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I do not have a "regular oven" in my kitchen. When I built my home in 1985, I chose the Sharp Carousel convection oven rather than have a conventional oven. In 27 years this is the third one I have had. It has been a great product and still is.

I bought this item having had a similar oven from Sharp. It lasted sixteen years so I was willing to try Sharp again. I was somewhat uncertain by some of the reviews. I placed my order on May 24th and it arrived two days later. I quickly unpacked the unit and gave it a test run. Everything works great, I'm looking forward to many years from another quality product from Sharp. Thanks! Herman in Maryland

I purchased my Sharp at an American store in Germany 20 (!) years ago. Yes, twenty wonderful years with this large yet amazingly reliable machine, and it is still going strong. Overseas it ran happily with a large converter, and stateside it received its own built in nook in a modern kitchen. I have baked everything from cakes, souffles, turkeys, roasts to pizza and more in the convection oven and will forego my Jenn-Air oven to use this one for baking. Happy for every day this gem gives me, I am also realistic and have it on my amazon wishlist in case, well, you know. Of all microwaves I have seen and occasionally used at friends' and relatives' homes as well as in offices, this one is not only the most powerful but also the most versatile with its amazing convection feature. If you have the space, get this one.

My built-in oven has to be replaced, requiring cabinet work as well, and my old microwave burned out. From the day I brought home this microwave combination I have been very impressed. I use it for baking, warming, grilling, etc. With it being the only oven in the house, I even use it for baking cakes, even though I have to bake each layer separately.

While it is limited in space, thereby limiting the size of pizza or roasting/baking pan you can use, with a little bit of planning you can get around it. In fact, last Thanksgiving I roasted my turkey in my Grill 2 Convection Oven. It was wonderful.

It took a while for all of us to get used to putting a bowl underneath our microwave popcorn packages, but when we do, the preprogrammed popcorn setting works great.

I don't know what I would have done without this machine. It has been a lifesaver.

Great microwave, but what good is something the doesn't work? After 3 years of use it blew up, and after screaming and yelling we got Sharp to fix it. Then one week after the five year magnatron warranty ended, it blew up again. What ever happened to having a microwave for 20 years? I paid $529 for this microwave and spent a fortune building it into my cabinet. I should have bought the cheapo $150 Panasonic.