19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
save time, money and space,
July 20, 2007 William R. Galloway "Best Advice" (USA) - See all my reviews
I have to say, this is a great product!
As a microwave it works fine, What I liked best was the convection feature.
I would rather manual time my food to my liking instead of using the preset compucook features.
My advise is to follow your normal cooking times for items you cook often in a regular oven, just reduce the temperature by 25 degrees.
example:
If you like chicken breast that are frozen(no need to thaw)
Place them in a Pyrex dish add seasoning of your choice..garlic, oregano, onions, etc.
a little olive oil or oil of choice.
chose the convection button, then press 1 for preheating oven. normal cook temperature would be 375 degrees for 40-45 min. Just set temp. at 350
The oven will preheat( be patient)takes about 3 min. the oven will beep when ready. (if you forget don't worry it will stop on it's own if you do not respond within 20 min or so.)
Place frozen chicken in along with seasoning...Read more
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Short Life,
February 4, 2010 km boise "km boise" (Boise, ID United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 0.9 Cu. Ft. Countertop Microwave Oven with 900 Cooking Watts & Grill 2 Convection Cooking in
It is pretty sad that the life span of the Sharp product line has so eroded. I bought a Sharp R-820BW in August/2008. After only 18 months the microwave has stopped working. The Sharp R-820BW was purchased to replace a Sharp Carousel bought in 1983 which lasted 25 years! Now I must decide if I want to pay over $100.00 for servicing or buy a new unit - so much for GREEN. It seems like appliances are being built NOT to last, as if they are disposable and purposely constructed to require replacement inside of 2 years. If you don't mind replacing the R-820BW by the time you get used to using all the great features, go for it. The roasting and baking features did meet expectations. If the unit had even lasted a full 2 years I would give it 5 stars. However, considering the short life I can only rate it 3.
No Microwave,
March 7, 2012 Linda M. Craig (Covington, Ga) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 0.9 Cu. Ft. Countertop Microwave Oven with 900 Cooking Watts & Grill 2 Convection Cooking in
I bought the Sharp Carousel convection oven this past summer for my new home. I didn't have room for a toaster oven, so this was my best option for both. I started using it in July 2011. Day before yesterday (March 5) the microwave quit working. The oven part is still working fine, but that leaves me without a microwave. Who can live without a microwave?
Linda Craig
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