Toshiba 1.5 Cu.ft Multifunctional Microwave

Microwave works well. I thought i would use the air fryer combination of this microwave but got busy and never had a chance. I sold the building and forgot to take the microwave with me, so i'm a little sad but will be ordering another. This microwave was very reliable and after 2 years, it's still working. Its not too big that it takes up a lot of counter space but it's large enough for most of what we needed. It's quiet outside of the beeping when it finishes, I find that annoying but can overlook it!

Oops, I may have just bought the last one! Started off with the brand new shiny model, fancy knobs, sleek look, and all that jazz. Nice little gadget, except it’s actually way smaller than the old model. Yep, they went backwards! Trying to cook for a family in convection-microwave-sized shoebox? Yeah... not gonna work. So, I went retro and grabbed the old, much larger model. At around $200, this thing is a steal. The new one’s dial to set time is neat, though it feels like it could snap off if you look at it wrong, and it’s whisper-quiet, like it’s sneaking around the kitchen at night. But besides that, the old faithful beats it in almost every way. Now, the programmed settings on both? Utterly bonkers. I swear Toshiba’s secret mission is to make microwaving feel like rocket science. Who remembers all those confusing presets? It’s the 21st century, Toshiba! We have smart fridges that can order pizza, how about a microwave that functions without a PhD in buttonology? And the clock? Oh boy. It loses time every time the power blinks, which is like three times a week in my house. I have a computer from the 1970s that remembers the date better than this microwave. Seriously, it’s like a time traveler stuck in a time warp. All in all, though, it’s a great microwave. I now have two of the exact same model in the kitchen which is a blessing, one set of crazy programs to memorize! The convection function is fantastic, so if you can find one still floating around, grab it before I do!

This oven does a whole lotta things. We bought it when the last multi-use unit we had stopped working and this has replaced it well, aside from not having a broiler function. It does take longer to cook things than the previous oven we had, but it boils water faster, which I do almost every day to make a cup of tea. This oven also stays cleaner longer, and is easy to clean when you need to. These countertop ovens really make sense when you have something you want to reheat or cook without requiring your standard size oven. It's a good value, easy to use, and quiet.

We bought this Combo Microwave to replace an 30 year old microwave. I must say we love it. I does come with a users manual that is very helpful. It works really well and we will be using it a lot. To us it is worth the price we paid for it. WE ARE HAPPY .

While this appliance isn't terrible overall, and Toshiba generally makes good quality ones, the reason for this 1-star review is that its name, marketing, and relative high price tag is deceptive and disingenuous, and I would even say to the level of being a scam. First, some background: This appliance is named, marketed, and billed as an "air fryer combo" (combined with a microwave). The reality is that it's anything but an air fryer. I bought this unit because I got rid of the microwave and air fryer in our kitchen to save space. Having a 2-in-1 unit sounded like a great idea, and I believed that this was the appliance to meet this need. However, the air-fryer feature/setting is really only that of a typical convection oven, meaning that it's an oven that heats up using traditional (i.e. non-microwave) heating elements, and a fan that blows and circulates the hot air to get the baking to take place more quickly and evenly. While, yes, you can say that an air-fryer is in a sense a super-charged convection oven, the air fryer simply isn't merely a convection oven, because it is so hot and intense in terms of its temperature and air circulation that it would literally achieve similar results as deep-frying and pan-frying (i.e. similar crispness and crunch on the outside, while retaining moisture and tenderness on the inside of the food), but doing this quickly and with much less (if any) added fats/oils (thereby making the food more healthy), less fuss and cleaning up, and it takes a fraction of the time to cook most foods, compared to how much it would take a traditional oven or convection oven would take to cook the same food/dish. This appliance, on its "air fry" or "convection setting," does not do that at all. It takes about the same amount of time as a traditional or convection oven to cook any food I put in there, if not more. One of the biggest selling points of using an air fryer, aside from the aforementioned benefits of more healthy and similar results/texture/characteristics of traditional deep frying or pan frying, is that it takes a very short amount of time to cook the food. Again, this appliance doesn't do that. And while there is a "combi" feature that apparently uses a combination of microwave and its convection functions, which may also seem like a great idea because you would think that the food cooked or heated up with this feature would both take a very short amount of time to cook/heat up that the microwave feature offers, and provide you with the crispness and crush that a genuine air fryer does, in reality the results from using this function does neither. From my experience, the "combi" feature takes significantly longer than just using a microwave, and it also doesn't give you the crispness and crunch that an air fryer does. You end up with food that takes longer than either feature alone takes to cook or heat up, and the food also usually comes out wet and soggy on the outside. Lastly, when using this appliance, you end up with an extreme amount of steam that builds up inside the unit, so most of the you end up partially steaming the food, which you don't always want - this probably contributes to the food often coming out wet and soggy, if it's a dry food and not something like a soup or beverage. Overall, investing 2 or 3 times the amount of money that it would have taken me to purchase either a good microwave or good air fryer, and ending up with simply a decent microwave that has no real "air fryer feature" has been an enormous disappointment, and a waste of my money and limited counterspace in the kitchen. I thought I could trust that a Toshiba appliance that claims to be an air fryer-microwave combo, but it's anything but one.

