In article >,
Kate Connally > wrote:

> Omelet wrote:

> That's true.
>
> > Ours has a turntable and I've no idea if I can switch it off, nor do I
> > care to. Why would you want to turn off the turntable?
>
> Exactly! I can't imagine circumstances where I would want
> to turn it off. At least not for the sort of things I use
> it for.

Most MW ovens are large enough to accept a 9" by 13" pan, but there
isn't room enough to turn.

But James S. brought up an interesting point. I assumed that every MW
had a paddle (sometimes called a stirrer). He suggested that MWs might
have *either* a paddle or a turntable. I asked Google, and got a couple
of hits that sure seemed to confirm that. That would mean that if you
had a MW with no paddle, and you disabled the turntable, that your food
might develop serious hot and cold spots. If the pan barely fits, and
your only turning is exactly 180 degrees, you might have trouble
balancing out the hot and cold spots. Most instructions for rotating
food in a MW that I've seen, call for 1/4 turn each time. Of course, a
huge lasagna that takes 50 minutes from first insertion into the MW, to
serving, will have time to balance out the temperature the same way it
would in a conventional oven, through simple conduction of heat.

I know that all of you didn't have enough to worry about, so I've added
yet another thing.

No charge!

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA