Microwave Drawer
The microwave drawers are a great idea of saving the counter space in the kitchen. Microwaves have become almost indispensible in modern kitchen. However, depending on their size they occupy significant portion of the counter space.
The concept of drawer microwave is targeted at salvaging this counter space. They are pretty simple in design. They are regular microwaves in the form of a drawer that can fit into any “drawer” space in your kitchen.
The drawers are top loading where the food stuff would be placed like it is placed in the drawer. These drawers can be dragged out, rather than opening a door. As a result, they remain convenient to use. The user doesn’t have to bend down and push a button to open the door. Just drag the microwave oven out and place the food in it to cook or heat.
Popular Model
Two of the most popular home appliances companies pursuing this novel idea are Sharp and Dacor.
Both have come out with a wide range of drawer microwave with multiple features. Given below are some of the more interesting ones.
Sharp KB-5121KW
Sharp Microwave Drawer
This is taking the drawer microwave idea a step further. This tries to emulate the cooking range stoves in our homes by replacing the oven with the microwave drawer. This unit has a full range cook top stove at the top and a regular microwave drawer in the bottom.
The ceramic cook top allows for good heating and is easy to clean. The unit has easy to use knobs to control both functions and a back lit glass top for instructions. With the cooking range and microwave combined there are a lot of efficiencies that this unit can exploit. With features like Cook top Warming Zone and Microwave Keep Warm, you can cook food faster and keep it warm longer.
Dacor MMDV30S Millennia 30in Microwave-In-A-Drawer 950 Watts Stainless Steel w/Vertical Black Glass
Dacor Millennia MMDV30S
This is a 950W medium to high power microwave in a drawer with automatic drawer opening. It supports three tailored cooking features: reheat, defrost and micro warm.
With 11 power controls, it can cook wide range of food stuff. Besides it also has the regular microwave external features like timer and clock.
The stainless steel exterior means that it can be easily wiped off and kept clean. The touch screen can be deactivated for cleaning purposes. So this is a easy to clean and maintain unit.
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Wolf 30” Drawer microwave Oven
Wolf is a late entrant in the drawer microwave space. This unit is very similar to the Dacor unit discussed above with 950W and 1 cubic feet space. With 11 power levels, sensor cooking monitoring and micro warm features, it is a great addition to the kitchen. The stainless exterior makes it easier to clean too.
Summary
Given the easy and comfort that we get with microwave drawer, it is bound to get more and more popular. As early entrant, Sharp microwave drawer has been able to tap into this market better and has more variations to offer.
Dacor too has a wide range of options we can look at and newer companies like Wolf too are starting in this market. When it comes to choosing the right model, your criteria should not be any different from a regular microwave. The only additional feature you may want to look at would be the value add like the cooktop from Sharp.
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