"DawnK" > wrote in message
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> You are lucky to be able to go to Circuit City and Best Buy within 2 miles
> of your home! I can go to Walmart and Sears and a local
appliance/furniture
> store within minutes, but not CC and BB. We have to drive to Milwaukee to
> see those! (an hour away!) The last time we bought a microwave, we ended
> up buying it at the local appliance store, since they get rid of the old
> one. I love my Sharp and use Popcorn, Baked Potato, Rice, Frozen Veggie,
> Frozen Main Dish more than I use the timing buttons.

If you are ever in the market for another microwave, I would recommend that
you consider one of Sharp's convection/microwave ovens. I didn't think I
would use the convection feature all that much - maybe only for large
holiday meals. It turns out that I use the thing 95% of the time instead of
my full sized oven since there are only two of us. The combination
microwave + convection comes in handy for some foods, but I mostly use
either the pure convection or pure microwave settings. The sensor cooking
feature is wonderful. For things like frozen dinners, you can just press
the "sensor re-heat" button and the rest is automatic. No more programming
3 minutes at full power, 4 minutes rest, and 8 minutes at 50%! The oven has
a slow cook setting for braising so it replaces a crock pot and I also use
it for proofing yeasted doughs. My life would be shattered (almost) if the
thing stopped working.