William Gothberg wrote:
On Sat, 29 Dec 2018 17:34:22 -0000, Arthur Conan Doyle
wrote:

"William Gothberg" wrote:

I don't need a MW, but the usual 600W to 900W in domestic ovens is
pitiful.* What's wrong with 2kW?

There are higher rating consumer units, but you have to look for them.
I had a
1.2kw range hood type that worked much better than the 900w types. I
think
commerical units (i.e. convenience store) can be found that are 1.8kw.

That said, what I find annoying is that the power control for every
consumer
microwave I've seen is duty cycle based. That is, so many seconds of
full power
followed by so many seconds of no power.

Some foods and defrosting would work much better if the actual power
level could
be adjusted. Panasonic claims to make an inverter based design, but
I'm not
convinced they actually adjust the outpout power.

I'm unsure how magnetrons work, but what's the big deal with running
them at half power?* Do they have to be on full power, and also can't be
cycled more quickly?

Anyway, I've never used a microwave on anything other than full power -
even when defrosting, which for some reason people think you have to
select "defrost".* Why?* It just takes longer.* I can defrost food much
faster on full power.

Because that is not defrosting it is cooking, Not remotely like
defrosting, methinks thou art a dill.


Another weird thing my current (Hyundai 800W) microwave does is to
switch off the heating completely for the last 15 seconds but continue
to run the fan, light, and turntable (if you've selected at least 4
minutes time).** So er like why not just remove the food 15 seconds
earlier?* Which I often do.* Funnily enough nothing ever exploded.