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Panasonic NN-H965BF Genius 2.2 cuft 1250-Watt Sensor Microwave with Inverter Technology, Black

Panasonic NN-H965BF Genius 2.2 cuft 1250-Watt Sensor Microwave with Inverter Technology, Black

(261 customer reviews)

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Panasonic NN-H965 2.2-Cubic-Foot 1250-Watt Inverter Microwave Oven

2.2-cubic-foot microwave oven with Inverter technology for true, variable microwave power. (Available in black or white) Click here for a larger image

The Genius Countertop Microwave Oven

Available in black or white, this 1250-watt microwave oven by Panasonic makes a stylish and convenient addition to any contemporary kitchen. The 2.2-cubic-foot unit with its 16-1/2-inch turntable perfectly cooks and evenly heats anything from breakfast foods and after-school snacks to dinnertime meals and appetizers when entertaining. Ideal for busy professionals and on-the-go families, the microwave oven provides quick and easy meal preparation while nicely accommodating surrounding decor.

Inverter Technology

Moving Beyond Just "Heating Things Up"

Many people just use their microwaves for making popcorn or warming up soup because most microwaves just have one temperature setting--high. Conventional microwave ovens might have a low-power setting, but this is achieved by "pulsing" the high-power setting on and off rather than by emitting a steady stream of low-powered energy.

The oven makes it easy to cook Ratatouille and other delicious side dishes.

Panasonic's trailblazing Inverter technology delivers true, variable microwave power, which means even temperatures and consistent textures throughout the food being cooked. The consistent delivery of microwave energy allows delicate foods to simmer without the edges and surfaces overcooking, so foods have the look and taste you expect--without the wait.

The Inverter microwave oven perfects the art of cooking, taking microwave cooking to a whole new level. You'll experience delicious food that better retains its color, nutrients, and flavor and that's easier and faster to prepare. Oh, and you can still make great popcorn.

Single, Compact Power Supply

Furthermore, the Inverter power unit is smaller and lighter than conventional microwave circuitry (aka the heavy, enclosed side of the microwave), which allows for more interior space to fit that favorite casserole dish, without increasing the oven's overall exterior dimensions. Weighing just 35-2/7 pounds, the oven's roomy interior measures 18-1/2 inches long by 18-7/16 inches wide by 10-15/16 inches high, while its compact exterior measures 19-7/16 inches long by 23-7/8 inches wide by 14 inches high.

Additional Features

One-Touch Genius Sensor Cook and Reheat

With the touch of Panasonic's Sensor Cooking button, the microwave takes the guesswork out of creating a great meal, by automatically setting power levels and adjusting cooking or defrosting time.

The sensor measures the amount of steam produced during cooking, and signals the microprocessor to calculate the remaining cooking time at the appropriate power level automatically.

Inverter Turbo Defrost

Panasonic evolved the Turbo Defrost feature, which allows you to defrost foods even faster than previous Panasonic Auto Defrost.
Panasonic Inverter Turbo Defrost technology is an advanced microwave sequencing system using the inverter continuous-power delivery method.

Menu Action Screen (multi-lingual)

The Menu Action Screen is like having a chef to assist you in the kitchen. It scrolls step-by-step cooking instructions across the display, in a choice of English, Spanish, or French.

Keep Warm Feature

A pulsing delivery of very low microwave power keeps food temperatures at a constant level--without overcooking. So, foods like stew, gravy, and desserts remain warm in the oven for up to 30 minutes after cooking.

Clock/Timer

Time-of-day clock and versatile timer provide exceptional convenience.

Quick Minute

The one-touch button allows you to set or add cooking time in 1-minute increments up to 10 minutes.

Function Key

The function key simplifies the programming of 10 useful, non-cooking functions. Just press the function key and the menu action screen will display easy-to-follow steps to complete the function.

Child-Safety Lock

For safety, the oven's child safety lock prevents electronic operation (door still opens).

Good Housekeeping Seal

Awarded the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval and covered by a two-year limited warranty.

Push-button controls and digital display for easy programming.

Click here to view the set-up guide.

Make Mealtime Marvelous

Create all your favorite recipes, quickly and easily, with Panasonic's Inverter microwave oven.

Eggs
Appetizers
Soups

Casseroles
Fish/seafood
Meats

Pasta/grains/cereals
Poultry
Sauces

Vegetable side dishes
Pies
Desserts & breads

Free cookbook: Master Chefs Microwave Recipes Made Easy.
Click here to view

Panasonic & The Culinary Institute of America Get Things Cooking

Panasonic Inverter microwave ovens have been named the microwave-cooking method of choice by the prestigious Culinary Institute of America (CIA). Panasonic and the CIA have teamed up to develop a series of healthy and delicious recipes created especially for the Panasonic Inverter microwave oven.

Free Online Recipes

The Master Chefs Microwave Recipes Made Easy cookbook includes preparation tips and professional techniques that will have you cooking like a pro with your Panasonic microwave oven in no time.

