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Posted by Taria on October 26, 2009, 3:51 pm
Since you guys are about the smartest group around
I have a question. Is anyone famililar with an
over the stovetop microwave-convection oven
fan combo? I have had the microwave for years and
it needs replaced. The addition of the small covection
oven seems like something that would help me make
the most of the small space I have. Any thoughts on
it would be appreciated. I am trying to figure out how
practical it might be.
I am also looking for other space saving ideas if anyone
has any.
TIA, Taria
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Posted by Leslie& The Furbabies in MO. on October 26, 2009, 4:01 pm
Until this house I always had a microwave-exhaust fan combo above my cook
stove. Loved it for the space saving aspect. The inner area tends to be
lower than a countertop microwave. I didn't have convection in the
microwaves but I can point out a caveat while you are shopping. My current
cook stove is propane gas and claims to be convection. But it's not. What
it has is a fan that circulates the heat but it's not a true convection at
all. Be sure you investigate that feature. (And I despise baking with gas.
The cooking part is okay once I adjusted to the flame rather than an
electric smooth top but the oven is nothing like baking with electric.
Yuck.)
Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.
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> Since you guys are about the smartest group around
> I have a question. Is anyone famililar with an
> over the stovetop microwave-convection oven
> fan combo? I have had the microwave for years and
> it needs replaced. The addition of the small covection
> oven seems like something that would help me make
> the most of the small space I have. Any thoughts on
> it would be appreciated. I am trying to figure out how
> practical it might be.
> I am also looking for other space saving ideas if anyone
> has any.
> TIA, Taria
>
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Posted by Polly Esther on October 26, 2009, 4:46 pm
Can't believe I'm going to say it again but here it comes - ' it depends'.
What kind of cooking are you likely to do on the stove top? If you do
lots of frying and enjoy a cauldron or two of merrily bubbling and splashing
pots of good stuff; you might not want to have an expensive
microware/convection/exhaust fan sitting above the mayhem.
If all you're likely to cook on the stovetop is a quiet scrambled egg,
that's another matter. What I'm saying is, sometimes the mad Italian or
Cajun cook just comes out and can make quite a grease-flying, spaghetti
sauce popping mess.
How high would the mw/convec/exh combo have to be above your stove and
would it be easy for you to lift hot dishes in/out? ( We have a neat shelf
built-in for just a mw and can't use it because it is simply too high to be
safe. It's a super neat place to grow pot plants.) Just thoughts. HTH
Polly
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> Until this house I always had a microwave-exhaust fan combo above my cook
> stove. Loved it for the space saving aspect. The inner area tends to be
> lower than a countertop microwave. I didn't have convection in the
> microwaves but I can point out a caveat while you are shopping. My
> current cook stove is propane gas and claims to be convection. But it's
> not. What it has is a fan that circulates the heat but it's not a true
> convection at all. Be sure you investigate that feature. (And I despise
> baking with gas. The cooking part is okay once I adjusted to the flame
> rather than an electric smooth top but the oven is nothing like baking
> with electric. Yuck.)
> Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.
>> Since you guys are about the smartest group around
>> I have a question. Is anyone famililar with an
>> over the stovetop microwave-convection oven
>> fan combo? I have had the microwave for years and
>> it needs replaced. The addition of the small covection
>> oven seems like something that would help me make
>> the most of the small space I have. Any thoughts on
>> it would be appreciated. I am trying to figure out how
>> practical it might be.
>> I am also looking for other space saving ideas if anyone
>> has any.
>> TIA, Taria
>
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Posted by Kate in MI on October 26, 2009, 8:06 pm
Now Polly -- please clarify....
"It's a super neat place to grow pot plants."
Did you mean POTTED plants.... or are you growing little POT plants on
that shelf? If it's the latter.. well.... let's just say I'd be careful
to keep it away from those gators!
--
Kate in MI
http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves
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> Can't believe I'm going to say it again but here it comes - ' it depends'.
> What kind of cooking are you likely to do on the stove top? If you do
> lots of frying and enjoy a cauldron or two of merrily bubbling and
> splashing pots of good stuff; you might not want to have an expensive
> microware/convection/exhaust fan sitting above the mayhem.
> If all you're likely to cook on the stovetop is a quiet scrambled egg,
> that's another matter. What I'm saying is, sometimes the mad Italian or
> Cajun cook just comes out and can make quite a grease-flying, spaghetti
> sauce popping mess.
> How high would the mw/convec/exh combo have to be above your stove and
> would it be easy for you to lift hot dishes in/out? ( We have a neat
> shelf built-in for just a mw and can't use it because it is simply too
> high to be safe. It's a super neat place to grow pot plants.) Just
> thoughts. HTH Polly
>> Until this house I always had a microwave-exhaust fan combo above my cook
>> stove. Loved it for the space saving aspect. The inner area tends to be
>> lower than a countertop microwave. I didn't have convection in the
>> microwaves but I can point out a caveat while you are shopping. My
>> current cook stove is propane gas and claims to be convection. But it's
>> not. What it has is a fan that circulates the heat but it's not a true
>> convection at all. Be sure you investigate that feature. (And I despise
>> baking with gas. The cooking part is okay once I adjusted to the flame
>> rather than an electric smooth top but the oven is nothing like baking
>> with electric. Yuck.)
>> Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.
>>> Since you guys are about the smartest group around
>>> I have a question. Is anyone famililar with an
>>> over the stovetop microwave-convection oven
>>> fan combo? I have had the microwave for years and
>>> it needs replaced. The addition of the small covection
>>> oven seems like something that would help me make
>>> the most of the small space I have. Any thoughts on
>>> it would be appreciated. I am trying to figure out how
>>> practical it might be.
>>> I am also looking for other space saving ideas if anyone
>>> has any.
>>> TIA, Taria
>
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Posted by Polly Esther on October 26, 2009, 9:15 pm
LOL. You got me, Kate. She is just plain old Devil's Ivy a/k/a pothos,
loves the microwave shelf and survives with maybe being watered once a
month. She's quite magnificent and loves music. The only thing 'high'
around here is that shelf. Polly
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"Kate in MI" <> Now Polly -- please clarify....
> "It's a super neat place to grow pot plants."
> Did you mean POTTED plants.... or are you growing little POT plants on
> that shelf? If it's the latter.. well.... let's just say I'd be careful
> to keep it away from those gators!
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> I have a question. Is anyone famililar with an
> over the stovetop microwave-convection oven
> fan combo? I have had the microwave for years and
> it needs replaced. The addition of the small covection
> oven seems like something that would help me make
> the most of the small space I have. Any thoughts on
> it would be appreciated. I am trying to figure out how
> practical it might be.
> I am also looking for other space saving ideas if anyone
> has any.
> TIA, Taria
>