I used to stop my microwave a few seconds before it finished, like many others, due to the annoying unstoppable beeps. But then I got this smaller unit that happens to let out the faintest confirmation of doneness that I ever did, or rather almost didn’t, hear. I don’t mind it now.
People who leave those few remaining seconds just hanging there for the next person to have to deal with are called “microdanglers.”
Sometimes
Only if I hear popping noises (and I am not microwaving popcorn)
If there’s cheese I’ll let it pop 2 or 3 more times before stopping it.
Or when popping popcorn and it stops popping.
No, but I don’t wait for the beeping to stop.
Turning off the sound of my microwave was an ability I was not aware I had. It’s so small of a thing but amazing.
Wait that’s a thing?!
Now you have a new feature required on your next one if you can’t already do it.
Yes, because of the stupid turntable. 1:30, the water isn’t hot enough. 2:00, the water is too hot and cup is at the back of the oven. The right amount of time, for tap water, in the summer, is 1:47, that puts the water at the front of the oven at the right temp, but I don’t want to punch in 1:47, so I just hit the 2 to start and run the oven for 2 minutes, and then pull the door open at 1:47. Also, no beep that way.
Commercial microwaves, like in a restaurant, have a row of numbered buttons that can be programmed for time and power setting. That’s the best way to control a microwave.
That’s the best way to control a microwave.
I remain fond of the analog knob myself.
Me too, and it comes with the added benefit of usually having a pleasant “Ding!” instead of the shrieking “BEEEEEP! BEEEEEP! BEEEEEP!” that digital microwaves have. The downside is that you completely lose the precision of a digital timer, which some people (not me) consider a must have in a microwave.
1:30, the water isn’t hot enough. 2:00, the water is too hot and cup is at the back of the oven. The right amount of time, for tap water
Wait… you microwave cups of water? Why the hell would you do that?
Why not? I press a button and have a cup of boiling water less than 2 minutes later.
One less appliance. Not everyone wants a kettle on their countertop.
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I feel like I am the opposite. If I set it to a specific time, then I feel I have committed to letting the food cook for that entire time and will not stop it early even if I think it looks like it’s done already.
You can set it for an extra second so you don’t feel bad about stopping it “early”
Mine makes a little music sound, and when I hit the “stop” button it makes a different music sound. If I hit it at just the right time, it makes a nice melody by combining both sounds. I recreated a similar sounding one to it here.
beepbox.co project with the following melody:
A ........ ####.... ........ ........ Ab........ ........ ........ ........ G ........ ........ ........ ........ F#........ ....#### ........ ........ F ........ ........ ........ ........ E ........ ........ ........ ........ Eb........ ........ ........ ........ D ....#### ........ ........ ........ Db........ ........ ........ ........ C ........ ........ ........ ........ B ........ ........ ........ ........ Bb........ ........ ........ ........ A ####.... ........ ........ ........Microwaves stop by themselves? /j
If you time it right, you can stop my microwave on 0. I also like to avoid making noise if I can. So every time I microwave anything it’s a little minigame for me.
Our microwave doesn’t beep until like 5 seconds after finishing, it’s just silent. I think that’s a pretty good feature.
Never knew how much I needed this, holy shit. Mine beeps when it finishes but also beeps again if I haven’t opened the door in, idk, some amount of time. Which I get why it’s a gesture and sometimes I actually do find it useful but often I’m like “I KNOW, GIMME A MINUTE”
Also relevant user name. 👌
My parents have one of these, and it drives me nuts when I visit. I understand that feature on something like an oven where it’s still cooking. But the microwave stopped. Nothing’s going to burn. So stop rushing me!
Wow. That’s a great feature. I need to look out for it next time. Thank you
Are you me?
Yes.
Yes, regularly AND I leave the remaining time on the microwave. It’s pure chaos over here.
Stay away from my family!
My partner does the same thing! The amount of times I’ve looked at the microwave and wondered why time is standing still is too damn high!
I mash the stop/clear button until it makes more beeps than the microwave would have made if I let the time expire.
I am triggered, please for the love of god and anyone who lives with you JUST CLEAR IT
This is how my wife is. However, weve recently (6 months now) gotten a new microwave and i havent had to clear the time off once. There’s no way shes changed her ways, so this must have a feature to clear remaining time after so long
My husband wants this. Brand?
LG. Pretty sure its this one specifically
LG 2-cu ft 1050-Watt 29.88-in Over-the-Range Microwave with Sensor Cooking (Printproof Stainless Steel) MVEL2033F at Lowes.com https://share.google/nsL7QDb6vs06tbJTj
Awesome - you may have saved a marriage 😉 Thank you!!
So i know its 2 weeks later, but i just confirmed this is a feature! It doesnt clear left over time after just 5 minutes
Yeah. My microwave makes five beeps whenever the timer runs out, regardless if I open the door or not.
In terms of appliance beeping aggravation, I’ve yet to have one that tops an old slow cooker I had. When you turned it on, it just had a beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep that lasted for multiple seconds and made me want to throw it out the window every time I had to use it. It was like a goddamn siren alerting the whole apartment complex to the possibility of pot roast in 4-8 hours.
No, I don’t get that urge. Ours takes awhile to get things where I like it. If I make 3 cups of rice I leave it in there for 17 minutes 😬
It depends on how annoying a noise it will make of allowed to finish. I find it odd that the option to disable the beep on completion isn’t common. There’s rarely any urgency to remove what I just heated.
Really? First thing I do after a power outage is turn off the sound on the microwave. I’m not putting stuff in for hours, I’ve not forgotten about it. If I’m not taking it out of the microwave immediately it’s because I’m busy. Settle down, machine.
I’m embarrassed that I’ve never even thought of attempting this… Do all microwaves have that option?
No they do not, unfuckingfortunatly