Choose from a variety of mouthwatering recipes--from goat cheese and red onion quesadillas to corn chowder with chilies and Monterey Jack to Mediterranean vegetable frittatas. Bon appetite!

Panasonic 2.2-Cubic-Foot Inverter Microwave Ovens

Model		NN-H965BF	NN-H965WF	NN-SD962S	NN-SD997S
Size/Power
	Oven Capacity	2.2 cubic feet
	Wattage	1250 watts
	Turntable Diameter	16-1/2 inches
Design
	Housing	Black	White	Stainless-Steel Front with Silver Wrap	Stainless-Steel Front and Wrap
	Control Panel	5 Button with Flat Panel		Solid Dial with Buttons	"Flashing Blue" Ring Dial with Button Panel
	Display Panel	6-Digit Expanded Display		4-Digit Display	"Blue" 6-Digit Expanded Display
Performance/Features
	Sensor Cook/Reheat	Yes
	Power Settings	10 Levels
Specifications
	Cavity Dimensions (LxWxH inches)	18-1/2 x 18-7/16 x 10-15/16
	Unit Dimensions (LxWxH inches)	19-7/16 x 23-7/8 x 14
Trim Kits (optional)	27" Model	N/A		NN-TK922SS and TK-929SA
	30" Model	N/A		NN-TK932SS and TK-939SA

Features:

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1,250 watts of power for faster cooking, defrosting

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Cooking sensor automatically adjusts power level, calculates reheating/cooking time

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Linear power control for more even heating, defrosting, cooking

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Multi-lingual menu action screen; large-capacity 2.2-cubic-foot interior

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Please note: upper-left corner of door has a small indentation to allow door to open smoothly

Product Details:

Product Length:	19.0 inches
Product Width:	24.0 inches
Product Height:	14.0 inches
Product Weight:	35.27 pounds
Package Length:	26.9 inches
Package Width:	22.2 inches
Package Height:	17.7 inches
Package Weight:	44.25 pounds
Average Customer Rating:	based on 261 reviews

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Customer Reviews:

Average Customer Review: 4.0

( 261 customer reviews )
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

246 of 253 found the following review helpful:

Pretty good, some minor flaws (failed after 3 years)Dec 19, 2006
By Jordan Brown
[ Dec 2006 ]
We've had this microwave for a couple of months now, so I can't comment on its long-term reliability.

Good:

Mostly, it's been fine. It meets my primary requirement for a microwave, which is that you can put food into it, press 3 0 START, and it cooks for 30 seconds at full power. (It's amazing how many microwaves fail that test, requiring some other key before the time. Easy enough if you know how to use it, but not for visitors.)

It can do relatively complex sequences like:
- Wait 5 minutes (to line up completion time with other foods)
- Cook 4 minutes
- Wait 20 seconds (to give me time to stir)
- Cook 3 minutes
- Wait 2 minutes (post-cook "let stand" time)

It'll prompt you through most operations, though ... the ... prompting ... is ... kind ... of ... tedious.

The Sensor Reheat feature seems to do a pretty good job of warming food up to a good serving temperature. It overwarms frozen corn dogs a little, but only a little.

I haven't used it much, but the Sensor Cook feature did a good job on baked potatoes.

Complaints:

It's going to sound picky, but my biggest complaint with this microwave is that its beeper isn't loud enough. It's a little chirp-chirp that you could easily miss if you're in the next room. It does repeat the chirp every few minutes until you open the door.

The child lock is too hard to use. My other child-lockable appliances have a button with a lock icon on it; if you hold the button for about 5 seconds it locks or unlocks the device. For this one, though, the sequence is Function, 5, 1 to lock and Function, 5, 2 to unlock. (I had to go check.) Too hard to remember, and if you don't know that it starts with "Function" you're just hosed.

Nits:

There are a few features I don't use yet (and so at the moment they represent unnecessary complexity) - Popcorn, More/Less. "Quick Minute" doesn't seem like enough of a win to be worth a dedicated button - 1 0 0 START vs QM START? 6 0 START if you optimize a bit means QM only cuts out one keystroke. If you need three minutes, QM QM QM START is the same as 3 0 0 START.

I'd like a "hard pause" feature, where it would stop a cook sequence and beep, and then resume the cook sequence when I press "Start" after I stir the food.

[ July 2009 ]
Still happy with it, no problems.

[ October 2009 ]
At right about 3 years... just started smoking and shutting itself off. That's not good.

[ March 2012 ]
When the first one failed in 2009, rather than do the research to pick another one I decided to just buy another one of these. At about 2 1/2 years with that second one, it's still fine.

146 of 149 found the following review helpful:

Good cooker, but irritatingJan 17, 2007
By Joe M
I bought this 6 months ago to replace a ten-year-old GE 1000W microwave. I have it installed in the same cabinet opening as the old GE, but with a different third party grillwork.

Plusses:

The oven cavity is gigantic.

It has lots more functions than I have used and probably more than I will ever use. I bought it for the size and color.

It boils water and cooks/heats thing substantially faster than my old GE. The defrost seems to be more even, but this is not a major change from my old GE.

