Does what it says on the box and then some
Bought this oven in June last year and is now our main cooking appliance.
I haven’t a clue how to roast a joint of beef but with the auto program you just bung it in the oven select rare, medium, or well done. Enter the weight and press go.
For some foodstuffs the auto sensor function means you don’t even have to weigh it !
I can cook foods that I wouldn’t even attempt to cook without it.
My wife, who is an excellent cook, loves the speed. 45 mins for a whole chicken. Means you can change your mind at the last minute, or knock something decent up almost at “the drop of a hat”.
For those who know how to cook it serves as a conventional fan convection oven, microwave oven, or grill whichever you need..
Unfortunately ours has just failed after 9 months approx. The microwave unit self destructed.
I contacted Amazon who offered me a replacement or refund as it was still under warranty.
As I have used Panasonic eqpuioment for 40 years, from electgric organs, through cameras and HiFi to breadmakers and none has ever failed so I decided to give it the benefit of the doubt and assume it was a “rogue unit” or just bad luck, and opted for a replacement.
The Oven was cellected next working day and it’s replacement was delivered the day after, so 5 stars for Amazons after sales support, and I still stand by the 5 stars for the oven, unless subsequent events prove my faith in panasonic’s quality to be misplaced after all these years!

Powerful and Flexible
Brought to replace my previous LG combination microwave that I had for around 16 years, I’ve been using the Panasonic for just under a month and so far I’m impressed. The Panasonic seems to be of good quality and similar overall to our model with subtle improvements as you would expect.

The Panasonic comes with Inverter technology which is supposed to mean that food is cooked thoroughly and evenly to remove the hot and cold patches that you often get with microwaves. I have noticed an improvement with this, but it’s not perfect and if I’m warming something up I tend to still take it out half way through to stir it for the best results.

I’ve noticed that several review comment on the grill, yes it’s rubbish, it was rubbish on my previous model to. If you want to cook toast, use a toaster, if you want to use a traditional grill then use one. These combination microwaves are primarily microwaves and they do that well. The others features work best when used in conjunction with the microwave function.

The microwave itself seems really fast, but previous one was 900w so in theory this is 11% more powerful, but it feels like its 30% quicker. You can set this to varying levels which is a nice feature, but one found on most microwaves.

The internal dimensions of the microwave is simply massive, but it’s packaged like a Tardis giving loads of internal space with only a subtle increase in external dimensions.

As others have mentioned the Genius feature is a bit of as gimmick, there are around 30 pre-set options but I tend to never use them. Sorry but if I’m cooking a joint of beef I do so in the oven, if I’m warming milk I just put the microwave on for 30 seconds. One of these days I am going to try cooking a whole chicken in it though!

I hope you found this review helpful.

4.0 out of 5 stars Easy to use and takes up less space but very short cable!
Easy to use and takes up less space but very short cable!