Why do microwaves spin??!


Question: Why do microwaves spin!?!?
What's the point of the spinning plate, couldn't it do the same without it!?Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
even distribution of the microwaves for even cooking!. Microwave ovens are notorious for having hot spots that cause uneven heating!. The rotation helps even this out!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Have you ever noticed that sometimes when you heat something in the microwave, some parts of the food are piping hot and other parts are still cold!? Turntables help to minimize this!.

Before turntables, you had to stop the microwave halfway through the cooking time and take the food out, turn the dish a different way and put it back in!. The way microwaves work, there are parts of the food that can get missed because of the shape of the dish and the way it makes the waves bounce through the food!. The turntable reduces that problem, although it's still a good idea to take stuff out once and stir it to distribute the heat through the food!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

It could not!. I think the the microwave only gives the heat out of one area!. The whole entire microwave might get the heat but the side closest to the heat ventilator gets the most and cooks faster!. Therefore if the microwave did not spin your food would be either raw or burnt or cold on one side and the exact opposite on the other!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

You can open the door and turn the plate ever so often if you do not have the turn-table!. This was the old way before the microwaves came with the turn-tables!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Number one is right!. It is for the correct distribution of the microwaves in the machine to hit the food so it all comes out heated evenly!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Microwaves spin to make all the settings it has work in an even manner!. Cooking, defrosting, heating, and on and on!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Not all microwaves have a turntable !.!.!.!. that's why recipes will very often say to turn the items halfway through cooking !.!.!. for even cookingWww@FoodAQ@Com

It's to make sure your food cooks evenly!. If you didn't have a turntable you would have to keep stopping it to rotate your plate!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

microwaves spin so that the food will heat evenly!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

They only spin when they've had too much to drink!. Most of the spinning occurs at night in bed!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

It's an attempt to "cook" the food more thoroughly!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Not all do!. It's to promote even cooking, but my stuff always ends up cold in the middle anyway!. LOLWww@FoodAQ@Com

b/c they like to danceWww@FoodAQ@Com





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