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1. Don Romano (alt) (thor@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Sunday, 21-Apr-2019 05:31:48 EDT Don Romano (alt)

   I have a 1200-watt microwave oven that my sister gave to me years ago.

   You'd think this would be better than the typical 800-watt oven, but it has a drawback: If you're following a recipe for an 800-watt oven and you reduce the cooking time, there's less time to distribute the heat, so you end up with parts severely over or undercooked. You have to reduce the power, but the next step down is 600 watts, and then you end up with a *slower* cooking time than usual.

   1. Don Romano (alt) (thor@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Sunday, 21-Apr-2019 05:35:26 EDT Don Romano (alt)

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      Since this microwave oven is so hopeless, what I often end up doing is heat the food for the time it says on the box, but at 1200 instead of 750 or 800 watts. This overcooks it, but at least I don't have to wait longer.