5.0 out of 5 stars Everything I wanted! While most of the reviews for this are very positive, there were enough bad ones that made me slightly hesitant. Especially these days when general product quality is on the decline due to corporate greed.The first time I saw a combination toaster oven / microwave at a friends house over 10 years ago, I was blown away — I had no idea you could get both functions in a single appliance, and I’ve wanted one ever since. When I stumbled across this one, I just had to have it.We’ve had ours for a couple of months now, and it has worked very well — no trouble at all. I recall some reviewers saying having to use a central knob to dial in the cooking time instead of a classic number pad was a pain, but I disagree. It was a tiny bit awkward at first, but we got used to it quickly enough.There are many other combination air-fryer/microwave/broiler machines, but this one has a unique feature that no other manufacturer offers (or they don’t advertise it if they do): the inverter-driven microwave. The last microwave I had was also a Panasonic with the inverter technology, and let me tell you, it’s WAY better than the standard microwave.Why is the inverter better? When a typical microwave is set to cook at 70% of full power, for example, it will cycle the magnetron inside on and off at an interval that equates to 70% on and 30% off. So during the phase when it’s on, it’s full power. But with an inverter-driven microwave, setting it to 50% means the magnetron will stay on the entire time, but only output 50% of its full power. This makes melting butter, softening cheese, or defrosting meat far more effective.Okay, I went too far down the rabbit hole with the inverter feature — there’s so much more to this machine. I won’t go into every detail, though.My next favorite feature is the ability to stage different modes to run in succession. For example: to warm up a frozen corn dog, I’ll set Stage 1 to run the microwave for one minute, then Stage 2 will automatically switch to air fryer for eight minutes. In my old convection toaster oven, heating up a frozen corn dog would have taken 20 minutes. But in this machine, this feature gives you the best of both worlds: the fast cooking of a microwave, but also the crispy toastiness of an oven!My wife says that the air fryer seems a lot slower than the Instant Pot air fryer accessory that she’d been using. However, it does work, so the extra times really isn’t a problem for us. I will tell you this, though: don’t leave your hot food inside after using the broil or air fry functions because the steam that builds up inside the chamber will take away the crunchy/toasty texture!The only complaint I have is with the air fryer temperature selection: you can’t dial in whatever temperature you want, you have to choose from one of three: 400°, 410°, or 425°. Um… what? Those are close enough in temperature that there’s not much of a difference, I don’t think. No 350°? No 375°? Who has ever wanted to cook anything at 410°? Of all the clever things this appliance can do, this just makes no sense to me. So we airfry everything at either 425° or 400°, regardless of what the food package instructs, because there’s nothing we can do about that. But airfrying seems to work just fine, anyway.We haven’t tried the stupid Kitchen+ app, and we probably never will. Even if its actually useful, I’m sure they’ll require you to setup an account and supply a bunch of personal information before you can even use it, not to mention collecting metrics every time you use it, and I just hate that. If appliance manufacturers could integrate 99 cameras on their products to watch everything you do, they would. Sheesh. But I digress…Overall, my wife and I have used every major feature of this appliance pretty much daily, and other than the odd airfry temperatures, we have no complaints. I would recommend keeping the User Manual close-by for the first few months so that you have a handy reference of how to use some of the advanced features, as most of those aren’t obvious just from looking at the appliance (but basic microwave, broil, and airfry operations should be simple enough for most people). And once you’ve performed some of those advanced operations a few times, you won’t need the User Manual anymore.Variation: Style: CV87: App Connected 4-in-1 Multi-Oven

5.0 out of 5 stars Healthy Eating Made Easy! The Panasonic Home Chef Microwave is impressive. We are eating healthier, so we decided to give it a try.So far I have used the Air Fryer, Microwave and Broil Settings. The Air Fyer is better than expected. The chicken came out juicy and the veggies nice and crunchy. The Microwave heats the food evenly and quickly. I am very pleased with this oven and definitely recommend it!Variation: Style: CV87: App Connected 4-in-1 Multi-Oven

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than expected This replaced a fairly new air fryer. The combo unit that includes a microwave (we have two microwaves now) gets the majority of the use. Should have done this long ago.Variation: Style: CV87: App Connected 4-in-1 Multi-Oven

4.0 out of 5 stars A Modern Oven The oven defrosts much better than my previous ovens. I read that this is due to the 1000 watt inverter. There are very few hot spots. The air fry function works well. I’ve used it mostly for frozen foods and most are crunchy at 10 minutes. The convection function works well. I haven’t used the flash broiler. There are also about 1000 pre-programmed functions which makes me keep the owners manual near by. At 1.2 cf, the cavity is larger than my previous 1.5 cf oven due to a better design. Its much easier to put in and remove plates and pans. My biggest complaint is that it overheated making potato chips with with a silicone chip maker using the microwave function which caused the drive shaft to melt. I’m not sure what the problem was, however, Panasonic sent me a full refund check. No drama. I thought that was very nice. I’m going to try another one. Is it worth the premium price? Maybe not, but I like it.Variation: Style: CV87: App Connected 4-in-1 Multi-Oven