Comment on Why does the microwave button have a "popcorn" button when every microwave popcorn brand says "DO NOT USE THE POPCORN BUTTON"?

anothermember@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• lime@feddit.nu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  american microwaves. mine just has a time knob and a power knob, as god intended.

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  • AnAmericanPotato@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    My microwave has a bunch of different modes. Most of them are a bit more complex than “run at X power for Y seconds”. Like, the “defrost” or “potato” settings (yes there is a “potato” setting) will cycle the power on and off in bursts, which gives you more even defrosting and less explosive potatoes.

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    • lime@feddit.nu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      …that’s just low power mode. magnetrons are designed for a particular input power so the only way to “lower” it is to pulse them.

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      • Eheran@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Imagine thinking you are so special with a pulsing microwave, unlike the casual plebs, just to find out you are one of them.

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      • AnAmericanPotato@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Well TIL.

        I’ve been lied to all my life!

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  • theneverfox@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I miss having one with knobs. I’ve never seen one with a power knob, but I usually microwave food twice as long at power, so that sounds convenient

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    • lime@feddit.nu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      really, never? the vast majority of them here have two. just looked it up, you have to go out of your way to get one with buttons.

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  • anothermember@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Mine too, there are fancier ones with buttons and other gimmicks, though most people just use them the same way. I’ve never seen a popcorn button. Americans…

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• Diddlydee@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Same here. Not in my long-legged life.

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