[DixieGal]

Originally Posted by ahammer

if you want the speed of a microwave and the taste of a oven why not get a convection microwave.

can be set up use heat vs microwave and because of the way they generate the heat no preheat time. base on some of the same tech use to burn a cd rom.

Still trying to wrap my head around this, but the old joke about the CD tray being a cup holder keeps getting in my way.

Originally Posted by phenomshel

I eat these on break at night when I work - it's the only thing I can get that's both hot and won't take my whole break to cook.

I was always told to preheat the oven with ready-meals because while the oven is preheating, the temperature is rising very quickly. This can cause problems with the container the food is in (assuming it isn't aluminum, and I think most aren't these days), possibly resulting in your food ending up all over your oven.

I hate when that happens.