Is a convection oven better than a microwave?

A convection oven heats the food from the outside to higher temperatures than a microwave oven. While a microwave oven is great for uniform reheating, cooking and defrosting, a convection microwave is great for grilling, baking, roasting, browning and crisping foods.

Compared to other types of microwaves that use power surges through a transformer, an inverter microwave oven is more energy efficient. The inverter’s constant power level provides the exact voltage required to the cooking chamber to make your food warm.

It allows you to reheat and defrost food whereas at the same time lets you bake and roast dishes as well. So, to sum it up, a convection oven is a more advanced version of the solo microwave oven that comes with a range of features that the first one can’t offer.

The average microwave oven lasts about seven years with normal use, and even less with heavy use and poor maintenance.

Convection microwaves incorporate convection oven technology and microwave capabilities into the one package. This means they can heat and defrost food like regular microwaves plus bake, roast, grill and steam.

Unlike using a regular microwave where you need to use a separate dish to steam your food, a steam microwave uses the entire oven cavity to steam its contents. This one convenient appliance combines the health benefits of cooking with steam with the power and speed of cooking with microwaves.

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Microwaves that don’t have inverter technology have to switch between using 100 per cent and 0 per cent power when you choose 50 per cent power, whereas a microwave with inverter technology uses 50 per cent power the entire time so your food is more evenly defrosted and cooked.