"Dr. Hardcrab" writes:

"Dan Espen" wrote

We just got a new MW at Sears.
It has a popcorn setting, and it leaves about a dozen kernels unpopped.
Close enough for me.

There's an old joke out there somewhere which has a punchline of

"But how do it know???!!!"

Yes, I was going to say, I have no idea, but I guess I do.
After popping a while, it beeps then it shows seconds remaining.
(I think about 30 or 40 seconds.)
So it must be reading the steam, not listening for pops.

It's more accurate than I am listening to pops.
At least so far.