• @Bassman1805
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      +30s +30s +30s +30s

      My microwave doesn’t have speed cook, so this is the fastest way to get 2m on the clock

      • Get_Off_My_WLAN
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        82 days ago

        You guys are getting buttons?

        My Japanese microwave only has an imprecise knob to turn. It came free with the apartment, so I can’t complain too much.

        I suppose it prevents people from accidentally doing something like hitting 20:00 instead of 2:00 and starting a fire.

        • Ephera
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          11 day ago

          I love knobs. You just turn them and the thing turns on. And no one needs an exact time measurement on a microwave anyways.

          • snooggums
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            21 day ago

            I need exact seconds and power settings for multiple things, including heating up small amounts of dog food a small amount.

            People that thing microwaves suck to heat up food are just rawdogging the +30 seconds button.

            • Ephera
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              21 day ago

              Alright, did not expect that. To me, it’s just that the food I’m trying to heat often enough varies in terms of amount or how much water is in there, so that it just seems extremely futile to try to heat it precisely. But yeah, I can see dog food or such being consistent enough that this works.

              • snooggums
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                Generally high is too high for most foods, where it overcooks the outsides and still cold in the middle. Regulating the power setting and time is like using the settings on a stove and taking stuff off when done.

                Melting cheese, heating mashed potatoes, and a ton of other things are just better with some small tweaks to the time and power. Hitting the +30 seconds is like putting the stove on high and cooking in 30 second increments.

            • @[email protected]
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              People that thing microwaves suck to heat up food are just rawdogging the +30 seconds button.

              So I agree with this, however, microwaves are absolutely one of the worst ways to heat up food, in most situations (but they’re super fast, so…)

              That said, there is a lot of finesse, particularly when it comes to reheating food, that it seems like so many people never figured out.

              Always gotta reheat food on power level 8 (Sometimes I’ll blast it for 15-20 sec on high after that just to make sure nothing is lukewarm in the center).

      • snooggums
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        21 day ago

        2 + 0 + 0 + start for me on every microwave I’ve ever owned.

        • @Bassman1805
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          Sure, but that’s 4 presses on 3 buttons. I can press the same button 4 times much faster.

          Over the course of a lifetime, we’re taking double, maybe TRIPLE DIGIT seconds saved!