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Honestly this hasn't been my experience with microwaves at all. To cook something for 1:30, I just press "1" "3" "0" and then start. Maybe I've gotten lucky, bu
by tbirdz 14y ago
Honestly this hasn't been my experience with microwaves at all. To cook something for 1:30, I just press "1" "3" "0" and then start. Maybe I've gotten lucky, but every microwave I've used has the number keypad and a start button.
- Lost_BiomedE 14y agoThe another type of controls: 3 = 3min then there is a 30sec button that increments by 30secs. There is no entering of say, 3min 45sec
- Pinckney 14y agoI've got an Emerson microwave here. Pressing 1 immediately starts it cooking for 1 minute. There is no obvious button to push to enter a specific time. The proper button turns out to be labelled "power". Pressing this multiple times will cycle through the power settings, and then allows a time to be entered in the way you describe. Discovering this took Googling.
- jf 14y agoOn a lot of microwaves I've used, I've needed to press some sort of "cook" button somewhere in the button sequence.
- ScottBurson 14y agoI've owned and used microwaves since 1977, and indeed the majority of them have worked this way. Not all, however. But I don't think the variations from this de facto standard have anything to do with patents. I think it's more the "NIH factor" ("Not Invented Here").
- noonespecial 14y agoMine makes you find and press a "cook time" button before you can enter a time, then a start button to actually start the cooking. This button is hidden so well that years later, I still have to look for it. Grrr.
- Evbn 14y agoAnd unlike the cook timer, the just-time timer beep doesn't stop when you press Stop. You must press the timer again.
- pkamb 14y agoEven better, hit 1-3-3. Or 1-1-1.
- Raphael 14y ago8-8.