Microwave oven: Turntable vs flat panel

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In today's fast-paced era, the kitchen is like life's“Energy supply station”, and the microwave is one of the indispensable“Heating Wizard”. It can make cold rice hot, frozen meat thaw in a flash, for the busy we save a lot of time. However, we are often caught in a choice dilemma between flat-panel and rotary microwave ovens. Now, let us explore in depth, in this microwave kingcraft, to find the most suitable for their own kitchen partners.

(1)、Heating uniformity

In the use of microwave oven, heating uniformity directly affects the taste and quality of food,

1. rotary microwave oven

①. Principle

The rotary microwave oven relies on the uniform rotation of the bottom rotary plate to drive the food to carry out 360-degree omni-directional rotation. At the same time, microwaves are beamed from a fixed location, rotating the food so that the heat coats everything evenly.

②. Effect

This design is excellent for heating round or regular shaped foods. Food in the rotation process, all parts can fully accept the baptism of microwave, heating uniformity is higher. When it comes to irregularly shaped food, however, the rotary microwave may be a bit out of its depth. Local over-or under-heating may occur due to the changing angle of contact between the edges of the food and the microwaves.

2. flatbed microwave ovens

①. Principle

Flatbed microwave ovens use hidden microwave reflection technology to create unique heating fields. The microwave is dispersed into a fan shape by the stirring plate hidden at the bottom, and then the multi-dimensional and three-dimensional heating environment is formed by the reflection of the cavity metal wall.

②. Effect

This technique has a natural advantage for irregularly shaped foods, allowing better adaptation to the contours of different foods and an even distribution of calories. However, for large volumes of food, the flatbed microwave may face challenges. Due to the limited penetration depth of microwaves, the food inside may not be heated evenly, resulting in endogenesis.

(2)、Space utilization

The kitchen space is limited, how to make full use of the internal space of the microwave oven to meet different cooking needs, is an important factor that we need to consider when choosing a microwave oven.

1. rotary microwave oven

①. Space use

In the internal space of a turntable microwave oven, the turntable diameter usually occupies a considerable part of the cavity height, which limits the height of the food that can be placed to a certain extent.

②. Applicable scenarios

This design is more suitable for heating small, regular-shaped foods, or cooking patterns that require frequent rotation. In the daily use of the family, if you often need to heat some small food, rotary microwave oven space use may be able to meet the demand.

2. flatbed microwave ovens

①. Space use

The flat-panel microwave oven has created a spacious and unrestrained big stage for us. The non-turntable design makes full use of the internal space of the cavity, the high utilization rate is greatly improved, and higher containers can be easily placed.

②. Applicable scenarios

For families who like to heat more than one portion at a time, or who need to deal with large volumes of ingredients, the flatbed microwave is a better choice. It can meet more diverse cooking needs, making kitchen operation more convenient and efficient.

(3)、Cleaning and maintenance

After using the microwave oven for a period of time, cleaning and maintenance is an essential part, the difficulty of cleaning and maintenance costs will affect our use experience.

1. rotary microwave oven

①. Difficulty in cleaning

Cleaning a rotary microwave is like a Little Battle of patience. Turntable and cavity connection is easy to hide dirt, food residue, oil stains, etc. will quietly hide in these crevices. Each time when cleaning, we need to remove the turntable down, separate cleaning, and then carefully installed back.

②. Maintenance costs

Turntable bearings may wear after long-term use, resulting in turntable rotation is not smooth, and even produce abnormal sound. This not only affects the user experience, but may also require regular bearing replacement, increasing maintenance costs.

2. flatbed microwave ovens

①. Difficulty in cleaning

Cleaning a flatbed microwave is a lot easier. Its all-in-one cavity design leaves no room for dead ends, food scraps and stains. We only need to gently wipe the cavity with a damp cloth, you can easily complete the cleaning task, saving time and effort.

②. Maintenance costs

The failure rate of the stirring plate of the flat microwave oven is low, and the maintenance cost is relatively low, which saves us a lot of trouble and expense.

(4)、Functional diversity

1. rotary microwave oven

①. Functional limitations

Uniform heating is achieved by rotating the turntable. The design principle limits the scalability of the function. It usually only supports basic microwave heating, thawing and simple firepower adjustment, and it is difficult to integrate multiple functions such as barbecue and cooking.

②. Additional features

Some models support multi-stage fire regulation through mechanical knobs, but lack of intelligent menu one-button operation. High-end models may add light wave barbecue function, but need to disassemble the turntable to use, which is less convenient.

2. flatbed microwave ovens

①. Functional extensibility

The bottom plate design, the internal space can integrate microwave, light wave, hot air circulation and other modules, support micro baking, air frying, cooking and other composite functions, to meet the diversified cooking needs.

②. Intelligent control

Generally equipped with touch panel, support intelligent menu, temperature heating, voice control and other functions, some models can automatically identify ingredients and adjust the firepower, more accurate and convenient operation.

Conclusion

Turntable and flat microwave oven, just like the two protagonists on the kitchen stage, each has its own strengths and weaknesses. The rotary microwave oven is good at heating regular food, while the flat microwave oven has advantages in space and cleanliness. We should according to their living habits, kitchen space and cooking needs, make the most suitable choice. No matter who we choose, they will help us open the convenient and delicious kitchen life, become a reliable heating partner in the kitchen.