microwaves are stupid.

[kingjames488]

how can something be half frozen and half molten lava at the same time?

stupid idea... what was wrong with taking 10 minutes longer and heating things evenly?!

[Vertigo]

Different microwaves have different patterns of wave distribution in the chamber.
You can test yours with this:
https://www.evilmadscientist.com/2011/microwave-oven-diagnostics-with-indian-snack-food/

[ʙᴜɴ.ᴇ]

They don't cook carrots well...

Soggy carrots

[Electric Cupcake]

Ever had baked alaska? The physics involved are fascinating.

[RRW359]

Different people value their time vs. their quality of food differently. You can always eat better food at some point but you can never get those extra 10 minutes back that you spent making food that you have to eat no matter what.

[Not Big Surprise]

skill issue
you can tweak the time and intensity for it in order to both cook it and let the heat distribute evenly

also i'd argue it's much more efficient than using fire and letting most of the heat pass by and leave

[Q-T_3.14.exe]

Me and my brother once managed to set popcorn on fire with a microwave by following the instructions xD

[Electric Cupcake]

Republicans still repeating the BS about the government wanting to take our gas stoves away.

I wouldn't be averse to getting an induction range, except they don't seem to make full sized ones with a concave burner for woks along with regular flat ones.

And my breakers are all 15 or 20 amp.

[Acetyl]

Escrito originalmente por Fajita Jim:

Escrito originalmente por Acetyl:

They leak and also alter nutrients in a way that equivalent thermal noise will not.

Heat is what denatures nutrients. Microwaves cook faster and thus the food maintains more nutrients than cooking on a stove/oven.

Microwaves heat by dielectric loss in water, which exists in a structured / bound state around hydrophilic materials like proteins. Causing them to spin 2.4 billion times per second to stay in pahse with the field is not comaparable to heating by other means. It's also not all just the rate and distribution of heating (ie "microheating") either, hough that non-uniform coupling can play a role at higher power densities.

[Acetyl]

Escrito originalmente por Midori:

I guess because smart microwaves aren't a thing yet...

The smart microwave goes up against your skull, and on your lap :^)

[Birds]

I found a bunch of molybdenium in my walls once, so I enriched it in my microwave. (I took appropriate safety precautions.) Dump wouldn't take it, and neither would any of the (very few very exclusive) interstate transport agencies, so I wound up using it as the powered core for a sword I made.

A coal-powered curcible was otherwise more efficient for melting steel, but if it was busy and I needed some aluminum NOW I'd sometimes use a microwave instead.

[minto koneko]

Let's invest in new AI microwave startups.

[Acetyl]

Escrito originalmente por minto koneko:

Let's invest in new AI microwave startups.

And make them beamforming, and mount them everywhere in public places as well as homes.

[Irene ❤]

Air fryer = makes food dry and hard
Microwave = certain parts are cold

Hot water steam is the best method.
For cold food / frozen chicken / etc just steam it.
Tasteful, delicious and juicy.

[Irene ❤]

Escrito originalmente por Jack Strickland:

You obviously do not own an air fryer

I do.
It really makes food dry and hard.
Haha you boys dare question my kitchen?

[Electric Cupcake]

Escrito originalmente por Irene ❤:

Air fryer = makes food dry and hard
Microwave = certain parts are cold

Hot water steam is the best method.
For cold food / frozen chicken / etc just steam it.
Tasteful, delicious and juicy.

Frozen chicken needs dutch oven.