Kitchen appliances chat

Got one of these about 10 months ago and its been great. That being said, I was also happy with the cheap manual timer one we had before. I guess it depends how much microwave cooking you'll do!

I would have preferred this one because knobs > buttons, but the NN-CT57JMBPQ was on offer.

I think I have pretty much the same one as hamrack https://www.johnlewis.com/panasonic-nn-ct55jwbpq-27l-slimline-combination-microwave-oven-white/p3519273

Having an oven as well as a microwave is occasionally really useful. Also means you don't have to pre-heat the big oven to cook just a few things in the oven. The grill isn't much cop though.

We have this one

https://www.johnlewis.com/panasonic-nn-st46kbbpq-microwave-black/p4135104

It's a 1000W inverter beast of a machine (and a Which Best Buy, iirc).

I was somewhat cynical of the smart sensor functions (having used the same microwave for the past 20 years), but it is amazing at reheating leftovers that have been frozen / fridged, and does a good job of defrosting.

Generally, for kitchen appliances (and everything else, to be fair), I'd always go single purpose.

And, for microwaves, you need to buy Panasonic or LG, as they are the only brands that have inverters. And if you don't have an inverter, you objectively have a shitty microwave.