Microwave Oven vs Electric Tandoor

Umar Shareef

In this article we will analyse the differences between electric tandoor and microwave oven. Please see normal microwave oven cannot do grill, bake or fry. Convection microwave ovens can do all the tasks. In this article we are discussing the differences between convection microwave and electric tandoor. The detailed differences are given in the below table.

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Feature	Convection Microwave oven	Electric tandoor
What you can cook	Reheat, wet curries, defrost, grill, cakes, frying	For tandoori roti and naan, barbecuing vegetables, can bake pizza as well
Capacity	Up To 20 liters	Small quantity, needs to insert one roti after other roti.
Family size	Suitable for all family sizes	Suitable only for small or medium family sizes
Frying quality	Good	Best, food is more crisper
Pre heat time	More preheat time required to heat the tandoor	Very less time to start tandoor.
Cleaning efforts	Moderate cleaning efforts for cleaning	Electric tandoors are very easy to clean
Weight	Very heavy	Light weight, easy to move around, portable.
Cooking time	More	Less cooking time
Electricity consumption	High, as it may run on 2000 watts	Less, require 1000 watts power
Temperature distribution	Uniform temperature distribution with the help of fans.	Uneven temperature distribution as the heat distributed from the top side only.
Price	Costly, Rs. 9,000 to 20,000	Very economical, Rs. 1,000 to 3,000
Best brands	LG, IFB, Electrolux, Kenstar, Morphy Richards	Wellberg, Wonderchef, Glen, Berg, Nova, Suntime
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