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I've largely moved to using the air fryer / toaster oven to heat things up, but the biggest "life hack" for microwaving is doubling the time and halving the power. That, and stirring halfway through.
The real life hack is having a crappy low powered microwave so you don't even have to set it to half power.
I used to have one of those. Think it was 600W on highest setting. Only problem with it was it was tiny and barely anything fit in it. Pretty sure it was meant for RVs but it was $10 at a garage sale and I needed a microwave at the time.
Honestly 3-5 minutes at 50-60% reheats food perfectly for me most of the time.
Can confirm, lol. For breakfast, I heated up some leftover spaghetti and meatballs I made last night, and 5 minutes at 60% was the perfect amount.
Also get one that says "inverter" in the marketing(all microwaves have an inverter, but what they usually mean is it varies the power with a variable inverter, instead of just turning on for 5 seconds and then off for 5 seconds when at 50% power)
Also if possible leave a void in the center of the plate/bowl. If I remember correctly something about the distribution of microwaves around something like 1" of the center are weaker than the area around it.
I think the general reason for that is more about the turntable. There are always going to be hot and cold spots in a microwave just based on how they work, they can't eliminate them. So spinning the food around means that sometimes it is in a hot spot and sometimes in a cold spot... Except the very center where it is basically just rotating in place. It is either going to be a hot or a cold spot more than likely, and whatever food is stuck there is going to burn or never cook.
So ideally, just make sure your plate isn’t centered and you’ll be good?
Only if there isn't any food at the center of the plate. If you are doing something like a bowl of soup it is better to put it toward the edge of the turntable so it moves more. Basically, you want the food to go on an adventure and see as many different places inside the microwave as possible.
Edit Whoops, misread your "isn't" for "is" somehow, lol. Basically yea.
1000w microwaves for me are 50% more time and either 70 or 80% power depending on how evenly the food heats up. Sometimes I do stuff at 90 if I want edge cheese to overcook a little.
100% power is for popcorn!
Popcorn in a pan is so much better, really easy, and SO much cheaper than bagged microwave popcorn. I bought a flat-bottom wok specifically for cooking popcorn because I like it that way so much, but I made it for years in just a normal pasta pot.
Microwave popcorn hits different.
Half the power, double the time. This is how I use it and it works great for me.