Auto Cook – similar to Auto-Steam and fabulous for plated meals, frozen veg and fresh fish, you only need to let the oven know the weight of the food and it’ll choose the ideal power level/combi-cooking option and time itself accordingly. Panacrunch button – The dedicated Panacrunch option combines the traditional grill with microwaves to warm the ridged Panacrunch tray so it’ll brown and crisp pizzas, frozen foods and breaded items while they cook. If accessing the Panacrunch feature via the dedicated button, remember to tell it the weight of your food, so the oven can select the best cooking time for your dish. The microwave features a 1000W microwave cooking power output, with Panasonic's inverter technology offering graduated levels of power - perfect for ensuring food is cooked evenly throughout. The microwave also features a 1200W grill cooking function - helping to ensure that your foods can be browned on top, whilst also cooked thoroughly. The microwave itself is pretty good, but that's irrelevant if the units keep developing faults and the manufacturer just doesn't care about this, or you, they consumer. I wont buy a Panasonic product again simply because of this.

Next I cooked frozen pizza on the Pana-crunch pan, using a combi mode, to see if it lived up to its promise of a crisp bottom. The interior is well lit, so that I could keep an eye on progress. This change of mind return policy is in addition to, and does not affect your rights under the Australian Consumer Law including any rights you may have in respect of faulty items. To return faulty items see our Returning Faulty Items policy. Delay start – allows you to plan a piping hot meal after a busy day at work. Just set the start time for up to 9 hours ahead, and choose the Micro Power level that’s right for your recipe.Healthy steamed fish and vegetables, crispy homemade pizza, delicious treats any time … cook with pleasure using the NN-DS59 4-in-1 Steam Combi Oven. Choose from steam, oven (top/bottom heater), grill or microwave power and have fun bringing out the foodie in you. This easy-to-use oven has all you need in one compact, modern design – made to fit into any kitchen. Oven – just like a traditional oven, this option warms the oven cavity from the top and bottom simultaneously, and requires pre-heating before you roast or bake your ingredients. You can use the Panacrunch tray as a shelf or shallow oven tray – it’s ideal for roasting meats as the ridges in the tray allow excess fat to drain away from the joint, and you can add an extra shelf if you wish to cook on two levels at once. Temperature options range from 150-220°C in ten-degree increments – but there is a super-low setting for proving yeasted doughs – and a safety cut-off will switch the oven off if you haven’t placed anything inside within 30 minutes of switching it on. What was more difficult was that it then demanded the weight. The recipe just told us to chop up a whole cauliflower; there was no mention of weighing it (for the record, it was 1kg). But the programme only cooks a maximum of 320g, so I plumped for that.

The oven space is generous here, allowing several items to be cooked at the same time on different levels, further emphasised by the auto programmes’ ability to cook as much as 2kg of meat.

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mediums caused by the Mechanical or Electrical Failure of the Enrolled Product. 6.3 Excluded costs, Reheating 200g of fridge-cold rice with two tablespoons of water at full power, it reached 97°C in the middle in 2mins. According to the thermal camera, there was still some unevenness around the edges, and after stirring the temperature fell to 88°C. Another 50secs took it up to an even 99°C. pre-programmed automatic menus – Letting you cook faster, healthier, tastier meals, the intelligent combination cooking options are ideal for a huge array of foods – enabling simultaneous cooking with micro power, oven or grill depending on what suits your recipe.

At the first glance, the NN-CS89LBBPQ appears to be more of a convection oven: its door opens downwards and there’s no turntable inside. Instead, you get various trays, which can be positioned at three different heights, or left at the bottom of the oven. Two features differentiate it from more affordable combis such as the Panasonic NN-DF386. The first is that it offers steam cooking – as an oven, but also in combination with the microwave or quartz grill. This can reduce cooking times as well as keeping food moist.

The new wave of cooking. Healthy. Tasty. Fast.The DS59 4-in-1 Steam Combi Oven is your helper in the kitchen – letting you create healthy, tasty dishes for everyone. Using steam, oven (top/bottom heater), grill or microwave power, you can preserve nutrients and enjoy crispy results quickly and easily.

In the meantime, I rustled up a cheese sauce on the hob. This is possible using the microwave, but if you want to save time then it’s best to cook things in parallel, not series. If steam accumulates inside or around the outside of the oven door, wipe with a soft cloth. This may occur when the microwave oven is operated under high humidity conditions, and in no way indicates a malfunction of the unit or microwave leakage" The NN-DS596 is very well-featured, high-end combi microwave that gives good integrated models a run for their money. And it’s a decent option if you want to cook with steam. The Pana-crunch tray works well, too.

The glass tray is suitable for all functions, while the plastic trivet is meant for steaming tasks. Not suitable for straightforward microwave cooking, the wire shelf and enamel tray come in handy for grilling, convection and steaming tasks. If you primarily use the microwave feature, you’ll need to find somewhere to store those extra trays. Of course, what’s most interesting about the Panasonic is that its oven also offers steam cooking. There’s a water tank on the right, below the door, and to the left is a drip tray. Operation Guide – to help you find your way through the programmes if you need help getting used to your new oven. The microwave has seven, the grill three and the steam setting has two different power levels, while the oven temperature ranges from 30°C to 230°C. In addition to the 36 smart cooking (counting three for defrosting) and 12 combination programmes, the NN-CS89LBBPQ has four cleaning settings, including deodorisation and cavity cleaning to remove grease build-up inside the oven. Performance

The bottom front part of the appliance also has a drip tray that stops water from running onto your worktop when the oven door is opened. This is particularly useful for the steam function, which also requires filling the water tank – a rectangular plastic box located behind the drip tray. Also included: – square Panacrunch browning pan and a helpful instruction manual filled with timing guidelines for cooking and reheating every kind of food, as well as recipes and tips for adapting recipes from other cookbooks. After microwaving a raw, fridge-cold 350g baking potato on full power for 3mins on each side and letting it stand for a further minute, it measured 99°C. However, it still had a very noticeable crunch when cut, indicating a hard, uncooked middle. After another 3mins50secs I deemed it edible enough, especially as I was starting to worry about the outer layer drying out too much. The product itself is pretty good. It's when there is a fault or an issue with it that you really realise what you've bought: non existent customer service from Panasonic. Grill 1 + MW300WGrill 1 + MW440W2. Grill 2 + MW300WGrill 2 + MW440W3. Steam 1 + MW300W4. Steam 1 + MW440W5. Steam 1 + Grill 16. Steam+Oven(150?-220?)(w/ preheat)*need to clarify how to name each combination