I think I found the best oven
I did boil water in a tall glass cup (about 2 - 2 1/2 cups water) for tea- in 1 minute and a half it was boiling. Sharp here again heats faster than my GE overall, and food evenness is just unreal. Not just evenness but food does not look like its microwaved at all.
I keep forgetting just how strong this microwave is. I heated 18.8oz of Campbell's chunky soup for 3 minutes by accident yesterday and while evenly heated it was way to hot to eat. I had to transfer bowls and let it cool down. On the GE the soup would be warm in the center, crusty around the edges and the bowl so hot you needed gloves. Often I'd stir the soup, then let the heat from the bowl transfer into the cooler soup. If I had limited time I'd pour it into another bowl and heat it again, and the heat from the first bowl drying the residual soup to the side of the bowl.
The more I use the Sharp the more I realize I may have bought the best microwave that money can possibly buy in 2023. The only other unit which just might exceed the Sharp in terms of even cooking is the Panasonic NE-1025F based on various customer reviews on Youtube and Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-NE...8e6d374b3&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&th=1
However, the Panasonic may not be as well designed our built as the Sharp. For example, the cavity air is exhausted out the left side into the interstitial space (with limited venting on the external wrapper) where in theory moist air can accumulate condense on internal surfaces and parts. On the other hand, the Sharp has a dedicated wide open vent in the top rear which exhausts directly to the outside. Its external louver even say do not remove to prevent RF exposure. Interstitial spaces between the outter wrapper and cavity wall only see fresh dry air. The Sharp is built to exhaust food moisture and odor right out the back with great air turn over.
Also, on the Panasonic the control board seems to have just one large relay for the MOT and a small one for the fan and light where as the Sharp has a large relay for the fan in series with another large relay for the MOT.
I'm sure I could find more flaws if I could test the Panasonic.
Internet pic showing the cavity venting of the Panasonic NE-1025F:
