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forbiddencherry@lemmy.today 1 month ago
When softening butter in microwave, me thinking “it’ll only take a couple seconds to handle this other thing” always ends in a puddle and tears.
Comment on Chef
forbiddencherry@lemmy.today 1 month ago
When softening butter in microwave, me thinking “it’ll only take a couple seconds to handle this other thing” always ends in a puddle and tears.
okwhateverdude@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Adjustable wattage? If you crank it low, you can get it softer without making puddles
almost1337@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
In my experience microwaves modulate how long the magnetron is on for, not the amount of power its using for each running cycle. eg 30 seconds on 50% will run at full power for a total of 15 seconds, and idle the other 15 seconds.
Yoddel_Hickory@piefed.ca 1 month ago
Yeah but it is not 15 full seconds on and 15 full seconds off, it alternates much faster so the heat has the time to dissipate a bit.
Spoiler: that is also how LEDs dim and it works perfectly.
JohnAnthony@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
The two microwave ovens I owned are counterexamples to both these comments. The older on would precisely go 15s on and 15s off (when on 50% power) while the newer uses an inverter to actually reduce the microwaving power, and stays on 100% of the time.