Minuses:

The timer/done beeper is not loud enough. If I have the stove exhaust fan running on low, I cannot hear the beeper unless I am listening intently for it. If nothing is running in the kitchen, I can hear it at a much lower volume level than the old GE. The beeper does NOT repeat with reminders unless you turn the option on in the functions menu.

This microwave is electronically noisy. It kills my wireless WIFI connection whereas the old GE barely slowed it down. It also causes a noticable garbling of cordless phone calls. Again the GE did not do this. I don't know if the GE was abnormally good or if the Panasonic is abnormally bad, but the transition was downhill.

If I try to do anything complicated, the microwave prompts me through it with scrolling pormpts on a display that is too small for the purpose. The information is there, but it is a slow process. I would have prefered more info on the decal inside the oven so I didn't have to wait while things scroll by 6 letters at a time. The fact -- that there is help -- is good.

The exterior of the oven door is a high-gloss, soft plastic. The softness makes it easy to get small scratches on it. The high-gloss makes it easy to see them.

ENJOY YOUR MEAL

123 of 136 found the following review helpful:

Poor reliabilityMay 10, 2006
By Taubmeister
I own the predecessor to this model, the H964. It's the 2nd Panansonic microwave of this size that we've bought--in just 3 years. The first lasted 1 1/2 years and had to be repaired once. The second died three weeks after the warranty period. After literally 8 calls to Panasonic customer service (asking for the serial number, calling back with it, etc etc.) they agreed to at least cover the cost of a repair estimate (they eventually paid for the entire repair cost).

The problem was that the fuse had died. The authorized repair facilitiy told me that the only microwaves they ever get for repair are Panasonics; he said the problem is that to reduce their weight, they use smaller parts, like the tubes, which can't handle the load for long. He also said that their fuses don't last.

The repair person recommended either Sharp or Sanyo as much longer lasting. I checked the weight of a similar-sized Sharp and saw that it weighed about 6 pounds more than the Panasonic--presumably because some parts are heftier.

When this newly-repaired Panasonic dies again, it will be long out of warranty and then we'll try our luck with a Sharp. Replacing a microwave every 18-20 months is not my idea of money well spent.

28 of 28 found the following review helpful:

great oven until it failsNov 12, 2010
By George K.
I bought my first Panasonic microwave oven in the late 1970s. That oven was a workhorse in my kitchen for 21 years. Since then, I have gone through 3 Panasonic microwave ovens. The NN-T654, bought in 2001, caught fire and Panasonic quickly replaced it and took away the remains. The NN-H965F put out an acrid smoke after 14 months of service and Panasonic sold me a replacement for the shipping charges. The latest unit, another NN-H965, will only indicate a "H98" failure code on the front panel after 24 months. Panasonic has offered to sell me another "discounted" unit, citing a price that is $10 above what anyone will pay right here on Amazon.com. Oh, and by the way, the guy that had problems with Wifi in his house...my oven knocks me off of the internet as well. I was willing to endorse Panasonic as they took action when their products failed...but now that they interpret the warranty literally...I'm done.

27 of 27 found the following review helpful:

Died after 28 monthsJan 25, 2009
By TechStorm
We owned this microwave for 28 months when it stopped working (it would run for just a few seconds before turning off, while expelling a horrible smell of burned semiconductors). I pulled the cabinet off to investigate the problem (needed a torx security bit to do this) - if you attempt this, don't forget to unplug the microwave first. I very cautiosly plugged the microwave back in (keeping my distance from the exposed electronics while wearing safety glasses), and started it... the inverter (p/n F606Y6G00CP) was smoking and melting part of it's plastic housing. I have opted to scrap the microwave versus trying to replace this $75+ part.

Before buying this microwave I would recommend googling "panasonic inverter problem". As far as I can tell, these Panasonic ovens have a chronic quality problem. The science behind the inverter results in a lighter microwave oven, meaning cheaper to produce and ship. My recommendation is to avoid this oven even though the feature set seems compelling, and reviewers (mostly who just bought the oven) are giving it high ratings.

On the plus size, we loved the large size and the high wattage rating - foods cooked quicker in this microwave than our previous 1000 watt oven. We used the sensor cooking for 3.5 oz popcorn bags, and it worked fairly well, leaving only 20 or so old maids in the bag (however my advice is to follow the directions on the popcorn bag instead of using the sensor cooking - keep track of how many seconds are really needed, then just key that in for future bags). Also, the turbo defrost did a decent job in defrosting hamburger evenly and quickly.

This microwave did disrupt our Wi-Fi (802.11g) network. We frequently stream video wirelessly and the microwave would disrupt the signal, pausing the streaming. The scarey thing is my wife and I could stand together in front of the microwave, blocking the disruption (one of us alone apparently doesn't offer enough resistance to whatever signals the microwave is emitting).

As much as I liked this microwave, I would not buy another Panasonic with inverter technology. I cannot give a product that has known reliability issues more than 2 stars (and am probably generous there). I hope others who have bought this microwave have better luck than we had.

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