On Sunday, October 13, 2019 at 11:16:45 AM UTC-10, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 10/13/2019 1:30 PM, Bruce wrote:
> > On 13 Oct 2019 16:22:13 GMT, notbob > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Even Gordon Ramsey gets it wrong!
> >>
> >> Microwave food does NOT heat from the "middle"!
> >>
> >> I only use a microwave to heat water (coffee, broth, etc). I DO have
> >> a weakness fer "beef tubes" (hot dogs, hot links, etc) heated in the
> >> microwave. I gotta "overcook" the dogs UNTIL the center is even hot!
> >
> > "Do Microwaves Cook Food From The Inside Out?
> > No, it is not even remotely true. Microwaves cook food from the
> > outside in, just like a regular oven. In fact, most of the cooking on
> > the inside of the food, depending on its thickness, is done by heat
> > conduction from the outside surfaces inwards, as the microwaves do not
> > actually penetrate that far into the food."
> >
> > <https://culinarylore.com/food-science:do-microwaves-cook-from-the-inside-out/>
> >
>
> They talk about water being heated but sugar and fat heat even faster.
>
> Most people just hit the button and let it go. Many things benefit from
> lower power to allow the heat to move to the center more evenly. Many
> foods are better reheated on lower power to allow the heat to travel
> more evenly.
>
> The other day I wanted to put a little bottled bbq sauce on something so
> I took a partial bottle from the fridge to warm it. It is a plastic
> bottle and the sauce left some residue on the walls of the bottle. I
> put it in and hit the button for 30 seconds. The thin residue on the
> side of the bottle heated quickly and softened the plastic so much it
> was bending over about half way down. I took it out in 17 seconds. The
> mass at the bottom warned a little,b ut nothing like the thin coating.
> Most plastics don't soften until 180 degrees.

Some folks like to use their microwave to dry out their hearing aids. Indeed it does that well. My guess is that the expected life expectancy of a hearing aid in the microwave is about 300 ms. What would be useful is a microwave oven that can be set for a cook time of 275 ms.