When microwaving food, do you stop too soon and have it still cold or do you stop too late and have to wait?

Godnroc@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world – 107 points –

Too cold to enjoy or too hot to eat?

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Wait, how can that be true?

Most microwaves have a dial to set Wattage. Is that a lie?

Most microwaves have a dial to set Wattage. Is that a lie?

I've never seen this. The power setting on every microwave in my life has modified duty cycle. 30% power is 3s on, 7s off.

I've owned 2 microwaves and they had that dial with specific Wattage. That why I was surprised

I've never seen a dial set to wattage, but just a "power level". Either way, though, changing a microwave to only be on half the time will cut the average watts in half.

Here's GE's explanation of it. There are probably some fancy newer models that can do some different things, bit for the most part, it's just on or off. You can even hear it click on and off if you listen to it run.

I've owned 2 microwaves and they had that dial with specific Wattage. That why I was surprised

Wattage as averaged over a second, yes it's a lie. Wattage as averaged over a minute, it might be true. ;)

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