft cloth with dishwashing liquid;
Do not run empty oven;
vents can not be obscured;
food should cook only in the vessels, which indicated that they could be used for this purpose;
should not be put dishes in the oven:
- Vessels and metal foils (cooker may be damaged);
- Vessels decorated with gold or silver motifs (decorations may be destroyed);
- Containers made of melamine (plastic, which trays are made for example), because they may crack.
What safeguards are microwaves?
Modern stoves are safe. First of all, turn off automatically when the door is opened, even if this occurs during cooking. If the house is a small child, you should choose the model with the door locked, so baby will not open them, and thus does not burn a hot dish. It is possible to lock the keys (keyboard combination), which prevents the inclusion of a child of the oven.