As energy costs continue to rise, people are turning to their microwaves as a quicker way to cook compared to a standard oven, using significantly less energy to keep bills to a minimum. Uswitch estimates it would cost 27p to cook a baked potato in the oven and just 3p in a microwave.
Once a household must-have in the 1980’s when ‘ready meals’ were at the height of food fashion, microwaves have fallen out of favour in recent years with Brits spending more time in the kitchen cooking from scratch. However, Lakeland said it is seeing a surge in demand for microwave cooking utensils as home-cooks look for ways to reduce their energy usage when cooking.
The Energy Saving Trust says that a microwave is more energy-efficient than a traditional gas or electric oven because microwaves only heat your food and not the air space inside, which means they use less energy to cook dinner.
