Inverter microwaves use consistent power to heat your food, delivering faster cook times and more even results. Here are the best inverter microwaves.

Wouldn’t it be great if rather than just taking up a chunk of space in your kitchen, you could actually rely on your microwave for cooking meals? With inverter technology, you can.

For the microwave, it has not. People are not yet allured by the promise of inverter technology, the ingenuity of microwave-specialized cookware, the splendor of strategic defrosting.

This Panasonic microwave heats well, is easy to use, and has a useful sensor reheating setting. Here's why it won the top spot in our guide.

But why exactly does metal generate sparks when subjected to one of the miracles of mid-20th century technology? To answer that, we need to first understand how a microwave works.