![]() No button, no spring, and no clanging noise to wake up the household when you're prepping midnight snacks or reheating your early morning coffee. Even opening and closing the door is an almost silent affair. The 1400-watt Combi Wave is (something like) 50% quieter than the Breville Quick Touch, even though it's a full 300 watts more powerful. I can hardly hear it running over other appliances in the kitchen, such as the fridge or dishwasher. Rather than using a magnetic coil or a transformer like a traditional microwave, an inverter requires less energy and cooks more evenly because rather than just mercilessly nuking its contents, it adjusts heat distribution more evenly, maintaining an even temperature through both space and time. The Combi Wave has 19 presets, so it's super easy to press one button and let the machine do all the work.Ĭased in Breville's classic stainless steel, the new Combi Wave 3 in 1 is billed as a microwave, convection oven, microwave, and air fryer all in one, but at its core, it's an inverter microwave. Read more: The best microwaves you can buy It's definitely expensive at $450, but should I graduate from roasting with training wheels, I can leave the presets behind and embark upon my convectional ventures entirely unassisted. When I recently tested the Combi Wave by roasting a turkey, it held my hand with all of its handy prests and gave me the confidence I needed. I don't really use the oven all that much anyhow, frankly because I'm intimidated by it on some level, especially when it comes to roasting a bird. It's large, but there are only two burners and balancing or shifting a pot or pan around takes both innate deftness and delicate attention to detail, neither of which describes me, categorically. The problem is that my oven at home is fine, but nowhere near great and achieving even heat is tough. And the results you'd get with an air fryer has been popular could be achieved with a basic toaster oven. My small 40-square-foot kitchen also doesn't need another appliance, let alone something that's big, ugly, boxy, and takes up too much space, for which I invariably have a better use. Sure, a microwave can technically cook food, but how it tastes afterward is another question. It's a high-wattage, easy-to-use addition to your kitchen that's equipped to handle anything and everything from instant mac and cheese to french fries and even whole poultry.īut why should I install another clunky appliance in my kitchen? I already have a toaster, propane-powered stovetop, and an oven, so I can already cook everything I need without the microwave and air fryer features that the Combi Wave boasts. Breville's new Combi Wave 3 in 1 ($449.95) is an inverter microwave, an air fryer, and a convection oven all in one.
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