Where do you keep your microwave?

[honeylou42]

We are moving to a new build soon, and won't have much worktop space. Does anybody keep there microwave in a cupboard? or would it be unsafe to do this. I also think they take up a lot of space, and am hoping for ideas of where it would be best placed. I think it will look unsightly too, with our new kitchen.

Always kept mine on the surface of my kitchens. Seems odd to take up cupboard space for it.
Not sure about the safety - some microwaves are built in, aren't they?

We don't have one.
They're not good for me as they kill nutrients. They were even banned in Russia in 1970s.

We use oven and the stove.
Store spices where the microwave was supposed to go.

Mine is on the kitchen top, tucked away in the corner.

OP, do you have the space for a built in one?

@Veronika13

We don't have one. They're not good for me as they kill nutrients. They were even banned in Russia in 1970s.

We use oven and the stove.
Store spices where the microwave was supposed to go.

Actually this isn't true - microwave lbs weren't banned in Russia:

www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-the-soviet-union-ban-microwaves-due-to-health-concerns/

As to the OP our new build came with a microwave fitted into the kitchen above the oven. In the past we've had it on the counter.

Ovens not lbs!

Utility room?

Mine sits on top of my fridge

Some microwaves come with warnings that they can't be used in enclosed spaces like cupboards. Just bought a new microwave and it had a warning in the instructions about it.

My kitchen has a fitted space for it above the oven.

They need ventilation to function properly - ours has air vents down one side that can't be obstructed.

My brother has his microwave in a large cupboard, it has a venting space round it and the door stays ajar when they use it. Has been fine for 12 years like that.

Mines on top of the dishwasher.

Ours is in a wall cabinet hidden away as I really didn’t want one at all

It doesn’t get used much

If I had to have one out on the counter I just wouldn’t have one

I wouldn’t miss it

We just got rid of ours, we moved recently and there wasn’t really a place for it so we tried to not use it. Haven’t really missed it so it’s gone! Do you need one?

Keep it in the utility room. Only really used for defrosting and reheating frozen surplus rice.

Mine is in a cupboard since my kitchen refit. Used to be on counter top.

Used to sit on the work top taking up far too much room. Moved it to the utility , then had a new kitchen and ditched it totally. Toaster lives in the cupboard and gets taken out a couple of times a week. So much better without it/them. More room and easier to clean. Consider how much you actually use it and could you use hob/oven instead.

Ours is in the larder, we only use it to reheat coffee and defrost bacon if we have forgotten to take it out of the freezer.

Very occasionally we have baked potatoes, I start them off in the microwave, tried to do them the grown up way last week, the skin remained soft.

On top of the fridge freezer.

In a cupboard that has empty counter space above so easy to lift out to use without too much hassle.

Yes, we could leave it on the counter in that same space but like the neatness of putting it away as we use it infrequently.

In pantry which is separate small cupboard in hallway. We only really use for defrosting or warming odd thing occasionally, so it’s not really needed in kitchen.
It has a gap around all sides for ventilation and when in use the cupboard door is open anyway

We keep it in a cupboard with a lift up door on it.

Like this www.pws.co.uk/product/kmhs

keeps it nicely out of sight when not in use, and enough space around the microwave for ventilation.

On the worktop on the end of a run.

You can get wall brackets for them if you have a suitable space.

Mine is in the loft these days as I only ever used it for porridge!

On the side, in the utility.