Noob combi microvave question.

mattyfez

mattyfez

mattyfez

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Hi all.

So in my quest to be more energy efficient Im going to use the convection oven feature on my microwave more often. It came with a metal rack, but it's difficult to cook things like chips or kievs or anything greasy etc.. so I've found some round cake tin/roasting pan type things that will sit nicely on the glass turntable.. like this

Ive found a steel one and an aluminium one, which material is best/ or doesnt it matter? prices are basicaly the same for either.

Thanks

EDIT, sorry I should have put this in the cuisine forum, mods feel free to move.
 
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PC777 said:
I got a combi microwave recently been looking into this myself, the Borosilicate Pyrex can be used in microwave, grill and oven functions, but you can only use metal in the grill and oven functions obviously.

I'm likely just going for the borosilicate Pyrex myself to avoid accidents. Please update post how that one goes for you. Also as a side note other non borosilicate Pyrex isn't nearly as good and much more prone to shattering.
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Will do - I didnt know about the borosilicate thing but it seems I accidentally bought a borosilicate one anyway, so happy days :D
 
PC777 said:
I got a combi microwave recently been looking into this myself, the Borosilicate Pyrex can be used in microwave, grill and oven functions, but you can only use metal in the grill and oven functions obviously.

I'm likely just going for the borosilicate Pyrex myself to avoid accidents. Please update post how that one goes for you. Also as a side note other non borosilicate Pyrex isn't nearly as good and much more prone to shattering.
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Ok so i've used my pyrex 'cake' bowl to cook some 'council estate cuisine' AKA chicken nuggets and hash browns from frozen.

It worked well.. but there are some caviats...

I preheated the microwave to 180c, mine beeps at me once it's pre-heated (convection only mode, not combo m-wave/convection) and then I set the cooking time for 20 mins once preheated.

They came out very slightly under cooked but I think that's because I loaded the dish up with too much frozen food.

So it will take a bit of 'dialling in' but works perfectly well.

Next experiment will be to increace either the cooking time to 25mins, or increace the temp to 200c, but only for 20 mins with a simmilar food. Or just not load the dish up with so much food, lol!

I'm pretty sure it was just the sheer volume of frozen food that scuppered the first test, a less full bowl would have been fine I'm sure.
 
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Yeh mines not a super expensive one.. A morphy richards that was about £110 I think.

Just to add i didn't use the microwave function to preheat.. The convection preheated and beeps once its up to temp and then I set the time.

I've not thought about using the microwave and convection combi mode yet.. I'll have to look into how that affects cooking times. I'm guessing it might be more efficient?
 
Sounds good.. I've only used mine in pure grill /convection/mirowave mode exclusivley so maybe that's where i'm going wrong, rather than a microwave/convection combo cook. etc.

The Pyrex dish is great though, non metalic so very versatile.:)
 
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