Since it’s an over-the-range microwave, it has a cooktop light and fan for the stove below. You can choose from four different fan speeds and two settings for the light. There’s also a built-in grease filter and a ‘replace filter’ indicator light. The fan will automatically stay on at low speed if the microwave has been heated up too much by the stove below. One of the main differences between this and the cheaper GE JVM3160RFSS is that you can mute the controls.

Unlike the GE JVM3160RFSS, it has several sensor cooking modes, where the microwave detects steam to calculate the cooking time. The sensor functions include popcorn, beverage, reheat, and potato. You can defrost by weight or time. You can easily add 30 seconds with the dedicated button or press any button from 1-5 to quickly start the microwave for that amount of time. There are four different ‘Melt’ modes that you can access with the dedicated button and the number pad.

It’s possible to switch off the turntable rotation to accommodate particularly big dishes. You can’t set a delayed start or a standing time, but you can program it to change power levels partway through cooking.