kyounge1956
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My microwave has needed cleaning for a long time. I tackled it this afternoon and much to my dismay realized the paint was coming off the inside. It's an over-the stove microwave+vent hood. The glass tray broke some years back and I have been procrastinating replacing it. The darn thing cost $85 last time I checked, and by this time the part plus sales tax will cost nearly a hundred bucks. My mind revolts at the thought of paying as much just for the glass tray as I would for a whole new countertop microwave (which is why I didn't buy it when it was "only" $85)! So now I'm on the horns of a dilemma...I don't know if the fact that the paint is coming out means the machine is on its last legs, or even if it's not on its last legs is a peeling microwave a big turnoff for potential buyers (I plan to put house on the market a year from this spring)? Do I buy the overpriced replacement part or just replace the whole machine? Or do I get any old microwave tray from a thrift store and call it good?
One thing for sure, there will be no micro-hood in the wee housie I plan to build for retirement. I'm planning to check out those magnetic cooking thingies—I don't know the correct name—at the Home Show next month and will also look into those stoves with the vent right at the back of the burners (I think this is called a downdraft range). Either one would be teamed up with an ordinary countertop microwave, maybe in an "appliance garage" where it won't get (as) greasy from stovetop cooking as the current one does.
Do any of you have either the downdraft range or the magnetic gadget? If so, what's your experience? Is it lower maintenance than an ordinary cooktop with an overhead fan? Does it reduce the amount of grease and spatters? I am looking for the ultimate low maintenance cooking apparatus for my future kitchen.
One thing for sure, there will be no micro-hood in the wee housie I plan to build for retirement. I'm planning to check out those magnetic cooking thingies—I don't know the correct name—at the Home Show next month and will also look into those stoves with the vent right at the back of the burners (I think this is called a downdraft range). Either one would be teamed up with an ordinary countertop microwave, maybe in an "appliance garage" where it won't get (as) greasy from stovetop cooking as the current one does.
Do any of you have either the downdraft range or the magnetic gadget? If so, what's your experience? Is it lower maintenance than an ordinary cooktop with an overhead fan? Does it reduce the amount of grease and spatters? I am looking for the ultimate low maintenance cooking apparatus for my future kitchen.