Microwave types

Microwave-only

Sometimes called 'solo', these basic microwaves are great for simple tasks such as heating soup, cooking jacket potatoes or heating ready meals. You can also use them to defrost food.

But basic microwaves can't brown food so they are unable to compete with conventional ovens on everyday jobs such as grilling or roasting meat.
Cooking toast in a microwave test

We make toast to show how evenly each microwave grills
 

Combination microwaves

Combination microwaves use convection heating (fanned hot air) and come with grills.

So you can use microwaves, grilling and convection heating to both cook and brown food, producing good results, even on complicated meals such as a roast dinner.

Grill microwaves

Grill microwaves use a heating element along with normal microwave cooking to brown food and give it a more attractive appearance and texture.

These microwaves come with metal racks to bring food closer to the grill element.