“How about I just heat the plate instead dipshit?”
I’ll bet 99% of the people who bitch bout this only use HI power .
I just started doubling time and using half power. It works sooo much better!
I can take a McDonalds cheeseburger thats been in the fridge for three days and nuke it to like it was just handed over the counter fresh by using 20-30% power for 4 minutes
I do this with Taco Bell leftovers. They all work outside of the actual tacos (specifically Doritos locos) most everything else comes out deliciously.
I still prefer to reheat crunchwraps in a skillet though.
Look at Mr. Money Bags who can afford Taco Bell.
Used to be $20 got you the whole store. Now it gets you 2 Burritos. Sauce extra.
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This is because all microwaves have terrible UI/UX. If you are supposed to use less than 100% then why do I have to hit 9 buttons every time I want to use less than 100% power? And only 1 button to use 100% power for a variety of different settings.
Why is it not you hit Cook, then enter Power, then enter time? Like every single other stove in existence
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No, if you’re using high power for anything longer than like 20 seconds to nuke a coffee or something, you’re microwaving wrong.
Most things are 👌 3:00 @ Power Level 6 (60% on, 40% off)
Yup, totally agree. Changed my microwaving habits a few years back. 3 minutes at about 600 watts works like a charm for just about everything. Add a minute or so if you’re heating soup or something else with a lot of mass/water.
I always did 2 minutes at maximum power previously and it was always like the surface of the sun on the outside and cold on the inside.
Mine only got 3 settings + thawing. Let me overclock this sucker to 200%.
In the kitchen it hums with delight,
A mischievous microwave, quite a sight.
With a twist of its dial, a dance begins,
Uneven warmth, where chaos wins.
Among the other suggestions people have made in this thread, I’d like to add that just covering something and allowing the food to steam-heat makes a big difference. For instance I will usually poke a well in the middle of leftovers, put a tiny bit of water in (especially with rice, which dries out) and cover it with a plate. The water boils and heats it much better.
Great suggestion.
On a side note look into eating left over rice.
Yeah, aluminium foil as cover does sparking wonders in that regard!
Microwave ovens were a tech ahead of their time. It’s crazy how incredibly little these have evolved though decade after decade.
PROTIP: Whenever possible, shape/place the food you’re heating like a donut. ( O )
Microwaves need to penetrate the food; if it’s a big lump, it’s hard to reach the stuff in the middle. By using a “donut” shape, you are creating more surface area, and spreading out the “middle” so it’s easier for microwaves to reach all the parts of the food equally
I don’t normally stop for “cute” but this one got me. It’s super cute.
People who have inverter microwaves, do they actually heat food more evenly or is it just marketing buzz?
We have a Panasonic inverting one that has a flat bed (no turn table) and it doesn’t heat evenly…
Don’t all microwave ovens have an inverter? Like, isn’t that the thing that produces the photons?
No, that’s the magnetron. Normal microwave magnetrons have 2 power settings, on and off, and reducing the microwave’s power just means switching the magnetron on and off at different intervals.
An inverter just allows to keep the magnetron running at a lower power. Whether that has a better effect than just on/off-switching the magnetron I do not know, but it’s probably more energy efficient over long usage periods.
Ahhh thank you, I’m getting my words mixed up.
I would imagine having an inverter would allow you to avoid situations where individual parts heat too quickly during your heat cycle, but the advantage probably isn’t that big. Afterall, you could just heat it at a slightly lower power to stop whatever overheating effect you’re troubled with.
@MicroWave@lemmy.world, care to comment on your creative process?
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Spinny plate and letting it sit afterwards
It’s an effect of how they work which is inherently uneven saved depends largely on what it is cooking or rather it’s water content.
Yes a wave has peaks and valleys
Rotating reduces this short coming
And waiting allows the heat to spread
Not just that they have peaks and valleys, some things are simply not heated by microwaves. The ice crystals in frozen food are only heated by-proxy because the tiny amounts of already melted off water will heat up and melt more ice, so there is no benefit in blasting an ice cube at full power for 40 minutes.
And placing the food at the edge of the plate instead of the center.
Don’t inverter microwaves solve this problem?
I thought it was the metal fan in front of the magnetron that scattered and randomized the microwaves so there aren’t any hotspots.
Inverter microwaves allow you to change the power level without duty cycling
Not directly, but they improve the low-power modes substantially, and using the low-power modes for longer times is the solution. Inverters aren’t strictly needed, but they do make it better.
There’s nothing a bit of inverting the polarity can’t fix!
lmao!
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