• Fermion@mander.xyz
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      19 hours ago

      I wish inverter type microwaves were standard. The vast majority of residential microwave ovens only modulate on like a 10 second interval. So you put it on power setting 3 or 30 and it will pump out full power for 3 seconds then off for 7 seconds. This works for things like defrosting meat, but a bunch of foods will still start popping and drying out in those few seconds. Inverter microwaves modulate many times a second so they can warm much more fragile foods without searing them.

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        17 hours ago

        Or just don’t cook things in a raggedy bitch microwave. Use a grill, stove, oven, or whatever other better tools for the job.

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      20 hours ago

      Yes, but some times the popping is just the food unfreezing. If the food is not burning and staying cold at the same time, then do nothing.