Russell Hobbs RHFM2363B 23 L 800 W Black Digital Flatbed Solo Freestanding Microwave with 5 Power Levels, 8 Auto Cook Menus, Easy Clean, Clock and Timer, Automatic Defrost

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Let’s start with the RHFM2363B’s most important feature: flatbed technology. A regular microwave uses a turntable to make sure the food is cooked evenly, but a flatbed model gets rid of this altogether. The result is that you can use the entire interior for heating – not just the circular area taken up by the turntable. The Russell Hobbs’ door design is clever. When it’s open you have an easy-to-read list of its eight programs. When closed, this is covered up and you can just see a small number of discreet touch-sensitive buttons: to select cooking mode, power and time.

Reheating programs are pleasantly real world and designed for real-world quantities. For example the beverage mode lets you reheat one or two cuppas, leftovers reheats one or two plates. The display offers helpful advice depending on the foodstuff, like “don’t cover” or “cover but don’t seal”. One of the technologies it relies on for even cooking is a “diamond cavity” structure. This basically means that the walls aren’t simple flat surfaces but textured, so microwaves are reflected in a more varied way – the theory is that it cooks food not just more evenly but faster as a result, saving time and money.This is not intended to be a full statement of your rights under the Consumer Contracts Regulations. Full details of your rights are available from your Local Authority’s Trading Standards Office. How To Return A Product Anything of a nature that for hygiene or associated health and safety - this includes the Outdoor Spas, Mattresses and Divan Sets The Sage is an unusual microwave. It’s fairly pricey considering it doesn’t include an oven and/or grill. And it looks good in all-silver, but it’s not the poshest looking microwave in town. Instead it differentiates itself with unusual controls designed for keen cooks.

Scottish Highlands & Islands postcodes: AB, FK, HS, IV, KA, KW, PA, PH, ZE, LL58-LL78, IM, TR, PO30-41 From the professional-looking, stainless steel styling to the booklet by Heston Blumenthal, Sage is keen to impress you with its foodie credentials. The booklet is genuinely interesting and edifying, with a couple of recipes from Heston plus his “here comes the science bit, concentrate” bit about how microwaves work and how to cook with chocolate. Enhanced heat distribution– The diamond cavity structure enhances the reflection of the microwaves inside the cavity for more efficient usage, saving you time and energy.Flatbed technology– No turntable means you can place square plates and casserole dishes inside the microwave for more versatile usage. Alternatively, if you open the door, you’ll find a very unusual feature: an extra row of buttons that were hidden from sight. These are your route to popular features including softening butter and melting chocolate for the foodies, heating baked beans and popcorn for the not-so foodies. Alongside the usual cook or defrost by time and weight it offers intelligent sensor cooking programs similar to those seen on high-end microwaves such as the Panasonic NN-CS894S and Panasonic NN-CF853W. You press the relevant smart button, depending on whether you want to cook or reheat, and then select from the on-screen menu of popular foods. The power level is set automatically and then it measures humidity released from the food and uses this to judge how long to cook it for. Straightforward cooking and defrosting can be done by time or weight, and you can select grams or ounces.

At that stage the Sage’s “a bit more” button was perfect. This zapped it for another 36 seconds. We did this a couple of times and the potato was cooked to perfection. It’s a clever way to ensure you don’t overcook food as it’s tempting when something’s not quite cooked to repeat the same program – which is usually overkill.We also tested the defrost feature on a pitta bread and found it worked well: it came out warm but not cooked, and only a bit soggy on the underside. Flatbed technology, again borrowed from pricier models, means they have done away with the turntable, instead relying on other technologies to ensure even cooking. This means it’s possible to fit much larger dishes in the microwave, for example to reheat meals in rectangular oven dishes that would have been impossible on a turntable. If looks matter but you only need a straightforward microwave then maybe. This is a competent, fairly small microwave with no fancy features apart from its flatbed design. What stands out is its modern design, which makes it look like more like a premium appliance. Automatic defrost settings– Simply input the weight of the food and the microwave selects the ideal defrost time.

Pre–programmed auto cook menus, such as pizza (reheat), fish and popcorn, make life so much easier as well – simply press a single button and it’ll get straight to work. There’s also an automatic defrost setting to save you time and effort; all you have to do is input the weight of the food and the microwave will select the ideal defrost time. If you like to be more in control then you’re still on to a winner with this digital microwave – you can tailor your cooking by choosing one of five different power levels. Another useful feature is that diamond “cavity structure.” Russell Hobbs claims that this increases the efficiency of the microwave, leading to faster cooking times and a reduced chance of “cold spots.”Please be aware that we currently cannot arrange for delivery of this product to the following postcodes: AB, FK, HS, IV, KA, KW, PA, PH, ZE, LL58-LL78, IM, TR, BT, PO30-41. We started out by defrosting a pitta bread. The smart defrost program only works with particular types of food, so instead we did a timer defrost. It took just over a minute and was visibly ready as it was starting to inflate. The pitta bread came out warm but not cooked and it was impressively not soggy, compared with other microwaves. It tasted surprisingly fresh. This Russell Hobbs flatbed microwave offers impressive functionality for the perfect results, 800 watts of power and flatbed technology, which allows you to make much more of the cavity space. It also has a sleek contemporary design with a mirrored door finish – great for adding a touch of style to your kitchen worktop.