Sharp 1200-Watt 1.2-Cubic-Foot Microwaves
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Sharp 1200-Watt 1.2-Cubic-Foot Microwaves
Customer Review: Great Features BUT NOT FOR POPCORN!!
Summary: 3 Stars
I have used Sharp microwaves for quite some time (R-510H previous to this one)& love many of their features [minute plus, hot water button, keep warm function, audible signal elimination & the ability to set multiple cooking times so it will continue to cook at different powers, etc.) The Sharp R-320 has all of these features but I find it interesting that some reviewers say it does a GREAT job doing popcorn while others say it burns the popcorn in the center of the bag & I would like to share my experience with all of you on this point. Both my brother-in-law & myself are popcorn addicts & we both had owned this particular microwave at the same time. In essence we have tried EVERYTHING in trying to pop pocorn without burning the kernels or not burning anything in the bag but having 60 to 70 unpopped kernals left in the bag, because that is what it would take NOT to burn any kernals & obviously that is quite a waste. I even tried to "warm up" the bag at 30 seconds at 30% power & then try it- it helped somewhat but still did not resolve the bigger problem! Anyway this is what we discovered: if you pop a bag of popcorn with high butter content [or high fat content] it did a fairly good job of popping the entire bag without burning anything. HOWEVER if you like light butter, 50% less fat, or any kind of low fat popcorn, FORGET IT, as it will not come out as desired. We did not always just use the popcorn sensor button either as we tried putting in many different times manually but to no avail. This microwave really does have alot of terrific features but be informed about the popcorn situation if that is important to you. In any case we both returned our respective microwaves & both bought the Sharp R-402J & we are in popcorn heaven!!! Low fat or not it does a fantastic job with the popcorn at around 1:30 at high-not one burnt kernal!! (and not too many unpopped ones either!!) You do lose some features [hot water & keep warm] but we are very happy with this product. Also the display is much easier to see than the R-320 for those of you who are interested. I believe Amazon had the best price on this model last time I checked but that has been a while so check around in any case. Take care everyone!Customer Review: Disappointed
Summary: 3 Stars
I did enjoy the product for a year and six weeks - when I started using the sensors the product stopped working within 15 minutes. I had not used the sensors until that time. The top of the microwave got red hot and just would not work anymore. There sat my dinner guests waiting. I had bragged about how delicious the meats are when cooked in a microwave. So I had them for dinner. $100 dollars down the drain. I purchased it from Amazon - now Amazon wants more than $143 for this microwave. I know it's Sharp's responsibility, they have to make a better product and give a longer warranty than a year.