Microwaved Water...whoa

My Microwave says it is FINE to use foil. I've been doing just that and it works.

STILL WORKS. Three years old.
 
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My Microwave says it is FINE to use foil. I've been doing just that and it works.

STILL WORKS. Three years old.
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If it still works for you, that's good but I wouldn't want to take the risk myself. :Ohno:
 
Just a lil' warning... you know these foils that are used to wrap around butter.

Just don't put them in the microwave. I nearly soiled my pants a couple months when I put the butter in it along with the foil stuck to it. It happened so fast, within 3 seconds, it went up in flames!
 
It's a myth that metal causes microwaves to explode. Metal is a finicky thing for microwaves -- it's usually not dangerous (definitely not as dangerous as exploding jawbreakers, tomatoes or overheated glasses of water). Sometimes thin foil like butter wrap will cause special effects.

However, nothing bad happens, however, to:
- Spoon in a cup of liquid
- Opened piepan style foil (not the thin type)

What's important is that:
- Metal must be thick enough to not overheat (i.e. no thin foil like butter wrap, no CD's, no gold-plated dinnerware)
- Food must be at least 50% exposed at minimum (i.e. never completely wrap food in foil)
- Metal should not touch the sides of the microwaves

Then in these specific cases, metal is usually 100% safe in microwave.

The problem is not everyone is smart enough about when metal is safe and when metal will screw things up. (Again, it's myth. Even when you make mistakes, most metal definitely not as dangerous as exploding jawbreakers and overheated bottles of milk.)

This information comes from some microwave manuals. That's why newer microwave manuals mentions when metal is safe, and when metal causes problems.
 
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Mark Rejhon said:
It's a myth that metal causes microwaves to explode. Metal is a finicky thing for microwaves -- it's usually not dangerous (definitely not as dangerous as exploding jawbreakers, tomatoes or overheated glasses of water). Sometimes thin foil like butter wrap will cause special effects.

However, nothing bad happens, however, to:
- Spoon in a cup of liquid
- Opened piepan style foil (not the thin type)

What's important is that:
- Metal must be thick enough to not overheat (i.e. no thin foil like butter wrap, no CD's, no gold-plated dinnerware)
- Food must be at least 50% exposed at minimum (i.e. never completely wrap food in foil)
- Metal should not touch the sides of the microwaves

Then in these specific cases, metal is usually 100% safe in microwave.

The problem is not everyone is smart enough about when metal is safe and when metal will screw things up. (Again, it's myth. Even when you make mistakes, most metal definitely not as dangerous as exploding jawbreakers and overheated bottles of milk.)

This information comes from some microwave manuals. That's why newer microwave manuals mentions when metal is safe, and when metal causes problems.
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That's exactly what my microwave manual says too. Although, i've tossed a few CDs in mine. Mostly AOL cds.

edit: NOW AT SEARS!!! $40 microwaves.. Works like a dream too.
 
Mark Rejhon said:
Sometimes thin foil like butter wrap will cause special effects.
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Yup, that's what I mentioned in my previous post. Never, never, never again will I put one in the microwave.
 
">>Try put your keys in there for 59.99 mintures."

For that matter, try to put a baby bottle of milk for 59.99 minutes too. :D

Metal such as keys alone is far less dangerous than mixing thin metal with something else flammable like butter.

Question is, what is the most dangerous thing to microwave for a solid 59.99 minutes? Probably loads of stainless wool mixed with loads of butter. :) (Short of throwing in a few sticks of dynamite, of course.)
 
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Stainless Steel.. hmm That thing has more chemical properties than your regular steel wool. I would assume butter sticks that has 65% oil content would be the best for this trick. along with some black cats in the middle. it would spread the stuff on the walls of microwave during the trick.

Hmm.. I would try the dynamite thing. It wouldn't be IN the house though.
 
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