Getting better stuff when you microwave
December 06, 2024
How to enjoy a microwave oven...
Wirecutter: 7 Things Our Microwave Expert Does to Instantly Improve the Performance of Any Microwave, 2024-Nov-18 by Rachel Wharton
I have to admit that most of what I learned came not so much from my hands-on testing, but from learning how microwaves work. Like many people, I had thought microwaves cook from the inside out, by heating up the water in foods. That’s not true. ...
The second thing I learned is that despite engineering tricks designed to move microwaves around the interior of these machines (and a spinning carousel), all microwaves struggle to heat foods evenly.
Summary:
- Cut food into even pieces
- Spread food out
- Use a cover (including just paper or paper towels which are NOT recycled--recycled paper can include metallic threads)
- Separate different food items
- Higher power is faster but seldom better, although heating homogenous liquids and cooking pasta FAST is okay
- Stir, flip, or move your food
- Let it rest for about a minute