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Panacrunch button – The dedicated Panacrunch option combines the traditional grill with microwaves to warm the ridged Panacrunch tray so it’ll brown and crisp pizzas, frozen foods and breaded items while they cook. If accessing the Panacrunch feature via the dedicated button, remember to tell it the weight of your food, so the oven can select the best cooking time for your dish. So, apparently if you sell one of their units and it has a manufacturing defect, it's because of you.
This change of mind return policy is in addition to, and does not affect your rights under the Australian Consumer Law including any rights you may have in respect of faulty items. To return faulty items see our Returning Faulty Items policy. Combination cooking – clever combinations are possible with this Panasonic oven – choose to cook super-speedy gratins, lasagne and shepherd’s pies using the grill and microwave together. Micro Power – with six power levels to choose from, the microwave oven offers High, Defrost, Medium, Low, Simmer and Warm. ‘Bottom-feeding’ technology ensures the microwave rays hit the food from every angle, and as there’s no turntable taking up space, you can fit a large casserole dish inside and not have to worry about room for handles to turn as your food cooks or reheats. And Panasonic’s advanced ‘inverter’ technology ensures that bursts of power cook things through evenly for optimal results in less time than a standard microwave system. Max cooking time 90 minutes. Reheating 200g of fridge-cold rice with two tablespoons of water at full power, it reached 97°C in the middle in 2mins. According to the thermal camera, there was still some unevenness around the edges, and after stirring the temperature fell to 88°C. Another 50secs took it up to an even 99°C.The NN-CS89LBBPQ impressed with its auto programmes and grill setting, while some tasks using its regular microwave and convection functions delivered somewhat uneven results, requiring a longer cooking time. The glass tray is suitable for all functions, while the plastic trivet is meant for steaming tasks. Not suitable for straightforward microwave cooking, the wire shelf and enamel tray come in handy for grilling, convection and steaming tasks. If you primarily use the microwave feature, you’ll need to find somewhere to store those extra trays. At the first glance, the NN-CS89LBBPQ appears to be more of a convection oven: its door opens downwards and there’s no turntable inside. Instead, you get various trays, which can be positioned at three different heights, or left at the bottom of the oven. Next I cooked frozen pizza on the Pana-crunch pan, using a combi mode, to see if it lived up to its promise of a crisp bottom. The interior is well lit, so that I could keep an eye on progress.
pre-programmed automatic menus – Letting you cook faster, healthier, tastier meals, the intelligent combination cooking options are ideal for a huge array of foods – enabling simultaneous cooking with micro power, oven or grill depending on what suits your recipe.Also included: – square Panacrunch browning pan and a helpful instruction manual filled with timing guidelines for cooking and reheating every kind of food, as well as recipes and tips for adapting recipes from other cookbooks. Of course, what’s most interesting about the Panasonic is that its oven also offers steam cooking. There’s a water tank on the right, below the door, and to the left is a drip tray. The touch-sensitive buttons make a beeping sound when pressed – useful to establish everything is operational, but it can get annoying when a lot of button-pressing is required. There’s no dial, so setting the time means stabbing the up and down buttons for 10-sec intervals. You can hold the button down when setting a longer cooking time and the appliance remains quiet after the initial beep, but this doesn’t apply to mode selection.
The Panasonic NN-DS59NB is a microwave oven that offers a range of cooking options to suit most needs. It features a convection function for even cooking, which combines the speed of a microwave with the browning and crisping ability of a traditional oven. With its 27-liter capacity, it can accommodate larger dishes and meals, making it ideal for families or those who like to entertain guests. Oven – just like a traditional oven, this option warms the oven cavity from the top and bottom simultaneously, and requires pre-heating before you roast or bake your ingredients. You can use the Panacrunch tray as a shelf or shallow oven tray – it’s ideal for roasting meats as the ridges in the tray allow excess fat to drain away from the joint, and you can add an extra shelf if you wish to cook on two levels at once. Temperature options range from 150-220°C in ten-degree increments – but there is a super-low setting for proving yeasted doughs – and a safety cut-off will switch the oven off if you haven’t placed anything inside within 30 minutes of switching it on. There are plenty of smart programs for popular foods, with a cheat sheet inside the door providing you with a list from which you can choose. Or you can cook or defrost by time or weight, with an inverter microwave providing precise power control for even results. Please note: it’s important to remember to fill the water reservoir before using a steam option, though the oven will stop and beep to alert you to top up the water level – it can be refilled without having to restart the timer. After microwaving a raw, fridge-cold 350g baking potato on full power for 3mins on each side and letting it stand for a further minute, it measured 99°C. However, it still had a very noticeable crunch when cut, indicating a hard, uncooked middle. After another 3mins50secs I deemed it edible enough, especially as I was starting to worry about the outer layer drying out too much.The product itself is pretty good. It's when there is a fault or an issue with it that you really realise what you've bought: non existent customer service from Panasonic. I had an online chat with one of their customer service team, explained the leak and also that one of the feet was too short (they are non adjustable). She wanted to go through some trouble shooting steps [that's fine, makes sense]. Except the kinds of questions I was being asked didn't make any sense at all in relation to the issue I had just described (e.g. "What was the rice type?"). I was told this needed to be referred to a "Higher Team".
The bottom front part of the appliance also has a drip tray that stops water from running onto your worktop when the oven door is opened. This is particularly useful for the steam function, which also requires filling the water tank – a rectangular plastic box located behind the drip tray. The microwave features a 1000W microwave cooking power output, with Panasonic's inverter technology offering graduated levels of power - perfect for ensuring food is cooked evenly throughout. The microwave also features a 1200W grill cooking function - helping to ensure that your foods can be browned on top, whilst also cooked thoroughly. It’s definitely a good idea to keep the Panasonic’s instructions handy. In return, you’re rewarded with recipes and also detailed advice on cooking times. For example, it offered precisely how long to defrost a pitta bread for (90 seconds). The results were good, but initially warm and soggy; the pitta was fine once it had rested for a few minutes – but not quite the perfect precision of the Panasonic NN-DF386.The microwave has seven, the grill three and the steam setting has two different power levels, while the oven temperature ranges from 30°C to 230°C. In addition to the 36 smart cooking (counting three for defrosting) and 12 combination programmes, the NN-CS89LBBPQ has four cleaning settings, including deodorisation and cavity cleaning to remove grease build-up inside the oven. Performance The cauliflower came out cooked just about right. Not quite al dente, but not soft either. The process was no faster than steaming in a pan, but it was convenient and low maintenance.
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