For those with microwaves over the stove...

[Muushka]

OP, something that I see people do all the time is boil water in a pan without a cover. Even in the middle of the summer.
If you cover the pan, the water heats up quicker, and the humidity will not escape.


I lived in this house for almost 15 years and didn't realize that my microwave over the stove was not vented outdoors.

Anywhoo, we re-did the kitchen and replaced the old microwave and had the contractor vent it outdoors.

The next time I saw him, I told him it was his fault that I burned my chicken. I was frying chicken and put the vent on as usual and it worked so well I didn't realize that it was burning!

 

[miralys]

I've never had a problem. When the stove is on, so is the exhaust, to prevent it from heating up the house. That must take care of any steam build up as well.

 

[DisneyDizzy]

We had one in our last house. No problems with moisture. But a word of caution. I'm 5'3" and when I was pregnant, I was cooking something on the gas stove and and reached up to put something in the microwave. I caught my shirt on fire.

I grabbed the sprayer on the sink and put it out. Felt kind of dumb.

However, it IS a bit of a pain to put things in the microwave if you are on the short side!

 

[dandave]

You are supposed to turn the vent on everytime you cook anything on the stovetop, in order to pull the steam out from under the microwave. I may not turn the vent on when scrambling an egg or the like, but it is always turned on HIGH when boiling water. Check your microwave owner's manual.