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Gipsy
02-13-2011, 21:28
I know you CAN microwave anything. I mean, is it safe? Will it throw sparks or anything? Has anyone tested it? If so, what were the results?

sheepdog
02-13-2011, 21:35
It's metal....

10-K
02-13-2011, 21:37
If it conducts electricity, don't put it in the microwave.

Gipsy
02-13-2011, 21:39
It's metal....

I understand that, but some metals are safe to microwave, I just don't know which ones.

My parents first microwave came with a metal rack and a metal cooking probe (haven't seen those in a while now that I think about it.) Those were safe but I don't know which metals are or are not.

sheepdog
02-13-2011, 21:48
why even try


did you run out of tupperware or are you bringing a microwave on the trail?

Gipsy
02-13-2011, 21:53
Yep, bringing a microwave on the trail.

Skidsteer
02-13-2011, 21:59
Nice.

What kinda boil times are you getting?

Gipsy
02-13-2011, 22:00
Minute with the 1800 watt. 2 minutes with the 600 watt.

sheepdog
02-13-2011, 22:02
Minute with the 1800 watt. 2 minutes with the 600 watt.
going long extension cord or 8500 watt generator??


both have their advantages and disadvantages. :D

Skidsteer
02-13-2011, 22:02
JetBoil ain't got **** on you.

Gipsy
02-13-2011, 22:02
If it conducts electricity, don't put it in the microwave.

Water conducts electricity... So do chickens (don't ask!)

Skidsteer
02-13-2011, 22:04
Sounds like a good episode for Mythbusters.

sheepdog
02-13-2011, 22:05
Sounds like a good episode for Mythbusters.
chickens or titanium??

Pioneer Spirit
02-13-2011, 22:06
I would say that there was shielding in place so that microwaves could not strike the metal shelf.

Wendy's hamburgers catch fire if toasted with the wrap in place. Titanium is just a fancier metal and could possibly spark and damage the unit.

Gipsy
02-13-2011, 22:07
titanium chickens!

sheepdog
02-13-2011, 22:08
titanium chickens!
light and tasty

but a little tough

Gipsy
02-13-2011, 22:12
Ok trail heads, I got tired of waiting for an answer so I tested it myself. I put the lid of my titanium 700ml pot in there for a full 60 seconds. No sparks! and it was barely warm to the touch. So the answer is... Yes, titanium is safe to microwave.

sheepdog
02-13-2011, 22:13
why????????

Gipsy
02-13-2011, 22:13
Titanium chickens....light and tasty

but a little tough

I bet pulling the wishbone is a wicked task!

Gipsy
02-13-2011, 22:14
why???????? totally out of curiosity.

Rick500
02-13-2011, 23:15
It depends on the shape of the metal object, not just the composition. So I wouldn't say definitively that Ti is safe to microwave.

10-K
02-13-2011, 23:18
Water conducts electricity... So do chickens (don't ask!)

I was thinking metals... man, you've got to be specific around here... :)

LordoftheWings
02-13-2011, 23:52
I like the way you think sir. (I once microwaved a gerbil-ya it didn't turn out well for me or the gerbil)(I was 5 by the way-it was 1980-81 and our first one)

Gipsy
02-14-2011, 00:02
I like the way you think sir. (I once microwaved a gerbil-ya it didn't turn out well for me or the gerbil)(I was 5 by the way-it was 1980-81 and our first one)

So how was it? did you baste it? stuff it? Do tell!

I think they would be kinda hot wings. You know, like you would have to eat several to get full.

Gipsy
02-14-2011, 00:03
It depends on the shape of the metal object, not just the composition. So I wouldn't say definitively that Ti is safe to microwave.

I tested the cup after reading this.... it was fine. Same results as lid.

Leanthree
02-14-2011, 00:03
See http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/food-science/why-cant-you-put-metal-in-the-microwave-109845 for a bit of a better explanation than the people around here have given.

4eyedbuzzard
02-14-2011, 00:15
The classic interactive microwave moment

http://www.clipal.com/video/gerbil_in_microwave

YohonPetro
02-14-2011, 11:31
If you put metal on the glass dish, it's usually ok, but if the metal touches the bottom or sides is when sparks tend to fly - at least that was the test I did in school showed - also, things inside metal will not heat, as the microwaves don't penetrate metal and are just reflected back. We wrapped an ice cube in foil and put it in the microwave, the only microwave that esssploded was the one without the glass in the bottom, the rest had a perfectly cold ice cube wrapped in foil - then we just put an ice cube in and tried again, the microwaves were able to excite the molecules creating heat and melting the cube.

