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   From: William_Gothberg@internet.co.is   
      
   On Sat, 29 Dec 2018 18:50:02 -0000, trader_4  wrote:   
      
   > On Saturday, December 29, 2018 at 1:45:03 PM UTC-5, William Gothberg wrote:   
   >> On Sat, 29 Dec 2018 18:21:45 -0000, Arthur Conan Doyle    
   wrote:   
   >>   
   >> > "William Gothberg"  wrote:   
   >> >   
   >> >> 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.   
   >> >   
   >> > The idea is not to cook the food as its defrosting. Full power is fine if   
   you   
   >> > want the end item hot. It's not good if you want something room   
   tempurature or   
   >> > slightly cooler to use as a part of preparation of something else.   
   >>   
   >> Then I just use less cooking time.  Full power will defrost to room   
   temperature much faster than that pointless defrost mode.  And if you're about   
   to say it won't be even, so what?  If it's for part of preparation of   
   something else, it has plenty time    
   to even out.   
   >   
   > The so what is that the plastic container will melt or part of the meat   
   > will be cooked via steaming, instead of being able to make it into a   
   > burger and grill it.  Capiche?   No, of course not.   
      
   I don't seem to have that problem, full power defrosts things evenly enough.    
   Some bits are probably a bit hotter than others, but it's evened out by the   
   time I eat it.   
      
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