willshak wrote:
Rick Brandt wrote the following:
Ken_W wrote:

1. Whirlpool?
2. GE?
3. Frigidaire?


Is this the top 3 or am I way off. Any suggestions on where to start
comparing brands/models?


Amana and Panasonic appear to dominate the commercial microwave
market. I know just about every time I take notice of the brand in a
restaurant it is a Panasonic. That also happens to be the brand of
the best one I ever owned.
My current one (Sharp) is okay, but I have never been able to find a
setting that will make a decent bag of popcorn. I have to choose
between leaving a third of the bag unpopped or burning it.
It would be nice to find one that actually had different power levels
instead of just cycling the power on and off with a timer.


I don't use the popcorn setting. I just set it on high for a minute or
so and stop it when I hear no more popping for a couple of seconds.
That's the way it was done before they put popcorn settings on microwave
ovens.

I remember where I used to work. Every afternoon somebody burned a bag of
popcorn. We could smell it all over the place. I don't know why they
never figured out how to do it right.

Bill