I don’t know if this is the right place to vent about this but I still don’t get why do we have so many buttons on the microwave, with all those instructions if at the end of the day we only use 2 or 3 buttons max. 🤷🏻♂️
What really didn’t make sense to me is that on the popcorn bag, they specifically say to not press the popcorn button on the microwave. Like what?
I don’t know where I’m going with this lol. I guess I just wanted to talk about it. Feel free to share your microwave adventures and tips 🙋🏻♂️
I have two microwaves in my house. One cooks popcorn perfectly when the popcorn button is pressed. The other slightly overcooks it. The popcorn company cannot guarantee which it will be so they tell you not to use it so that they don’t get blamed for the result.
You can put anything in there e.g. bread, press the popcorn button and popcorn will come out.
My microwave has I think 6 buttons.
Time, start, defrost, Stop, change wattage, something else.
I think you need a dumber microwave
Tensions between The microwave lobby and popcorn lobby are at an all time high
More buttons means means they can charge more money
I thought it had something to do with the power of microwaves
Different microwaves have different power settings. Some microwaves are 800W while others are 1100W. Because different power comes different cooking times.
Someone else mentioned humidity sensors too and that makes sense as well.
What does the popcorn button do anyways
I bet you’ve never used the 7 and 8 buttons on your microwave after you set the clock.
You do know popcorn doesn’t grow in bags right? You can get unpopped kernels and just pop them yourself.
You guys are still using the microwave?
You haven’t fucking lived till you used an actual popcorn popper on the stove. I can put anything i fucking want on my popcorn, while you chumps are stuck with shit “butter” and too much salt.
Olive oil and pepper? Kerrygold butter and smoked sea salt? Truffle oil and parmesan? Lard and hamhock?
I can do it all, bay-bee.
probably r/CasualConversation
The popcorn button is just a suggestion. The real value is just listening for when theirs 5 seconds between each “pop”. The popcorn button just allows for less button presses
To a naive purchaser all those buttons look cool and product can sell for more $$$.
Technology Connections has a really great in-depth video about microwaves and the underlying technology. He talks about the popcorn button too:
https://youtu.be/UiS27feX8o0
Do they still sell microwave popcorn? I tried that shit maybe 40 years ago, and it sucked then. Probably still does.
That’s what Big Popcorn WANTS you to think.
Every microwave I’ve ever had has had a popcorn button. I used it once when I was a kid and the shit fuckin’ caught on fire. Never again. I just put it in for 3:00 and listen to the pops, usually take it out around 0:50-0:40.
Life is about forging your own paths
It makes the popcorn ideal. On my old microwave i would burn/undercook my popcorn 9/10 times
You can reprogram the popcorn button on my microwave. Once I got the correct time for the popcorn that I eat I just programmed it into the button.
Then throw that popcorn in the fire it failed the test
I’m guessing that it is an issue where the popcorn button “works” for the general use case of “popping popcorn,” but is sub-optimal for any particular brand and variety of popcorn. In other words, it is probably optimized more for not ever causing a truly bad outcome (fire, or no kernels popped) rather than for producing the ideal outcome under a particular set of circumstances.
Popcorn makers don’t want the liability of you burning your popcorn with the button. Microwave manufacturers are smug and believe they have the correct time/temp ration on popcorn making.