How To Choose The Best Microwave For You

Here at Corr Chilled we offer a huge range of different wattage microwaves from 1000w to 1900w, but which is best? There’s many different advantages and disadvantages to each wattage, here we will explain what they are and which wattage you need for your kitchen.

Most people think that the higher the wattage the higher the energy consumption and therefore higher running costs. This isn’t necessarily true, in theory it is but, the higher wattage microwaves won’t be cooking as long, so it will all balance out in the end with Kilowatts per hour being roughly the same.

The higher wattage microwaves, the 1800w to 1900w machines will be heating up food almost twice as fast as the 1000w microwaves. This can be an issue for defrosting food, but mostcommercial microwaves that are over 1800w will be able to change the power level to accommodate for this.

A concerning disadvantage for most people when it comes to high wattage commercial microwaves is powering the unit. The common thought when you think of this is hardwiring a 20 watt connection directly from the microwave. Our range, however, includes 13 amp plug high wattage commercial microwaves for your convenience.

Domestic microwaves are usually low wattage between 1000w and 1200w. If you need something like this for your commercial kitchen we also supply these. Below is a table comparing cooking times of the above mentioned microwave powers.

Cooking Time vs Wattage Conversion Table

Wattage

800w	900w	1000w	1100w	1200w	1300w	1400w	1500w	1600w	1700w	1800w	1900w
Time to	Cook
20secs	18secs	16secs	15secs	13secs	12secs	12secs	11secs	10secs	9secs	8secs	7secs
30secs	27secs	25secs	22secs	20secs	19secs	18secs	16secs	15secs	13secs	12secs	11secs
40secs	36secs	33secs	30secs	27secs	26secs	25secs	22secs	20secs	18secs	16secs	15secs
50secs	45secs	41secs	37secs	33secs	32secs	31secs	28secs	25secs	22secs	20secs	19secs
60secs	55secs	52secs	48secs	45secs	41secs	37secs	34secs	32secs	29secs	27secs	25secs
1m30s	1m20s	1m14s	1m6s	60secs	59secs	57secs	52secs	48secs	43secs	39secs	36secs
2mins	1m48s	1m39s	1m29s	1m20s	1m15s	1m10s	1m5s	60secs	56secs	52secs	48secs
2m30s	2m19s	2m11s	2m5s	1m55s	1m45s	1m35s	1m27s	1m21s	1m14s	1m10s	1m3s
5mins	4m29s	4m3s	3m34s	3m10s	3mins	2m50s	2m38s	2m29s	2m18s	2m10s	2mins
7m30s	6m44s	5m51s	5m18s	4m50s	4m30s	4m10s	3m54s	3m43s	3m29s	3m10s	3mins
10mins	9m2s	8m15s	7m23s	6m40s	6m10s	5m40s	5m10s	4m47s	4m21s	4mins	3m42s
12m30s	11m20s	10m24s	9m21s	8m30s	7m50s	7m10s	6m37s	6m11s	5m42s	5m20s	4m49s
15mins	13m40s	12m37s	11m27s	10m30s	9m50s	9m10s	8m23s	7m45s	7mins	6m30s	5m55s
20mins	18mins	16m20s	14m31s	13mins	12m35s	12m10s	11m5s	10m14s	9m16s	8m30s	7m46s
25mins	22m23s	20m13s	17m51s	15m50s	15m10s	14m30s	13m22s	12m30s	11m30s	10m45s	9m50s
30mins	26m37s	24m15s	21m25s	19mins	18m15s	17m30s	16m15s	15m21s	14m17s	13m30s	12m18s
40mins	35m36s	32mins	28mins	25m30s	23mins	21m40s	20m17s	19m18s	18m8s	17m30s	15m50s
50mins	44m36s	40mins	35m12s	31mins	28m50s	26m40s	25mins	23m53s	22m30s	21m30s	19m50s
60mins	54mins	49mins	43m41s	39m10s	36m15s	33m20s	31m12s	29m42s	27m54s	26m40s	24m38s