Received and unboxed a few days ago. No damage. Well packaged. Plugged in. Used microwave and convection function. Engaging these options is a little nonintuitive, but I will figure it out. Both the microwave and convection options work great. Toshiba is very quiet when running. Unit replaces a 22 year old Amana Radar Range unit which I loved that died. This unit has the same exterior look and dimensions externally and internally as my dead radar range. Even the control panel is similar. I know many have complained about the air fryer functionality on this Toshiba unit. I do not air fry, so not an issue for me. I always bake items that can be fried instead of air frying with maybe a light spray of oil. Same end result as air frying, maybe a little longer cooking time with little splattering and cleanup versus air frying. The rack that with came with the radar range extended to the edge of the turntable. The ones that came with the Toshiba are not the diameter of the turntable to support a big pizza or larger baking pans or casserole dishes. So I am using the old larger rack which fits perfectly and is more heavy duty. So I think that Toshiba should provide racks that extend to the edge of the turntable. I know this Toshiba unit has sensor options and combo cooking, that some have complained about. Will not use either as I follow instructions on product packaging and recipes and manually set temp, power level and cooking time. So this is not an issue for me either. I would never rely on a preprogrammed sensor/ computer chip to cook my food. Using this as a basic microwave and convection oven works flawlessly, and it is a great replacement so far. Not sure about longevity. However, $244 total cost with tax shipped to me as a Prime member with 7% cash back using my Chase Prime VISA card works for me. The Amana Radar Range which is no longer made cost over $600 more than twenty years ago. Also, some complain that the exterior get too hot. My old Amana got hot on the exterior. This is an appliance that heats up when using convection or air fry. It is counter top. It has to heat in order to cook. Your full size ovens heat up and do get hot on the exterior albeit with maybe more insulation for less heat transfer. Complaints about heat build up are irrational if you want cooked food. Some complain about the repeated "beeps" at the end of the cooking cycle. That sound can be disabled. Read the manual and follow steps to disable. Read and make the adjustment. Why complain when there is a work around? I think many folks want to be able to call a manufacturer to order an item custom designed and programmed for them which is ludicrous and reflects entitlement and maybe laziness or not wanting to "think".

When I purchased this microwave, I was very happy with the looks of it and everything about it took a lot of reading to learn how to understand all the functions, but we’ve gotten along good with it. The only downfall is that the keypad is not light up, and we obviously seem to use it a lot because I had to install a little light nearby that I could tap onto see what I was doing when it wasn’t late enough to read the keypad anyway we’ve had it for almost 3 years and today it comes on. It makes all the sounds like it does lights up, but it does not turn on the carousel and it does not heat. Not sure what we can do about that. If there’s anything I will google it and find out hopefully it can be repaired. Otherwise I’m looking at getting a new one, but I don’t think I’m gonna stick with the same company our last microwave lasted us about 20 years. Other than that I had loved it just expected more than 2 1/2 years you thought of it

Fantastic! Toshiba ML-EC42P(SS) 4 function Microwave / Air Fryer / Convection / Combination Before I get into MY review I'd like to address someone else's review. ==================== When I was checking out the Microwaves, I stumbled across a review for THIS one that claimed that you couldn't type in the time to microwave, and so were stuck with 1 to 6 minutes, and then you were forced to press the "More" or "Less" buttons raising or lowering the time by one minute. Or using the "Start / Play" button to ad 30 seconds. Limiting the times you can microwave starting at 30 Seconds, 1 to 6:30: .5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5 4, 4.5, 5, 5.5, 6, 6.5 Minutes. Though you can add more minutes by pressing "More". If this were true, this would be a HORRIBLE microwave, as we know that a handful of seconds can be the difference between perfectly cooked food and burned or overcooked food. She doesn't know what she's talking about, obviously didn't read the manual OR EVEN LOOK at the keypad. You CAN work it like she described, though I don't know WHY you'd WANT TO! First, she describes ONLY using the Quick Start buttons, which are the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and, if we're being honest, the "Play" Button (adding 30 seconds to the total, each time you press it). In conjunction with the "More" and "Less" buttons, adding or subtracting 1 minute at a time. All of this is explained in the manual. But, if you're not a "Manual" kind of person, then you only need to read the keypad. If a person does that, he or she will run into 3 buttons directly above the number-pad: Micro, Conv, and Combo. (With an Airfry button one line underneath the top left row.) With just the lightest application of "the Little Grey Cells" a reasonably intelligent child would be able to be able to make these associations: Micro = Microwave Conv = Convection Combo = Microwave then Convection Cooking If you press the Micro Button, the unit displays, "00:00:00" and if you start typing in the time that you want, it will start filling up time by inserting each new number at the right-most spot. So if you type "100" the unit will display "00:01:00", and if you add a number 2 the display will show "00:10:02", or 10 Minutes and 2 Seconds. As you can see, it's not too complicated. Review review is over. My review continues below. The ML-EC42P(SS) is a fantastic machine! I had some concerns about this machine: 1) Microwave is only 1,000 Watts. Danger of under-cooking. More and more foods say they "Require" 1,200 Watts, 2) Air Fryer might be wimpy. 3) Some reviews say the manual is confusing. PROS: 1) Manual isn't bad. I've read MUCH WORSE. Just read it a few times, and keep it handy for referring to it when you're confused. 2) That it is a 1000 Watt oven is rarely an issue. But when it is, you can extend the time by a few seconds, or minutes. 3) Air Fryer does a really decent job! Sometimes it takes MORE time than using the microwave (for instance, "Hot Pockets") would be. But it's a "Set-it and Forget-it" deal, and produces MUCH better results. (For instance, microwaving 2 Hot Pockets takes 2 or 3 minutes, while "Airfrying" takes about 13 minutes. But, the unit turns itself off after it's done. 4) The Convection function can either heat to a specific temperature (Press: Conv->Set Temperature->Play->Play), OR it can cook for a SPECIFIC length of time (Press: Conv->Set Temperature->Play->Type in Time to Cook->Play). 5) Auto Defrost works like a charm! CONS: 1) Flat, smooth, bubble Keys / Buttons kind of to press / find. No bumps or lines to distinguish where they start or stop. I slide my finger across the button I want to press. 95% success. 2) Only 1000 Watts. 3) Keypad NOT backlit. 4) Keypad / Display can be hard to read. 4) Not smart.