Which microwave function do you need for which dish?

With a microwave function you can warm up a ready-made meal, soup or chocolate milk. Also prepare leftovers and baby milk with the function that is present on each microwave: the microwave function.

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.

To prepare a frozen pizza, find a microwave with a pizza stand. At a pizza stand, the oven function in your microwave 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.

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.

To make really crunchy oven fries, you need a microwave 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 crispy bottom. The grill that is on at the same time ensures a crispy top. A microwave with crisp function is also suitable for preparing pizza or breaded fish.

To steam vegetables, look for a microwave with a steam function. Basically you can steam in any microwave if you have a steam bowl, but with microwave ovens with a steam function you get that included. You fill the steam bowl with water and the heating creates steam. Sometimes a microwave has a separate steam reservoir. You do not need a steam tray.