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> Does the +30 seconds button start cooking immediately, or do you have to also press "start" afterwards? i've seen one where buttons 1-6 immediately start coo
by smegsicle 3y ago
> Does the +30 seconds button start cooking immediately, or do you have to also press "start" afterwards?
i've seen one where buttons 1-6 immediately start cooking for that many minutes, alongside a +30 button, so that every 30s interval between 30s and 6:30 can be activated in one or two button pushes; fastest nuke in the west
- eszed 3y agoOurs does that. I never touch any of the (indeed useless) Potato / Popcorn / Soup (yes, soup... What?) buttons, but the instant-on time-interval buttons are lovely. It's "Magic Chef", for those of you who are curious. We didn't buy it (came with the house), and I'm not pulling it off the shelf to look for a model number on the back (I moved the vinegar bottles next to it, and there's no sticker on that side, nor the other, either), but that's a place to start.
- rrr_oh_man 3y ago> Soup (yes, soup... What?) Actually, yeah! The "soup" setting nukes it in such a way that you don't get a scolding hot bowl + top layer of soup, while everything else stays cold. (Mostly by spinning the tray and heating it in a burst-like pattern, I think) I still would rather just cover the dish with another bowl, which achieves a better & faster result.
- eszed 3y agoHuh! TIL. That said, I've heated a lot of soup - without using the "Soup" button, mind - and not experienced the problem you describe. IANAMS (I Am Not a Microwave Scientist), but observationally it seems to me that bowl material has most to do with microwave results. I have a few bowls (and mugs) I never use in the microwave, because they seem always to get hotter than their contents. Later, I'll try one of them on "Soup" to see if it makes a difference.