Kitchenaid KMHC319ESS Convection Microwave Oven 

Yes it does take a little longer to heat up, but my unit is still going strong.

you sir, have just saved me from purchasing this as a final sale unit from a closing Sears store. After reading your comment, I measured my cabinets which turn out to be just less than 12" deep. I too had a GE Spacemaker die recently and wanted to explore a new unit with more features. Looks like its back to GE models for me! Thank you and the OP for the information!

Thank you for this advice. My cabinet is also less than 12 deep and I was just about to purchasing this model.

Kenneth Southard I am right at 12” deep cabinet. 31” from top of cabinet cutout to cooktop surface. 60” from top of cabinet cutout to Kitchen floor. Yet the microwave measures up to be a beast and compared to our current microwave which is 14” height and this Kitchen Aid is 17”. It would leave very little clearance to cooktop not to mention it comes out 3” more than our current one which has a depth of 14”.

Grimm Day So how did the replacement unit workout?

CafassoFam so how do you like it?

Hi, Grimm, we just bought the same unit 3 days ago and the same issue you had, the noise. Can you tell us more about the noise you had? We are thinking to return it or may be just have their people to take a look at the unit. Thank you very much for your review. It helped a lot.

Lala Siqueira Best to simply return it for another unit since it seemed to me upon bringing it back to Best Buy...the worker their claimed that this problem was pretty common.

Thank you so much for your fast reply. I think we will do just that. We bought ours at Homedepot and i hope it will be an easy return as yours at Best Buy. Thank you again. We really appreciate.

Hi, Grimm, may i know do you think the fan was /is loud? It seemed to me it is extremely loud or maybe because of the different fan speed appear to a different loudness of the fan? Thank you!

Hi, Grimm, we did return the unit and thank you so much for your help.

Yes, we use it daily. With stood the test of time, still available yet.

@@rossishima two of ours, died. one in the house & other in guess

If you go on HomeDepots site I noticed in the description you can find the dimensions of the microwave. Then just measure the opening of your cabinets to determine how far it will protrude. I had to look for those to determine where to end our tile backsplash since we gutted our kitchen in a remodel. Here is the link. Hope this helps. www.homedepot.com/catalog/pdfImages/fe/fe41cec5-447d-4368-8fa4-3a9c73ec0b18.pdf

my cabinets are 12 inches deep. The microwave sticks out 5-1/4 inches from the cabinet face. This is one of the highest output fan from a over the counter microwave. If you need more, have to get dedicated commercial hood. I have 15000 btu burners and have been ok; but you have to calculate the distance from stove top to hood to make sure.

ross ishima Our cabinets are 12 inches deep too. Depth of this Kitchen Aid microwave would greatly exceed that. We are interested in this microwave but the height of the microwave would also be lower to our cooktop. How much clearance do you have from range or cooktop in your setup? Thanks for your time and help! Our current microwave has a height of 14” and this Kitchen Aid would be 17”.

abt did the install. Already had one up there before so they were in and out quickly. two big guys came in for the install.

Caution: I had Best Buy install mine, and they subcontracted to a guy that used power tools on the overhead bolts, and used them in a way to align the microwave. Unfortunately the installer over-torqued the bolts causing damage to the integrity of the door, and slightly creased the metal door seal. So, the door will not close without lifting the handle each time. Now after 3 months of this, the door switches have prematurely worn out, and I am here to figure out how to repair them. :(

Yes, ti can be paused. To pause just open the oven. The timer and settings will remain paused. When you close it back press start and it resumes right where it stopped. I love this microwave!

@@hildamrodriguez2541 I had forgotten that I posted this question. We ended up purchasing one of these about a year ago and, for our oven, the answer is no, you cannot. If you are doing a simple timed cycle, then it is as you say, but if you are using any of the sensor based cycles, then it doesn't really work. When I open and close the oven, it goes back into sensing mode and it isn't right. For example, there's a dish I cook via Fresh Vegetables mode. Most of the cycle, the oven shows, "sensing" or something like that, and then towards the end, it kicks over to showing that 2 or 3 minutes remain. If I open the oven at that point, it will return to "sensing" rather than finishing the 2 or 3 minutes. I find it will run on "sensing" for 4 or 5 minutes before returning to showing 2 or 3 minutes of timed cooking remaining. This always happens and the dish is always overcooked. My experience of this oven after a year are 1. I cannot cook on sensor node when the dish requires stirring or other manipulation mid cycle. This is a major loss compared to my previous oven. 2. The oven is underpowered compared to its rating. This is as measured by me using thermometer, timer, and water 3. Everything requires more button presses than my other oven because the manufacturer embedded the manual in the oven. What used to be two presses is now six and, since the keyboard often misses presses, it can be more. Unfortunatley, the instructions that come up don't given enough info if you _really_ need it and the written manual doesn't really exist other than a useless few pages. So, it just slows me down and doesn't help. 4. The oven (used as an oven, i.e., not as a microwave) does not heat uniformly. It is good enough for what I do, but a real cook would be unhappy is my guess. The wire rack is tippy. I got the oven at about half off, otherwise I'd be furious. As it is, it gets the job done, but there are types of cooking I just cannot do that I used to do easily with a microwave that listed for 1/5 the cost of this one.

buy a $14 toaster

Yes my daughter just replaced her whole kitchen and bought this and loves it I already had it for 7 yrs and love mine use it for most of baking only me now so it’s perfect heats up supper fast I bake bread to meat

my over micro-hood was always set to vent to the exterior. This model has one of the highest cfm for a micro-hood. If you need something stronger, you would need a dedicated hood and get a counter or built in microwave instead.

ross ishima so you gave this one vented to the outside? I am considering buying this microwave today

I mentioned it takes longer than the other microwave, maybe 20% but does a better job of reheating. One thing to do is to gently lift the door by the handle when closing to reduce strain on the hinges; don't slam the door shut like the conventional small doored microwave. Otherwise, the Kitchenaid has been working like a champ and looks great.