>> But I'll still keep my small, $70 microwave around for a few specific
>> tasks that
>> I believe it does better, faster, or with less mess:
>>
>> 1. Thawing frozen meat and veggies.

>
> I hate mine for that, especially with meat. Maybe I just have a cheapo
> microwave and a good one will do better, but I find it very nearly
> impossible to
> get a significant portion of something thawed without cooking a corner of
> it
> somewhere. (I understand the physics behind this; microwaves heat liquid
> water
> much faster than they heat ice, but knowing that doesn't help much.)
>
> The only solution I've found is to go slowly and microwave on low power in
> short
> bursts with a fair bit of time in between each, to let the heat disperse
> to the
> colder areas.
>
> But, this ends up taking so long that I'm no better off than thawing it in
> warm
> water in the first place.
>
> -C