Microwaves can perform all the normal duties you‎'‎d expect from a standard microwave – reheating soup‎,‎ cooking a jacket potato or ready meal‎,‎ reheating your dinner and so on‎.‎

High frequency electromagnetic waves‎,‎ also called as microwaves are emitted when food is cooked in the microwave oven‎.‎ These microwaves produce the heat and cook each and every particle of the food‎.‎

Microwave oven is a kitchen appliance which saves your cooking time and makes food tastier‎.‎ Microwave oven consumes very less electricity and is easy to use‎.‎ You may end up purchasing one after learning the benefits of the microwave oven‎.‎ Read on and you will know why we say so‎.‎

Microwave oven saves time

The important benefit of a microwave oven is the ‎"‎time efficiency‎"‎‎.‎ As compared to the traditional methods of cooking‎,‎ microwave ovens take very little time to cook‎.‎ A microwave oven has a timer which enables us to set the time for cooking food‎.‎ When timer runs out‎,‎ the oven turns off automatically‎.‎ Different times are set to cook different types of food items‎.‎ For instance water can get boiled in one minute‎;‎ cookies will take longer time to bake‎.‎

Easy to heat food

Tasks like heating remaining food ‎(‎reheating‎)‎‎,‎ making crunchy pop‎-corns‎,‎ defrosting frozen food‎,‎ and heating packaged food are quite easy by using a microwave oven as compared to conventional cooking range‎,‎ old fashioned ovens or stoves‎.‎ Microwave ovens do not get hot themselves while heating the food‎.‎

Easy to clean

• Microwave ovens are easy to maintain and clean‎.‎
• What you need is a damp cotton cloth or a sponge‎.‎
• Wipe the oven from inside and you are done‎.‎
• To get rid of the smell of food‎,‎ boil the bowl of water in the oven with a few drops of lemon juice in it and your oven is ready to use again‎.‎