On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 08:26:56 -0500, George >
wrote:

>Top Spin wrote:
>> On 20 Feb 2005 14:08:01 -0800, "Ken" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Wayne,
>>>
>>>This Panasonic microwave is so powerul that the only thing I use
>>>full-power on is boiling water/making tea. For anything else, I drop
>>>the power down to seven or eight to put it down to the old fashioned
>>>1,000 watt power rating. If Top Spin is still reading, this may
>>>account for his burned popcorn. (I make my popcorn with olive oil on
>>>the cooktop so no advice there.)
>>
>>
>> Still here. I just made another batch of popcorn. This time on 80%
>> power. I set it for 6 minutes and stood by the oven. The popping
>> slowed at about 2 minutes so I stopped it. The corn was badly burned
>> in one area.
>>
>
>
>Maybe try a different popper? We have a Panasonic 1,300 watt unit. I
>picked up a $8.00 popper in Target last year. I put the prescribed
>amount in the popper, set full power (10) and 3 minutes. I circle back
>when the popping slows and stop when popping stops. There is no burning
> and only a few unpopped kernals.

It doesn't seem like it can be the popper. I have had it for years and
it worked perfectly with the old microwave. Actually, on two different
microwaves.

I am beginning to think that this one just has a hot spot right in the
center of the unit.

Is it possible that this one unit is defective? That's also hard to
believe. There are so few parts to a microwave.

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