"The Daring Dufas" wrote in message
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Talk about not paying close attention. I was heating some sausage in our
smallest microwave and unlike some folks I know, I will adjust the power
level to keep something from splattering all over the inside of the
microwave oven. I set the control for 7 minutes at 40% power, or so I
thought. I was concentrating on some Email when I heard an odd noise from
the kitchen. The microwave was full of smoke and the sausage burned
to a crisp. It turns out that I had inadvertently hit an extra zero when
setting the time and it was 70 minutes instead of 7 minutes. Because I had
set the power level to 40%, there was no back draft and flames when I
opened the frigging oven but there was a lot of smoke. I can still smell
Polish Kielbasa throughout the house after 3 days from the time of
blastoff. The lesson I learned was to pay better attention to those
mundane tasks I take on every day. o_O

I came very close to setting mine for 20 minutes earlier rather than 2. It
happens!