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BGDDisco t1_ixu2qwq wrote

LPT: If your glass tray breaks or is in the wash, a dinner plate may do as a temporary substitute. Make sure it spins like it should. Never microwave food without the spinning plate, unless the oven is designed with no spinning plate.

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CHAINSAWDELUX t1_ixv33so wrote

Why can't you microwave without a spinning plate?

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BGDDisco t1_ixvc2ao wrote

Hot spots. The microwaves will sort of clump together in places within the rectangular box. These clumps will be super heating a tiny bit of the volume. Spinning the food spreads out the super heating around the lump of food. Without spinning it can destroy stuff.

Recently while heating a tub of chocolate buttons to make a topping, the tub caught on the side and stopped spinning. The side of the tub super heated and melted letting liquid chocolate, still being heated, run all through the bottom of the microwave oven. It was an awful thing to clean out.

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