My bag of popcorn says 'do not use popcorn button on microwave'

[beer]

Discuss.

 

[Demo24]

do it and tell us what happens

 

[jumpr]

I always use the popcorn button on my microwave. My microwave has a humidity sensor which monitors the air inside the oven for the end of the popping cycle. When the humidity reaches its lower threshold, it automatically turns off. Perfectly-popped popcorn every time.

It's a Sharp model, it's great - the sensor works for reheating stuff too (there's a special 'program' called "Sensor Reheat").

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: jumpr
I always use the popcorn button on my microwave. My microwave has a humidity sensor which monitors the air inside the oven for the end of the popping cycle. When the humidity reaches its lower threshold, it automatically turns off. Perfectly-popped popcorn every time.

It's a Sharp model, it's great - the sensor works for reheating stuff too (there's a special 'program' called "Sensor Reheat").

Yes until the gold filled leaves in the capacitive transducer become fouled and report an erronous reading to the control board and you wind with 5 minute asteroids popcorn that smells up the galley real bad.

 

[beer]

Originally posted by: MS Dawn

Originally posted by: jumpr
I always use the popcorn button on my microwave. My microwave has a humidity sensor which monitors the air inside the oven for the end of the popping cycle. When the humidity reaches its lower threshold, it automatically turns off. Perfectly-popped popcorn every time.

It's a Sharp model, it's great - the sensor works for reheating stuff too (there's a special 'program' called "Sensor Reheat").

Yes until the gold filled leaves in the capacitive transducer become fouled and report an erronous reading to the control board and you wind with 5 minute asteroids popcorn that smells up the galley real bad.

*taps sasrcasm meter*

 

[Shawn]

I do anyway. It usually does a pretty good job.

 

[Rubycon]

Haha well let me tell you what - friends over at the "fun ships" tell us that they risk TERMINATION bringing microwave popcorn bags onboard. Good riddance, the stuff reeks!

 

[LSUfan]

(Popcorn button) 2 minutes 15 seconds = burnt popcorn. (Setting the time yourself) 1 minute 55 seconds = perfect popcorn. YMWV

 

[Evadman]

Put a lit match in the microwave so you can learn about plasma.

 

[conehead433]

Originally posted by: jumpr
I always use the popcorn button on my microwave. My microwave has a humidity sensor which monitors the air inside the oven for the end of the popping cycle. When the humidity reaches its lower threshold, it automatically turns off. Perfectly-popped popcorn every time.

It's a Sharp model, it's great - the sensor works for reheating stuff too (there's a special 'program' called "Sensor Reheat").

My Panasonic has the same feature. Perfect popcorn. Sensor reheat works great also.

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: Evadman
Put a lit match in the microwave so you can learn about plasma.

That reminds me of this guy.

Of course the force isn't very strong. Muster enough kilowatts and you'll have a real plasma dragon on your hands!