As my wife and I work on planning our kitchen remodel, I am thinking about an under-counter drawer type microwave. We have an over-the-range unit now that will be replaced by a proper range hood so we need a different solution. We are adding another row of base cabinets and a peninsula, so we could go with a counter top unit or a drawer unit, but I am leaning toward a drawer unit to keep as much counter space available as possible. We don't have a lot of wall cabinet space, so I don't want to put it up there.
I'd love to hear about folks' experience with drawer style MWs.
From the limited research I've done, there seem to be two drawbacks: First they tend to have less capacity, and second they lack the turntable. We use the MW a lot, but not for cooking lots of food or large food, mostly for warming leftovers and cooking vegetables, and cooking fresh sweet corn in season. So smaller capacity I don't think is a big deal. I'm not sure how important the turntable is for our use. Supposedly at least some of the drawer units are designed to provide even cooking without the turntable, but I don't know how effective it is.
We are planning to have a double oven induction range that will have convection capability in one of the ovens, so having that in the MW isn't necessary.