> The rotating plate is a weird one. I am not really sure why they are found in most consumer microwaves. > this is a rotating reflector designed to scatter th

> The rotating plate is a weird one. I am not really sure why they are found in most consumer microwaves. > this is a rotating reflector designed to scatter the waves a bit I remember watching a daytime documentary testing different microwaves with some frozen pocket and then measuring the surface and core temperatures. IIRC, the low-quality (=/= cheap) microwaves would basically just Gauss rifle your food with a high powered wave while trying to mitigate it by spinning around the tray.