Mikrobangų krosnelė Panasonic NN DF385MEPG

The Panasonic NN-DF385MEPG is a high-end combination microwave-grill-oven. It’s fairly pricey, but for your money you get an attractive, well featured do-it-all appliance. We found that it delivered excellent results across all functions, but it’s slower than some microwaves: budget models are blunt instruments; the Panasonic offers precision. The Panasonic’s black glass design is discreet and modern, and it features a pull-down door. It comes with a wire rack for grilling and a Pana-crunch pan – and enamel tray for use with the oven or grill. The rack is circular but the pan is rectangular and fills the full width of the appliance, sliding in like an oven shelf and maximising cooking space. This, combined with an oven-style flatbed, means the NN-DF386 offers 30% more usable space, enabling you to fit in a wider range of dishes (casserole dish up to 23 x 35cm). The inside of the oven has an easy-clean fluoric coating and offers temperatures of 100-220°C. You can microwave at six power levels: High, Defrost, Medium, Low, Simmer and Warm. Its microwave uses an inverter for precise control and even results. Most of these settings can be combined with the quartz grill, but there’s no combi-oven program. However, you can do two- or three-stage cooking – for example, defrosting and then cooking, or grilling and then microwaving. There are seven auto-weight programmes for popular foods: chilled quiche, frozen potato products, pastry items, chilled pizza, frozen pizza, gratin potato and gratin pasta. A sticker inside the door reminds you of the various programmes, so it’s easy to select the right one. Or cook using the Sensor programmes, in which case you don’t have to enter the cooking time, weight or power level. Some of the programmes use the Pana-crunch pan, a metal tray that’s heated by microwaves to help you cook evenly in combination with the element at the top. There’s a clock, a timer delay and a child-safety lock – but no kitchen timer. Cleaning is straightforward thanks to the flatbed design with a glass bottom.