"James Silverton" > wrote in message
...
> jmcquown wrote on Mon, 25 Oct 2010 10:02:16 -0400:
>
>> "Dora" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>> Are these
>>>> the fancy "paddle-based" (as opposed to turntable-based)
>>>> microwaves that Wayne is always touting? I have never heard of them
>>>> outside of his posts.
>>>>
>>>> -sw
>>>
>>> My apartment came with a newly-installed
>>> over-the-stove Kenmore microwave. I was surprised to find it
>>> didn't have a turntable - it has a rectangular plate which
>>> travels from side to side. Seems OK, although I haven't done any serious
>>> cooking in it.
>>>
>>> Dora
>>>
>> The last microwave I had (a Sharp) was fine for nuking frozen dinners or
>> vegetables. But there was no way to turn the
>> turntable off. Sometimes you don't want or need a turntable. It drove me
>> nuts!
>
> You could remove the turntable and cook without it but the only reason I
> can see for doing this is that the dish is too large to rotate.
>
> --
>
> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland
>

Precisely why I wanted not to use the turntable, James. Sure, I could
remove the glass turntable but the "track" it ran on kept going round and
round. I used to make a decent microwave lasagna, but a glass lasagna pan
on a turntable? Nope.

Jill