Too cold to enjoy or too hot to eat?
With some foods, I have better luck microwaving at half power for twice as long.
This is the correct answer. Full power is fine for liquids, but for solid food, twice the time at half the power. Perfectly heated food.
Sometimes the plate is burning hot and the food is cold. Best of both worlds.
Guess what, that plate is not microwave safe.
I use ceramic plates. But TIL pores or microscopic cracks could be the reason for hot plates. Or my microwave hates me.
oh is that what that means? literally all of my Tupperware and bowls do that 😂
Yea my dude. If your food containers get hot in a microwave, they are not microwave safe. Could melt your plastics or shatter your earthenware. Or just burn the shit out of you too I guess.
My microwave safe corel plates still get hot where the food is. That could just be normal thermal convection.
Yeah, that’s normal - ceramic and glass will get hot from the food or steam, just if the plate itself gets hot, it’s absorbing microwaves itself.
I know because I used to have a mug that would get hot when microwaved, and one day it exploded.
Having to wait is correct. That’s not stopping too late. That’s doing it right.
Of course, EVERYONE thinks that they do it right, but I want to take a moment to explain why morphballganon actually IS right.
A major purpose of heating the food is to kill bacteria, and most bacteria die at a temperature that is too hot to put in your mouth. If it’s “just the right temperature to eat” you’re gambling with food poisoning.
If you’re depending on your microwave to sterilize your leftovers they are too far gone and should be disposed of.
(Depending on the model) if you microwave, for example, on 50% power for 2 minutes, it will alternate 10 sec of cooking and 10 sec of not cooking for 2 minutes, so in the end neither of your scenarios come to fruition
This is for the “cheap” microwaves. They cannot operate the magnetron at partial power, it’s all or nothing, so it actually powers off for a period to compensate for that.
Inverters however can operate at partial power levels. This means more consistent cooking power and better efficiency. But inverters are more expensive and most people never change the power level, so the cheaper microwaves don’t use them.
Double the time, half the power. It works so well. The difference between 1 minute and 2 doesn’t bother me, I’m off doing something else.
I know how my microwave works and so can time it.
At work it’s usually outside lava and inside arctic.
At work double the time and halve the power, it will cook more evenly for you. Even cheap microwaves normally have a power setting.
Cooks at 800W anf need to wait 3min.
Personally I don’t have a problem to wait longer but I think m co workers would crucify me xD
I intentionally heat my food way beyond the temperature that it should be. I often take a while to eat, and I want my food to stay hot the whole time. I think my (suspected) OCD also plays a part in why I feel it needs to be so hot.
I usually start with too cold and when I put it in for a bit more, I get it lava hot.
The reheat function on my microwave does a shockingly good job on uncovered foods. Tends to stop a bit early with an error when the food is covered
It probably has a steam sensor
Yes, it absolutely does
I leave it in for too long because you’re supposed to let it sit and warm the whole thing evenly.
Then I forget about it until it’s a little too cold.
I got a steam owen, and it’s a game changer. The reheat setting is 10 minutes at 120 C, the food comes out tasting as if freshly made, evenly hot, but almost ready to eat. If I wait for 2 minutes after I pull it out (make a coffee for after-lunch dessert), the food is just right.
Figured it was better to use the unfreeze mode instead. Or use a very low wattage like 250watts for longer. That way food doesn’t loose all it moisture.
Neither. I put a wet paper towel over the food. The water in the towel gets REALLY hot and helps distribute the heat better
Cold, everytime. Eating something cool or at room temp - when that thing was at one time perfectly delicious before being chilled - means the flavour is still delicious, just not the right temp. You are never getting that steak back to medium rare after a 2 minute nuke. Plus you can eat it without the fear of burning your mouth.
First the one, then the other.
