Toshiba 30L microwave with grill review: browning in a big box

The Toshiba 30L Digital Microwave with Grill is our Best with grill pick: a big 30L cavity with a grill element, dual-knob control, and an inox steel body.

What does the grill add?

The thing a plain microwave can’t do: color. A grill element browns and crisps the top of a dish, so baked macaroni comes out with a proper crust, cheese melts and goes golden instead of just soft, and reheated pizza is crisp rather than limp.

Set expectations correctly, though. A microwave grill browns the top only. It won’t bake bread, it won’t roast evenly all round, and it isn’t a replacement for an oven toaster. What it does is finish a dish, and for that it’s genuinely useful.

The 30L cavity is the other half of the argument: a family’s leftovers heat in one round, and a casserole dish fits. The unit is rated at 1450W, which is its draw from the wall rather than what reaches your food.

Weight and time defrost plus six auto menus cover the routine jobs.

Is it easy to live with?

The dual-knob control is a smart middle ground. You get digital functions with the speed of turning a knob rather than tapping a keypad, which is quicker for setting a time and choosing a power level. Fewer taps, less squinting at a membrane panel.

The inox steel finish is the small daily win. It wipes clean and doesn’t hold fingerprints the way the mirror-glass and gloss-black units do.

Two honest caveats. First, size: at 58.3cm wide and 47.3cm deep, this is the biggest footprint in our roundup, and 47cm of depth overhangs a standard counter. Measure before you order. Second, the spec sheet: Philippine retailer listings for this model disagree on the power-level count, some saying ten and some saying five. We aren’t going to state a number we can’t confirm, so ask the seller if that matters to you.

Is the Toshiba 30L Grill sulit?

Around ₱7,200 as of August 26, 2026. Check the latest price on Shopee. Over five years of daily use that’s about ₱4 a day.

It’s the cheapest way into a large cavity with a grill in our roundup, which is the value case. Where it loses ground is against the Midea 30L, which costs a bit more and adds inverter power delivery, Wi-Fi, and a 5-year magnetron warranty on top of the same size and a grill. If your budget can stretch, that’s the better machine. If it can’t, this does the browning job for less.

Who the Toshiba 30L Grill suits

Buy this if you want a big microwave that can also brown, and you have the counter depth for it. It’s the right choice for a family that reheats baked pasta, pizza, and cheese-topped dishes and wants one appliance to do it. If your counter is shallow or you’d rather have inverter defrosting, look elsewhere.

If the Toshiba 30L Grill is not right

The Midea 30L Inverter Quattro is our Best inverter pick and the closest rival: the same 30L cavity plus a 1000W grill, inverter power, and a 5-year magnetron warranty, at a modest step up as of August 26, 2026. If you want a grill with premium build in a smaller body, the LG NeoChef MH6565DIS is our Best Premium pick with a 950W quartz grill in 25L.

See how it ranks in our best microwave ovens in the Philippines roundup, or work out whether you’d actually use a grill with our microwave oven buying guide.