Uglysasquatch wrote:
So you used 3 appliances to replace the 1 microwave with the toaster oven, coffee maker and popcorn popper?
I think someone got sucked in by a good salesman
Lol! To be fair, most people are going to have a coffee machine anyway, so not really three. But yeah, there's no reason to own a popcorn machine and a toaster oven in lieu of a microwave. I suppose you could argue that the toaster oven has other uses, but I've just never found one to be worth buying. On the rare occasion I actually do need to toast something on a flat plane, I have an actual oven I can use.
For me, it's less about cost efficiency as space efficiency. The stovehood/microwave thingies are a great use of space (assuming you live in a home built in like the last 30 years or so, there's already a spot built for it). Huge counter top space saver. I also tend to avoid buying counter top appliances that only have one function (yeah, I'm looking at you rice cookers). On that one, it's not even really just about counter top space, but storage space as well.