Ouch, that's cold

Honestly, carefully looking on marketplace, being willing to travel to the bougie end of town got me a high end microwave for cheapish and I'm never ever going back.
Sensor reheat, just heats my damn food. Frozen food setting, hell yeah, all thawed perfectly.
The rich live better and I'm fine enjoying their leavings.
- Having a sensor means you can also trust your popcorn button. Technology Connections did a great video about this, if your microwave uses the sensor properly, the popcorn button starts by clearing the chamber of moisture by running the fan and the sensor. Then it turns on the microwave element, and when the bag inflates enough to open there’s a sudden puff of moisture into the chamber. The oven detects this, and uses a lookup to determine how much longer to run the microwave element based on how long it ran the element before sensing moisture, which accounts for different sizes and weights. You’ll hear a beep and see a few seconds left on the display.
  This is nearly perfect in my experience. Every now and then the popcorn is very slightly burnt, but being able to just press a button and walk away is awesome.
  Definitely watch the video, I didn’t realize mine had this feature until an earlier video of his about popcorn buttons (this one, specifically).
  
  I've seen some microwaves that say sensor but then ask how much popcorn you're putting in.
  
  That's actually super cool! (Admittedly, one of my favourite youtube channels is practical engineering so I am not an authority on actual coolness.)
- Which model
  
  Panasonic, Genius Prestige.
- The rich live better and I’m fine enjoying their leavings.
  I want this as a sticker for all my repurposed old tech. This is an excellent quote.
  
  Thanks!
- I’m fine enjoying their leavings.
  hello, .world! 👋

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJrdXRZ3PUE
learn to love the power level
- I push one button, and that's the add 30 seconds button.
  
  beep-beep-beep-beep! beep. beep.
- Did somebody say POWER LEVEL?

make sure the plate is spinning freely, and dont put your bowl dead in the center
- In addition, when reheating liquidy food, you should try using a lower power level for a longer period of time. This tends to heat it more evenly.
  
  I almost always do double cook time and 50% power.

Sounds like those bowls have some metal content. Plenty of ceramics have a bit of metal in them. Metallic glazes in particular. That’ll heat up in the microwave.
Or it could just be that the outside of the food is heating up the bowl.
- I should stop heating up my food in stainless steel bowls from the medieval times then I guess…
  
  Nah, just toss a fork in there too.

I use one of those domed plastic microwave covers that keeps the steam in a bit, that helps - just need a bit of extra moisture like a glass of water or something, so the food doesn't dry out too much.

Mix halfway through like so instructions say so

My wife has always poked at me for taking longer to use the microwave. But for most think I'm not trying to just melt/outright cook: Time cook + power (1-10). Does wonders

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