Steam and grill make a great combi oven even more useful
5/5
Being smaller than a standard oven it heats up quickly. At the same time it's much larger than a usual microwave, and the lack of turntable means you can use all the space - eg a rectangular roating tin fits in. Like other panasonic combi ovens I have used in the past, roasts cook well in a fraction of the time that a conventional oven would take whilst being browned on the outside.
The combination of microwave and grill is also useful eg it can cook sausages from frozen in less than 15 minuites. The combination of microwave and steam is something I intended to use for fish but thanks to the well-written instruction manual I have so far tested it for steamed puddings, which turned out to be as delicious as they were quick and easy.
The only downside is that it doesn't have the self-cleaning function that come convential ovens do.
Karen