Which microwave function do you need for which dish?
Ready-made meals and liquid
With a microwave function you can warm up a ready meal, soup, or chocolate milk. Also prepare leftovers and baby milk with the function that's present on each microwave: the microwave function.
Casserole and lasagne
Do you prepare an oven dish or lasagna on a regular basis? You need a combi microwave with a fan function. That way, you'll prevent hard pieces of lasagna sheets in your dish. The fan makes the hot air circulate through the oven space.
Frozen pizza
To prepare a frozen pizza, look for a microwave oven with a pizza stand. A pizza stand in the oven provides extra heat from the bottom. The grill creates a crispy crust. This way your pizza is crunchy and cooked. With only a hot air function only the top, but not the bottom.
Cake and cakes
For baking a tasty apple pie or cake you need top and bottom heat. With the uniform heating at the top and bottom of your pastry, it cooks and rises evenly.
Oven fries
To make really crunchy oven fries, you need a microwave oven with a crisp function and crisp plate. You put the fries on the crisp plate that absorbs the heat from the microwaves. This creates a crunchy bottom. The grill that is on at the same time provides a crispy top. A microwave with crisp function is also suitable for preparing pizza or breaded fish.
Steamed vegetables
To steam vegetables, you need a microwave oven with a steam function. In principle, you can steam in any microwave oven if you have a steam bowl, but microwave ovens with a steam function will get them included. You fill the steam bowl with water and the heating creates steam. Sometimes a microwave oven has a separate steam reservoir. You do not need a steam tray.