Panasonic NN-G464MF 1100-Watt 1.0 Cubic Foot Microwave

When I decided I needed a new microwave and could only spend $150 total on it, I started searching for the most feature-rich oven I could find within that budget which would fit in the smallish space I had available. I found it with this model. It has a lot of great features, has a cooking cavity almost twice the size of my old oven and has a relatively small footprint to boot. Reading through the manual I let out several ooh's and aah's, much to my wife's amusement. I never thought I could make a good grilled cheese sandwich in a microwave, for instance, but thanks to the browing elements and the browning pan that it comes with, you can.

So, for amusement's sake, I decided to make that the first thing I'd cook in it. Supposedly, you hit the Preheat button, and then the start button, wait about 6 minutes for it to preheat the browing pan, and then put your food in and hit the "sandwich" button. (Really!)

About four minutes into preheating, it reset itself...Read more