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fargon · 03-03-2019, 07:33 AM

Microwave defrosting BAD!

If you are in love with the thing just leave it unplugged when you're not using it.

glatt · 03-03-2019, 07:42 AM

Don't use the microwave.
Use the oven instead.
Let's be healthy.
Fuck bread.

Clodfobble · 03-03-2019, 09:00 AM

I see what you did there. Acknowledged and approved, sir.

Undertoad · 03-03-2019, 09:21 AM

Gravdigr · 03-03-2019, 11:09 AM

Fuck bread.

Griff · 03-03-2019, 11:24 AM

Ha!

Gravdigr · 03-03-2019, 12:06 PM

What is it w/microwaves and regular ovens? I bought a microwave a while back to replace one that was haunted.

The old micro thawed a pound of hamburger in about eight minutes. The new one's manual calls for 15+ minutes. Hell, I can do it that fast in a warm bowl of water!

Our regular oven was trying to burn the house down so the 'rents went out and got a new one. The old oven would preheat to 445 degrees in 4 minutes 15 seconds (I used 445 because 450 takes an extra 2 minutes 15 seconds, what's 5 degrees?

). The new one? 12-16 minutes so far. And the new one when preheating shows the temp instead of time remaining,<--which I find more useful.

I was expecting better heating performance, especially when you consider the price: $666 and change, I shit you not.

I told them "If you'd waited a couple days, I'd have bought a used one for a couple hundred bucks. Here's a couple hundred bucks."

Glinda · 03-03-2019, 12:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

What is it w/microwaves and regular ovens? I bought a microwave a while back to replace one that was haunted.

The old micro thawed a pound of hamburger in about eight minutes. The new one's manual calls for 15+ minutes. Hell, I can do it that fast in a warm bowl of water!

Right? My poor deceased microwave thawed a pound of burger meat in about eight minutes, too. I've never had the patience to use the newer microwave to thaw a pound of meat, but I know it takes more than eight minutes, what with the four or five move the food and turn the machine back on interruptions that using it entails.

Gravdigr · 03-03-2019, 12:06 PM

And I didn't drink for week.

Gravdigr · 03-03-2019, 12:23 PM

Ooohhhhhhh, that. Yeah I can see the pita what with the tripod and the wheels and the stuff...

Gravdigr · 03-03-2019, 12:33 PM

Mine just has a tiny little three-petaled--thing--that the big ol' plate kinda sets on, no wheels.

Glinda · 03-03-2019, 12:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Mine just has a tiny little three-petaled--thing--that the big ol' plate kinda sets on, no wheels.

Now that I'm looking at modern microwaves more closely, I see that fewer and fewer models have the spinning tripod mechanism that the old man's microwave had. Probably because they're a goddamned PITA to clean.

sexobon · 03-03-2019, 12:55 PM

Buy a leash. Put the leash on the cat and tie the end to the microwave cord at the plug. If the microwave starts spontaneously, it'll scare the cat which will take off running and yank the plug out of the outlet. Reward the cat with a go at the garbage can.

Glinda · 03-03-2019, 01:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sexobon

Buy a leash. Put the leash on the cat and tie the end to the microwave cord at the plug. If the microwave starts spontaneously, it'll scare the cat which will take off running and yank the plug out of the outlet. Reward the cat with a go at the garbage can.

I like it!

Glinda · 03-03-2019, 01:24 PM

So I'm searching around the intarweebs for the off-chance possibility that there is a modern microwave oven that doesn't require turning food over repeatedly while defrosting, and came across this:

Since when is it ok to use aluminum foil in a microwave?!?

03-03-2019, 07:33 AM	#1
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03-03-2019, 11:09 AM	#5
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03-03-2019, 12:06 PM	#7
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	What is it w/microwaves and regular ovens? I bought a microwave a while back to replace one that was haunted. The old micro thawed a pound of hamburger in about eight minutes. The new one's manual calls for 15+ minutes. Hell, I can do it that fast in a warm bowl of water! Our regular oven was trying to burn the house down so the 'rents went out and got a new one. The old oven would preheat to 445 degrees in 4 minutes 15 seconds (I used 445 because 450 takes an extra 2 minutes 15 seconds, what's 5 degrees?). The new one? 12-16 minutes so far. And the new one when preheating shows the temp instead of time remaining,<--which I find more useful. I was expecting better heating performance, especially when you consider the price: $666 and change, I shit you not. I told them "If you'd waited a couple days, I'd have bought a used one for a couple hundred bucks. Here's a couple hundred bucks." __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

03-03-2019, 07:42 AM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Don't use the microwave. Use the oven instead. Let's be healthy. Fuck bread.

03-03-2019, 09:21 AM	#4
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423

03-03-2019, 12:06 PM	#9
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	And I didn't drink for week. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

03-03-2019, 12:23 PM	#10
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Ooohhhhhhh, that. Yeah I can see the pita what with the tripod and the wheels and the stuff... __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

03-03-2019, 12:33 PM	#11
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Mine just has a tiny little three-petaled--thing--that the big ol' plate kinda sets on, no wheels. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

03-03-2019, 12:55 PM	#13
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	Buy a leash. Put the leash on the cat and tie the end to the microwave cord at the plug. If the microwave starts spontaneously, it'll scare the cat which will take off running and yank the plug out of the outlet. Reward the cat with a go at the garbage can.

03-03-2019, 01:24 PM	#15
Glinda Fucktard Resistance League Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: 1.14 acres of heaven Posts: 1,512	So I'm searching around the intarweebs for the off-chance possibility that there is a modern microwave oven that doesn't require turning food over repeatedly while defrosting, and came across this: Since when is it ok to use aluminum foil in a microwave?!?

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