Microwave ovens are a treasure trove of useful parts: transformers, an HV capacitor, a piezo speaker, and a high torque motor, to name just a few. In a new twist, [Rulof Maker] strips all that ...

These built-in combo ovens earn high marks in Consumer Reports’ tests for heating evenness and broiling Wall oven-microwave combos, like this one from Samsung, offer an upscale look for a ...

Microwave heating evenness ... This measurement indicates the width of the front of the oven in inches. It does not indicate the necessary size of the cabinet cut-out, which is model dependent.

Clearly, as your bog standard microwave oven can only handle at most one kilowatt; the ‘oven’ needed a bit of an upgrade. A 16 kW water-cooled magnetron. Why not over-drive it to 20 kW for fun?

However, that’s only on the front-facing side ... which is more akin to a conventional oven than a standard microwave. All in all, the overall design comes together very nicely indeed.