Is Microwave faulty or incorrect use?

[FiF]

Last night informed the microwave was buggered. Someone had stuck a single stroopwafel in to soften it. Apparently after a few seconds, lots of horrible noises, smell of burning plastic. Tried it again, repeat, so they stopped, unplugged and ate an unsoftened stroopwafel. First World problems.

Anyway I get home, look at m/w, give it a clean, put turntable back in, put the dish I cook porridge in most mornings, bung some water in the dish, press the button, retire to safe distance, device operates completely normally, water heats up.

It appears to work normally, so I say to whoever, it's your fault, wrong sort of food to heat up in a microwave. But then shown umpty thousand google results saying "stroopwafel heat in microwave."

So question is, wrong sort of thing to put in microwave, or something not right with the appliance?

Background info, few months back it wasn't happy softening a small pat of rock hard butter, without another small bowl of water in there. It is quite a few years old now, maybe 20?

[dontlookdown]

I have no idea what a stroopwaffle is, but it shouldn't need anything else in there while it softens butter.

But all the microwaves I have had either work or they don't. Never had one get picky about what it heats or won't heat.

[FiF]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroopwafel

[dontlookdown]

Ta!

Don't see why that shouldn't go in the microwave. Probably only need seconds though, perhaps they overdid it and that was the burning smell?

[hotchy]

At 20 years old the thing must look like a relic from the past. Treat yourself to a new one.

[FiF]

hotchy said:

At 20 years old the thing must look like a relic from the past. Treat yourself to a new one.

Well I get your drift, and they're certainly not expensive. So probably will.

In terms of looks though, this from the current Panasonic range looks almost identical. Not exactly an obvious relic.




Off topic, on the other hand our old Toshiba that we sold when we bought this one however that was indeed a relic, stuck it in a free ad in the local rag, agreed to drop it off at the purchaser, lived in a block of council flats. They were very happy with it, though the experience of finding one's shoes sticking to the carpet, grim doesn't describe it. Took me back to the days of door to door enquiries in Parkhill flats, Sheffield. Shudder.

[dontlookdown]

Age alone is no reason to get rid of something. We'll never save the planet until we stop chucking stuff away just because it's 'old'.

If it really is bust however, may be time for a new one.

[Cotty]

dontlookdown said:

Age alone is no reason to get rid of something. We'll never save the planet until we stop chucking stuff away just because it's 'old'.

Yep my microwave is easily over 25 tears old. Still works fine

[Bisonhead]

Likely pockets of moist air expanding rapidly due to the radiation when the magnetron is initialised. Sometimes bits of goo or other burned bits of product stick inside the cavity and can cause arcing but this is quite rare in domestic microwaves

You’ve definitely done the right thing by giving it a clean…that’s usually the easiest fix!

[sgrimshaw]

Was it in any of the plastic wrapping/tray?

Sugar in a MW will heat and burn quickly, if it's stuck to any plastic packaging then the plastic will melt/burn very easily.

[98elise]

Cotty said:

dontlookdown said:

Age alone is no reason to get rid of something. We'll never save the planet until we stop chucking stuff away just because it's 'old'.

Yep my microwave is easily over 25 tears old. Still works fine

Ours was about that when it finally gave up. It wasn't an expensive one either.

[number2]

I had a Panasonic microwave... on occasion, it melted the [plastic?] lining of the door.

I put it down to when I cooked popcorn in it. Odd.

[sherman]

Stroopwaffle just needs the heat of a cup of coffee or tea to soften it.
Place the stroopwaffle on top of your cup as you make your way to your seat et voila. Soft stroopwaffle.

[spitfire-ian]

sherman said:

Stroopwaffle just needs the heat of a cup of coffee or tea to soften it.
Place the stroopwaffle on top of your cup as you make your way to your seat et voila. Soft stroopwaffle.

This ^^^^

[FiF]

spitfire-ian said:

sherman said:

Stroopwaffle just needs the heat of a cup of coffee or tea to soften it.
Place the stroopwaffle on top of your cup as you make your way to your seat et voila. Soft stroopwaffle.

This ^^^^

Agreed, that's exactly how I do it, trouble is person involved doesn't drink tea or coffee.