Steamer Appliance

[Windsor]

We are designing a kitchen and a friend told us about a friend who had one installed in her kitchen re-do and loves it.

Our household as well as her friends are vegetarian. We have pretty much stopped using our microwave and it looks as though the steaming appliance does a good job at quick reheating as well as steaming foods.

Mixed reviews from a few years ago on this board and elsewhere. Any input or new products on the market to consider along this line?

[Windsor]

Thank you for your responses. I was clueless with what she was talking about. Will check out the brands and if they will work with our kitchen design. It just might be a bamboo basket!

[Chemicalkinetics]

I don't have a steamer appliance. I simply a bamboo steamer which I put on top on a cookware. I only want to agree with your assertion that steaming can be very healthy and is very good for vegetables. However, it is quiet different than an microwave.

[wattacetti]

Are you talking about an in-counter combiset steamer like what Gaggenau makes? Or a steam oven like Miele makes? Given a choice, I'd go for the latter again: quite versatile given its size, works beautifully on seafood (irrelevant to you) and can steam cabbage whole if you wanted.