Review ID: 60117

Review Text: 4 appliances in one!. The Panasonic Home Chef 4-in-1 is a fantastic device that combines a Microwave, Air Fryer, Convection Oven and a Broiler into 1 relatively compact package. Visually, the microwave has a clean look without excessive graphics or gimmicks. The front and interior are stainless but curiously the top and sides are painted silver. The controls are easy to understand and use, though the dial rotation does feel a little cheap for the price point, giving it more resistance and smoother turning would improve the feel. Let me go ahead and lay out my main complaint with the device, at 1000W it takes longer to reheat or cook food compared to my previous 1200W microwave. Obviously, it has 20% percent less output and that is to be expected but if you primarily need a microwave be aware of the output. Fortunately, it makes up for it by eliminating the need to have a separate air fryer you have to pull out or preheating your larger oven if you are preparing a smaller dish. Initially I was skeptical on how well this would perform as a convection oven but I was pleasantly surprised and found myself using this function far more than I anticipated. Where the inverter microwave took a little longer to cook compared to my old microwave, the convection oven reduced the cook time and also preheated far faster (due to size). Despite only have 1.2 cubic ft of cook space it can accommodate an entire frozen pizza with room to spare. The Air Fryer performed good as well and is far more convenient compared to pulling out my other air fryer. You do have to keep track of some accessories to utilize with the different modes but that didn't surprise me and they are easily stored when not in use. Lastly, I found using the FlashXpress broiler function a fast to broil foods. The microwave can even perform a combination of microwave, oven, or broil to cook your meals faster without compromised texture or consistency. One downside to have a microwave with an oven built in is the heat generated makes the top and rear considerably hot. Do not put anything on top of this microwave as it gets very hot when using functions besides the inverter microwave. Overall, despite my nit picks, it is easily the most versatile microwave oven I have ever owned!

Gold Attribute: {'Brand': 'panasonic', 'Color': 'silver', 'Color Category': 'silver'}

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