Tuckahoe
02-14-2011, 11:39
We got our first microwave in 1983, when I was 13. At that time I had a fondness for soft boiled or minute eggs. Well not knowing any better I thought that if I boiled the egg for a minute in water, than the same had to work for the microwave and I just put the egg in the oven and set it for a minute. Once the minute was up I took the egg out and with a knife I went to break the shell. Tapped in once with a knife. Tapped it a second time and the egg exploded! Cooked egg was everywhere. All over my face with white and yolk all in my hair and eyebrows. There was egg all over the ceiling, with a silhouette of my head in the exploded egg pattern.

swjohnsey
02-14-2011, 12:10
Now that is funny!

sheepdog
02-14-2011, 13:14
We got our first microwave in 1983, when I was 13. At that time I had a fondness for soft boiled or minute eggs. Well not knowing any better I thought that if I boiled the egg for a minute in water, than the same had to work for the microwave and I just put the egg in the oven and set it for a minute. Once the minute was up I took the egg out and with a knife I went to break the shell. Tapped in once with a knife. Tapped it a second time and the egg exploded! Cooked egg was everywhere. All over my face with white and yolk all in my hair and eyebrows. There was egg all over the ceiling, with a silhouette of my head in the exploded egg pattern.
kind of an eggsplosion??

envirodiver
02-14-2011, 17:34
I bought a gadget that is made to make boiled eggs in the microwave. It is plastic outside and shaped like an egg (asthetics I'd say). It has a metal tray that would seem to be aluminum that you place the eggs in. Water goes underneath the tray and the bottom piece that the water is in is lined with metal. The upper piece is solid plastic with a hole in top to let steam escape.

Don't know how it work with the metal, but obviously brings water to a boil and cooks 3 hardboiled eggs perfectly every time in 9 min.. Shells come right off if you cool them with cold tap water.

Red Beard
02-14-2011, 17:56
I was thinking metals... man, you've got to be specific around here... :)

Actually, water itself is not electro-conductive. It's the fact that so many compounds readily dissociate in water, that make it appear to be electro-conductive. When salts or acids dissociate in water it creates charged particles that are readily conductive.

10-K
02-14-2011, 17:58
Actually, water itself is not electro-conductive. It's the fact that so many compounds readily dissociate in water, that make it appear to be electro-conductive. When salts or acids dissociate in water it creates charged particles that are readily conductive.

I surrender. :)

Red Beard
02-14-2011, 18:04
;) Had to bust your chops a little more. I figured you'd know I was funnin'

Skidsteer
02-14-2011, 18:22
Actually, water itself is not electro-conductive. It's the fact that so many compounds readily dissociate in water, that make it appear to be electro-conductive. When salts or acids dissociate in water it creates charged particles that are readily conductive.

Exactly. That's why Gatorade is called an electrolyte. Never drink electrolytes in a lightning storm unless you drink it from a titanium mug.

wvgrinder
02-15-2011, 15:24
We got our first microwave in 1983, when I was 13. At that time I had a fondness for soft boiled or minute eggs. Well not knowing any better I thought that if I boiled the egg for a minute in water, than the same had to work for the microwave and I just put the egg in the oven and set it for a minute. Once the minute was up I took the egg out and with a knife I went to break the shell. Tapped in once with a knife. Tapped it a second time and the egg exploded! Cooked egg was everywhere. All over my face with white and yolk all in my hair and eyebrows. There was egg all over the ceiling, with a silhouette of my head in the exploded egg pattern.

Sounds like the mess I had the other day. I sneezed while chewing a hard-boiled egg. :(

kayak karl
02-15-2011, 15:41
Actually, water itself is not electro-conductive. It's the fact that so many compounds readily dissociate in water, that make it appear to be electro-conductive. When salts or acids dissociate in water it creates charged particles that are readily conductive.
do us a test. put one of these...
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/416RoJuO0zL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

in distilled water and check to see if it is hot with your finger. (keep your other hand behind your back) then re-post :D

swjohnsey
02-15-2011, 23:16
do us a test. put one of these...
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/416RoJuO0zL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

in distilled water and check to see if it is hot with your finger. (keep your other hand behind your back) then re-post :D

Doen't depend on the conductivity of water to work. You can touch the element, no problem.

kayak karl
02-15-2011, 23:36
doen't depend on the conductivity of water to work. You can touch the element, no problem.
do it!!!...