The dumb “nuke it on full for 90 seconds” one. No thought put into it, I just know it will be edible by my standards.
Most microwavable food is already edible because it is a dumb idea to use a microwave for much more than reheating food, because it requires time and microwaves consume a ton of power for the heat they provide. The advantage of microwaves is that they have very little heatup time which makes it good for short blasts.
“Palatable” would have been a better choice of words. I’m generally not very picky.
I want a microwave that has a database of every possible food type that tells it the optimal programming for everything, supported by sensors measuring weight, humidity, maybe even an infrared camera inside, if those can survive microwaves.
Until I have that: 100% until stuff starts to steam/bubble/boil, take it out, bite into it, regret not putting it in for longer, eat mostly cold leftovers.
Theres absolutely no reason an infared camera couldnt survive a microwave. All you would need is for the camera body to be outside, and to have a mesh blocking the sensor. You wouldnt be able to go through the door if the door is glass(not that ive ever seen a glass microwave door) because glass blocks infared, not sure about plastic. either way though, you could just cut a hole, remove the plastic, and then replace the mesh. Youd have to do some software work to ensure the camera is not picking up the heat from the mesh.
That would cost like $1500
Cooking in the microwave is wild to me. I’m Mexican and we treat it as a reheating machine with a clock and a bunch of buttons that do nothing.
Double time, half power. Everything just tastes better, it’s heated more evenly and less dried out/mushy
The amazing thing is I can’t get people to try it… Every time I mention it people look at me like I’m crazy to suggest they wait an extra 3 minutes for their food
.00001% - twice as long at half power, oh look the centre isn’t still frozen
Cheap microwaves have hot spots instead of even distribution of the microwaves inside the chamber. They use turntables to mask this issue, but the best option is to buy a high end microwave with even distribution. They will heat the food more evenly, and the lack of a turntable makes cleaning much easier
Lower power basically does this automatically. Do extra time on lower power and it’s way better with no additional effort required
Interesting bit of trivia. Microwaves don’t actually have “high” or “low” settings. The magnetron, the microwave’s core component, only has two states - on and off. It can’t power the magnetron at 10% power level.
Instead, the “power” settings just control how often the magnetron is activated. So maybe at full power it’s on 100% of the time. At medium it’s 10 seconds on, 10 second off. At low it’s 3 seconds on, 10 seconds off. That kind of thing. The “power” setting is just a glorified timer.
You’re not qualified for this topic. You’re only allowed to share trivia about trees and erections
Unless you have a modern microwave with an inverter, which will power the magnetron constantly with varying levels of power.
Yep, that’s what I meant by doing it automatically.
Too complicated. Put it on the never buy again list.
Never over 50% power. I’m always shocked by how many people don’t know how to use a microwave. I usually worked a long time on my food, I don’t want to ruin it through lazy reheating.
The difference in heating is negligible, but the time saved sure isn’t. Always at 100%
Only time I use the power level selector is for poached eggs. If I’m reheating something where I actually care about how it turns out I’ll usually use the oven 😂
I’ve gotten down air frying my frozen microwave breakfast sandwiches down to a science. They never felt right in the microwave no matter what I tried.
- Preheat to 350° F, set to 6 minutes, turn on turn reminder.
- Separate the bun, sausage, egg, and cheese while you wait for pre heat to be done. Set then in the fridge.
- Once preheated, put the sausage on a bun and egg on a bun in the basket and put it in the air fryer. Leave the cheese in the fridge for now.
- After 3 minutes the turn reminder will go off. The sausage and egg are cool enough to touch base handed still. Flip the sausage. Flip the egg too, but put the cheese under the egg as well.
- When it’s done it’s hotter so you might need to use something to grab it instead of using a your bare hands.
Perfection.
When I’ve tried just nuking it in full for X seconds in the microwave there is always something frozen in the middle.
I always go six minutes. Fight me.
Obligatory netshaq post about the reheat function https://youtu.be/dpf3bxQVLu8
Love it
I don’t use the microwave. Also I didn’t know there were different heat settings.
If the instructions give me any nonsense I just do the math and use the power level function.
I bought a microwave to make my life easier, I’ll be damned if I’m gonna flip food over because someone doesn’t understand how to write instructions involving the power level button
Guy on left, but for 5 minutes instead
Kinda depends on what I’m making, but usually full nuke with a flip or stir partway through.
