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Refer to various magazines carrying advertisements of microwave ovens.
Visit different Company showrooms and collect brochures.
Compare the features, and offers for various brands.

consider the capacity according to your requirements. Such as family size, social pattern i.e. whether you host parties frequently, and the usage – whether you would use just for heating food or baking or grilling.

The required capacity is determined as
family size            recommended capacity

2                             17-25 litres
4                             23-30 litres         
6                             28-35 litres

consider the type of food you would like to cook – heating the food, grilling
or baking. There are also features for thawing frozen foods, and making popcorn, cooking rice etc.

you would need convection along with microwave if you want to bake.

you have to consider the type of controls you need

• mechanical controls if the domestic help operates the oven
• touch pad that needs gentle handling.
• tactile controls that have dials that need to be rotated without difficulty.