Re:Why every microwave sucks these days, and the death of in...
by RF_Savage on Thursday October 26, 2023 @01:41AM
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Same here, but unlike my rotating one, that one had classic coldspots and hotspots microwaves sometimes had.
But I sure loved the fine grained time and power control. Figure out the setting put once and then it is unattended perfection every time.
Re:Why every microwave sucks these days, and the death of in...
by toast0 on Thursday October 26, 2023 @02:09AM
(#38022232)
Yeah, my parents have an upside down ceramic pie dish permanently in the microwave which raises the food to be heated up into what seems to be a more favorable area for heating. Before we got that in there, you'd have to do a lot of short bursts and mix / rotate, which is tedious especially when there was about two seconds of off time when starting...
Re:Why every microwave sucks these days, and the death of in...
by stvltvs on Thursday October 26, 2023 @06:31AM
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Before they were integrated into the microwave, you could buy third-party turntables.
Re:Why every microwave sucks these days, and the death of in...
by kbelder on Thursday October 26, 2023 @06:11PM
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They were like a child's toy; you would spin it a dozen times counterclockwise, and then it would slowly rotate clockwise for the next several minutes. Obviously, it couldn't be battery-powered.
Thinking about it now, it must have had some kind of plastic spring mechanism. Wish I had busted it open and looked.
Re:Why every microwave sucks these days, and the death of in...
by jjeaff on Friday October 27, 2023 @05:00AM
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they still make them, although this one seems to be out of stock on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/Nordic-Ware-Microwave-Micro-Go-Round-...
It has a button to cycle through the power levels (the typical couple seconds on, couple seconds off duty cycle power levels), and four buttons to set the time: one under each digit (adds one to the digit and overflows to zero), the start button, something for temperature cooking if you have the probe (they don't). Actual buttons, because touch buttons hadn't been invented yet. A total of 8 buttons, plus the door open.
Anyway, no turntable there.