How do it know?

Tom · January 28, 2008, 02:32:37 PM

I got a bowl of leftover chili out of the refrigerator and went to the microwave to heat it up for lunch. I put it in the oven and started to hit "on" when I realized that there was a button that read "reheat". I don't ever remember seeing that before. So, being an adventurous sort, I pushed it. Nothing happened at first accept that a fan came on. (it's a convection oven too) Then the microwave came on and and ran for bit and shut off.

I took out the chili to stir it and put it back. The bottom of the bowl was still cold. But, when I stuck the spoon into the food, I found that it was all hot.

How do it know?

DanG · January 28, 2008, 02:41:00 PM

I don't know nuthin about machinery. ;D :D

Tom · January 28, 2008, 02:42:23 PM

Well, put down that wheelbarrow, James lewis!! :D

Dan_Shade · January 28, 2008, 02:43:11 PM

those of us in the radio type world call it PFM, pure "*" magic

Warbird · January 28, 2008, 03:59:17 PM

Methinks it is measuring heat waves and steam coming off of the food.

Fla._Deadheader · January 28, 2008, 05:37:31 PM

That's why I avoid "Nuked" food, if I know about it.

OneWithWood · January 29, 2008, 10:32:35 AM

Something about moisture content in the steam perhaps?

pappy · January 29, 2008, 10:42:22 AM

One day robots will rule

logwalker · January 29, 2008, 12:42:51 PM

One word: humidistat

If you use that function a lot I think you will find it is not always accurate bit is a good approximation.

RSteiner · January 29, 2008, 03:49:07 PM

If it was good chili it should be hot right out of the refigerator.

One swallow should tell ya.

Randy

Fla._Deadheader · January 29, 2008, 04:22:12 PM

I like it cold, right from the fridge, with Ritz crackers mashed up in it. 8) 8)

Part_Timer · January 29, 2008, 09:55:42 PM

Tom when you find out see ifin you can find out how it knows the potatoes are done.

DanG · January 29, 2008, 11:13:24 PM

Quote from: Part_Timer on January 29, 2008, 09:55:42 PM
Tom when you find out see ifin you can find out how it knows the potatoes are done.

It don't. :-\

Part_Timer · January 30, 2008, 12:13:12 PM

Dang
On ours you throw 4 or 5 potatoes in the nuker hit the button marked patatoes and let it rip. Come back when the buzzer goes off and the spuds are cooked all the way through.

pigman · January 30, 2008, 03:38:28 PM

On our nuker, I put in a potato, hit the baked potato button and let her rip. Come back after a while and using a spatula scrape the cooked potato off the top of the nuker.

Part_Timer · January 30, 2008, 07:25:14 PM

You sure the button doesn't read mashed potato ;)

Tom · January 30, 2008, 07:35:31 PM

Aren't you supposed to punch a few holes in the potato so it doesn't explode?

I put an egg in a microwave one time. That was enough.

They had just installed it in the building were we had the computer and nobody knew anything about them That was in 1970. We ended up making a mess of a lot of things before we figured it out. Don't put hot chocolate mix with marshmellows in a cup of water and nuke it. Don't put artificial creamer in your instant coffee preparation and nuke it. If you want to cook an egg, break it and put it in a cup. if you put it in there in the shell, it comes apart.

Super glue hit us about the same time too. I'll have to tell you of our experiments sometime. We glued a fellows shoes to the floor once. :D

zopi · January 30, 2008, 07:49:53 PM

Quote from: Tom on January 30, 2008, 07:35:31 PM
Aren't you supposed to punch a few holes in the potato so it doesn't explode?

I put an egg in a microwave one time. That was enough.

They had just installed it in the building were we had the computer and nobody knew anything about them That was in 1970. We ended up making a mess of a lot of things before we figured it out. Don't put hot chocolate mix with marshmellows in a cup of water and nuke it. Don't put artificial creamer in your instant coffee preparation and nuke it. If you want to cook an egg, break it and put it in a cup. if you put it in there in the shell, it comes apart.

Super glue hit us about the same time too. I'll have to tell you of our experiments sometime. We glued a fellows shoes to the floor once. :D

yah..poke 8 or 10 holes in the taters....two words..steam jacket..

there were folks that died from taking the doors off the microwaves and shorting the interlocks...convienient, but dumb..

heh...glued an e-7's coffee cup to the deck once....with ten ton epoxy...it cured quite well overnight...

saw an old gal in a hotel lobby putting three boiled eggses in the nuke box...uhhh..ma'am you might not wanta do that..sooo
she got an attitude about being an expert cook...ok..have fun...came back by a few minutes later and the old gal was fussing at one of the waitstaff to clean up the mess.. ;D so I told the girl that I would clean it up (I was in uniform) because I had failed to educate the lady concerning basic physics....ooooooo..she was MAD. :D

ok..so I'm a jerk..save me a place by the fire..