Sharp R-21LCFS Medium-Duty Commercial Microwave (Dial Timer, 1000-Watts, 120-Volts)

Easy to use. Looks nice. Love it!
Put it in the medical office kitchen. Really easy to use. I love it. We will see how long this microwave lasts.

Great for Elderly and Those with Poor Vision
Purchased for elderly parent with failing vision moving to assisted living.Needed a device that is simple to use and possible to use by someone with very limited vision. This device is as simple and easy as it gets. No fussy flat-screen buttons with tiny labels, no clock to set, just twist the knob (which is very easy to turn) and it works. Simple and safe. I believe this would be usable for someone who is blind (however there are ovens that actually talk for those who are blind, but those are quite costly). One concern with conventional keypad-controlled ovens is that the timer could be accidentally set wrong (60 vs. 6 minutes)….have personally seen this happen and it started a small fire. This has a maximim time you can dial in of six minutes that makes it much safer to use.I expected a twist-knob to be some sort of wind-up timer, but it’s a slick zero-effort control that lights up the bright LEDs as you rotate it, and the LEDs flash and show visually the time counting down. When the door is opened, the timer resets (so it does not run if you close door after taking the food out). (Note it does not show number counting down, just flashing lights on dial).From the photos you would expect a cheap knob, but the overall fit and finsih looks very upscale. The knob appears to be metal, the handle is chrome-plated metal, and it just has a real simple yet high-quality feel to it.Since this is a commercial-grade model, it is made to meet more stringent requirements.- Commercial grade units must be able to withstand a much higher duty cycle (regular units are expected to be used no more than ten minutes per day, while a commercial one can be used non-stop). The door hinges, for example, are more rugged.- Commercial units have no turntable and have stainless steel interior and exterior for sanitation (to meet NSF standards). On this unit the interior and door is stainless steel and the outer case is gray painted steel. The bottom of the cavity is white…looks like ceramic, but not sure.Note that there is no turntable, but that’s not needed for most smaller items. Turntable is one more thing to break and clean.Our need was for a microwave to heat up a cup of water for tea, or a bowl of soup, and one of the small frozen entrees…it works perfect for that.One very slight gripe is that the door unlock is a bit stiff–it’s like a car-door handle where you have to squeeze it to open, and it took enough force that the device slid a bit on the counter. I was worried that someone with limited grip strength could not open it, but it was no problem for an elderly person (she used both hands). The handle is metal with good quality chrome plating, there’s no way it could break.

Easy to clean, easy to use, pretty huge
I’ve bought two of these microwaves so far – one for a cousin’s apartment warming, and one for me. I originally bought it for the cousin because it had the best reviews on Amazon. I went on to buy the second because the cousin liked it so much, and my current microwave is crummy.I have to say, I really like this microwave. I’m not a fan of fancy features, which is great, because this thing definitely isn’t fancy. You put your food in, close the door, and twist the knob. Ta da! Food is warmed up. I love that the numbers surrounding the dial illuminate to show your selection. It also “counts down” with these illuminated numbers, flashing whichever increment you’re closest to at the moment (so at 30-40 seconds remaining, it flashes 30). That said, I’d personally prefer it to be a more boring analog dial – but that’s entirely personal preference, and I think most folks will like the numbers as they are.There are suggested cooking times printed above the dial, which is pretty much useless in a home environment, but hey hey, this is a commercial microwave, after all. This isn’t a complaint; just remarking on a “feature” that isn’t useful to me.It has no rotating plate on the inside. That makes it really easy to clean. Easy to clean = likelier to clean it, which is a serious problem in my household.The handle feels a little cheap. The button on the inside is plastic and it just doesn’t feel as sturdy as I would hope from a “commercial” microwave. I expect it won’t be a problem since it’s fairly lightly used in our house. For someone actually using it in a business, this might be an issue.Also, this microwave is HUGE. It fits just fine in my big ol’ kitchen, but for my apartment-dwelling cousin, they couldn’t fit it on the counter. It lived on a kitchen chair for a while until they bought a separate cart for it. This is DEFINITELY NOT a microwave for people with limited counter space. It’s a beast!We’ve only had it for a week, but the cousin’s had it for a couple months now, and neither of us have any major complaints. I would definitely buy this again – just not if you’re short on space.

Good