Too cold to enjoy or too hot to eat?
Neither… I tend to underdo it, check it, then put it back in.
Neither, I always microwave precisely when I mean to.
Cook for half the time and stir. One stir is a minimum.
I usually start with too cold and when I put it in for a bit more, I get it lava hot.
I use Sensor Reheat. 😎
It depends how far away from the microwave I have gotten before discovering it’s undercooked.
If overcooked it’s a hashafasasasha situation
A little of both…
Too hot and let it cool off.
Also, if you make an empty spot in the middle of the plate it heats more evenly.
I leave it in for too long because you’re supposed to let it sit and warm the whole thing evenly.
Then I forget about it until it’s a little too cold.
I intentionally heat my food way beyond the temperature that it should be. I often take a while to eat, and I want my food to stay hot the whole time. I think my (suspected) OCD also plays a part in why I feel it needs to be so hot.
I microwave at lower power settings for longer times, and I stop to stir and taste at regular intervals. My microwaved food is usually the temperature I want it to be.
Using low power on a microwave almost feels like cheating. For anyone unaware, a microwave can only be on or off, so setting a microwave to 50% power really just makes the microwave run for only half of the total runtime. A minute at 50% will be on for 10s, off for ten, etc.
It cooks way better, especially things like stews or other semi-liquidy things that tend to get hot and cold spots.
Edit: looks like my info is old considering my microwave is from 2004, lol. In 2006, LG patented using an inverter to drive the magnetron. The main benefit (according to the patent documentation) is that it’s cheaper to produce. A secondary benefit is that you can, in fact, provide lower power to the magnetron. Seems like a handful of producers must be paying LG to use that method, but probably more will start when the patent expires next year.
I haven’t seen one in the wild, but they are out there.
That used to be correct. I bought a microwave with an inverter and it can actually heat constantly at different power levels. Curiously, it has a 0 Watt power level as well 🤷🏻♂️
I guess maybe it’s so you could do like a programmed cook that does have a 0 watt period?
